From cc855e065aea3b2d4f16087baf2abcee7fec44d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Capostrophic <alexdobrohotov@yandex.ru>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:58:16 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Ignore stray references for variables in Set instruction

---
 components/compiler/lineparser.cpp | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/components/compiler/lineparser.cpp b/components/compiler/lineparser.cpp
index 3f9d2e790..1cfa70f73 100644
--- a/components/compiler/lineparser.cpp
+++ b/components/compiler/lineparser.cpp
@@ -506,6 +506,13 @@ namespace Compiler
             return true;
         }
 
+        if (code==Scanner::S_ref && mState==SetPotentialMemberVarState)
+        {
+            getErrorHandler().warning ("Ignoring stray explicit reference", loc);
+            mState = SetState;
+            return true;
+        }
+
         if (code==Scanner::S_ref && mState==PotentialExplicitState)
         {
             mState = ExplicitState;

From 9bc360267bb89352ee26de9f2c27d7fc6122fd0a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Capostrophic <alexdobrohotov@yandex.ru>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 17:22:57 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Ignore stray explicit references for names in expressions

---
 components/compiler/exprparser.cpp | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/components/compiler/exprparser.cpp b/components/compiler/exprparser.cpp
index 6b849ec3a..b3fd1e5ae 100644
--- a/components/compiler/exprparser.cpp
+++ b/components/compiler/exprparser.cpp
@@ -277,10 +277,18 @@ namespace Compiler
     {
         if (!mExplicit.empty())
         {
-            if (mMemberOp && handleMemberAccess (name))
-                return true;
+            if (!mRefOp)
+            {
+                if (mMemberOp && handleMemberAccess (name))
+                    return true;
 
-            return Parser::parseName (name, loc, scanner);
+                return Parser::parseName (name, loc, scanner);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                mExplicit.clear();
+                getErrorHandler().warning ("Ignoring stray explicit reference", loc);
+            }
         }
 
         mFirst = false;

From e940325b7869a3f7209b9c72b5d1987037c0a255 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Capostrophic <alexdobrohotov@yandex.ru>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 19:13:46 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Update changelog

---
 CHANGELOG.md | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0fa1c7683..fac0b4ac0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     Bug #4837: CTD when a mesh with NiLODNode root node with particles is loaded
     Bug #4860: Actors outside of processing range visible for one frame after spawning
     Bug #4876: AI ratings handling inconsistencies
+    Bug #4888: Global variable stray explicit reference calls break script compilation
     Feature #2229: Improve pathfinding AI
     Feature #3442: Default values for fallbacks from ini file
     Feature #3610: Option to invert X axis