{"name":"setDropInterval","operator":null,"title":"setDropInterval","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setDropInterval","revid":336719,"updated":"2023-01-04T15:24:43Z","groups":["Particles"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"ofpe","name":"Operation Flashpoint: Elite","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma1","name":"Armed Assault","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma2","name":"Arma 2","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma2oa","name":"Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead","version":"1.50"},{"game":"tkoh","name":"Take On Helicopters","version":"1.00"},{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"0.50"}],"since":{"game":"ofpe","name":"Operation Flashpoint: Elite","version":"1.00"},"arma3_since":"0.50","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":"global","effect":"local","server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Set interval of emitting particles from particle source. In Arma 3 hardcoded limit of how many particles can exist at the same time is [18000](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?177797-Ruin-your-copy-of-Arma-and-your-PC#post2691090). Correspondence between CfgCloudlets class param name and command param:\n\n```sqf\nparticleSource setDropInterval interval;\n```","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"particleSource setDropInterval interval","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"particleSource","type":"Object","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Object"],"since":null,"text":"particleSource: Object"},{"name":"interval","type":"Number","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Number"],"since":null,"text":"interval: Number"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","types":["Nothing"],"description":null,"text":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"particleSource","types":["Object"]},"right":{"text":"interval","types":["Number"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_source setDropInterval 0.05;\n```","code":["_source setDropInterval 0.05;"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["drop","setParticleParams","setParticleRandom","setParticleFire","setParticleCircle"],"notes":[],"categories":["ArmA: Armed Assault: Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Particles","Introduced with Operation Flashpoint: Elite version 1.00","Operation Flashpoint: Elite: New Scripting Commands","Operation Flashpoint: Elite: Scripting Commands","Scripting Commands","Scripting Commands: Local Effect","Take On Helicopters: Scripting Commands"]}