How to check whether game is idle

[jyothi_hk]

hi,

I want to know how to check whether a game is idle for last few minutes/seconds.
means, for last 2 minutes no key is pressed then my flash movie goes to idle mode, by pressing a key it should resume back.

Regards,
Jyothi

[pixelbath]

Keep a running count of time (number of seconds, milliseconds, whatever) that is reset to zero each time a key is pressed. Once your count is higher than your threshold (2 minutes), then enter idle mode. Pressing a key at any time (idle or not) will reset your counter to zero.

You could also check against something like system time (something like lastTimeKeyPressed), but it would just be a roundabout way of doing what I suggested above.

[nakor]

This is perfect for what you are after:

http://www.actionscript.org/forums/showpost.php3?p=460852&postcount=78