timed loop

[defuzz]

hey guys, hope you can help ,me out with this one.

What I want to do is have a loop that will run every few seconds. I thought about using a simple while loop but that would do like 30 loops instantly, I also considered making a movie clip with 20 empty frames to represent a time gap between "plays" but that seems a little messy.

Ideally I need it to run every second (I know it will be more/less on different computers), I know it will be using the get timer (I assume) so any help would be great.

[metaminds]

hey defuzz

you can make this type of loop:

//first frame:
startTime = getTimer()
endTime = 1000


//second frame:
if (getTimer() - startTime < endTime) {
play()
} else {
gotoAndStop(1)
}

//third frame:
if (getTimer() - startTime < endTime) {
this.gotoAndPlay(2)
} else {
gotoAndStop(1)
}


hope this helps

Alex