--- deliantra/server/common/loader.C	2006/09/07 09:37:12	1.8
+++ deliantra/server/common/loader.C	2006/09/07 14:21:04	1.9
@@ -501,9 +501,10 @@
   else                          \
     CLEAR_FLAG (op, flag)       \
 
-int parse_object (object * op, object_thawer & thawer, int map_flags)
+int parse_object (object *op, object_thawer &thawer, int map_flags)
 {
   bool ismore = 0;
+  object *op_inv = op->inv;
 
   for (;;)
     {
@@ -560,18 +561,28 @@
                     {
                       // 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
+                      // save ordering the same between repeated load/saves.
                       CLEAR_FLAG (tmp, FLAG_OBJ_ORIGINAL);
                       CLEAR_FLAG (tmp, FLAG_REMOVED);
-                      tmp->env = op;
 
-                      if (!op->inv)
-                        op->inv = tmp;
-                      else
+                      if (!op_inv)
                         {
-                          tmp->below = op->inv;
-                          tmp->below->above = tmp;
                           op->inv = tmp;
+                          tmp->above = 0;
+                        } 
+                      else
+                        {
+                          while (op_inv->below)
+                            op_inv = op_inv->below;
+
+                          op_inv->below = tmp;
+                          tmp->above = op_inv;
                         }
+
+                      tmp->below = 0;
+                      tmp->env = op;
+                      op_inv = tmp;
                     }
                   else
                     {