diff --git a/dGame/Entity.cpp b/dGame/Entity.cpp
index ef991136e..601e6ba63 100644
--- a/dGame/Entity.cpp
+++ b/dGame/Entity.cpp
@@ -283,6 +283,12 @@ Entity::ObjectLoadState Entity::DoObjectPreLoad() {
 	// physics from the model case, which takes the registry's simple physics id
 	state.hasModelBehaviors = !GetVar<bool>(u"inInventory") && HasVar(u"modelType") && HasVar(u"modelBehaviors");
 
+	// ApplyMovementAiIfNeeded (0x01031350): an object with a script (its registry's, or a custom script in the config,
+	// ApplyScriptComponentIfHasScript) or an attached path gets movement AI. Not a spawner object: the client never
+	// loads one, the server keeps thousands
+	const bool hasScript = state.GetComponentID(eReplicaComponentType::SCRIPT, -1) > -1 || HasVar(u"custom_script_server") || HasVar(u"custom_script_client");
+	state.addsMovementAI = m_TemplateID != 176 && (hasScript || HasVar(u"attached_path"));
+
 	// ObjectLoader2::ApplyComponentWhitelist (0x0103e300): the config's componentWhitelist keeps only these registry
 	// components (the lists ObjectLoader2's constructor builds; property models use 1)
 	static constexpr std::array<std::initializer_list<eReplicaComponentType>, 5> COMPONENT_WHITELISTS{ {
@@ -464,6 +470,9 @@ void Entity::DoObjectComponentLoad(ObjectLoadState& state) {
 			};
 
 			AddComponent<MovementAIComponent>(-1, moveInfo);
+		} else if (state.addsMovementAI) {
+			// ApplyMovementAiIfNeeded: a scripted object or one with an attached path has one (id 0: no row)
+			AddComponent<MovementAIComponent>(0, MovementAIInfo{});
 		}
 			break;
 		}
diff --git a/dGame/Entity.h b/dGame/Entity.h
index 1bb612572..6e312bd8e 100644
--- a/dGame/Entity.h
+++ b/dGame/Entity.h
@@ -406,6 +406,8 @@ private:
 		const std::initializer_list<eReplicaComponentType>* whitelist = nullptr;
 		bool hasModelBehaviors = false;
 		bool markedAsPhantom = false;
+		// ApplyMovementAiIfNeeded: movement AI for a scripted object or one with an attached path
+		bool addsMovementAI = false;
 		// A model with behaviors' physics id, which the physics cases leave to the model case
 		int32_t modelPhysicsComponentID = -1;
 
diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/MovementAIComponent.cpp b/dGame/dComponents/MovementAIComponent.cpp
index da5536558..4af8b3989 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/MovementAIComponent.cpp
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/MovementAIComponent.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "CDClientManager.h"
 #include "Game.h"
 #include "dZoneManager.h"
+#include "Zone.h"
 
 #include "CDComponentsRegistryTable.h"
 #include "QuickBuildComponent.h"
@@ -97,7 +98,15 @@ void MovementAIComponent::LoadConfigData() {
 	if (m_Info.wanderRadius > 8.0f) m_Info.wanderRadius = 8.0f;
 	if (m_Info.wanderSpeed > 0.5f) m_Info.wanderSpeed *= 0.5f;
 
-	SetPath(m_Parent->GetVarAsString(u"attached_path"));
+	// A movement AI the object has only because it is scripted or has a path (id 0) follows only a movement path: a
+	// moving platform's path belongs to its moving platform
+	const auto pathName = m_Parent->GetVarAsString(u"attached_path");
+	if (m_ComponentID == 0) {
+		if (pathName.empty()) return;
+		const auto* const path = Game::zoneManager->GetZone()->GetPath(pathName);
+		if (!path || path->pathType != PathType::Movement) return;
+	}
+	SetPath(pathName);
 }
 
 void MovementAIComponent::SetPath(const std::string pathName) {