---
name: "viewDistance"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["System", "Environment"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/viewDistance
revid: 319951
updated: 2022-05-13T09:25:46Z
---

# viewDistance

*Command · System, Environment · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Arma 2 v1.00*

## Description

Returns the rendering distance.

## Syntax

```sqf
viewDistance
```

**Returns:** [Number](../topics/Number.md)

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
hint ("my view distance is " + str viewDistance + " meters");
```

## See also

[setViewDistance](../commands/setViewDistance.md) · [setDetailMapBlendPars](../commands/setDetailMapBlendPars.md) · [setTerrainGrid](../commands/setTerrainGrid.md) · [getObjectViewDistance](../commands/getObjectViewDistance.md) · [setObjectViewDistance](../commands/setObjectViewDistance.md)

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — viewDistance](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/viewDistance) (revision 319951).</sub>