diff --git a/saga/actor.cpp b/saga/actor.cpp
index d879c70ed4e..1990e1ef5f9 100644
--- a/saga/actor.cpp
+++ b/saga/actor.cpp
@@ -2292,6 +2292,51 @@ void Actor::drawPathTest() {
 #endif
 }
 
+void Actor::saveState(File& out) {
+	uint16 i;
+	
+	out.writeSint32LE(_centerActor == NULL ? -1 : _centerActor->index);
+	out.writeSint32LE(_protagonist == NULL ? -1 : _protagonist->index);
+	out.writeSint16LE(getProtagState());
+
+	for (i = 0; i < _actorsCount; i++) {
+		ActorData *a = _actors[i];
+		a->saveState(out);
+	}
+
+	//TODO: save _activeSpeech
+
+	for (i = 0; i < _objsCount; i++) {
+		ObjectData *o = _objs[i];
+		o->saveState(out);
+	}
+}
+
+void Actor::loadState(File& in) {
+	int32 i;
+
+	i = in.readSint32LE();
+	_centerActor = (i < 0) ? NULL : _actors[i];
+
+	i = in.readSint32LE();
+	_protagonist = (i < 0) ? NULL : _actors[i];
+
+	setProtagState(in.readSint16LE());
+
+	//TODO: load _activeSpeech
+
+	for (i = 0; i < _actorsCount; i++) {
+		ActorData *a = _actors[i];
+		a->loadState(in);
+	}
+
+
+	for (i = 0; i < _objsCount; i++) {
+		ObjectData *o = _objs[i];
+		o->loadState(in);
+	}
+}
+
 // Console wrappers - must be safe to run
 
 void Actor::cmdActorWalkTo(int argc, const char **argv) {
diff --git a/saga/actor.h b/saga/actor.h
index 243c426c88a..93a36d7ad30 100644
--- a/saga/actor.h
+++ b/saga/actor.h
@@ -428,9 +428,6 @@ class Actor {
 	friend class IsoMap;
 	friend class SagaEngine;
 public:
-	ActorData *_centerActor;
-	ActorData *_protagonist;
-	StringsTable _actorsStrings;
 
 	Actor(SagaEngine *vm);
 	~Actor();
@@ -496,6 +493,9 @@ public:
 		return _activeSpeech.stringsCount > 0;
 	}
 
+	void saveState(File& out);
+	void loadState(File& in);
+
 	void setProtagState(int state);
 	int getProtagState() { return _protagState; }
 	
@@ -537,22 +537,32 @@ private:
 	void removePathPoints();
 	bool validFollowerLocation(const Location &location);
 	
-	int _lastTickMsec;
-	SagaEngine *_vm;
-	RSCFILE_CONTEXT *_actorContext;
-	CommonObjectOrderList _drawOrderList;
 	
 protected:
+//constants
 	int _actorsCount;
 	ActorData **_actors;
 
 	int _objsCount;
 	ObjectData **_objs;
 
-private:
+	SagaEngine *_vm;
+	RSCFILE_CONTEXT *_actorContext;
+
+	StringsTable _actorsStrings;
+	int _lastTickMsec;
+	CommonObjectOrderList _drawOrderList;
+
+//variables
+public:
+	ActorData *_centerActor;
+	ActorData *_protagonist;
+
+protected:
 	SpeechData _activeSpeech;
 	int _protagState;
 
+private:
 //path stuff
 	struct PathNode {
 		Point point;
diff --git a/saga/saveload.cpp b/saga/saveload.cpp
index a0daf0e93f5..37d1933991d 100644
--- a/saga/saveload.cpp
+++ b/saga/saveload.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ void SagaEngine::save() {
 	//TODO: version number
 
 	out.writeSint16LE(_script->_commonBufferSize);
-	out.writeSint16LE(_actor->getProtagState());
 
 	// Surrounding scene
 	out.writeSint32LE(_scene->getOutsetSceneNumber());
@@ -58,15 +57,7 @@ void SagaEngine::save() {
 
 	uint16 i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < _actor->_actorsCount; i++) {
-		ActorData *a = _actor->_actors[i];
-		a->saveState(out);
-	}
-	
-	for (i = 0; i < _actor->_objsCount; i++) {
-		ObjectData *o = _actor->_objs[i];
-		o->saveState(out);
-	}
+	_actor->saveState(out);
 	
 	for (i = 0; i < _script->_commonBufferSize; i++)
 		out.writeByte(_script->_commonBuffer[i]);
@@ -89,7 +80,6 @@ void SagaEngine::load() {
 		return;
 
 	commonBufferSize = in.readSint16LE();
-	_actor->setProtagState(in.readSint16LE());
 
 	// Surrounding scene
 	scenenum = in.readSint32LE();
@@ -103,17 +93,10 @@ void SagaEngine::load() {
 
 	uint16 i;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < _actor->_actorsCount; i++) {
-		ActorData *a = _actor->_actors[i];
-		a->loadState(in);
-	}
 	
 	_interface->clearInventory(); //TODO: interface load-save-state
 
-	for (i = 0; i < _actor->_objsCount; i++) {
-		ObjectData *o = _actor->_objs[i];
-		o->loadState(in);
-	}
+	_actor->loadState(in);
 	
 	for (i = 0; i < commonBufferSize; i++)
 		_script->_commonBuffer[i] = in.readByte();