diff -r 0fad394bc330 -r 31841b366d5e branchobj.cpp
--- a/branchobj.cpp	Wed Mar 10 15:36:19 2010 +0000
+++ b/branchobj.cpp	Mon Mar 15 11:49:42 2010 +0000
@@ -738,15 +738,29 @@
 	anim=ap;
 }
 
+//#include <iostream>
 bool BranchObj::animate()
 {
 	anim.animate ();
 	if ( anim.isAnimated() )
 	{
-		setRelPos (anim);
+		//if (((MapItem*)treeItem)->getPositionMode()==MapItem::Relative) 
+		if (useRelPos)
+		{
+			setRelPos (anim);
+			//cout<<"Animating rel "<<treeItem->getHeading().toStdString()<<" "<<anim<<" "<<anim.getStart()<<"->"<<anim.getDest()<<"  "<<relPos<<endl;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			move (anim);
+			//cout<<"Animating abs "<<treeItem->getHeading().toStdString()<<" "<<anim<<" "<<anim.getStart()<<"->"<<anim.getDest()<<"  "<<absPos<<endl;
+		}
 		return true;
 	}
-	parObj->reposition();	// we might have been relinked meanwhile
+	/*FIXME-3 reposition in BO:animate nearly never reached? needed?	
+	if (((MapItem*)treeItem)->getPositionMode()==MapItem::Relative)
+		parObj->reposition();	// we might have been relinked meanwhile
+	*/	
 	return false;
 }