Index: binaries/data/mods/public/maps/random/survivalofthefittest_triggers.js
===================================================================
--- binaries/data/mods/public/maps/random/survivalofthefittest_triggers.js
+++ binaries/data/mods/public/maps/random/survivalofthefittest_triggers.js
@@ -137,10 +137,7 @@
 Trigger.prototype.SetDisableTemplates = function()
 {
 	for (let i = 1; i < TriggerHelper.GetNumberOfPlayers(); ++i)
-	{
-		let cmpPlayer = QueryPlayerIDInterface(i);
-		cmpPlayer.SetDisabledTemplates(disabledTemplates(cmpPlayer.GetCiv()));
-	}
+		QueryPlayerIDInterface(i).SetDisabledTemplates(disabledTemplates(QueryPlayerIDInterface(i, IID_Identity).GetCiv()));
 };
 
 /**
Index: binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scripts/Regicide.js
===================================================================
--- binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scripts/Regicide.js
+++ binaries/data/mods/public/maps/scripts/Regicide.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	let playersCivs = [];
 	for (let playerID = 1; playerID < TriggerHelper.GetNumberOfPlayers(); ++playerID)
-		playersCivs[playerID] = QueryPlayerIDInterface(playerID).GetCiv();
+		playersCivs[playerID] = QueryPlayerIDInterface(playerID, IID_Identity).GetCiv();
 
 	// Get all hero templates of these civs
 	let heroTemplates = {};
Index: binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/ai/common-api/shared.js
===================================================================
--- binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/ai/common-api/shared.js
+++ binaries/data/mods/public/simulation/ai/common-api/shared.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 m.SharedScript.prototype.GetTemplate = function(name)
 {
 	if (this._templates[name] === undefined)
-		this._templates[name] = Engine.GetTemplate(name) || null;
+		this._templates[name] = SimEngine.GetTemplate(name) || null;
 
 	return this._templates[name];
 };
Index: source/simulation2/components/CCmpAIManager.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/simulation2/components/CCmpAIManager.cpp
+++ source/simulation2/components/CCmpAIManager.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
 #include "ps/Filesystem.h"
 #include "ps/Profile.h"
 #include "ps/scripting/JSInterface_VFS.h"
-#include "ps/TemplateLoader.h"
 #include "ps/Util.h"
 #include "scriptinterface/FunctionWrapper.h"
 #include "scriptinterface/ScriptContext.h"
@@ -266,7 +265,6 @@
 		REGISTER_FUNC_NAME(ComputePathScript, "ComputePath");
 
 		REGISTER_FUNC_NAME(DumpImage, "DumpImage");
-		REGISTER_FUNC_NAME(GetTemplate, "GetTemplate");
 
 #undef REGISTER_FUNC_NAME
 
@@ -350,13 +348,6 @@
 			waypoints.emplace_back(wp.x, wp.z);
 	}
 
-	CParamNode GetTemplate(const std::string& name)
-	{
-		if (!m_TemplateLoader.TemplateExists(name))
-			return CParamNode(false);
-		return m_TemplateLoader.GetTemplateFileData(name).GetChild("Entity");
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Debug function for AI scripts to dump 2D array data (e.g. terrain tile weights).
 	 */
@@ -859,8 +850,6 @@
 	LongPathfinder m_LongPathfinder;
 
 	bool m_CommandsComputed;
-
-	CTemplateLoader m_TemplateLoader;
 };
 
 
Index: source/simulation2/scripting/JSInterface_Simulation.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/simulation2/scripting/JSInterface_Simulation.cpp
+++ source/simulation2/scripting/JSInterface_Simulation.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2021 Wildfire Games.
+/* Copyright (C) 2022 Wildfire Games.
  * This file is part of 0 A.D.
  *
  * 0 A.D. is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@
 #include "simulation2/components/ICmpObstruction.h"
 #include "simulation2/components/ICmpPosition.h"
 #include "simulation2/components/ICmpSelectable.h"
+#include "simulation2/components/ICmpTemplateManager.h"
 #include "simulation2/helpers/Geometry.h"
 #include "simulation2/helpers/Selection.h"
 #include "simulation2/Simulation2.h"
 #include "simulation2/system/Entity.h"
+#include "simulation2/system/ParamNode.h"
 
 #include <array>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -87,6 +89,21 @@
 	g_Game->GetSimulation2()->DumpDebugState(file);
 }
 
+CParamNode GetTemplate(const std::string& templateName)
+{
+	if (!g_Game)
+		return CParamNode(false);
+
+	CSimulation2* sim = g_Game->GetSimulation2();
+	ENSURE(sim);
+
+	CmpPtr<ICmpTemplateManager> cmpTemplateManager(*sim, SYSTEM_ENTITY);
+	if (!cmpTemplateManager)
+		return CParamNode(false);
+
+	return cmpTemplateManager->GetTemplate(templateName);
+}
+
 entity_id_t PickEntityAtPoint(int x, int y)
 {
 	return EntitySelection::PickEntityAtPoint(*g_Game->GetSimulation2(), *g_Game->GetView()->GetCamera(), x, y, g_Game->GetViewedPlayerID(), false);
@@ -211,6 +228,7 @@
 	ScriptFunction::Register<&PostNetworkCommand>(rq, "PostNetworkCommand");
 	ScriptFunction::Register<&DumpSimState>(rq, "DumpSimState");
 	ScriptFunction::Register<&GetAIs>(rq, "GetAIs");
+	ScriptFunction::Register<&GetTemplate>(rq, "GetTemplate");
 	ScriptFunction::Register<&PickEntityAtPoint>(rq, "PickEntityAtPoint");
 	ScriptFunction::Register<&PickPlayerEntitiesInRect>(rq, "PickPlayerEntitiesInRect");
 	ScriptFunction::Register<&PickPlayerEntitiesOnScreen>(rq, "PickPlayerEntitiesOnScreen");