Try adjusting the framerate of your movie up or down. I found that 60 FPS yielded 0% increase with 10ms x 1000. But 12 FPS yielded 50% increase and 30 FPS yielded 10% increase.

From the docs: “If interval is greater than the SWF file’s frame rate, the interval function is only called each time the playhead enters a frame; this minimizes the impact each time the screen is refreshed.” Also, “the interval function is called as close to interval as possible.”

—
interval = 1000 :: repeat = 200
* expected elapsed seconds = 200
* real elapsed seconds = 210
* difference = 5%
—
interval = 1000 :: repeat = 100
* expected elapsed seconds = 100
* real elapsed seconds = 104
* difference = 4%
—
interval = 50 :: repeat = 200
* expected elapsed seconds = 10
* real elapsed seconds = 11
* difference = 10%
—
interval = 25 :: repeat = 400
* expected elapsed seconds = 10
* real elapsed seconds = 15
* difference = 50%
—
interval = 10 :: repeat = 1000
* expected elapsed seconds = 10
* real elapsed seconds = 17
* difference = 70%
—

As you can see the results become dramatic as the milliseconds decrease. I really hope that you can find out how to make the class more accurate, as I intend to use it mainly for very short repeat loops.

Kind regards / Bob Stoute

ACTIONSCRIPT USED FOR TESTING =

import mx.utils.Delegate;
import com.jor.utils.Timer;
import com.jor.events.TimerEvent;
//
var start_time = int(getTimer() / 1000);
//
var interval = 500;
var repeat = 20;
//
var myTimer:Timer = new Timer(interval, repeat);
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, Delegate.create(this, timerHandler));
myTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, Delegate.create(this, timerHandler));
myTimer.start();
//
function timerHandler(event:TimerEvent):Void {
if (event.type == “timer”) {
t = myTimer.currentCount;
g = (int(getTimer() / interval));
info = “myTimer.currentCount = ” + t + ” :: expected currentCount = ” + g + ” :: difference = ” + (g - t);
trace(info);
}
if (event.type == “timerComplete”) {
var real_seconds = int(getTimer() / 1000) - start_time;
var expected_seconds = (interval * repeat) / 1000;
//
trace(”—”);
trace(”interval = ” + interval + ” :: repeat = ” + repeat);
trace(”* expected elapsed seconds = ” + expected_seconds);
trace(”* real elapsed seconds = ” + real_seconds);
trace(”* difference = ” + (real_seconds - expected_seconds) / (expected_seconds / 100) + “%”);
trace(”—”);
}
}
stop();

I use the site http://www.shockwave-india.com/blog/services/as-highlight2/index.php to format the text and redefined the style classes it creates to colors I prefer. You can probably check my source for the color codes I changed them to. If not, I can email them to you.