{"name":"setVehicleLock","title":"setVehicleLock","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setVehicleLock","revid":379389,"updated":"2026-10-31T00:00:00Z","groups":["Object Manipulation"],"status":"ok","games":{"ofpe":"1.00","arma1":"1.00","arma2":"1.00","arma2oa":"1.50","tkoh":"1.00","arma3":"0.50"},"since":"ofpe 1.00","arma3_since":"0.50","locality":{"argument":"local","effect":"global"},"description":"Sets vehicle lock. Possible values:\n\n- \"UNLOCKED\"\n- \"DEFAULT\"\n- \"LOCKED\"\n- \"LOCKEDPLAYER\"","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"vehicleName setVehicleLock lockState","params":[{"name":"vehicleName","type":"Object","type_expr":"Object"},{"name":"lockState","type":"String","type_expr":"String"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","type_expr":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"vehicleName"},"right":{"text":"lockState"}}],"examples":[{"code":["_veh1 setVehicleLock \"LOCKED\";"]}],"see_also":["lock","locked","lockDriver","lockCargo","lockTurret"],"notes":[{"user":"AgentRev","date":"2014-10-22T02:01:00Z","text":"In Arma 3:\nsetVehicleLock \"UNLOCKED\" = same as \"lock 0\"\nsetVehicleLock \"DEFAULT\" = same as \"lock 1\"\nsetVehicleLock \"LOCKED\" = same as \"lock 2\"\nsetVehicleLock \"LOCKEDPLAYER\" = same as \"lock 3\""},{"user":"Killzone_Kid","date":"2015-03-04T15:57:00Z","text":"DEFAULT lock is default vehicle lock when vehicle placed in editor. If player is in a group of AIs and not the leader, he will not be able to enter this vehicle as he will not have GetIn action for this vehicle."}]}