--- deliantra/server/common/map.C	2007/08/30 05:24:14	1.122
+++ deliantra/server/common/map.C	2007/09/07 18:03:31	1.127
@@ -410,28 +410,6 @@
 }
 
 bool
-maptile::_load_objects (const char *path, bool skip_header)
-{
-  object_thawer f (path);
-
-  if (!f)
-    return false;
-
-  f.next ();
-
-  if (skip_header)
-    for (;;)
-      {
-        keyword kw = f.kw;
-        f.skip ();
-        if (kw == KW_end)
-          break;
-      }
-
-  return _load_objects (f);
-}
-
-bool
 maptile::_save_objects (const char *path, int flags)
 {
   object_freezer freezer;
@@ -613,8 +591,6 @@
 {
   for (;;)
     {
-      thawer.next ();
-
       switch (thawer.kw)
         {
           case KW_msg:
@@ -679,10 +655,11 @@
           case KW_tile_path_4: thawer.get (tile_path [3]); break;
 
           case KW_ERROR:
-            set_key (thawer.kw_str, thawer.value);
+            set_key_text (thawer.kw_str, thawer.value);
             break;
 
           case KW_end:
+            thawer.next ();
             return true;
 
           default:
@@ -690,22 +667,13 @@
               return false;
             break;
         }
+
+      thawer.next ();
     }
 
   abort ();
 }
 
-bool
-maptile::_load_header (const char *path)
-{
-  object_thawer thawer (path);
-
-  if (!thawer)
-    return false;
-
-  return _load_header (thawer);
-}
-
 /******************************************************************************
  * This is the start of unique map handling code
  *****************************************************************************/
@@ -812,17 +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;
@@ -830,6 +803,9 @@
 
   if (buttons)
     free_objectlinkpt (buttons), buttons = 0;
+
+  sfree (regions, size ()); regions = 0;
+  delete [] regionmap; regionmap = 0;
 }
 
 void
@@ -1630,11 +1606,11 @@
     return;
 
   for_all_players (pl)
-    if (pl->ob->map == this)
+    if (pl->observe->map == this)
       if (client *ns = pl->ns)
         {
-          int dx = x - pl->ob->x;
-          int dy = y - pl->ob->y;
+          int dx = x - pl->observe->x;
+          int dy = y - pl->observe->y;
 
           int distance = idistance (dx, dy);