{"name":"vectorUp","title":"vectorUp","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vectorUp","revid":377264,"updated":"2026-01-02T06:33:14Z","groups":["Math - Vectors"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma1":"1.00","arma2":"1.00","arma2oa":"1.50","tkoh":"1.00","arma3":"0.50"},"since":"arma1 1.00","arma3_since":"0.50","locality":{"argument":"global"},"description":"Returns an object's up vector in world space.\n\n> [!IMPORTANT]\n> The vector is **not necessarily normalized**. The magnitude of the vector depends on the object's scale.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"vectorUp object","params":[{"name":"object","type":"Object","type_expr":"Object"}],"returns":{"type":"Vector3D","type_expr":"Vector3D"},"form":"unary","right":{"text":"object"}}],"examples":[{"code":["_vecUp = vectorUp MyObject;"]}],"see_also":["vectorUpVisual","vectorDir","vectorSide","vectorSideVisual","setVectorDir","setVectorUp","setVectorDirAndUp","vectorDiff","vectorAdd","vectorMultiply","vectorCrossProduct","vectorDistance","vectorMagnitudeSqr","vectorDistanceSqr","vectorCos","vectorMagnitude","vectorDotProduct","vectorNormalized","vectorFromTo","BIS_fnc_getPitchBank","BIS_fnc_transformVectorDirAndUp"]}