diff --git a/dGame/Entity.cpp b/dGame/Entity.cpp
index 198a584fb..897fde7c6 100644
--- a/dGame/Entity.cpp
+++ b/dGame/Entity.cpp
@@ -585,7 +585,8 @@ void Entity::Initialize() {
 			if (zoneData != nullptr) {
 				const int32_t zoneScriptID = zoneData->scriptID;
 				CDScriptComponent zoneScriptData = scriptCompTable->GetByID(zoneScriptID);
-				AddComponent<ScriptComponent>(zoneScriptID, zoneScriptData.script_name, true, false);
+				// A server script only: the client has no script component on the zone control object (live sent none)
+				AddComponent<ScriptComponent>(zoneScriptID, zoneScriptData.script_name, false, false);
 			}
 		}
 			break;
@@ -797,8 +798,9 @@ void Entity::Initialize() {
 			break;
 		}
 		case eReplicaComponentType::MINI_GAME_CONTROL: {
-		const auto minigameControlID = compRegistryTable->GetByIDAndType(m_TemplateID, eReplicaComponentType::MINI_GAME_CONTROL);
-		if (minigameControlID > 0) {
+		// The client makes it from the registry (the zone control object's id is 0)
+		const auto minigameControlID = compRegistryTable->GetByIDAndType(m_TemplateID, eReplicaComponentType::MINI_GAME_CONTROL, -1);
+		if (minigameControlID > -1) {
 			AddComponent<MiniGameControlComponent>(minigameControlID);
 		}
 			break;
diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/CMakeLists.txt b/dGame/dComponents/CMakeLists.txt
index b92fea97e..d833dca12 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ set(DGAME_DCOMPONENTS_SOURCES
 	"TriggerComponent.cpp"
 	"HavokVehiclePhysicsComponent.cpp"
 	"VendorComponent.cpp"
-	"MiniGameControlComponent.cpp"
 	"ScriptComponent.cpp"
 )
 
diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/MiniGameControlComponent.cpp b/dGame/dComponents/MiniGameControlComponent.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 088ee3540..000000000
--- a/dGame/dComponents/MiniGameControlComponent.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#include "MiniGameControlComponent.h"
-
-void MiniGameControlComponent::Serialize(RakNet::BitStream& outBitStream, bool isConstruction) {
-	outBitStream.Write<uint32_t>(0x40000000);
-}
diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/MiniGameControlComponent.h b/dGame/dComponents/MiniGameControlComponent.h
index 742142d3e..65d07f3ed 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/MiniGameControlComponent.h
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/MiniGameControlComponent.h
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 #ifndef __MINIGAMECONTROLCOMPONENT__H__
 #define __MINIGAMECONTROLCOMPONENT__H__
 
-#include "Component.h"
+#include "ActivityComponent.h"
 #include "eReplicaComponentType.h"
 
-class MiniGameControlComponent final : public Component {
+/**
+ * Minigame control (50), the zone control object's: an activity component as in the client (LWOMinigameComponent),
+ * which also sends what an activity sends.
+ */
+class MiniGameControlComponent final : public ActivityComponent {
 public:
 	static constexpr eReplicaComponentType ComponentType = eReplicaComponentType::MINI_GAME_CONTROL;
 
-	MiniGameControlComponent(Entity* parent, const int32_t componentID) : Component(parent, componentID) {}
-	void Serialize(RakNet::BitStream& outBitStream, bool isConstruction);
+	MiniGameControlComponent(Entity* parent, const int32_t componentID) : ActivityComponent(parent, componentID) {}
 };
 
 #endif  //!__MINIGAMECONTROLCOMPONENT__H__
diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/ScriptComponent.cpp b/dGame/dComponents/ScriptComponent.cpp
index d4a2a9d4e..fbb79ca85 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/ScriptComponent.cpp
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/ScriptComponent.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ ScriptComponent::ScriptComponent(Entity* parent, const int32_t componentID, cons
 }
 
 void ScriptComponent::Serialize(RakNet::BitStream& outBitStream, bool bIsInitialUpdate) {
+	// A server-only script (the zone control object's) sends nothing: the client made no script component for it
+	if (!m_Serialized) return;
 	if (bIsInitialUpdate) {
 		const auto& networkSettings = m_Parent->GetNetworkSettings();
 		auto hasNetworkSettings = !networkSettings.values.empty();
diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/ScriptComponent.h b/dGame/dComponents/ScriptComponent.h
index 723df7393..69f22268e 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/ScriptComponent.h
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/ScriptComponent.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public:
 	CppScripts::Script* const GetScript();
 
 	/**
-	 * Sets whether the entity should be serialized, unused
+	 * Sets whether the component is serialized (false: a server-only script the client has no component for)
 	 * @param var whether the entity should be serialized
 	 */
 	void SetSerialized(const bool var) { m_Serialized = var; }
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ private:
 	CppScripts::Script* m_Script;
 
 	/**
-	 * Whether or not the comp should be serialized, unused
+	 * Whether the component is serialized (false: a server-only script the client has no component for)
 	 */
 	bool m_Serialized;
 
diff --git a/dGame/dUtilities/ReplicaDecoder.cpp b/dGame/dUtilities/ReplicaDecoder.cpp
index f2fa8f645..6a2acfde4 100644
--- a/dGame/dUtilities/ReplicaDecoder.cpp
+++ b/dGame/dUtilities/ReplicaDecoder.cpp
@@ -690,7 +690,8 @@ namespace {
 				}
 				j["effects"] = effects;
 			} },
-			{ MINI_GAME_CONTROL, [](Reader& r, json& j, bool, const auto&) { j["value"] = r.Get<uint32_t>(); } },
+			// An activity component (LWOMinigameComponent), as the scripted activity
+			{ MINI_GAME_CONTROL, [](Reader& r, json& j, bool, const auto&) { if (r.Bit()) j["players"] = ActivityPlayers(r); } },
 		};
 		return readers;
 	}