--- deliantra/server/common/loader.C	2008/09/01 22:29:17	1.119
+++ deliantra/server/common/loader.C	2008/09/14 23:13:25	1.121
@@ -387,7 +387,8 @@
 #endif
     }
 
-  /* Old spellcasting object - need to load in the appropiate object */
+  /* old style spellcasting object (pretty common) - need to load in the appropiate object */
+  /* (schmorp) old really doesn't mean old, imho, just a more compact way to store such objects */
   if ((type == ROD
        || type == WAND
        || type == SCROLL
@@ -398,11 +399,13 @@
       && !inv
       && !loading_arch
       && stats.sp)     // watchout: old magic bullet stuff directly on the map is going to break here!
+                       // TODO: at least one watchout-comments is redundant - investigate/remove
     {
+      // TODO: fix firewall object on map
       /* Firewall is bizarre in that spell type was stored in dam. Rest are 'normal'
        * in that spell was stored in sp.
        */
-      LOG (llevError, "old spellcasting object found: %s", debug_desc ());
+      //LOG (llevError, "old spellcasting object found: %s", debug_desc ());
       object *tmp = get_archetype (spell_mapping[type == FIREWALL ? stats.dam : stats.sp]);
       insert_ob_in_ob (tmp, this);
       randomitems = 0;
@@ -559,11 +562,10 @@
           case KW_tag:          f.get_ornull (tag); break;
 
           case KW_arch:
-            {
-              object *tmp = object::read (f);
-              tmp->deactivate ();
-
+            if (object *tmp = object::read (f))
               {
+                tmp->deactivate ();
+
                 // was: insert_ob_in_ob (tmp, op);
                 // but manually adding it can improve map loading times a lot
                 // also, appending instead of prepending keeps the
@@ -590,7 +592,6 @@
                 tmp->env = this;
                 op_inv = tmp;
               }
-            }
             continue;
 
           case KW_other_arch: