Sorry, my bad. I left out a layer of thinking.


Code:
function i_am_fly(box* Thisbox)
{
	while(Thisbox.lifetime>0)
	{
		wait(1);			//wait 1 frame
		Thisbox.lifetime -= 1;	//reduce counter
	}
	ent_remove(Thisbox.model);		//remove timed-out model
	ptr_remove(Thisbox);		//remove empty box
}

Does this explain my intention better?


Cause if Ive got it right, and you JUST want to have a time-out counter,
you could look into using the entities "skills". Below is an exact copy of whats happening above.
Code:
/// Assume in new_box you said 
...
my_model = ent_create("cube_small.x",vector(0,0,0),NULL);
my_model.skill25 = 100;
i_am_Dying(My_Model);
...

function i_am_dying(ENTITY* ThisModel)
{
	while(ThisModel.skill25>0)
	{
		wait(1);			//wait 1 frame
		ThisModel.skill25 -= 1;	//reduce counter
	}
	ent_remove(ThisModel);		//remove timed-out model
}


Interesting? 100 built-in variables in every entity. Or is this old news to you?

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