ActionScript 2.0 :: Accuracy Difference Between GetTimer And Date.getTime?
Aug 29, 2008
I came accross another issue regarding the accuracy between the getTimer and date.getTime functions.I use this simple script (AS2)
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What happens if you let this simple app running is that the trace will show that the difference between the getTimer and date.getTime results slowly increases.I would assume some inaccuracy, but not one that would slowly increase during the lifetime of the application. The reason I want to compare the two values is that I want to see if someone is tampering with the application speed with a program such as Cheat Engine. And I noticed the date.getTime function isn't affected by that program, but the getTimer function is.
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