diff --git a/Engine/source/gui/controls/guiTreeViewCtrl.cpp b/Engine/source/gui/controls/guiTreeViewCtrl.cpp
index 3e815b1a5..f9ad7e411 100644
--- a/Engine/source/gui/controls/guiTreeViewCtrl.cpp
+++ b/Engine/source/gui/controls/guiTreeViewCtrl.cpp
@@ -390,7 +390,6 @@ void GuiTreeViewCtrl::Item::setObject(SimObject *obj)
 {
    if(!mState.test(InspectorData))
    {
-      Con::errorf("Tried to set the object for item %d, which is not InspectorData!", mId);
       return;
    }
    
@@ -409,7 +408,6 @@ SimObject *GuiTreeViewCtrl::Item::getObject()
 {
    if(!mState.test(InspectorData))
    {
-      Con::errorf("Tried to get the object for item %d, which is not InspectorData!", mId);
       return NULL;
    }
 
@@ -5101,12 +5099,13 @@ DefineEngineMethod( GuiTreeViewCtrl, editItem, bool, ( S32 itemId, const char* n
    return(object->editItem(itemId, newText, newValue));
 }
 
-DefineEngineMethod( GuiTreeViewCtrl, removeItem, bool, (S32 itemId), ,
+DefineEngineMethod( GuiTreeViewCtrl, removeItem, bool, (S32 itemId, bool deleteObjects), (0, true),
    "Remove an item from the tree with the given id.\n\n"
    "@param itemId TreeItemID of item to remove.\n"
+   "@param deleteObjects Whether the object on the item is deleted when the item is.\n"
    "@return True if successful, false if not.")
 {
-   return(object->removeItem(itemId));
+   return(object->removeItem(itemId, deleteObjects));
 }
 
 DefineEngineMethod( GuiTreeViewCtrl, removeAllChildren, void, (S32 itemId), ,
@@ -5335,6 +5334,31 @@ DefineEngineMethod( GuiTreeViewCtrl, findItemByObjectId, S32, (S32 objectId), ,
    return(object->findItemByObjectId(objectId));
 }
 
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+S32 GuiTreeViewCtrl::getItemObject(S32 itemId)
+{
+   GuiTreeViewCtrl::Item* item = getItem(itemId);
+   if (!item)
+   {
+      return 0;
+   }
+
+   SimObject* pObj = item->getObject();
+   if (pObj)
+      return pObj->getId();
+
+   return 0;
+}
+
+//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DefineEngineMethod(GuiTreeViewCtrl, getItemObject, S32, (S32 itemId), ,
+   "Gets the object for a particular item.\n\n"
+   "@param itemId  Item id you want the object id for."
+   "@return Object Id for the given tree item ID.")
+{
+   return(object->getItemObject(itemId));
+}
+
 //------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 bool GuiTreeViewCtrl::scrollVisibleByObjectId(S32 objID)
 {
diff --git a/Engine/source/gui/controls/guiTreeViewCtrl.h b/Engine/source/gui/controls/guiTreeViewCtrl.h
index 686e3ea61..17b9aed04 100644
--- a/Engine/source/gui/controls/guiTreeViewCtrl.h
+++ b/Engine/source/gui/controls/guiTreeViewCtrl.h
@@ -554,6 +554,7 @@ class GuiTreeViewCtrl : public GuiArrayCtrl
       S32 findItemByName(const char *name);
       S32 findItemByValue(const char *name);
       S32 findItemByObjectId(S32 iObjId);
+      S32 getItemObject(S32 itemId);
 
       void sortTree( bool caseSensitive, bool traverseHierarchy, bool parentsFirst );