---
name: "setDropInterval"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Particles"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": "global", "effect": "local", "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setDropInterval
revid: 336719
updated: 2023-01-04T15:24:43Z
---

# setDropInterval

*Command · Particles · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Operation Flashpoint: Elite v1.00*

Locality: arguments **global** · effect **local**

## 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 [](../commands/setDropInterval.md). Correspondence between CfgCloudlets class param name and command param:

```sqf
particleSource setDropInterval interval;
```

## Syntax

```sqf
particleSource setDropInterval interval
```

**Parameters:**

- `particleSource`: [Object](../topics/Object.md)
- `interval`: [Number](../topics/Number.md)

**Returns:** [Nothing](../topics/Nothing.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
_source setDropInterval 0.05;
```

## See also

[drop](../commands/drop.md) · [setParticleParams](../commands/setParticleParams.md) · [setParticleRandom](../commands/setParticleRandom.md) · [setParticleFire](../commands/setParticleFire.md) · [setParticleCircle](../commands/setParticleCircle.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — setDropInterval](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setDropInterval) (revision 336719).</sub>