---
name: "BIS_fnc_showMarker"
type: function
status: ok
groups: ["Map and Markers"]
arma3_since: "1.78"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": "global", "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_showMarker
revid: 348848
updated: 2023-11-08T14:39:11Z
---

# BIS_fnc_showMarker

*Function · Map and Markers · Arma 3 v1.78*

Locality: effect **global** · executed with **spawn**

## Description

Gradual revealing of a marker by setting its alpha to its original alpha or to a user-specified alpha.

## Syntax

```sqf
[marker, duration, finalAlpha] spawn BIS_fnc_showMarker
```

**Parameters:**

- `marker`: [String](../topics/String.md) - marker name
- `duration`: [Number](../topics/Number.md) - (Optional, default 1) duration of revealing
- `finalAlpha`: [Number](../topics/Number.md) - (Optional, default 1) final alpha while showing is finished

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
["BIS_marker",2] spawn BIS_fnc_showMarker;
```

## See also

[BIS_fnc_blinkMarker](../functions/BIS_fnc_blinkMarker.md) · [BIS_fnc_colorMarker](../functions/BIS_fnc_colorMarker.md) · [BIS_fnc_moveMarker](../functions/BIS_fnc_moveMarker.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — BIS fnc showMarker](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_showMarker) (revision 348848).</sub>