AS3 - framerate independent game

[pi3rc3]

im trying to switch my game, that is using onEnterFrame to update the game, over to a timer based update so it will be frame rate independent. how is something like this achieved?

[senocular]

Timer class.

flash.utils.Timer (http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/201/langref/flash/utils/Timer.html)

[pi3rc3]

so say i want my game to run 30 fps i would just set a timer to fire off every 33 miliseconds?

[Dazzer]

Well, yes, but!

Timer is still dependent on Framerate, as such, your Timer will trigger AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE to the frame. Since it cannot do anything between frames.