diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index e5ab86ae3d..0670f2dfb8 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -120,15 +120,6 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			viewport = new Viewport(clientSize, Game.world.Map.Offset, Game.world.Map.Offset + Game.world.Map.Size, renderer);
 			Timer.Time( "ChromeProv, SeqProv, viewport: {0}" );
 
-			// todo: delay this
-			skipMakeAnims = true;
-			foreach (var actorReference in world.Map.Actors)
-				world.CreateActor(actorReference.Name, actorReference.Location,
-					world.players.Values.FirstOrDefault(p => p.InternalName == actorReference.Owner)
-					?? world.NeutralPlayer);
-			skipMakeAnims = false;
-			Timer.Time( "map actors: {0}" );
-
 			chrome = new Chrome(renderer, manifest);
 			Timer.Time( "chrome: {0}" );
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
index 70b7889425..22dfed001e 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/OpenRA.Game.csproj
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Traits\TraitsInterfaces.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Turreted.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\Unit.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Traits\World\SpawnMapActors.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\World\UnitInfluence.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\World\WallLoadHook.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\World\WaterPaletteRotation.cs" />
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/SpawnMapActors.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/SpawnMapActors.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2ffb81fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/SpawnMapActors.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Traits
+{
+	class SpawnMapActorsInfo : StatelessTraitInfo<SpawnMapActors> { }
+
+	class SpawnMapActors : IGameStarted
+	{
+		public void GameStarted(World world)
+		{
+			Game.skipMakeAnims = true;		// rude hack
+
+			foreach (var actorReference in world.Map.Actors)
+				world.CreateActor(actorReference.Name, actorReference.Location,
+					world.players.Values.FirstOrDefault(p => p.InternalName == actorReference.Owner)
+					?? world.NeutralPlayer);
+
+			Game.skipMakeAnims = false;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/mods/cnc/system.yaml b/mods/cnc/system.yaml
index b94af8e34c..0b538cf709 100644
--- a/mods/cnc/system.yaml
+++ b/mods/cnc/system.yaml
@@ -207,4 +207,5 @@ World:
 		Name: Tiberium
 		GrowthInterval: 1
 		SpreadInterval: 6
+	SpawnMapActors:
 	SpawnDefaultUnits:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/mods/ra/rules.yaml b/mods/ra/rules.yaml
index 5af5dd605a..7662fb485d 100644
--- a/mods/ra/rules.yaml
+++ b/mods/ra/rules.yaml
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ World:
 		Templates:templates.ini
 		Tileset:tileSet.til
 		MapColors:temperat.col
+	SpawnMapActors:
 	SpawnDefaultUnits:
 
 MGG: