diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/ai.cpp b/source/games/blood/src/ai.cpp
index 74f26a645..cf3914c1a 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/ai.cpp
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/ai.cpp
@@ -1863,6 +1863,14 @@ void aiInitSprite(spritetype *pSprite)
     case kDudeTentacleFire:
         aiNewState(actor, &tentacleIdle);
         break;
+#ifdef NOONE_EXTENSIONS
+    case kDudeModernCustom:
+    case kDudeModernCustomBurning:
+        if (!gModernMap) break;
+        aiGenDudeInitSprite(pSprite, pXSprite);
+        genDudePrepare(pSprite, kGenDudePropertyAll);
+        break;
+#endif
     default:
         aiNewState(actor, &genIdle);
         break;
@@ -1918,11 +1926,6 @@ void aiInitSprite(spritetype *pSprite)
     #ifdef NOONE_EXTENSIONS
     if (gModernMap) {
 
-        if (pSprite->type == kDudeModernCustom) {
-            aiGenDudeInitSprite(pSprite, pXSprite);
-            genDudePrepare(pSprite, kGenDudePropertyAll);
-        }
-
         if (pXSprite->dudeFlag4) {
 
             // restore dude's path
diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/aiunicult.cpp b/source/games/blood/src/aiunicult.cpp
index d45617c01..960c46c3c 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/aiunicult.cpp
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/aiunicult.cpp
@@ -1324,7 +1324,6 @@ void scaleDamage(XSPRITE* pXSprite) {
                 case kThingPodFireBall:
                 case kThingNapalmBall:
                     curScale[kDmgBurn] = 32;
-                    curScale[kDmgExplode] -= 32;
                     break;
                 case kMissileLifeLeechRegular:
                     curScale[kDmgBurn] = 60 + Random(4);
@@ -1338,7 +1337,7 @@ void scaleDamage(XSPRITE* pXSprite) {
                 case kMissileFireballCerberus:
                 case kMissileFireballTchernobog:
                     curScale[kDmgBurn] = 50;
-                    curScale[kDmgExplode] = 32;
+                    curScale[kDmgExplode] -= 32;
                     curScale[kDmgFall] = 65 + Random(15);
                     break;
                 case kThingTNTBarrel:
@@ -1348,7 +1347,7 @@ void scaleDamage(XSPRITE* pXSprite) {
                 case kThingArmedTNTStick:
                 case kModernThingTNTProx:
                     curScale[kDmgBurn] -= 32;
-                    curScale[kDmgExplode] = 32;
+                    curScale[kDmgExplode] -= 32;
                     curScale[kDmgFall] = 65 + Random(15);
                     break;
                 case kMissileTeslaAlt:
diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/nnexts.cpp b/source/games/blood/src/nnexts.cpp
index ac25c5e04..3956c3485 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/nnexts.cpp
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/nnexts.cpp
@@ -3947,7 +3947,7 @@ bool condCheckSprite(XSPRITE* pXCond, int cmpOp, bool PUSH) {
                     var = HitScan(pSpr, pPlayer->zWeapon, pPlayer->aim.dx, pPlayer->aim.dy, pPlayer->aim.dz, arg1, arg3 << 1);
                 else if (IsDudeSprite(pSpr))
                     var = HitScan(pSpr, pSpr->z, CosScale16(pSpr->ang), SinScale16(pSpr->ang), (!xspriRangeIsFine(pSpr->extra)) ? 0 : spractor->dudeSlope, arg1, arg3 << 1);
-                else if (var2 & CSTAT_SPRITE_ALIGNMENT_FLOOR) {
+                else if ((var2 & CSTAT_SPRITE_ALIGNMENT_MASK) == CSTAT_SPRITE_ALIGNMENT_FLOOR) {
                     
                     var3 = (var2 & 0x0008) ? 0x10000 << 1 : -(0x10000 << 1);
                     var = HitScan(pSpr, pSpr->z, Cos(pSpr->ang) >> 16, Sin(pSpr->ang) >> 16, var3, arg1, arg3 << 1);