@ El Gigante - createtimer takes FPS as it's parameter. Your example is wrong and assumes 16-17 FPS, rather than 60.
http://www.blitzbasic.com/b3ddocs/command.php?name=CreateTimer&ref=2d_a-z
http://www.blitzbasic.com/b3ddocs/command.php?name=CreateTimer&ref=2d_a-z