diff --git a/src/Objects/obj.cxx b/src/Objects/obj.cxx
index 769000d2e..5a78d63ed 100644
--- a/src/Objects/obj.cxx
+++ b/src/Objects/obj.cxx
@@ -908,10 +908,11 @@ bool fgBinObjLoad( const string& path, const bool is_base,
 		   ssgVertexArray *ground_lights )
 {
     SGBinObject obj;
-    bool result = obj.read_bin( path );
 
-    if ( !result ) {
+    if ( ! obj.read_bin( path ) ) {
 	return false;
+    } else {
+        cout << "succeeded: " << path << endl;
     }
 
     // cout << "fans size = " << obj.get_fans_v().size()
diff --git a/src/Scenery/tileentry.cxx b/src/Scenery/tileentry.cxx
index a16396091..a1bbf12d5 100644
--- a/src/Scenery/tileentry.cxx
+++ b/src/Scenery/tileentry.cxx
@@ -1043,11 +1043,13 @@ bool FGTileEntry::obj_load( const std::string& path,
 	// next try the older ascii format, this is some ugly
 	// weirdness because the ascii loader is *old* and hasn't been
 	// updated, but hopefully we can can the ascii format soon.
+        cout << "attempting ascii load generating ocean tile" << endl;
 	ssgBranch *tmp = fgAsciiObjLoad( path, this, ground_lights, is_base );
 	if ( tmp ) {
 	    return tmp;
 	} else {
 	    // default to an ocean tile
+            cout << "generating ocean tile" << endl;
 	    if ( fgGenTile( path, tile_bucket, &c, &br, geometry ) ) {
 		center = c;
 		bounding_radius = br;
@@ -1255,6 +1257,21 @@ FGTileEntry::load( const SGPath& base, bool is_base )
 		in >> ::skipws;
 	    }
 	}
+    } else {
+        // no .stg file, generate an ocean tile on the fly for this
+        // area
+        ssgBranch *geometry = new ssgBranch;
+        Point3D c;
+        double br;
+        if ( fgGenTile( basename.str(), tile_bucket, &c, &br, geometry ) ) {
+            center = c;
+            bounding_radius = br;
+            new_tile -> addKid( geometry );
+        } else {
+            delete geometry;
+            SG_LOG( SG_TERRAIN, SG_ALERT,
+                    "Warning: failed to generate ocean tile!" );
+        }
     }
 
     if ( new_tile != NULL ) {
diff --git a/src/Sound/fg_sound.cxx b/src/Sound/fg_sound.cxx
index aa22b6fed..9d193cc0c 100644
--- a/src/Sound/fg_sound.cxx
+++ b/src/Sound/fg_sound.cxx
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ FGSound::update (int dt)
 
    if ((_type == FGSound::LEVEL)  || (_type == FGSound::INVERTED)) {
 
-      int check = (_offset + _property->getFloatValue() * _factor);
+      bool check = (int)(_offset + _property->getFloatValue() * _factor);
       if (_type == FGSound::INVERTED)
          check = !check;
 
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ FGSound::update (int dt)
 
    } else {		// FLIPFLOP, RAISE, FALL
 
-      int check = (_offset + _property->getFloatValue() * _factor);
+      bool check = (int)(_offset + _property->getFloatValue() * _factor);
       if ((bool)check == _active)
             return;