diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
index 63855f3b8..9df987dc1 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ namespace MWRender{
 						rotmult = bonePtr->getOrientation();
 						scale = bonePtr->getScale().x;
 						boneSequenceIter++;
+						
 					    for(; boneSequenceIter != boneSequence.end(); boneSequenceIter++)
 					    {
 							if(creaturemodel->getSkeleton()->hasBone(*boneSequenceIter)){
@@ -330,7 +331,7 @@ namespace MWRender{
 		}
 
     }
-    bool Animation::timeIndex( float time, std::vector<float> times, int & i, int & j, float & x ){
+    bool Animation::timeIndex( float time, const std::vector<float> & times, int & i, int & j, float & x ){
 	int count;
 	if (  (count = times.size()) > 0 )
 	{
@@ -388,6 +389,8 @@ namespace MWRender{
 }
 
  void Animation::handleAnimationTransforms(){
+
+	 
     Ogre::SkeletonInstance* skel = base->getSkeleton();
 
 
@@ -404,10 +407,10 @@ namespace MWRender{
    for(unsigned int i = 0; i < entityparts.size(); i++){
          //Ogre::SkeletonInstance* skel = entityparts[i]->getSkeleton();
 
-        Ogre::Bone* b = skel->getRootBone();
-	   b->setOrientation(Ogre::Real(.3),Ogre::Real(.3),Ogre::Real(.3), Ogre::Real(.3));//This is a trick
+        //Ogre::Bone* b = skel->getRootBone();
+	   //b->setOrientation(Ogre::Real(.3),Ogre::Real(.3),Ogre::Real(.3), Ogre::Real(.3));//This is a trick
 
-         entityparts[i]->getAllAnimationStates()->_notifyDirty();
+         //entityparts[i]->getAllAnimationStates()->_notifyDirty();
     }
 
 
@@ -424,18 +427,19 @@ namespace MWRender{
          float x;
 		float x2;
 
-	    std::vector<Ogre::Quaternion> quats = iter->getQuat();
+	    const std::vector<Ogre::Quaternion> & quats = iter->getQuat();
 
-        std::vector<float> ttime = iter->gettTime();
-        std::vector<float>::iterator ttimeiter = ttime.begin();
+        const std::vector<float> & ttime = iter->gettTime();
+        
 
-        std::vector<float> rtime = iter->getrTime();
-        int rindexJ = 0;
+        const std::vector<float> & rtime = iter->getrTime();
+        int rindexJ = rindexI[slot];
+		 
 	    timeIndex(time, rtime, rindexI[slot], rindexJ, x2);
-	    int tindexJ = 0;
+	    int tindexJ = tindexI[slot];
 
 
-        std::vector<Ogre::Vector3> translist1 = iter->getTranslist1();
+        const std::vector<Ogre::Vector3> & translist1 = iter->getTranslist1();
 
         timeIndex(time, ttime, tindexI[slot], tindexJ, x);
 
@@ -443,34 +447,35 @@ namespace MWRender{
         Ogre::Quaternion r;
 
         bool bTrans = translist1.size() > 0;
-	    if(bTrans){
-            Ogre::Vector3 v1 = translist1[tindexI[slot]];
-            Ogre::Vector3 v2 = translist1[tindexJ];
-           t = (v1 + (v2 - v1) * x);
-
-	    }
+	   
 
         bool bQuats = quats.size() > 0;
-	    if(bQuats){
-		    r = Ogre::Quaternion::Slerp(x2, quats[rindexI[slot]], quats[rindexJ], true);
-	    }
-        skel = base->getSkeleton();
+	   
     if(skel->hasBone(iter->getBonename())){
         Ogre::Bone* bone = skel->getBone(iter->getBonename());
-        if(bTrans)
+        if(bTrans){
+			 Ogre::Vector3 v1 = translist1[tindexI[slot]];
+            Ogre::Vector3 v2 = translist1[tindexJ];
+           t = (v1 + (v2 - v1) * x);
             bone->setPosition(t);
-        if(bQuats)
+
+		}
+        if(bQuats){
+			 r = Ogre::Quaternion::Slerp(x2, quats[rindexI[slot]], quats[rindexJ], true);
             bone->setOrientation(r);
+		}
 
 
 
-        skel->_updateTransforms();
-        base->getAllAnimationStates()->_notifyDirty();
+        
 
 	}
+	
 
     slot++;
     }
+	skel->_updateTransforms();
+        base->getAllAnimationStates()->_notifyDirty();
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.hpp
index bad7eca15..e08b86e8d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.hpp
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class Animation{
     MWWorld::Environment& mEnvironment;
     std::map<Nif::NiSkinData::BoneInfoCopy*, PosAndRot> vecRotPos;
     static std::map<std::string, int> mUniqueIDs;
+	
     
    
     std::vector<std::vector<Nif::NiTriShapeCopy>* > shapeparts;   //All the NiTriShape data that we need for animating an npc
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ class Animation{
     Ogre::Entity* base;
     void handleShapes(std::vector<Nif::NiTriShapeCopy>* allshapes, Ogre::Entity* creaturemodel, Ogre::SkeletonInstance *skel);
     void handleAnimationTransforms();
-    bool timeIndex( float time, std::vector<float> times, int & i, int & j, float & x );
+    bool timeIndex( float time, const std::vector<float> & times, int & i, int & j, float & x );
     std::string getUniqueID(std::string mesh);
 	
     public:
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
index 4c9c0e466..c6fe023d6 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/npcanimation.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ NpcAnimation::NpcAnimation(const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr, MWWorld::Environment& _env,O
          std::string bodyRaceID = headID.substr(0, headID.find_last_of("head_") - 4);
 		char secondtolast = bodyRaceID.at(bodyRaceID.length() - 2);
 		bool female = tolower(secondtolast) == 'f';
+		std::transform(bodyRaceID.begin(), bodyRaceID.end(), bodyRaceID.begin(), ::tolower);
 		bool beast = bodyRaceID == "b_n_khajiit_m_" || bodyRaceID == "b_n_khajiit_f_" || bodyRaceID == "b_n_argonian_m_" || bodyRaceID == "b_n_argonian_f_";
 
         /*std::cout << "Race: " << ref->base->race ;
@@ -276,6 +277,7 @@ void NpcAnimation::runAnimation(float timepassed){
             shapepartsiter++;
             entitypartsiter++;
         }
+		
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp b/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp
index 1c23b55c0..e576afb25 100644
--- a/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp
@@ -1330,7 +1330,10 @@ void NIFLoader::loadResource(Resource *resource)
 
             (*iter)->addBoneAssignment(vba);
         }
-       mesh->_notifySkeleton(mSkel);
+		//Don't link on npc parts to eliminate redundant skeletons
+		//Will have to be changed later slightly for robes/skirts
+		if(triname == "")
+			mesh->_notifySkeleton(mSkel);
     }
 }