4 files changed, 26 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/engines/parallaction/animation.cpp b/engines/parallaction/animation.cpp
index 701abc9065..031aa66bbd 100644
--- a/engines/parallaction/animation.cpp
+++ b/engines/parallaction/animation.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ Animation *Parallaction::parseAnimation(Script& script, Node *list, char *name)
 					strcat(vC8, "tras");
 				}
 			}
-			_disk->loadFrames(vC8, &vD0->_cnv);
+			vD0->_cnv = new Cnv;
+			_disk->loadFrames(vC8, vD0->_cnv);
 //			int16 _ax = _vm->_gfx->loadCnv(vC8, &vD0->_cnv);
 //			if (_ax == -1) exit(-1);
 		}
@@ -169,8 +170,11 @@ void Parallaction::freeAnimations() {
 	Animation *v4 = (Animation*)_animations._next;
 	while (v4) {
 		freeScript(v4->_program);
-		_vm->_gfx->freeCnv(&v4->_cnv);
+		_vm->_gfx->freeCnv(v4->_cnv);
+		if (v4->_cnv) delete v4->_cnv;
 		v4 = (Animation*)v4->_zone._next;
+
+		// TODO: delete Animation
 	}
 
 	return;
diff --git a/engines/parallaction/defs.h b/engines/parallaction/defs.h
index d1b5730a40..6501a2c4b1 100644
--- a/engines/parallaction/defs.h
+++ b/engines/parallaction/defs.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public:
 
 	byte* getFramePtr(uint16 index) {
 		if (index >= _count)
-			error("frame %i does not exist", index);
+			return NULL;
 		return _array[index];
 	}
 };
diff --git a/engines/parallaction/parallaction.cpp b/engines/parallaction/parallaction.cpp
index 5b8a6ff0e1..9b8dc01b8f 100644
--- a/engines/parallaction/parallaction.cpp
+++ b/engines/parallaction/parallaction.cpp
@@ -779,6 +779,12 @@ void Parallaction::pickMusic(const char *location) {
 	}
 }
 
+//	FIXME: currently, changeCharacter does reload every chunk of
+//	information about the new character every time it is loaded.
+//	So, it is useless to load both mini and normal frames each
+//	since only one of them will actually be used before the
+//	following call to changeCharacter.
+//
 void Parallaction::changeCharacter(const char *name) {
 
 	bool miniCharacter = false;
@@ -825,9 +831,9 @@ void Parallaction::changeCharacter(const char *name) {
 	}
 
 	if (miniCharacter)
-		memcpy(&_vm->_char._ani._cnv, &_vm->_char._miniFrames, sizeof(Cnv));
+		_vm->_char._ani._cnv = &_vm->_char._miniFrames;
 	else
-		memcpy(&_vm->_char._ani._cnv, &_vm->_char._normalFrames, sizeof(Cnv));
+		_vm->_char._ani._cnv = &_vm->_char._normalFrames;
 
 	strcpy(_characterName1, v32);
 
diff --git a/engines/parallaction/zone.h b/engines/parallaction/zone.h
index 31ac168096..046403d7a0 100644
--- a/engines/parallaction/zone.h
+++ b/engines/parallaction/zone.h
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ struct Program : public Node {
 struct Animation {
 	Zone		_zone;
 	Program 	*_program;
-	Cnv 		_cnv;
+	Cnv 		*_cnv;
 	int16		_frame;
 	uint16		field_50;		// unused
 	int16		_z;
@@ -328,19 +328,23 @@ struct Animation {
 	}
 
 	uint16 width() const {
-		return _cnv._width;
+		if (!_cnv) return 0;
+		return _cnv->_width;
 	}
 
 	uint16 height() const {
-		return _cnv._height;
+		if (!_cnv) return 0;
+		return _cnv->_height;
 	}
 
-	uint16 getFrameNum() {
-		return _cnv._count;
+	uint16 getFrameNum() const {
+		if (!_cnv) return 0;
+		return _cnv->_count;
 	}
 
-	byte* getFrameData(uint32 index) {
-		return _cnv.getFramePtr(index);
+	byte* getFrameData(uint32 index) const {
+		if (!_cnv) return NULL;
+		return _cnv->getFramePtr(index);
 	}
 };