Index: bp-forums/bp-forums-templatetags.php
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--- bp-forums/bp-forums-templatetags.php	(revision 2956)
+++ bp-forums/bp-forums-templatetags.php	(working copy)
@@ -708,16 +708,17 @@
 	var $sort_by;
 	var $order;
 
-	function BP_Forums_Template_Topic( $topic_id, $per_page, $max ) {
+	function BP_Forums_Template_Topic( $topic_id, $per_page, $max, $order ) {
 		global $bp, $current_user, $forum_template;
 
 		$this->pag_page = isset( $_REQUEST['topic_page'] ) ? intval( $_REQUEST['topic_page'] ) : 1;
 		$this->pag_num = isset( $_REQUEST['num'] ) ? intval( $_REQUEST['num'] ) : $per_page;
 
+		$this->order = $order;
 		$this->topic_id = $topic_id;
 		$forum_template->topic = (object) bp_forums_get_topic_details( $this->topic_id );
 
-		$this->posts = bp_forums_get_topic_posts( array( 'topic_id' => $this->topic_id, 'page' => $this->pag_page, 'per_page' => $this->pag_num ) );
+		$this->posts = bp_forums_get_topic_posts( array( 'topic_id' => $this->topic_id, 'page' => $this->pag_page, 'per_page' => $this->pag_num, 'order' => $this->order ) );
 
 		if ( !$this->posts ) {
 			$this->post_count = 0;
@@ -802,7 +803,8 @@
 	$defaults = array(
 		'topic_id' => false,
 		'per_page' => 15,
-		'max' => false
+		'max' => false,
+		'order' => 'ASC'
 	);
 
 	$r = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
@@ -812,7 +814,7 @@
 		$topic_id = bp_forums_get_topic_id_from_slug( $bp->action_variables[1] );
 
 	if ( is_numeric( $topic_id ) )
-		$topic_template = new BP_Forums_Template_Topic( $topic_id, $per_page, $max );
+		$topic_template = new BP_Forums_Template_Topic( $topic_id, $per_page, $max, $order );
 	else
 		return false;