diff -r 56d2f2d5aad8 -r 4feced261c68 hedgewars/uGearsRender.pas
--- a/hedgewars/uGearsRender.pas	Sun Jan 19 00:18:28 2014 +0400
+++ b/hedgewars/uGearsRender.pas	Tue Jan 21 22:38:13 2014 +0100
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@
 interface
 uses uTypes, uConsts, GLunit, uFloat, SDLh;
 
+type
+   Tar = record
+            X, Y: hwFloat;
+            dLen: hwFloat;
+            b : boolean;
+         end;
+   TRopePoints = record
+            Count     : Longword;
+            HookAngle : GLfloat;
+            ar        : array[0..MAXROPEPOINTS] of Tar;
+            rounded   : array[0..MAXROPEPOINTS + 2] of TVertex2f;
+         end;
 procedure RenderGear(Gear: PGear; x, y: LongInt);
 
 var RopePoints: record
@@ -83,6 +95,7 @@
     if (X1 = X2) and (Y1 = Y2) then
         begin
         //OutError('WARNING: zero length rope line!', false);
+        DrawRopeLine:= 0;
         exit
         end;
     eX:= 0;
@@ -143,7 +156,7 @@
                 DrawSprite(sprRopeNode, x - 2, y - 2, 0)
             end
     end;
-DrawRopeLine:= roplen;
+    DrawRopeLine:= roplen;
 end;
 
 procedure DrawRope(Gear: PGear);
@@ -1268,7 +1281,7 @@
                         begin
                         if isInLag and (Gear^.FlightTime < 256) then
                             inc(Gear^.FlightTime, 8)
-                        else if not isInLag and (Gear^.FlightTime > 0) then
+                        else if (not isInLag) and (Gear^.FlightTime > 0) then
                             dec(Gear^.FlightTime, 8);
                         if Gear^.FlightTime > 0 then
                             Tint($FF, $FF, $FF, $FF-min(255,Gear^.FlightTime));