diff -r a85b0ef91685 -r 2f4d0a387a02 hedgewars/uGearsList.pas
--- a/hedgewars/uGearsList.pas	Thu Oct 08 10:42:00 2015 -0400
+++ b/hedgewars/uGearsList.pas	Thu Oct 08 10:48:16 2015 -0400
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 uses uFloat, uTypes, SDLh;
 
 function  AddGear(X, Y: LongInt; Kind: TGearType; State: Longword; dX, dY: hwFloat; Timer: LongWord): PGear;
+function  AddGear(X, Y: LongInt; Kind: TGearType; State: Longword; dX, dY: hwFloat; Timer, newUid: LongWord): PGear;
 procedure DeleteGear(Gear: PGear);
 procedure InsertGearToList(Gear: PGear);
 procedure RemoveGearFromList(Gear: PGear);
@@ -164,11 +165,16 @@
 
 
 function AddGear(X, Y: LongInt; Kind: TGearType; State: Longword; dX, dY: hwFloat; Timer: LongWord): PGear;
+begin
+AddGear:= AddGear(X, Y, Kind, State, dX, dY, Timer, 0);
+end;
+function AddGear(X, Y: LongInt; Kind: TGearType; State: Longword; dX, dY: hwFloat; Timer, newUid: LongWord): PGear;
 var gear: PGear;
     //c: byte;
     cakeData: PCakeData;
 begin
-inc(GCounter);
+if newUid = 0 then
+    inc(GCounter);
 
 AddFileLog('AddGear: #' + inttostr(GCounter) + ' (' + inttostr(x) + ',' + inttostr(y) + '), d(' + floattostr(dX) + ',' + floattostr(dY) + ') type = ' + EnumToStr(Kind));
 
@@ -186,7 +192,9 @@
 gear^.doStep:= doStepHandlers[Kind];
 gear^.CollisionIndex:= -1;
 gear^.Timer:= Timer;
-gear^.uid:= GCounter;
+if newUid = 0 then
+     gear^.uid:= GCounter
+else gear^.uid:= newUid;
 gear^.SoundChannel:= -1;
 gear^.ImpactSound:= sndNone;
 gear^.Density:= _1;