{"name":"setTimeMultiplier","operator":null,"title":"setTimeMultiplier","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setTimeMultiplier","revid":378416,"updated":"2026-04-04T08:44:07Z","groups":["Time","Mission Information","Environment"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.26"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.26"},"arma3_since":"1.26","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":"global","server_exec":true},"exec":null,"description":"Sets a time multiplier for in-game time. The command range is capped at 0.1 - 120 to avoid performance problems.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"setTimeMultiplier value","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"value","type":null,"optional":false,"default":null,"description":"Number in range 0.1 .. 120","types":["Number"],"since":null,"text":"value: Number in range 0.1 .. 120"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","types":["Nothing"],"description":null,"text":"Nothing"},"form":"unary","operator":null,"left":null,"right":{"text":"value","types":["Number"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\nsetTimeMultiplier 60;\n```","code":["setTimeMultiplier 60;"]},{"text":"```sqf\nsetTimeMultiplier 0.5;\n```","code":["setTimeMultiplier 0.5;"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["timeMultiplier","skipTime","setAccTime","accTime","time","serverTime","date","dayTime"],"notes":[{"user":"Hypoxic125","date":"2023-02-14T17:07:34Z","text":"**timeMultiplier = 24 / IRL Hours per Game Day**\n\nDesired: 4 IRL Hours for Full In-Game Day\n\ntimeMultiplier = 24 / 4\n\ntimeMultiplier = 6"}],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Environment","Command Group: Mission Information","Command Group: Time","Introduced with Arma 3 version 1.26","Scripting Commands","Scripting Commands: Global Effect","Scripting Commands: Server Execution"]}