getTerrainHeight

2.10

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Only available in Development branch(es) until its release with Arma 3 patch v2.10.

Description

Description:

Returns terrain height at the specified location.

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Unlike getTerrainHeightASL which returns the exact position's height, this command returns the height at the closest terrain grid pixel to the provided position:

private _cellWidth = getTerrainInfo # 2; getTerrainHeightASL (_pos apply { _cellWidth * round (_x / _cellWidth) });

Groups:

Diagnostic

Syntax

Syntax:

getTerrainHeight positionWorld

Parameters:

positionWorld: Position2D or Position3D - Position in world coordinates either in Position2D or Position3D

Return Value:

Number - terrain height

Examples

Example 1:

private _gridCellHeight = getTerrainHeight getPosWorld player;

Additional Information

See also:

setTerrainHeight getTerrainInfo

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