diff -r 73cdc306888f -r 4c0f8dbf6c13 hedgewars/uScript.pas
--- a/hedgewars/uScript.pas	Tue Dec 13 21:21:55 2022 +0100
+++ b/hedgewars/uScript.pas	Fri Jan 20 21:40:37 2023 -0500
@@ -3225,7 +3225,7 @@
     if CheckLuaParamCount(L, 1, 'HideHog', 'gearUid') then
         begin
         gear:= GearByUID(Trunc(lua_tonumber(L, 1)));
-        if (gear <> nil) and (gear^.hedgehog <> nil) then
+        if (gear <> nil) and (gear^.hedgehog <> nil) and (gear^.hedgehog^.gear <> nil) then
             begin
             HideHog(gear^.hedgehog);
             lua_pushboolean(L, true);