diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs
index fb0613b32b..bd7bdaf5a0 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneGraph.cs
@@ -1969,7 +1969,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    m_log.Warn("Entity with " + sogID + " is not of type SceneObjectGroup");
+                    m_log.WarnFormat("{0}: Entity with {1} is not of type SceneObjectGroup: {2}",
+                                    "[SCENE GRAPH]", sogID, entity.GetType().ToString());
                     //return false;
                 }
                 return false;
@@ -2008,7 +2009,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    m_log.Warn("Entity with " + sogID + " is not of type SceneObjectGroup");
+                    m_log.WarnFormat("{0}: Entity with {1} iss not of type SceneObjectGroup: {2}",
+                                    "[SCENE GRAPH]", sogID, entity.GetType().ToString());
                     //return false;
                     updateResult = Scene.ObjectUpdateResult.Error;
                 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
index 46c3b30d54..4cc0075347 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/SceneObjectPart.cs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             get { return m_physActor; }
             set
             {
-//                m_log.DebugFormat("[SOP]: PhysActor set to {0} for {1} {2}", value, Name, UUID);
+                m_log.DebugFormat("[SCENE OBJECT PART]: PhysActor set to {0} for {1} {2}", value, Name, UUID);
                 m_physActor = value;
             }
         }
@@ -2744,7 +2744,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             if (PhysActor != null)
             {
                 
-                Vector3 newpos = new Vector3(PhysActor.Position.GetBytes(), 0);
+                // Vector3 newpos = new Vector3(PhysActor.Position.GetBytes(), 0);
+                Vector3 newpos = new Vector3(PhysActor.Position);
 
                 if (m_parentGroup == null)
                 {
@@ -2761,7 +2762,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
                     m_parentGroup.AbsolutePosition = newpos;
                     return;
                 }
-                m_log.DebugFormat("[PHYSICS]: TerseUpdate: newpos={0}", newpos.ToString());
+                m_log.DebugFormat("[PHYSICS]: TerseUpdate: UUID={0}, newpos={1}", PhysActor.UUID.ToString(), newpos.ToString());
                 //m_parentGroup.RootPart.m_groupPosition = newpos;
             }
             //ScheduleTerseUpdate();
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
index 8f28574eef..814a65fc62 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Framework/Scenes/ScenePresence.cs
@@ -2451,7 +2451,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
         /// </summary>
         public void SendTerseUpdateToAllClients()
         {
-            m_log.DebugFormat("[SCENE PRESENCE]: TerseUpdate: pos={0}", m_physicsActor.Position.ToString());
+            m_log.DebugFormat("[SCENE PRESENCE]: TerseUpdate: UUID={0}, pos={1}", m_physicsActor.UUID.ToString(), m_physicsActor.Position.ToString());
             // REGION SYNC
             if (m_scene.IsSyncedServer())
             {
@@ -3392,11 +3392,19 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Framework.Scenes
             m_physicsActor.LocalID = LocalId;
             m_physicsActor.UUID = this.UUID;
 
-            m_sop = new SceneObjectPart(this.UUID, new PrimitiveBaseShape(), Vector3.Zero, Quaternion.Identity, Vector3.Zero);
+            m_sop = new SceneObjectPart(this.UUID, new PrimitiveBaseShape(),
+                new Vector3(1f,1f,1f), Quaternion.Identity, new Vector3(2f, 2f, 2f));
+                // Vector3.Zero, Quaternion.Identity, Vector3.Zero);
             m_sop.PhysActor = m_physicsActor;
             m_sop.InitializeBucketSyncInfo();
+            // pull the values from the PhysActor into the SOP
+            Vector3 temp = m_sop.GroupPosition;
+            temp = m_sop.OffsetPosition;
+            Quaternion tempq = m_sop.RotationOffset;
+
             m_sog = new SceneObjectGroup(m_sop, true);
-            m_sog.Scene = m_scene;
+            // m_sog.Scene = m_scene;
+            m_sog.AttachToSceneBySync(m_scene);
         }
         
         private void OutOfBoundsCall(Vector3 pos)