diff --git a/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp b/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
index 05f6263b7..e514cca12 100644
--- a/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
+++ b/components/nifosg/nifloader.cpp
@@ -623,11 +623,6 @@ namespace NifOsg
                 node->setNodeMask(0x1);
             }
 
-            if (skipMeshes && isAnimated) // make sure the empty node is not optimized away so the physicssystem can find it.
-            {
-                node->setDataVariance(osg::Object::DYNAMIC);
-            }
-
             // We can skip creating meshes for hidden nodes if they don't have a VisController that
             // might make them visible later
             if (nifNode->flags & Nif::NiNode::Flag_Hidden)
@@ -643,6 +638,11 @@ namespace NifOsg
                 node->setNodeMask(0x1);
             }
 
+            if (skipMeshes && isAnimated) // make sure the empty node is not optimized away so the physicssystem can find it.
+            {
+                node->setDataVariance(osg::Object::DYNAMIC);
+            }
+
             osg::ref_ptr<SceneUtil::CompositeStateSetUpdater> composite = new SceneUtil::CompositeStateSetUpdater;
 
             applyNodeProperties(nifNode, node, composite, imageManager, boundTextures, animflags);
diff --git a/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp b/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
index ba8c57c1b..226933760 100644
--- a/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
+++ b/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ namespace Resource
         {
             std::string str(env);
 
-            if(str.find("OFF")!=std::string::npos) options = 0;
+            if(str.find("OFF")!=std::string::npos || str.find("0")!= std::string::npos) options = 0;
 
             if(str.find("~FLATTEN_STATIC_TRANSFORMS")!=std::string::npos) options ^= Optimizer::FLATTEN_STATIC_TRANSFORMS;
             else if(str.find("FLATTEN_STATIC_TRANSFORMS")!=std::string::npos) options |= Optimizer::FLATTEN_STATIC_TRANSFORMS;