--- cf.schmorp.de/server/common/map.C	2007/09/07 13:10:30	1.126
+++ cf.schmorp.de/server/common/map.C	2007/09/07 18:03:31	1.127
@@ -780,17 +780,22 @@
 void
 maptile::clear ()
 {
-  sfree (regions, size ()); regions = 0;
-  delete [] regionmap; regionmap = 0;
-
   if (spaces)
     {
       for (mapspace *ms = spaces + size (); ms-- > spaces; )
         while (object *op = ms->bot)
           {
-            op = op->head_ ();
-            op->destroy_inv (false);
-            op->destroy ();
+            // manually remove, as to not trigger anything
+            if (ms->bot = op->above)
+              ms->bot->below = 0;
+
+            op->flag [FLAG_REMOVED] = true;
+
+            if (op == op->head_ ())
+              {
+                op->destroy_inv (false);
+                op->destroy ();
+              }
           }
 
       sfree (spaces, size ()), spaces = 0;
@@ -798,6 +803,9 @@
 
   if (buttons)
     free_objectlinkpt (buttons), buttons = 0;
+
+  sfree (regions, size ()); regions = 0;
+  delete [] regionmap; regionmap = 0;
 }
 
 void