Pause and resume simulation without user input

[tokola]

Hi Jeff (or anyone else),

I'm trying to pause and resume the simulation automatically, based on time delay. However, since the timers stop working during pause(), I don't know how this can be accomplished. Neither viztask or any other timer-based solution works. How can I call play() at a predefined time after pause() has been called?

What I want to do is resume the simulation a) after a video finishes playing and b) after vizhtml receives input from clients. In the latter case there is a workaround, to receive the trigger for play() from one of the clients, although by being network-dependent I run the risk of blocking playback in case there's a network glitch.

Any help will be greatly appreciated!