{"name":"setWaypointTimeout","operator":null,"title":"setWaypointTimeout","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setWaypointTimeout","revid":377755,"updated":"2026-01-03T00:58:12Z","groups":["Waypoints"],"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":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Defines the time between condition satisfaction and waypoint finish (randomly from min to max, with an average value mid).","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"waypoint setWaypointTimeout [min, mid, max]","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"waypoint","type":"Waypoint","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Waypoint"],"since":null,"text":"waypoint: Waypoint"},{"name":"min","type":"Number","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Number"],"since":null,"text":"min: Number"},{"name":"mid","type":"Number","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Number"],"since":null,"text":"mid: Number"},{"name":"max","type":"Number","optional":false,"default":null,"description":null,"types":["Number"],"since":null,"text":"max: Number"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","types":["Nothing"],"description":null,"text":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"waypoint","types":["Waypoint"]},"right":{"text":"[min, mid, max]","types":["Array"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n[_grp, 2] setWaypointTimeout [5, 10, 6];\n```","code":["[_grp, 2] setWaypointTimeout [5, 10, 6];"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["waypoints","deleteWaypoint","copyWaypoints","setCurrentWaypoint","setWaypointBehaviour","setWaypointCombatMode","setWaypointCompletionRadius","setWaypointDescription","setWaypointFormation","setWaypointHousePosition","setWaypointPosition","setWaypointScript","setWaypointSpeed","setWaypointStatements","setWaypointType","setWaypointVisible","waypointAttachVehicle","waypointAttachedVehicle","setWaypointLoiterRadius","waypointLoiterRadius","addWaypoint","setWaypointLoiterType","waypointTimeoutCurrent","waypointSpeed"],"notes":[{"user":"Lucky44","date":"2010-12-12T00:32:00Z","text":"The example doesn't seem to make sense, according to the listed syntax. It seems to set a Max time greater than the Mid time."},{"user":"Tom 48 97","date":"2010-12-12T03:30:00Z","text":"If mid is greater than max, the result will be really near the mid value.\nResults with the values of the example: 8.237, 9.383, 10.425, 9.417, 9.43401, 10.425, 9.90601, 9.96701, 9.42401, 9.42502, 9.96698, 9.89999..."}],"categories":["ArmA: Armed Assault: Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead: Scripting Commands","Arma 2: Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Waypoints","Introduced with Operation Flashpoint: Elite version 1.00","Operation Flashpoint: Elite: New Scripting Commands","Operation Flashpoint: Elite: Scripting Commands","Scripting Commands","Take On Helicopters: Scripting Commands"]}