---
name: "enableCaustics"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["System"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableCaustics
revid: 379338
updated: 2026-10-30T23:53:14Z
---

# enableCaustics

*Command · System · Arma 3 v0.50*

## Description

Enable/disable caustics drawing.

## Syntax

```sqf
enableCaustics bool
```

**Parameters:**

- `bool`: [Boolean](../topics/Boolean.md)

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

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
enableCaustics true;
```

## Community notes

**Demellion** — 2017-10-23

Setting this to false will disable a light refraction on "liquid" objects like sea water. This has no effect on solid (static) objects.

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — enableCaustics](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableCaustics) (revision 379338).</sub>