diff -r d5b392e02403 -r 649d35cf95ff hedgewars/uGears.pas
--- a/hedgewars/uGears.pas	Wed Jul 27 09:06:51 2011 -0400
+++ b/hedgewars/uGears.pas	Wed Jul 27 09:20:55 2011 -0400
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@
             CurrentHedgehog^.Gear^.State:= CurrentHedgehog^.Gear^.State and not gstAttacked;
         if delay2 = 0 then
             begin
-            SweepDirty;
+            if CurrentHedgehog^.Gear^.State and gstAttacked = 0 then SweepDirty;
             CheckNoDamage;
             AliveCount:= 0; // shorter version of check for win to allow typical step activity to proceed
             for i:= 0 to Pred(ClansCount) do