How do I stop a timed event from happening?

Question

I am making a game where a user clicks on insects and tries to get a good high score. When the user clicks on one insect, the insect plays an animation and stays in its spot for 2 seconds in this code:

import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.display.MovieClip;
import fl.motion.Animator;
import flash.events.*;
play();
var mysound:squish = new squish(); 
this.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, kill);
this.dead = false;
function kill(e:MouseEvent😞void 
{
    this.dead=true;
    mouseChildren=false
    mysound.play();
    gotoAndPlay(21);
    this.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, kill);
    flash.utils.setTimeout(removeSelf,2000);

}

function removeSelf():void
{
    this.parent.removeChild(this);
}

When the user pauses the game, the enemies are stopped and they turn invisible. The only problem is that when the user clicks on the insects, and hits the pause button, the insects stay there for 2 seconds. How do I remove the timer when the person pauses the game so that no insects are on the screen?

lalitha subramanian · Answer

according to my understanding your question, you want to remove the timer when your are pressing the pause button right,

Instead of using setTimeout

you can use

var delay:Number

function kill(e:MouseEvent):void

{

this.dead=true;

mouseChildren=false

mysound.play();

gotoAndPlay(21);

this.removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, kill);

delay=setInterval(removeSelf,2000) //it will call the function after 2 sec

}

function removeSelf():void

{

this.parent.removeChild(this);

}

// function for pause button

pause.addEve...........

function pausegame(e:Event)

{

clearInterval(delay) //it will clear the timer

}

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