# How to enable prefer Lidar on Lightship 2.5.2
**URL:** https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/how-to-enable-prefer-lidar-on-lightship-2-5-2/4216
**Category:** I'm Stuck
**Created:** [January 1, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/how-to-enable-prefer-lidar-on-lightship-2-5-2/4216 "2024-01-01T19:43:36Z")
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### Author:  [@Hashem\_AlSailani](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Hashem_AlSailani)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2024, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/how-to-enable-prefer-lidar-on-lightship-2-5-2/4216/1 "2024-01-01T19:43:36Z")
- **ARDK version** : 2.5.2
Description of the issue:
Hello! Happy new years!
I wanted to ask how to turn on the “Prefer Lidar if available” on the ARDK 2.5.2. I was looking for it but everything online is for the 3.0 and 3.1
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### Author:  [@Maverick\_Niantic](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Maverick_Niantic)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/how-to-enable-prefer-lidar-on-lightship-2-5-2/4216/2 "2024-01-02T18:56:11Z")
Hi Hashem,
By default 2.5.2 should prefer LiDAR if available. If you’re interested in using the meshing functionality in that version, I would take a look at this article in the documentation about how you would go about enabling that: [https://lightship.dev/docs/archive/ardk/context\_awareness/meshing/meshing\_overview.html#session-configuration-and-lidar-support](https://lightship.dev/docs/archive/ardk/context_awareness/meshing/meshing_overview.html#session-configuration-and-lidar-support)
Happy New Year!
Maverick L.
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### Author:  [@Maverick\_Niantic](https://community.nianticspatial.com/u/Maverick_Niantic)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2026, 11:44pm UTC](https://community.nianticspatial.com/t/how-to-enable-prefer-lidar-on-lightship-2-5-2/4216/3 "2026-03-05T23:44:32Z")
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