--- deliantra/server/common/object.C	2008/07/14 18:36:43	1.247
+++ deliantra/server/common/object.C	2008/07/14 23:47:06	1.248
@@ -347,7 +347,8 @@
           // maybe there is a player standing on the same mapspace
           // this will catch the case where "this" is a player
           if (object *pl = ms ().player ())
-            if (!pl->container || this == pl->container)
+            if ((!pl->container && pl->contr->ns && !pl->contr->ns->update_look)
+                || this == pl->container)
               return pl;
         }
     }