3 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/modelinfo/BaseModelInfo.h b/src/modelinfo/BaseModelInfo.h
index 0c4bf934..f767e0e7 100644
--- a/src/modelinfo/BaseModelInfo.h
+++ b/src/modelinfo/BaseModelInfo.h
@@ -22,18 +22,17 @@ class C2dEffect;
 class CBaseModelInfo
 {
 protected:
-	// TODO?: make more things protected
 	char         m_name[MAX_MODEL_NAME];
 	CColModel   *m_colModel;
 	C2dEffect   *m_twodEffects;
 	int16        m_objectId;
-public:
 	uint16       m_refCount;
 	int16        m_txdSlot;
 	ModeInfoType m_type;
 	uint8        m_num2dEffects;
 	bool         m_freeCol;
 
+public:
 	CBaseModelInfo(ModeInfoType type);
 	virtual ~CBaseModelInfo() {}
 	virtual void Shutdown(void);
@@ -42,6 +41,8 @@ public:
 	virtual RwObject *CreateInstance(void) = 0;
 	virtual RwObject *GetRwObject(void) = 0;
 
+	// one day it becomes virtual
+	ModeInfoType GetModelType() const { return m_type; }
 	bool IsSimple(void) { return m_type == MITYPE_SIMPLE || m_type == MITYPE_TIME; }
 	bool IsClump(void) { return m_type == MITYPE_CLUMP || m_type == MITYPE_PED || m_type == MITYPE_VEHICLE ||
 		m_type == MITYPE_MLO || m_type == MITYPE_XTRACOMPS;	// unused but what the heck
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ public:
 	void Init2dEffects(void);
 	void Add2dEffect(C2dEffect *fx);
 	C2dEffect *Get2dEffect(int n);
+	uint8 GetNum2dEffects() const { return m_num2dEffects; }
+	uint16 GetNumRefs() const { return m_refCount; }
 };
 
 static_assert(sizeof(CBaseModelInfo) == 0x30, "CBaseModelInfo: error");
diff --git a/src/modelinfo/ModelInfo.cpp b/src/modelinfo/ModelInfo.cpp
index c1ae692f..da09bdfa 100644
--- a/src/modelinfo/ModelInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/modelinfo/ModelInfo.cpp
@@ -203,14 +203,14 @@ CModelInfo::GetModelInfo(const char *name, int *id)
 bool
 CModelInfo::IsBoatModel(int32 id)
 {
-	return GetModelInfo(id)->m_type == MITYPE_VEHICLE &&
+	return GetModelInfo(id)->GetModelType() == MITYPE_VEHICLE &&
 		((CVehicleModelInfo*)GetModelInfo(id))->m_vehicleType == VEHICLE_TYPE_BOAT;
 }
 
 bool
 CModelInfo::IsBikeModel(int32 id)
 {
-	return GetModelInfo(id)->m_type == MITYPE_VEHICLE &&
+	return GetModelInfo(id)->GetModelType() == MITYPE_VEHICLE &&
 		((CVehicleModelInfo*)GetModelInfo(id))->m_vehicleType == VEHICLE_TYPE_BIKE;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/modelinfo/TimeModelInfo.cpp b/src/modelinfo/TimeModelInfo.cpp
index fec3f6e5..d4f92293 100644
--- a/src/modelinfo/TimeModelInfo.cpp
+++ b/src/modelinfo/TimeModelInfo.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ CTimeModelInfo::FindOtherTimeModel(void)
 
 	for(i = 0; i < MODELINFOSIZE; i++){
 		CBaseModelInfo *mi = CModelInfo::GetModelInfo(i);
-		if(mi && mi->m_type == MITYPE_TIME &&
+		if (mi && mi->GetModelType() == MITYPE_TIME &&
 		   strncmp(name, mi->GetName(), 24) == 0){
 			m_otherTimeModelID = i;
 			return (CTimeModelInfo*)mi;