Comments on: Understanding AS3 Timer Class

By: gonaku sense

gonaku sense — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:19:24 +0000

Wow..!!

Thanks Emanuelle..you help me!
It’s so simple!!

By: jarofed

jarofed — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 14:29:34 +0000

Do we have any methods to get actual time (not tied to timeframe) in AS3?

By: somebody

somebody — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:18:41 +0000

wow!
you were running this swf for 4,3 hours :D

By: Luke

Luke — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:10:00 +0000

Nice tutorial…but you don’t actually say which one is correct?
I’m assuming it’s the frame-based timer, but perhaps you should make this clear?

By: Arxanas

Arxanas — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:35:10 +0000

Which one would I use?
Well, which one would you use?

Great tutorial!

By: Jensa

Jensa — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:59:49 +0000

… and I should add – isn’t it odd to call something that isn’t really tied to time a timer? ;)

By: Jensa

Jensa — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:58:50 +0000

One more thing about the Timer class – They’re totally dependant on EnterFrame events, so reduced framerate = reduced accuracy. If you set the framerate to zero, your timers will also stop.

(A framerate of zero can double the amount of MouseEvents Flash can send)

By: John Dalziel

John Dalziel — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:29:53 +0000

Hi Emanuelle. If you are prepared to sacrifice frequency for accuracy then you might want to try the AS3 Timekeeper class: http://www.computus.org/journal/?p=25 It ensures an accurate and consistent tick period, at a maximum periodicity of 10 ticks per second.

By: Robin

Robin — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:00:43 +0000

Hey Emanuelle, for my game I use the Timer Class and compare the interval with the current time of your computer.