---
name: "setTrafficDistance"
type: command
status: ok
groups: ["Environment"]
arma3_since: "0.50"
locality: {"argument": null, "effect": null, "server_exec": false}
source: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setTrafficDistance
revid: 379469
updated: 2026-10-31T00:10:40Z
---

# setTrafficDistance

*Command · Environment · Arma 3 v0.50 · introduced in Take On Helicopters v1.01*

## Description

Set maximum ambient traffic draw distance (in 2D).

> [!NOTE]
> This command does nothing in Arma 3.

## Syntax

```sqf
setTrafficDistance distance
```

**Parameters:**

- `distance`: [Number](../topics/Number.md) - draw distance (in meter)

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

## Examples

### Example 1

```sqf
setTrafficDistance 1000;
```

## See also

[enableTraffic](../commands/enableTraffic.md) · [setTrafficDensity](../commands/setTrafficDensity.md) · [setTrafficGap](../commands/setTrafficGap.md) · [setTrafficSpeed](../commands/setTrafficSpeed.md)

## Community notes

**Master85** — 2011-12-02

The distance is not to the drawn traffic itself but to the road section - i.e. the ambient traffic on a long road section which is only partially within the drawing distance is drawn entirely.

<sub>Source: [BI Community Wiki — setTrafficDistance](https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/setTrafficDistance) (revision 379469).</sub>