ok tried the you = null; still no joy, i also made the scale of the sprite bigger so i`d see it regardless of were it was, but it does not appear, here is the player function now i think i put the you = null in the right spot
Code:

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function c_ship
{
	player = my;	
	my.scale_x = 1.0;	
	my.scale_y = my.scale_x;	
	my.scale_z = my.scale_x;	
	you = null; 
	while(1)	
	{		
	if(you == null)		
	{			
	c_scan(player.x, temp, vector(360, 60, 1000),ignore_me+ignore_you);		
	}		
	wait(-0.25);	
	}
}

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