int compressed_shotorg = compressShotOrigin(this.movedir);
// make them match perfectly
#ifdef SVQC
- this.movedir = decompressShotOrigin(this.owner.stat_shotorg = compressed_shotorg);
+ // null during init
+ if (this.owner) this.owner.stat_shotorg = compressed_shotorg;
+ this.movedir = decompressShotOrigin(compressed_shotorg);
#else
this.movedir = decompressShotOrigin(compressed_shotorg);
#endif