---
name: "setWaypointTimeout"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Waypoints"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setWaypointTimeout
revid: 377755
updated: 2026-01-03T00:58:12Z
---

# setWaypointTimeout

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

## Description

Defines the time between condition satisfaction and waypoint finish (randomly from min to max, with an average value mid).

## Syntax

```sqf
waypoint setWaypointTimeout [min, mid, max]
```

**Parameters:**

- `waypoint`: Waypoint
- `min`: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- `mid`: [Number](../topics/Number.md)
- `max`: [Number](../topics/Number.md)

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

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
[_grp, 2] setWaypointTimeout [5, 10, 6];
```

## See also

[waypoints](../commands/waypoints.md) · [deleteWaypoint](../commands/deleteWaypoint.md) · [copyWaypoints](../commands/copyWaypoints.md) · [setCurrentWaypoint](../commands/setCurrentWaypoint.md) · [setWaypointBehaviour](../commands/setWaypointBehaviour.md) · [setWaypointCombatMode](../commands/setWaypointCombatMode.md) · [setWaypointCompletionRadius](../commands/setWaypointCompletionRadius.md) · [setWaypointDescription](../commands/setWaypointDescription.md) · [setWaypointFormation](../commands/setWaypointFormation.md) · [setWaypointHousePosition](../commands/setWaypointHousePosition.md) · [setWaypointPosition](../commands/setWaypointPosition.md) · [setWaypointScript](../commands/setWaypointScript.md) · [setWaypointSpeed](../commands/setWaypointSpeed.md) · [setWaypointStatements](../commands/setWaypointStatements.md) · [setWaypointType](../commands/setWaypointType.md) · [setWaypointVisible](../commands/setWaypointVisible.md) · [waypointAttachVehicle](../commands/waypointAttachVehicle.md) · [waypointAttachedVehicle](../commands/waypointAttachedVehicle.md) · [setWaypointLoiterRadius](../commands/setWaypointLoiterRadius.md) · [waypointLoiterRadius](../commands/waypointLoiterRadius.md) · [addWaypoint](../commands/addWaypoint.md) · [setWaypointLoiterType](../commands/setWaypointLoiterType.md) · [waypointTimeoutCurrent](../commands/waypointTimeoutCurrent.md) · [waypointSpeed](../commands/waypointSpeed.md)

## Community notes

**Lucky44** — 2010-12-12

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.

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**Tom 48 97** — 2010-12-12

If mid is greater than max, the result will be really near the mid value.
Results 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...

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — setWaypointTimeout](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setWaypointTimeout) (revision 377755).</sub>