diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/actor.cpp b/source/games/blood/src/actor.cpp
index 7f8ec1f18..c60080ed0 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/actor.cpp
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/actor.cpp
@@ -2524,11 +2524,11 @@ static void actInitDudes()
 //
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-void actInit(bool bSaveLoad)
+void actInit()
 {
 #ifdef NOONE_EXTENSIONS
 	if (!gModernMap) nnExtResetGlobals();
-	else nnExtInitModernStuff(bSaveLoad);
+	else nnExtInitModernStuff();
 #endif
 
 	BloodStatIterator it(kStatItem);
diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/blood.cpp b/source/games/blood/src/blood.cpp
index 6a87a86ca..98f0078a1 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/blood.cpp
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/blood.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void StartLevel(MapRecord* level, bool newgame)
 	}
 	InitSectorFX();
 	warpInit();
-	actInit(false);
+	actInit();
 	evInit();
 	for (int i = connecthead; i >= 0; i = connectpoint2[i])
 	{
diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/nnexts.cpp b/source/games/blood/src/nnexts.cpp
index 817792c28..83b88b0dc 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/nnexts.cpp
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/nnexts.cpp
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ void nnExtResetGlobals()
 //
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-void nnExtInitModernStuff(bool bSaveLoad) 
+void nnExtInitModernStuff() 
 {
     nnExtResetGlobals();
 
@@ -567,34 +567,6 @@ void nnExtInitModernStuff(bool bSaveLoad)
                 break;
         }
 
-        // init after loading save file
-        if (bSaveLoad) 
-        {
-            // add in list of physics affected sprites
-            if (pXSprite->physAttr != 0) 
-            {
-                gPhysSpritesList[gPhysSpritesCount++] = actor; // add sprite index
-                getSpriteMassBySize(actor); // create mass cache
-            }
-
-            if (pXSprite->data3 != pXSprite->sysData1) 
-            {
-                switch (pSprite->statnum) 
-                {
-                case kStatDude:
-                    switch (pSprite->type) 
-                    {
-                    case kDudeModernCustom:
-                    case kDudeModernCustomBurning:
-                        pXSprite->data3 = pXSprite->sysData1; // move sndStartId back from sysData1 to data3 
-                        break;
-                    }
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-        } 
-        else 
-        {
             // auto set going On and going Off if both are empty
             if (pXSprite->txID && !pXSprite->triggerOn && !pXSprite->triggerOff)
                 pXSprite->triggerOn = pXSprite->triggerOff = true;
@@ -779,7 +751,6 @@ void nnExtInitModernStuff(bool bSaveLoad)
                 if (pSprite->z == sector[pSprite->sectnum].floorz) pSprite->z--;
                 else if (pSprite->z == sector[pSprite->sectnum].ceilingz) pSprite->z++;
             }
-        }
 
         // make Proximity flag work not just for dudes and things...
         if (pXSprite->Proximity && gProxySpritesCount < kMaxSuperXSprites) 
@@ -859,17 +830,11 @@ void nnExtInitModernStuff(bool bSaveLoad)
 
             XSPRITE* pXSpr = &iactor2->x();
             spritetype* pSpr = &iactor2->s();
-            int index = pXSpr->reference; int cmd = pXSpr->command;
-            switch (pSpr->type) {
+            switch (pSpr->type) 
+            {
                 case kSwitchToggle: // exceptions
                 case kSwitchOneWay: // exceptions
                     continue;
-                case kModernPlayerControl:
-                    if (pSpr->statnum != kStatModernPlayerLinker || !bSaveLoad) break;
-                    // assign player sprite after savegame loading
-                    index = pXSpr->sysData1;
-                    cmd = xsprite[sprite[index].extra].command;
-                    break;
             }
 
             if (pSpr->type == kModernCondition || pSpr->type == kModernConditionFalse)
diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/nnexts.h b/source/games/blood/src/nnexts.h
index 9c49e4935..c3105fe86 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/nnexts.h
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/nnexts.h
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ extern AISTATE genPatrolStates[kPatrolStateSize];
 
 // - FUNCTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool nnExtEraseModernStuff(DBloodActor* actor);
-void nnExtInitModernStuff(bool bSaveLoad);
+void nnExtInitModernStuff();
 void nnExtProcessSuperSprites(void);
 bool nnExtIsImmune(DBloodActor* pSprite, int dmgType, int minScale = 16);
 int nnExtRandom(int a, int b);