Hack to get the decorations to be deleted. Fixes crashes, but probably not the best way to go about this.

stepmania/src/ActorFrame.h

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ public:
 	virtual void RemoveChild( Actor *pActor );
 	void TransferChildren( ActorFrame *pTo );
 	Actor* GetChild( const RString &sName );
+	vector<Actor*> GetChildren() { return m_SubActors; }
 	int GetNumChildren() const { return m_SubActors.size(); }
 
 	void RemoveAllChildren();

stepmania/src/ScreenWithMenuElements.cpp

@@ -78,11 +78,18 @@ void ScreenWithMenuElements::Init()
 	
 	/* Experimental: Load "decorations" and make them children of the screen. */
 	{
-		AutoActor decorations;
-		decorations.LoadB( m_sName, "decorations" );
-		ActorFrame *pFrame = dynamic_cast<ActorFrame*>((Actor*)decorations);
+		m_Decorations.LoadB( m_sName, "decorations" );
+		ActorFrame *pFrame = dynamic_cast<ActorFrame*>(static_cast<Actor*>(m_Decorations));
+		vector<Actor*> children = pFrame->GetChildren();
 		if( pFrame )
-			pFrame->TransferChildren( this );
+		{
+			FOREACH( Actor*, children, child )
+				this->AddChild( *child );
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			m_Decorations.Unload();
+		}
 	}
 
 	m_In.SetName( "In" );

stepmania/src/ScreenWithMenuElements.h

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ protected:
 	MemoryCardDisplay		*m_MemoryCardDisplay[NUM_PLAYERS];
 	MenuTimer			*m_MenuTimer;
 	AutoActor			m_sprOverlay;
+	AutoActor			m_Decorations;
 
 	Transition			m_In;
 	Transition			m_Out;