{"name":"vectorDistanceSqr","operator":null,"title":"vectorDistanceSqr","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vectorDistanceSqr","revid":378368,"updated":"2026-04-03T16:47:13Z","groups":["Math - Vectors"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.22"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.22"},"arma3_since":"1.22","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Squared distance between two 3D vectors.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"vector1 vectorDistanceSqr vector2","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"vector1","type":"Vector3D or Vector2D","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"3D or Arma 3 v2.00 2D vector (z coordinate is defaulted to 0)","types":["Vector3D","Vector2D"],"since":null,"text":"vector1: Vector3D or Vector2D - 3D or Arma 3 v2.00 2D vector (z coordinate is defaulted to 0)"},{"name":"vector2","type":"Vector3D or Vector2D","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"3D or Arma 3 v2.00 2D vector (z coordinate is defaulted to 0)","types":["Vector3D","Vector2D"],"since":null,"text":"vector2: Vector3D or Vector2D - 3D or Arma 3 v2.00 2D vector (z coordinate is defaulted to 0)"}],"returns":{"type":"Number","types":["Number"],"description":null,"text":"Number"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"vector1","types":["Vector3D","Vector2D"]},"right":{"text":"vector2","types":["Vector3D","Vector2D"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_distSqr = getPos player vectorDistanceSqr [0,0,2];\n```","code":["_distSqr = getPos player vectorDistanceSqr [0,0,2];"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["vectorAdd","vectorDiff","vectorCrossProduct","vectorDotProduct","vectorCos","vectorMagnitude","vectorMagnitudeSqr","vectorMultiply","vectorDistance","vectorDir","vectorUp","setVectorDir","setVectorUp","setVectorDirAndUp","distanceSqr","vectorNormalized","vectorFromTo"],"notes":[{"user":"ffur2007slx2_5","date":"2014-06-28T08:50:00Z","text":"Algorithm:\n\n```sqf\n_vector1 = [x1,y1,z1];\n_vector2 = [x2,y2,z2];\n_result = (x2 - x1) ^ 2 + (y2 - y1) ^ 2 + (z2 - z1) ^ 2;\n```"}],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Math - Vectors","Introduced with Arma 3 version 1.22","Scripting Commands"]}