diff --git a/source/glest_game/game/game.cpp b/source/glest_game/game/game.cpp
index ec4db5102..7ca561229 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/game/game.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/game/game.cpp
@@ -870,19 +870,21 @@ void Game::init(bool initForPreviewOnly) {
 		console.clearStoredLines();
 	}
 
-	gameCamera.init(map->getW(), map->getH());
+	if(this->loadGameNode == NULL) {
+		gameCamera.init(map->getW(), map->getH());
 
-	// camera default height calculation
-	if(map->getCameraHeight()>0 && gameCamera.getCalculatedDefault()<map->getCameraHeight()){
-		gameCamera.setCalculatedDefault(map->getCameraHeight());
-	}
-	else if(gameCamera.getCalculatedDefault()<map->getMaxMapHeight()+13.0f){
-		gameCamera.setCalculatedDefault(map->getMaxMapHeight()+13.0f);
-	}
+		// camera default height calculation
+		if(map->getCameraHeight()>0 && gameCamera.getCalculatedDefault()<map->getCameraHeight()){
+			gameCamera.setCalculatedDefault(map->getCameraHeight());
+		}
+		else if(gameCamera.getCalculatedDefault()<map->getMaxMapHeight()+13.0f){
+			gameCamera.setCalculatedDefault(map->getMaxMapHeight()+13.0f);
+		}
 
-	if(world.getThisFaction() != NULL) {
-		const Vec2i &v= map->getStartLocation(world.getThisFaction()->getStartLocationIndex());
-		gameCamera.setPos(Vec2f(v.x, v.y));
+		if(world.getThisFaction() != NULL) {
+			const Vec2i &v= map->getStartLocation(world.getThisFaction()->getStartLocationIndex());
+			gameCamera.setPos(Vec2f(v.x, v.y));
+		}
 	}
 
 	if(SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugSystem).enabled) SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugSystem,"In [%s::%s Line: %d]\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__);
@@ -1488,8 +1490,10 @@ void Game::render() {
 	if(isFirstRender == true) {
 		isFirstRender = false;
 
-		gameCamera.resetPosition();
-		this->restoreToStartXY();
+		if(this->loadGameNode == NULL) {
+			gameCamera.resetPosition();
+			this->restoreToStartXY();
+		}
 	}
 
 	canRender();
@@ -3615,6 +3619,7 @@ void Game::loadGame(string name,Program *programPtr,bool isMasterserverMode) {
 
 	Game *newGame = new Game(programPtr, &newGameSettings, isMasterserverMode);
 	newGame->loadGameNode = gameNode;
+	newGame->gameCamera.loadGame(gameNode);
 
 	const XmlNode *worldNode = gameNode->getChild("World");
 	newGame->world.loadGame(worldNode);
diff --git a/source/glest_game/game/game_camera.cpp b/source/glest_game/game/game_camera.cpp
index 5fb14e957..e93841a22 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/game/game_camera.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/game/game_camera.cpp
@@ -466,4 +466,62 @@ void GameCamera::saveGame(XmlNode *rootNode) {
 //	int MaxVisibleQuadItemCache;
 	gamecameraNode->addAttribute("MaxVisibleQuadItemCache",intToStr(MaxVisibleQuadItemCache), mapTagReplacements);
 }
+
+void GameCamera::loadGame(const XmlNode *rootNode) {
+	const XmlNode *gamecameraNode = rootNode->getChild("GameCamera");
+
+	//firstTime = timeflowNode->getAttribute("firstTime")->getFloatValue();
+
+	//	Vec3f pos;
+	pos = Vec3f::strToVec3(gamecameraNode->getAttribute("pos")->getValue());
+	//	Vec3f destPos;
+	destPos = Vec3f::strToVec3(gamecameraNode->getAttribute("destPos")->getValue());
+	//
+	//    float hAng;	//YZ plane positive -Z axis
+	hAng = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("hAng")->getFloatValue();
+	//    float vAng;	//XZ plane positive +Z axis
+	vAng = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("vAng")->getFloatValue();
+	//	float lastHAng;
+	lastHAng = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("lastHAng")->getFloatValue();
+
+	//    float lastVAng;
+	lastVAng = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("lastVAng")->getFloatValue();
+	//	Vec2f destAng;
+	destAng = Vec2f::strToVec2(gamecameraNode->getAttribute("destAng")->getValue());
+	//	float rotate;
+	rotate = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("rotate")->getFloatValue();
+	//	Vec3f move;
+	move = Vec3f::strToVec3(gamecameraNode->getAttribute("move")->getValue());
+	//	State state;
+	state = static_cast<State>(gamecameraNode->getAttribute("state")->getIntValue());
+	//	int limitX;
+	limitX = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("limitX")->getIntValue();
+	//	int limitY;
+	limitY = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("limitY")->getIntValue();
+	//	//config
+	//	float speed;
+	speed = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("speed")->getFloatValue();
+	//	bool clampBounds;
+	clampBounds = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("clampBounds")->getIntValue();
+	//	//float maxRenderDistance;
+	//	float maxHeight;
+	maxHeight = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("maxHeight")->getFloatValue();
+	//	float minHeight;
+	minHeight = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("minHeight")->getFloatValue();
+	//	//float maxCameraDist;
+	//	//float minCameraDist;
+	//	float minVAng;
+	minVAng = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("minVAng")->getFloatValue();
+	//	float maxVAng;
+	maxVAng = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("maxVAng")->getFloatValue();
+	//	float fov;
+	fov = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("fov")->getFloatValue();
+	//	float calculatedDefault;
+	calculatedDefault = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("calculatedDefault")->getFloatValue();
+	//	std::map<float, std::map<float, std::map<Vec3f, Quad2i> > > cacheVisibleQuad;
+	//	int MaxVisibleQuadItemCache;
+	MaxVisibleQuadItemCache = gamecameraNode->getAttribute("MaxVisibleQuadItemCache")->getIntValue();
+
+}
+
 }}//end namespace
diff --git a/source/glest_game/game/game_camera.h b/source/glest_game/game/game_camera.h
index 787d5df80..0ecb41e09 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/game/game_camera.h
+++ b/source/glest_game/game/game_camera.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ public:
 	void setMaxVAng(float value) { maxVAng = value; }
 
 	void saveGame(XmlNode *rootNode);
+	void loadGame(const XmlNode *rootNode);
 
 private:
 	void clampPosXYZ(float x1, float x2, float y1, float y2, float z1, float z2);
diff --git a/source/glest_game/world/time_flow.cpp b/source/glest_game/world/time_flow.cpp
index 41b62d618..ccb8316c0 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/world/time_flow.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/world/time_flow.cpp
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ void TimeFlow::loadGame(const XmlNode *rootNode) {
 	const XmlNode *timeflowNode = rootNode->getChild("TimeFlow");
 
 	firstTime = timeflowNode->getAttribute("firstTime")->getFloatValue();
-	time = timeflowNode->getAttribute("time")->getIntValue();
+	time = timeflowNode->getAttribute("time")->getFloatValue();
 	lastTime = timeflowNode->getAttribute("lastTime")->getFloatValue();
 	timeInc = timeflowNode->getAttribute("timeInc")->getFloatValue();
 }
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/vec.h b/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/vec.h
index 02b4930ef..ebf3d81fb 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/vec.h
+++ b/source/shared_lib/include/graphics/vec.h
@@ -451,6 +451,42 @@ public:
 		return result;
 	}
 
+	// playerColor="x [1] y [0] z [0]"
+	static inline Vec3<T> strToVec3(std::string value) {
+		Vec3<T> result;
+
+		std::vector<std::string> tokens = TokenizeString(value,"[");
+		//for(unsigned int i = 0; i < tokens.size(); ++i) {
+			//printf("#1 Vec2T i = %d [%s]\n",i,tokens[i].c_str());
+		//}
+		if(tokens.size() == 4) {
+			std::vector<std::string> tokens2 = TokenizeString(tokens[1],"]");
+			//for(unsigned int i = 0; i < tokens2.size(); ++i) {
+				//printf("#2 Vec2T i = %d [%s]\n",i,tokens2[i].c_str());
+			//}
+			std::vector<std::string> tokens3 = TokenizeString(tokens[2],"]");
+			//for(unsigned int i = 0; i < tokens3.size(); ++i) {
+				//printf("#3 Vec2T i = %d [%s]\n",i,tokens3[i].c_str());
+			//}
+
+			std::vector<std::string> tokens4 = TokenizeString(tokens[3],"]");
+			//for(unsigned int i = 0; i < tokens3.size(); ++i) {
+				//printf("#3 Vec2T i = %d [%s]\n",i,tokens3[i].c_str());
+			//}
+
+			if(tokens2.size() == 2 && tokens3.size() == 2 && tokens4.size() == 2) {
+				result.x = (T)strToType<T>(tokens2[0]);
+				result.y = (T)strToType<T>(tokens3[0]);
+				result.z = (T)strToType<T>(tokens4[0]);
+
+				//printf("#3 Vec2T [%s]\n",result.getString().c_str());
+			}
+		}
+
+
+		return result;
+	}
+
 };
 
 typedef Vec3<int> Vec3i;