Actionscript 3 :: Accurate Way To Track Time In It?
Jan 11, 2011The timer class seems to accrue a lot of error over time so I'm wondering what other solutions people have come up with for a more accurate Timer.
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UPDATE :
Text rendering quality using the new Flash Text Engine :
UPDATE 2 :
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