hi i'm creating a game in which the player has a 'fireball' spell that is supposed to wreak havoc on enemies unfortunately the engine crashes as soon as the fireball hits something..

i'm using lite-c for programming.. here is the code for creation and subsequent removal of the fireball..

//code start
ent_create("fireball.mdl",my.x,glow_me);
// this function creates the fireball and glow_me moves it

action glow_me()
{
set(my,TRANSLUCENT);
set(my,BRIGHT);
my.alpha=80;

set(my,LIGHT);
my.lightrange=300;
my.red=255; my.blue=64; my.green=64;

you=player;
my.pan=your.pan;
my.tilt = camera.tilt+25;

firemovement[1]=-2*cos(my.pan); firemovement[0]=2*sin(my.pan); firemovement[2]=0.5*sin(my.tilt);
// this is due to some axis interchange i forgot to take care of.. x and y are interchanged

while(1)
{

move_mode = IGNORE_ME+IGNORE_YOU+IGNORE_PASSABLE;

ballc = ent_move(firemovement,vector(0,0,0)); //crash coming!!

if(ballc==0){ ent_remove(me); //crash here!!!}

wait(1);
}

}
// code end

this is supposed to remove the fireball as soon as 'ballc' goes to zero when the fireball collides with something. But it crashes the engine for some reason..

if i use something else inside the statement eg if(ballc==0){ my.scale_x=5;} this works fine.. how can i remove the fireball on collision? don wanna leave it there for the rest of the level

I just give you a tip:
Try to use ent_remove(); not in a while-loop, for example like this:

hey it worked i put ent_remove outside the while loop and now it works fine.. i guess it crashed cause 'my' becomes an empty pointer if removed while inside a 'while' loop.. anyway back to roasting goblins

thanks Poison