byte* ObjectPointer = 0

typedef struct ENT2D
{
        OBJECT*         objData;  //this one simply contains information on filenames for the panels in this struct and the number of panels it should have.
	PANEL**	        objParts;
	STRING* 	EntityName;
	int		posX;
	int		posY;
}ENT2D;

//Notice! Although this is called Entity it's not an 3D-Entity but simply a collection of panels colledted in a struct.
//The ptrToNewObject contains the position offset of the pointer in the GSVector (see   [url=http://www.opserver.de/ubb7/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=255591#Post255591]GSVector plugin[/url]) to the data used to which the ENT2D is supposed to be morphed to.
function morphEntity(ENT2D* EntityToMorph, byte* ptrToNewObject)
{
        //here I get the pointer to the needed Object-Data like number of panels needed for the object, filenames for the panel bitmaps and position of the panels relative to the ENT2D origin.
	OBJECT* newObjectData = (int*)getFromGSVector(Objekte, ptrToNewObject);
	if(!EntityToMorph) //Is the pointer to the struct = NULL?
		EntityToMorph = (ENT2D*)malloc((int)sizeof(ENT2D)); //Alright! allocate some memory!
	else  //otherwise
	{
		int index;
		if(!(EntityToMorph.objParts == NULL)) //is there already a pointer to an array of panels?
		{
			for(index = 0; index < EntityToMorph.objData.parts; index++) //go through every array element
			{
				if((EntityToMorph.objParts)[index]) //check if there is a pointer to a panel
					ptr_remove((EntityToMorph.objParts)[index]); //and delete it
			}
			free(EntityToMorph.objParts); then free the pointer to the array of panels
		}
		free(EntityToMorph); //free the struct pointer
		EntityToMorph = (ENT2D*)malloc((int)sizeof(ENT2D)); // now we need new memory for the new 2D-Entity
	}

        // the rest is not of interes as far as I understand the problem as the actual panel clearing should happen in the above part of the code.
	EntityToMorph.objParts = (PANEL**)malloc((int)(sizeof(PANEL*)*newObjectData.parts));
	EntityToMorph.objData = newObjectData;
	EntityToMorph.EntityName = newObjectData.objName;
	int index;
	for(index = 0; index < newObjectData.parts; index++)
	{
		STRING* panCreateString = "";
		str_cat(panCreateString, "pos_x = ");
		str_cat(panCreateString, str_for_num(NULL, 500+(newObjectData.panInfo)[index].posX));
		str_cat(panCreateString, "; pos_y = ");
		str_cat(panCreateString, str_for_num(NULL, 60+(newObjectData.panInfo)[index].posY));
		str_cat(panCreateString, "; bmap = \"");
		str_cat(panCreateString, (newObjectData.panInfo)[index].bmpName);
		str_cat(panCreateString, "\"; flags = SHOW; on_click = createNewEntity; ");
		if((newObjectData.panInfo)[index].passable)
			int panLayer = 15;
		else
			int panLayer = 16;
					
		(EntityToMorph.objParts)[index] = pan_create(panCreateString, 550);
		(EntityToMorph.objParts)[index].size_x = (EntityToMorph.objParts)[index].bmap.width;
		(EntityToMorph.objParts)[index].size_y = (EntityToMorph.objParts)[index].bmap.height;
	}
	free(newObjectData);
}