entities

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Description

Description:

Returns a list of all alive and dead entities of the given type or deriving from the given type. Units in vehicles are ignored.

Alternative syntax introduced in Arma 3 v.1.65.138685 allows to filter entities by type and alive status as well as to return entities currently in vehicles.

Optimisation tip: Keep number of types in both includeTypes and excludeTypes arrays to a minimum by possibly using parent/base classes. If you have to use several types, arrange them in order so that the more common types go at the beginning of the array.

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Syntax

Syntax:

entities type

Parameters:

type: String

Return Value:

Array

Alternative Syntax

Syntax:

entities [typesInclude, typesExclude, includeCrews, excludeDead]      since Arma 3 v.1.65.138685

Parameters:

[typesInclude, typesExclude, includeCrews, excludeDead]: Array

typesInclude: Array - in format [type1, type2, ...typeN], where type is a String. Empty array [] means include every entity. Method used for filtering - isKindOf

typesExclude: Array - in format [type1, type2, ...typeN], where type is a String. Empty array [] means exclude no entity. Method used for filtering - isKindOf

includeCrews (Optional): Boolean - include crews currently in vehicles. Default: false

excludeDead (Optional): Boolean - exclude dead entities. Default: false

Return Value:

Array

Examples

Example 1:

_allcars = entities "Car";

Example 2:

Return all alive entities on the map:_allalive = entities [[], [], true, true];

Example 3:

Return dead and alive entities but logic:_notlogic = entities [[], ["Logic"], true];

Example 4:

Return all alive west soldiers on foot:_footsoldiers = entities [["SoldierWB"], [], false, true];

Additional Information

See also:

nearEntitiesallUnitsvehiclesagentsallMissionObjects

Notes

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Notes

Posted on Mar 27, 2014 - 20:26

ffur2007slx2_5

In ArmA3 ver 1.14 type (string) can be any children class under configfile >> "CfgVehicles". e.g.entities "All"; //or entities "CAManBase"; etc.

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Posted on July 12, 2016 - 22:37 (UTC)

MisterGoodson

In A3 1.62 entities "CAManBase" does not include entities inside vehicles (crew).