{"name":"actionNow","title":"actionNow","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/actionNow","revid":378711,"updated":"2026-06-01T07:27:35Z","groups":["Interaction"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma3":"2.18"},"since":"arma3 2.18","arma3_since":"2.18","locality":{"effect":"global"},"description":"Make a unit perform an action immediately (without any animation/pre-processing). See the action command for more information.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"unit actionNow actionArray","params":[{"name":"unit","type":"Object","type_expr":"Object"},{"name":"actionArray","type":"Array","type_expr":"Array"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","type_expr":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"unit"},"right":{"text":"actionArray"}}],"examples":[{"code":["player actionNow [\"TakeBag\", _backpack]; // pick up a backpack without any animation"]},{"code":["player actionNow [\"Gear\", vehicle player]; // open inventory while in vehicle"]}],"see_also":["action","actionIDs","actionParams","addAction","setUserActionText","inGameUISetEventHandler","showHUD","inputAction","removeAction","removeAllActions","weaponsInfo"]}