tindust, thanks for the suggestion. However, I tried changing if(vec_dist(camera.x, my.x)< 6000) to if(vec_dist(player.x, my.x)< 6000) and have the same result. Any other suggestions? I must be missing something somewhere!

P4 2.6 ghz 1 gig ram geforce 6600 256 mb GS A7.05 commercial