{"name":"setDropInterval","title":"setDropInterval","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setDropInterval","revid":336719,"updated":"2023-01-04T15:24:43Z","groups":["Particles"],"status":"ok","games":{"ofpe":"1.00","arma1":"1.00","arma2":"1.00","arma2oa":"1.50","tkoh":"1.00","arma3":"0.50"},"since":"ofpe 1.00","arma3_since":"0.50","locality":{"argument":"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 [18000](http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?177797-Ruin-your-copy-of-Arma-and-your-PC#post2691090). Correspondence between CfgCloudlets class param name and command param:\n\n```sqf\nparticleSource setDropInterval interval;\n```","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"particleSource setDropInterval interval","params":[{"name":"particleSource","type":"Object","type_expr":"Object"},{"name":"interval","type":"Number","type_expr":"Number"}],"returns":{"type":"Nothing","type_expr":"Nothing"},"form":"binary","left":{"text":"particleSource"},"right":{"text":"interval"}}],"examples":[{"code":["_source setDropInterval 0.05;"]}],"see_also":["drop","setParticleParams","setParticleRandom","setParticleFire","setParticleCircle"]}