timer() and lag

Something I've noticed as I've wandered across sims is that the timer event and lag are not dependant on each other.

I'm using a timer to trigger the closing of a listen handler like many people do. My script basically opens the listen, says something, and waits for the correct answer. If the correct answer does not happen after X seconds the timer triggers and it closes the listen handler. So basically its waiting for the correct answer or no answer.

Now what I noticed is that in a snappy sim the correct answer is given very fast, so if it says no answer the script has waits that X seconds before timing out. Ideally I'd like the X seconds to be a relatively short time.

In a laggy sim it may take ages before the correct answer is given so I do not want to close the listener too soon. So the X seconds might not be good enough.

So what do I do? I currently have the X seconds set to 15 seconds before time out, but I'd like to tailor that X seconds reflecting the sim lag. So in a snappy sim it doesn't have to wait so long, but in a laggy sim it will wait for a longer time. Any ideas?

Try using something like llGetRegionTimeDilation or llGetRegionFPS to adjust your timer.
==Chris

How about just closing the listen as soon as a command is heard? And keep the timer at like 15-30 seconds to provide enough time for someone to actually give an answer.

Additionally...timers lag in laggy sims.

Well I just set a flat 5 second timer for it. I ran around SL yesterday testing the response time in the laggiest of sims only gave a 1.7 second response. So I concluded I shouldnt bother with doing this for normal conditions, and if its drastic conditions nothing will work anyways.