diff --git a/direct/src/distributed/AsyncRequest.py b/direct/src/distributed/AsyncRequest.py
index 2cc951e444..f909066af7 100755
--- a/direct/src/distributed/AsyncRequest.py
+++ b/direct/src/distributed/AsyncRequest.py
@@ -200,6 +200,12 @@ class AsyncRequest(DirectObject):
         """
         Create a new database object.  You can get the doId from within
         your self.finish() function.
+        
+        This functions is different from createObjectId in that it does
+        generate the object when the response comes back.  The object is
+        added to the doId2do and so forth and treated as a full regular
+        object (which it is).  This is useful on the AI where we really 
+        do want the object on the AI.
         """
         assert self.notify.debugCall()
         assert not self.__deleted
@@ -208,15 +214,41 @@ class AsyncRequest(DirectObject):
         self.neededObjects[name]=None
         if context is None:
             context=self.air.allocateContext()
-        newDBRequestGen = config.GetBool( #HACK:
-            'new-database-request-generate', 1)
-        if newDBRequestGen:
-            self.accept(
-                self.air.getDatabaseGenerateResponseEvent(context),
-                self._doCreateObject, [name, className, values])
-        else:
-            self.accept(
-                "doRequestResponse-%s"%(context,), self._checkCompletion, [name])
+        self.accept(
+            self.air.getDatabaseGenerateResponseEvent(context),
+            self._doCreateObject, [name, className, values])
+        ## newDBRequestGen = config.GetBool( #HACK:
+        ##     'new-database-request-generate', 1)
+        ## if newDBRequestGen:
+        ##     self.accept(
+        ##         self.air.getDatabaseGenerateResponseEvent(context),
+        ##         self._doCreateObject, [name, className, values])
+        ## else:
+        ##     self.accept(
+        ##         "doRequestResponse-%s"%(context,), self._checkCompletion, [name])
+        self.air.requestDatabaseGenerate(className, context, values=values)
+
+    def createObjectId(self, name, className, context=None, values=None):
+        """
+        Create a new database object.  You can get the doId from within
+        your self.finish() function.
+        
+        This functions is different from createObject in that it does not
+        generate the object when the response comes back.  It only tells you
+        the doId.  This is useful on the UD where we don't really want the
+        object on the UD, we just want the object created and the UD wants
+        to send messages to it using the ID.
+        """
+        assert self.notify.debugCall()
+        assert not self.__deleted
+        assert name
+        assert className
+        self.neededObjects[name]=None
+        if context is None:
+            context=self.air.allocateContext()
+        self.accept(
+            self.air.getDatabaseGenerateResponseEvent(context),
+            self._checkCompletion, [name])
         self.air.requestDatabaseGenerate(className, context, values=values)
     
     def _doCreateObject(self, name, className, values, doId):