{"name":"BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle","title":"BIS fnc spawnVehicle","type":"function","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle","revid":370876,"updated":"2025-02-21T10:44:01Z","groups":["Vehicles"],"status":"ok","games":{"arma2":"1.00","arma2oa":"1.50","tkoh":"1.00","arma3":"0.50"},"since":"arma2 1.00","arma3_since":"0.50","description":"Function to spawn a certain vehicle type with all crew (including turrets). The vehicle can either become part of an existing group or create a new group.\n\n> [!IMPORTANT]\n> Before **Arma 3** (Arma 2, Take On Helicopters):\n>\n> - a Functions Module **must** be placed in order to use this function\n> - a side's center has to exist (by already having a unit of said side on the map)/be created via createCenter or the vehicle will spawn empty.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"[position, direction, type, sideOrGroup] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle","params":[{"name":"position","type":"Array format Position","description":"desired position","type_expr":"Position","types":["Array","Position"]},{"name":"direction","type":"Number","description":"desired azimuth/direction","type_expr":"Number"},{"name":"type","type":"String","description":"type of the vehicle","type_expr":"String"},{"name":"sideOrGroup","type":"Side or Group","description":"side or existing group","type_expr":"Side | Group"}],"returns":{"type":"Array","type_expr":"Array","description":"format [createdVehicle, crew, group]:\n- createdVehicle: Object - the created vehicle - crew: Array of Objects - the vehicle's crew members - group: Group - created or passed group","text":"Array format [createdVehicle, crew, group]:\n\n- createdVehicle: Object - the created vehicle\n- crew: Array of Objects - the vehicle's crew members\n- group: Group - created or passed group"}}],"examples":[{"code":["[getPos player, 180, \"BMP3\", east] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;"]},{"code":["private _result = [getPos player, 180, \"BMP3\", east] call BIS_fnc_spawnVehicle;\n\nprivate _vehicle = _result select 0;\n_result params [\"_vehicle\", \"_crew\", \"_group\"];"]}],"see_also":["respawnVehicle","createVehicle","createUnit","crew"]}