{"name":"enableDynamicSimulation","title":"enableDynamicSimulation","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/enableDynamicSimulation","revid":378012,"updated":"2026-01-21T18:54:03Z","groups":["Dynamic Simulation"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma3":"1.68"},"since":"arma3 1.68","arma3_since":"1.68","locality":{"argument":"global","effect":"local","server_exec":true},"description":"Enables or disables Arma 3: Dynamic Simulation for an object or group.\n\n> [!IMPORTANT]\n> Dynamic simulation for AI units operates on Groups:\n>\n> ```sqf\n> _unit enableDynamicSimulation true; // Does not work\n> group _unit enableDynamicSimulation true; // Works\n> ```\n>\n> It is not possible to enable dynamic simulation for groups that contain a player unit.\n\n> [!NOTE]\n> This command has no effect on *mines*!","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"target enableDynamicSimulation enable","params":[{"name":"target","type":"Object or Group","type_expr":"Object | Group"},{"name":"enable","type":"Boolean","type_expr":"Boolean"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","type_expr":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"target"},"right":{"text":"enable"}}],"examples":[{"code":["_myObject enableDynamicSimulation true;"]}],"see_also":["enableDynamicSimulationSystem","dynamicSimulationSystemEnabled","dynamicSimulationEnabled","setDynamicSimulationDistance","dynamicSimulationDistance","setDynamicSimulationDistanceCoef","dynamicSimulationDistanceCoef","triggerDynamicSimulation","canTriggerDynamicSimulation","enableSimulation","simulationEnabled","enableSimulationGlobal","Arma 3: Dynamic Simulation"],"notes":[{"user":"ansin11","date":"2026-01-21T18:41:00Z","text":"According to Discord user Marko, dynamic simulation for vehicles has to be enabled before the vehicle is crewed. Calling `_vehicle enableDynamicSimulation true` on a vehicle that already has a crew does not enable dynamic simulation for the vehicle (even if dynamic simulation for the crew is already enabled).\n\nThe following example illustrates how a crewed vehicle with working dynamic simulation is created:\n\n```sqf\nprivate _vehicle = createVehicle [\"B_APC_Wheeled_01_cannon_F\", [0,0,0], [], 0, \"NONE\"];\n_vehicle enableDynamicSimulation true;\n\nprivate _group = createGroup west;\n[_vehicle, _group] call BIS_fnc_spawnCrew;\n_group enableDynamicSimulation true;\n```"}]}