diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.cpp b/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.cpp
index 3b8a5024a..3ebc7a145 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.cpp
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,23 @@ void RocketLaunchpadControlComponent::LoadDataFromTemplate() {
 	result.finalize();
 }
 
+// The level's keys. LWORocketLaunchComponentCommon::LoadConfigData (0x00c55150) reads them into the fields the row
+// would fill, and the row replaces them only while rocketLaunchUseDBDefaults is true, its default (0x00c12ea0). A pad
+// that turns it off is ruled by its level: 31 pads in the 1.10.64 maps, whose zones and scenes are their rows' but
+// whose launch preconditions only the level has (the Venture Explorer's and Avant Gardens' pads).
+void RocketLaunchpadControlComponent::LoadConfigData() {
+	if (!m_Parent->HasVar(u"rocketLaunchUseDBDefaults") || m_Parent->GetVarAs<bool>(u"rocketLaunchUseDBDefaults")) return;
+
+	if (m_Parent->HasVar(u"targetZone")) m_TargetZone = m_Parent->GetVarAs<int32_t>(u"targetZone");
+	m_DefaultZone = m_Parent->GetVarAs<int32_t>(u"propertyDefaultTargetZone");
+	m_TargetScene = m_Parent->GetVarAsString(u"targetScene");
+	m_GMLevel = m_Parent->GetVarAs<int32_t>(u"GMLevel");
+	m_LaunchPrecondition = m_Parent->GetVarAs<bool>(u"rocketUseLaunchPrecondition") ? m_Parent->GetVarAsString(u"rocketLaunchPreCondition") : "";
+	m_AltLandingScene = m_Parent->GetVarAsString(u"rocketAltLandingSpawnName");
+	delete m_AltPrecondition;
+	m_AltPrecondition = new PreconditionExpression(m_Parent->GetVarAsString(u"rocketAltLandingPrecondition"));
+}
+
 RocketLaunchpadControlComponent::~RocketLaunchpadControlComponent() {
 	delete m_AltPrecondition;
 }
diff --git a/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.h b/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.h
index 13ddf856b..a4e72b81a 100644
--- a/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.h
+++ b/dGame/dComponents/RocketLaunchpadControlComponent.h
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ public:
 	~RocketLaunchpadControlComponent() override;
 
 	void LoadDataFromTemplate() override;
+	void LoadConfigData() override;
+
+	const std::string& GetTargetScene() const { return m_TargetScene; }
 
 	/**
 	 * Whether the player may launch from this pad: LWORocketLaunchComponentCommon refuses a player under the pad's GM
@@ -146,12 +149,13 @@ private:
 	PreconditionExpression* m_AltPrecondition{};
 
 	/**
-	 * The GM level a player needs to launch from this pad (the row's gmLevel)
+	 * The GM level a player needs to launch from this pad (the row's gmLevel, or the level's GMLevel)
 	 */
 	int32_t m_GMLevel{};
 
 	/**
-	 * The row's launchPrecondition, when its useLaunchPrecondition is set: what a player has to pass to launch
+	 * The row's launchPrecondition, when its useLaunchPrecondition is set: what a player has to pass to launch. For a pad
+	 * whose level turns rocketLaunchUseDBDefaults off, the level's rocketLaunchPreCondition and rocketUseLaunchPrecondition.
 	 */
 	std::string m_LaunchPrecondition;
 
diff --git a/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/RocketLaunchTests.cpp b/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/RocketLaunchTests.cpp
index b5f3a87c2..a0aa844d9 100644
--- a/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/RocketLaunchTests.cpp
+++ b/tests/dGameTests/dComponentsTests/RocketLaunchTests.cpp
@@ -73,3 +73,85 @@ TEST_F(RocketLaunchTests, APadWithAGmLevelLaunchesOnlyThoseAtIt) {
 	player.SetGMLevel(eGameMasterLevel::OPERATOR);
 	EXPECT_TRUE(gmOnly->MayLaunch(player));
 }
+
+namespace {
+	void MakePadTables() {
+		CDClientDatabase::Connect(":memory:");
+		CDClientDatabase::ExecuteDML("CREATE TABLE RocketLaunchpadControlComponent (id INTEGER, targetZone INTEGER, defaultZoneID INTEGER, targetScene TEXT, gmLevel INTEGER, useLaunchPrecondition INTEGER, launchPrecondition TEXT, useAltLandingPrecondition INTEGER, altLandingPrecondition TEXT, altLandingSpawnPointName TEXT);");
+		// Row 3 is the Venture Explorer pad's (LOT 14214): no precondition in the table
+		// No precondition is known: one that is asked for fails for a player without components
+		CDClientDatabase::ExecuteDML("CREATE TABLE Preconditions (id INTEGER, type INTEGER, targetLOT TEXT, targetGroup TEXT, targetCount INTEGER, iconID INTEGER, localize INTEGER, validContexts INTEGER);");
+		CDClientDatabase::ExecuteDML("INSERT INTO RocketLaunchpadControlComponent VALUES (3, 1100, 0, 'AGLanding', 0, 0, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);");
+		// Row 16: a Nimbus Station pad with the precondition in the table
+		CDClientDatabase::ExecuteDML("INSERT INTO RocketLaunchpadControlComponent VALUES (16, 1300, 0, 'GFLanding', 0, 1, '0', 0, '', '');");
+	}
+}
+
+// A pad whose level sets rocketLaunchUseDBDefaults to false is ruled by the level's keys, not its row:
+// LWORocketLaunchComponentCommon::LoadConfigData (0x00c55150) reads them and the row is only loaded while the key is
+// true (0x00c12ea0). The Venture Explorer's pads: the row has no precondition, the level has
+// "237;8;127|128;6|55;107;282" with rocketUseLaunchPrecondition.
+TEST_F(RocketLaunchTests, APadThatDoesNotUseTheTableIsRuledByItsLevel) {
+	MakePadTables();
+	Entity pad(PAD, info);
+	pad.SetVar<bool>(u"rocketLaunchUseDBDefaults", false);
+	pad.SetVar<int32_t>(u"targetZone", 1100);
+	pad.SetVar<std::u16string>(u"targetScene", u"AGLanding");
+	pad.SetVar<int32_t>(u"GMLevel", 0);
+	pad.SetVar<bool>(u"rocketUseLaunchPrecondition", true);
+	pad.SetVar<std::u16string>(u"rocketLaunchPreCondition", u"0"); // an empty precondition table: nobody passes "0"
+	// AddComponent loads the row, then the level's keys
+	auto* const component = pad.AddComponent<RocketLaunchpadControlComponent>(3);
+
+	Entity player(PLAYER, info);
+	// The row alone asks for nothing
+	Entity rowPad(PAD + 2, info);
+	EXPECT_TRUE(rowPad.AddComponent<RocketLaunchpadControlComponent>(3)->MayLaunch(player));
+	EXPECT_EQ(component->GetTargetZone(), 1100);
+	EXPECT_EQ(component->GetTargetScene(), "AGLanding");
+	EXPECT_FALSE(component->MayLaunch(player));
+
+	// The level's GM level counts as well (the test pads to the Gnarled Forest and Forbidden Valley properties: 9)
+	Entity gmPad(PAD + 1, info);
+	gmPad.SetVar<bool>(u"rocketLaunchUseDBDefaults", false);
+	gmPad.SetVar<int32_t>(u"targetZone", 1100);
+	gmPad.SetVar<int32_t>(u"GMLevel", 9);
+	auto* const gmOnly = gmPad.AddComponent<RocketLaunchpadControlComponent>(3);
+	EXPECT_FALSE(gmOnly->MayLaunch(player));
+	player.SetGMLevel(eGameMasterLevel::OPERATOR);
+	EXPECT_TRUE(gmOnly->MayLaunch(player));
+}
+
+// The level's precondition is only used with the level's rocketUseLaunchPrecondition (Nimbus Station's pad to
+// Forbidden Valley's property has "115" without it)
+TEST_F(RocketLaunchTests, ALevelPreconditionThatIsNotInUseIsNotChecked) {
+	MakePadTables();
+	Entity pad(PAD, info);
+	pad.SetVar<bool>(u"rocketLaunchUseDBDefaults", false);
+	pad.SetVar<int32_t>(u"targetZone", 1450);
+	pad.SetVar<bool>(u"rocketUseLaunchPrecondition", false);
+	pad.SetVar<std::u16string>(u"rocketLaunchPreCondition", u"0");
+	auto* const component = pad.AddComponent<RocketLaunchpadControlComponent>(3);
+	Entity player(PLAYER, info);
+	EXPECT_TRUE(component->MayLaunch(player));
+	EXPECT_EQ(component->GetTargetZone(), 1450);
+}
+
+// With rocketLaunchUseDBDefaults true (the client's default, and 12 pads in the maps say so) the row rules and the
+// level's keys are not looked at
+TEST_F(RocketLaunchTests, APadThatUsesTheTableIgnoresItsLevelKeys) {
+	MakePadTables();
+	for (const bool withKey : { true, false }) {
+		Entity pad(PAD, info);
+		if (withKey) pad.SetVar<bool>(u"rocketLaunchUseDBDefaults", true);
+		pad.SetVar<int32_t>(u"targetZone", 1400);
+		pad.SetVar<std::u16string>(u"targetScene", u"FVGate");
+		pad.SetVar<int32_t>(u"GMLevel", 9);
+		pad.SetVar<bool>(u"rocketUseLaunchPrecondition", false);
+		auto* const component = pad.AddComponent<RocketLaunchpadControlComponent>(16);
+		EXPECT_EQ(component->GetTargetZone(), 1300);
+		EXPECT_EQ(component->GetTargetScene(), "GFLanding");
+		Entity player(PLAYER, info);
+		EXPECT_FALSE(component->MayLaunch(player)); // the row's precondition, not the level's "none"
+	}
+}