diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index 46a0af0fd4..ac42f3d285 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		static bool changePending;
 		public static Pair<Assembly, string>[] ModAssemblies;
 
-		public static void LoadModPackages(Manifest manifest)
+		static void LoadModPackages(Manifest manifest)
 		{
 			FileSystem.UnmountAll();
 			Timer.Time("reset: {0}");
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			Timer.Time("mount temporary packages: {0}");
 		}
 		
-		internal static void LoadModAssemblies(Manifest m)
+		static void LoadModAssemblies(Manifest m)
 		{	
 			// All the core namespaces
 			var asms = typeof(Game).Assembly.GetNamespaces()
@@ -96,6 +96,19 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 			ModAssemblies = asms.ToArray();
 		}
+
+		public static T CreateObject<T>(string classname)
+		{
+			foreach (var mod in ModAssemblies)
+			{
+				var fullTypeName = mod.Second + "." + classname;
+				var obj = mod.First.CreateInstance(fullTypeName);
+				if (obj != null)
+					return (T)obj;
+			}
+
+			throw new InvalidOperationException("Cannot locate type: {0}".F(classname));
+		}
 		
 		public static void ChangeMap(string mapName)
 		{
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/ActorInfo.cs b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/ActorInfo.cs
index f386648538..6adc0db176 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/ActorInfo.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/GameRules/ActorInfo.cs
@@ -71,16 +71,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.GameRules
 
 		static ITraitInfo LoadTraitInfo(string traitName, MiniYaml my)
 		{
-			foreach (var mod in Game.ModAssemblies)
-			{
-				var fullTypeName = mod.Second + "." + traitName + "Info";
-				var info = (ITraitInfo)mod.First.CreateInstance(fullTypeName);
-				if (info == null) continue;
-				FieldLoader.Load(info, my);
-				return info;
-			}
-
-			throw new InvalidOperationException("Cannot locate trait: {0}".F(traitName));
+			var info = Game.CreateObject<ITraitInfo>(traitName + "Info");
+			FieldLoader.Load(info, my);
+			return info;
 		}
 
 		public IEnumerable<ITraitInfo> TraitsInConstructOrder()