---
name: "simulationEnabled"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Object Manipulation"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": "global", "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/simulationEnabled
revid: 310189
updated: 2022-05-05T13:10:32Z
---

# simulationEnabled

*Command · Object Manipulation · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Arma 2 v1.00*

Locality: arguments **global**

## Description

Check if the entity has enabled simulation.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> The entity could be [local](../topics/Multiplayer_Scripting.md#locality) or remote but the result returned by this command will be for the entity simulation set up locally on the client that executed the command.
> See [enableSimulation](../commands/enableSimulation.md) for more info.

## Syntax

```sqf
simulationEnabled entity
```

**Parameters:**

- `entity`: [Object](../topics/Object.md)

**Returns:** [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
simulationEnabled player;
```

## See also

[enableSimulation](../commands/enableSimulation.md) · [enableSimulationGlobal](../commands/enableSimulationGlobal.md) · [enableDynamicSimulationSystem](../commands/enableDynamicSimulationSystem.md) · [dynamicSimulationSystemEnabled](../commands/dynamicSimulationSystemEnabled.md) · [enableDynamicSimulation](../commands/enableDynamicSimulation.md) · [dynamicSimulationEnabled](../commands/dynamicSimulationEnabled.md) · [setDynamicSimulationDistance](../commands/setDynamicSimulationDistance.md) · [dynamicSimulationDistance](../commands/dynamicSimulationDistance.md) · [setDynamicSimulationDistanceCoef](../commands/setDynamicSimulationDistanceCoef.md) · [dynamicSimulationDistanceCoef](../commands/dynamicSimulationDistanceCoef.md) · [triggerDynamicSimulation](../commands/triggerDynamicSimulation.md) · [canTriggerDynamicSimulation](../commands/canTriggerDynamicSimulation.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — simulationEnabled](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/simulationEnabled) (revision 310189).</sub>