{"name":"addonFiles","title":"addonFiles","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/addonFiles","revid":378237,"updated":"2026-03-20T14:02:49Z","groups":["Mods and Addons"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma3":"2.00"},"since":"arma3 2.00","arma3_since":"2.00","description":"Returns a list of files present in the addon.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> Querying protected `.ebo` addons will return an empty array `[]`.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"addonFiles [prefix, fileExtension]","params":[{"name":"prefix","type":"String","description":"addon prefix available from allAddonsInfo. Since Arma 3 v2.22 it is possible to also return all files present in a scenario folder from within Eden Editor or Eden preview with the special prefix `$mission`","type_expr":"String"},{"name":"fileExtension","type":"String","optional":true,"description":"file extension to filter results, for example `\".paa\"`","type_expr":"String","text":"fileExtension: String - (Optional) file extension to filter results, for example `\".paa\"`"}],"returns":{"type":"Array of Strings","type_expr":"Array<String>"},"form":"unary","right":{"text":"[prefix, fileExtension]"}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\naddonFiles [\"a3\\3den\\\", \".paa\"];\n/*\n    [\n        \"a3\\3den\\data\\attributes\\formation\\ech_left_ca.paa\",\n        \"a3\\3den\\data\\attributes\\formation\\stag_column_ca.paa\",\n        \"a3\\3den\\data\\attributes\\stance\\down_ca.paa\",\n        \"a3\\3den\\data\\cfg3den\\layer\\icondisabled_ca.paa\",\n        \"a3\\3den\\data\\controlsgroups\\diagmousecontrol\\mouse_ca.paa\",\n        ...\n    ]\n*/\n```","code":["addonFiles [\"a3\\3den\\\", \".paa\"];\n/*\n\t[\n\t\t\"a3\\3den\\data\\attributes\\formation\\ech_left_ca.paa\",\n\t\t\"a3\\3den\\data\\attributes\\formation\\stag_column_ca.paa\",\n\t\t\"a3\\3den\\data\\attributes\\stance\\down_ca.paa\",\n\t\t\"a3\\3den\\data\\cfg3den\\layer\\icondisabled_ca.paa\",\n\t\t\"a3\\3den\\data\\controlsgroups\\diagmousecontrol\\mouse_ca.paa\",\n\t\t...\n\t]\n*/"]},{"code":["// Since Arma 3 2.22\naddonFiles [\"$mission\", \".sqf\"];"]}],"see_also":["allAddonsInfo"]}