diff --git a/stepmania/src/ActorCommands.cpp b/stepmania/src/ActorCommands.cpp
index eb4db4ac8f..873ccb7709 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ActorCommands.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ActorCommands.cpp
@@ -7,108 +7,6 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include "LuaManager.h"
 
-apActorCommands ActorCommands( const RString &sCommands )
-{
-	RString sLuaFunction;
-	if( sCommands.size() > 0 && sCommands[0] == '\033' )
-	{
-		/* This is a compiled Lua chunk.  Just pass it on directly. */
-		sLuaFunction = sCommands;
-	}
-	else if( sCommands.size() > 0 && sCommands[0] == '%' )
-	{
-		sLuaFunction = "return ";
-		sLuaFunction.append( sCommands.begin()+1, sCommands.end() );
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		Commands cmds;
-		ParseCommands( sCommands, cmds );
-		
-		//
-		// Convert cmds to a Lua function
-		//
-		ostringstream s;
-		
-		s << "return function(self,parent)\n";
-
-		FOREACH_CONST( Command, cmds.v, c )
-		{
-			const Command& cmd = (*c);
-			RString sName = cmd.GetName();
-			TrimLeft( sName );
-			TrimRight( sName );
-			s << "\tself:" << sName << "(";
-
-			bool bFirstParamIsString =
-				sName == "horizalign" ||
-				sName == "vertalign" ||
-				sName == "effectclock" ||
-				sName == "blend" ||
-				sName == "ztestmode" ||
-				sName == "cullmode" ||
-				sName == "playcommand" ||
-				sName == "queuecommand" ||
-				sName == "queuemessage";
-
-			for( unsigned i=1; i<cmd.m_vsArgs.size(); i++ )
-			{
-				RString sArg = cmd.m_vsArgs[i];
-
-				// "+200" -> "200"
-				if( sArg[0] == '+' )
-					sArg.erase( sArg.begin() );
-
-				if( i==1 && bFirstParamIsString ) // string literal
-				{
-					sArg.Replace( "'", "\\'" );	// escape quote
-					s << "'" << sArg << "'";
-				}
-				else if( sArg[0] == '#' )	// HTML color
-				{
-					RageColor c;	// in case FromString fails
-					c.FromString( sArg );
-					// c is still valid if FromString fails
-					s << c.r << "," << c.g << "," << c.b << "," << c.a;
-				}
-				else
-				{
-					s << sArg;
-				}
-
-				if( i != cmd.m_vsArgs.size()-1 )
-					s << ",";
-			}
-			s << ")\n";
-		}
-
-		s << "end\n";
-
-		sLuaFunction = s.str();
-	}
-
-	Lua *L = LUA->Get();
-
-	LuaReference *pRet = new LuaReference;
-
-	RString sError;
-	if( !LuaHelpers::RunScript( L, sLuaFunction, "in", sError, 1 ) )
-	{
-		FAIL_M( ssprintf("Compiling \"%s\": %s", sLuaFunction.c_str(), sError.c_str()) );
-	}
-
-	/* The function is now on the stack. */
-	pRet->SetFromStack( L );
-	LUA->Release( L );
-
-	ASSERT_M( !pRet->IsNil(), sLuaFunction.c_str() );
-
-	pRet->SetName( sLuaFunction );
-
-	return apActorCommands( pRet );
-}
-
-
 /*
  * (c) 2004 Chris Danford
  * All rights reserved.
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
index 21a6b3b78c..fafb931e00 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ActorUtil.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include "XmlFileUtil.h"
 #include "LuaManager.h"
 #include "Foreach.h"
+#include "Command.h"
+#include <sstream>
 
 #include "arch/Dialog/Dialog.h"
 
@@ -396,7 +398,103 @@ Actor* ActorUtil::MakeActor( const RString &sPath_, const XNode *pParent, Actor
 
 apActorCommands ActorUtil::ParseActorCommands( const RString &sCommands )
 {
-	return ActorCommands( sCommands );
+	RString sLuaFunction;
+	if( sCommands.size() > 0 && sCommands[0] == '\033' )
+	{
+		/* This is a compiled Lua chunk.  Just pass it on directly. */
+		sLuaFunction = sCommands;
+	}
+	else if( sCommands.size() > 0 && sCommands[0] == '%' )
+	{
+		sLuaFunction = "return ";
+		sLuaFunction.append( sCommands.begin()+1, sCommands.end() );
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		Commands cmds;
+		ParseCommands( sCommands, cmds );
+		
+		//
+		// Convert cmds to a Lua function
+		//
+		ostringstream s;
+		
+		s << "return function(self,parent)\n";
+
+		FOREACH_CONST( Command, cmds.v, c )
+		{
+			const Command& cmd = (*c);
+			RString sName = cmd.GetName();
+			TrimLeft( sName );
+			TrimRight( sName );
+			s << "\tself:" << sName << "(";
+
+			bool bFirstParamIsString =
+				sName == "horizalign" ||
+				sName == "vertalign" ||
+				sName == "effectclock" ||
+				sName == "blend" ||
+				sName == "ztestmode" ||
+				sName == "cullmode" ||
+				sName == "playcommand" ||
+				sName == "queuecommand" ||
+				sName == "queuemessage";
+
+			for( unsigned i=1; i<cmd.m_vsArgs.size(); i++ )
+			{
+				RString sArg = cmd.m_vsArgs[i];
+
+				// "+200" -> "200"
+				if( sArg[0] == '+' )
+					sArg.erase( sArg.begin() );
+
+				if( i==1 && bFirstParamIsString ) // string literal
+				{
+					sArg.Replace( "'", "\\'" );	// escape quote
+					s << "'" << sArg << "'";
+				}
+				else if( sArg[0] == '#' )	// HTML color
+				{
+					RageColor c;	// in case FromString fails
+					c.FromString( sArg );
+					// c is still valid if FromString fails
+					s << c.r << "," << c.g << "," << c.b << "," << c.a;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					s << sArg;
+				}
+
+				if( i != cmd.m_vsArgs.size()-1 )
+					s << ",";
+			}
+			s << ")\n";
+		}
+
+		s << "end\n";
+
+		sLuaFunction = s.str();
+	}
+
+	Lua *L = LUA->Get();
+
+	LuaReference *pRet = new LuaReference;
+
+	RString sError;
+	if( !LuaHelpers::RunScript( L, sLuaFunction, "in", sError, 1 ) )
+	{
+		FAIL_M( ssprintf("Compiling \"%s\": %s", sLuaFunction.c_str(), sError.c_str()) );
+	}
+
+	/* The function is now on the stack. */
+	pRet->SetFromStack( L );
+	LUA->Release( L );
+
+	ASSERT_M( !pRet->IsNil(), sLuaFunction.c_str() );
+
+	pRet->SetName( sLuaFunction );
+
+	return apActorCommands( pRet );
 }
 
 void ActorUtil::SetXY( Actor& actor, const RString &sType )