diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/transformationextensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/transformationextensions.cpp
index bf62a276b4..b2d95c8cea 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/transformationextensions.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/transformationextensions.cpp
@@ -387,21 +387,22 @@ namespace MWScript
                     return;
 
                 bool isPlayer = ptr == MWMechanics::getPlayer();
+                auto world = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld();
                 if (isPlayer)
                 {
-                    MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getPlayer().setTeleported(true);
+                    world->getPlayer().setTeleported(true);
                 }
 
                 MWWorld::CellStore* store = nullptr;
                 try
                 {
-                    store = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getInterior(cellID);
+                    store = world->getInterior(cellID);
                 }
                 catch (std::exception&)
                 {
                     // cell not found, move to exterior instead if moving the player (vanilla PositionCell
                     // compatibility)
-                    const ESM::Cell* cell = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getExterior(cellID);
+                    const ESM::Cell* cell = world->getExterior(cellID);
                     if (!cell)
                     {
                         std::string error
@@ -414,12 +415,12 @@ namespace MWScript
                             return;
                     }
                     const osg::Vec2i cellIndex = MWWorld::positionToCellIndex(x, y);
-                    store = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getExterior(cellIndex.x(), cellIndex.y());
+                    store = world->getExterior(cellIndex.x(), cellIndex.y());
                 }
                 if (store)
                 {
                     MWWorld::Ptr base = ptr;
-                    ptr = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->moveObject(ptr, store, osg::Vec3f(x, y, z));
+                    ptr = world->moveObject(ptr, store, osg::Vec3f(x, y, z));
                     dynamic_cast<MWScript::InterpreterContext&>(runtime.getContext()).updatePtr(base, ptr);
 
                     auto rot = ptr.getRefData().getPosition().asRotationVec3();
@@ -429,9 +430,9 @@ namespace MWScript
                     if (!isPlayer)
                         zRot = zRot / 60.0f;
                     rot.z() = osg::DegreesToRadians(zRot);
-                    MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->rotateObject(ptr, rot);
+                    world->rotateObject(ptr, rot);
 
-                    ptr.getClass().adjustPosition(ptr, true);
+                    ptr.getClass().adjustPosition(ptr, isPlayer || !world->isCellActive(ptr.getCell()));
                 }
             }
         };
@@ -456,24 +457,25 @@ namespace MWScript
                 if (!ptr.isInCell())
                     return;
 
-                if (ptr == MWMechanics::getPlayer())
+                bool isPlayer = ptr == MWMechanics::getPlayer();
+                auto world = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld();
+                if (isPlayer)
                 {
-                    MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getPlayer().setTeleported(true);
+                    world->getPlayer().setTeleported(true);
                 }
                 const osg::Vec2i cellIndex = MWWorld::positionToCellIndex(x, y);
 
                 // another morrowind oddity: player will be moved to the exterior cell at this location,
                 // non-player actors will move within the cell they are in.
                 MWWorld::Ptr base = ptr;
-                if (ptr == MWMechanics::getPlayer())
+                if (isPlayer)
                 {
-                    MWWorld::CellStore* cell
-                        = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getExterior(cellIndex.x(), cellIndex.y());
-                    ptr = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->moveObject(ptr, cell, osg::Vec3(x, y, z));
+                    MWWorld::CellStore* cell = world->getExterior(cellIndex.x(), cellIndex.y());
+                    ptr = world->moveObject(ptr, cell, osg::Vec3(x, y, z));
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    ptr = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->moveObject(ptr, osg::Vec3f(x, y, z), true, true);
+                    ptr = world->moveObject(ptr, osg::Vec3f(x, y, z), true, true);
                 }
                 dynamic_cast<MWScript::InterpreterContext&>(runtime.getContext()).updatePtr(base, ptr);
 
@@ -481,11 +483,11 @@ namespace MWScript
                 // Note that you must specify ZRot in minutes (1 degree = 60 minutes; north = 0, east = 5400, south =
                 // 10800, west = 16200) except for when you position the player, then degrees must be used. See
                 // "Morrowind Scripting for Dummies (9th Edition)" pages 50 and 54 for reference.
-                if (ptr != MWMechanics::getPlayer())
+                if (!isPlayer)
                     zRot = zRot / 60.0f;
                 rot.z() = osg::DegreesToRadians(zRot);
-                MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->rotateObject(ptr, rot);
-                ptr.getClass().adjustPosition(ptr, true);
+                world->rotateObject(ptr, rot);
+                ptr.getClass().adjustPosition(ptr, isPlayer || !world->isCellActive(ptr.getCell()));
             }
         };