A millisecond (abbrev. ms) is one thousandth of a second. Therefore, a second divides into 1000 milliseconds.

Accuracy

The accuracy of the ability to measure milliseconds is dependent on the operating system. Some only have the ability to count milliseconds in chunks. for example, 16 ms at a time.

Sleep

Milliseconds are used with a waiting command, most often called Sleep. You can define how many seconds you want the game to sleep by adding 3 zeros to the number of seconds you want the game to sleep.

Sleep for 4 Seconds

Print "Good Night."
Sleep 4000
Print "Good Morning. I slept 4 seconds."
Sleep
End

Print "Good Night."
Sync
For i = 1 to 4
    Wait(1000)
Next
Print "Good Morning. I slept 4 seconds."
Sync
WaitKey
End

Alternately, you can multiply the number of seconds you want the game to sleep by 1000.

'sleep for 4 seconds
Print "Good Night."
Sleep 4 * 1000
Print "Good Morning. I slept 4 seconds."
Sleep
End

Which version you use will depend on your specific programming tastes.

Measurement of Time

• 16.666666666666666666666666666667 milliseconds are one jiffy.
• 1000 milliseconds are one second.

Related Pages

• Timing