diff --git a/Engine/source/console/simObject.cpp b/Engine/source/console/simObject.cpp
index 8a54f7299..1a76e23fe 100644
--- a/Engine/source/console/simObject.cpp
+++ b/Engine/source/console/simObject.cpp
@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@ bool SimObject::writeField(StringTableEntry fieldname, const char* value)
 void SimObject::writeFields(Stream &stream, U32 tabStop)
 {
    // Write static fields.
+
+   // Create a default object of the same type
+   ConsoleObject* defaultConObject = ConsoleObject::create(getClassName());
+   SimObject* defaultObject = dynamic_cast<SimObject*>(defaultConObject);
    
    const AbstractClassRep::FieldList &list = getFieldList();
 
@@ -332,6 +336,11 @@ void SimObject::writeFields(Stream &stream, U32 tabStop)
          if (!writeField(f->pFieldname, valCopy))
             continue;
 
+         //If the field hasn't been changed from the default value, then don't bother writing it out
+         const char* defaultValueCheck = defaultObject->getDataField(f->pFieldname, array);
+         if (dStricmp(defaultValueCheck, valCopy) == 0)
+            continue;
+
          val = valCopy;
 
          U32 expandedBufferSize = ( nBufferSize  * 2 ) + dStrlen(f->pFieldname) + 32;
@@ -366,6 +375,9 @@ void SimObject::writeFields(Stream &stream, U32 tabStop)
    
    if(mFieldDictionary && mCanSaveFieldDictionary)
       mFieldDictionary->writeFields(this, stream, tabStop);
+
+   // Cleanup our created default object
+   delete defaultConObject;
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/Engine/source/persistence/taml/taml.cpp b/Engine/source/persistence/taml/taml.cpp
index 2bfd104b9..782731a80 100644
--- a/Engine/source/persistence/taml/taml.cpp
+++ b/Engine/source/persistence/taml/taml.cpp
@@ -217,11 +217,6 @@ ImplementEnumType(_TamlFormatMode,
 
       FileStream stream;
 
-      if (StringTable->insert("c://.asset.taml") == StringTable->insert(mFilePathBuffer))
-      {
-         bool asdfasdf = true;
-      }
-
       // File opened?
       if (!stream.open(mFilePathBuffer, Torque::FS::File::Write))
       {
@@ -643,6 +638,19 @@ ImplementEnumType(_TamlFormatMode,
       // Fetch field count.
       const U32 fieldCount = fieldList.size();
 
+      ConsoleObject* defaultConObject;
+      SimObject* defaultObject;
+      if (!getWriteDefaults())
+      {
+         // Create a default object of the same type
+         defaultConObject = ConsoleObject::create(pSimObject->getClassName());
+         defaultObject = dynamic_cast<SimObject*>(defaultConObject);
+      
+         // ***Really*** shouldn't happen
+         if (!defaultObject)
+            return;
+      }
+
       // Iterate fields.
       U8 arrayDepth = 0;
       TamlCustomNode* currentArrayNode = NULL;
@@ -709,9 +717,6 @@ ImplementEnumType(_TamlFormatMode,
             if (!pFieldValue)
                pFieldValue = StringTable->EmptyString();
 
-            if (pField->type == TypeBool)
-               pFieldValue = dAtob(pFieldValue) ? "true" : "false";
-
             U32 nBufferSize = dStrlen(pFieldValue) + 1;
             FrameTemp<char> valueCopy(nBufferSize);
             dStrcpy((char *)valueCopy, pFieldValue, nBufferSize);
@@ -720,9 +725,19 @@ ImplementEnumType(_TamlFormatMode,
             if (!pSimObject->writeField(fieldName, valueCopy))
                continue;
 
+            if (!getWriteDefaults())
+            {
+               //If the field hasn't been changed from the default value, then don't bother writing it out
+               if (dStricmp(defaultObject->getDataField(fieldName, indexBuffer), pFieldValue) == 0)
+                  continue;
+            }
+
             // Reassign field value.
             pFieldValue = valueCopy;
 
+            if (pField->type == TypeBool)
+               pFieldValue = dAtob(pFieldValue) ? "true" : "false";
+
             // Detect and collapse relative path information
             char fnBuf[1024];
             if ((S32)pField->type == TypeFilename)
@@ -741,6 +756,12 @@ ImplementEnumType(_TamlFormatMode,
             }
          }
       }
+
+      if (!getWriteDefaults())
+      {
+         // Cleanup our created default object
+         delete defaultConObject;
+      }
    }
 
    //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------