--- deliantra/server/include/book.h	2009/10/12 14:00:58	1.9
+++ deliantra/server/include/book.h	2017/01/29 02:47:04	1.17
@@ -1,39 +1,39 @@
 /*
  * This file is part of Deliantra, the Roguelike Realtime MMORPG.
- * 
- * Copyright (©) 2005,2006,2007,2008 Marc Alexander Lehmann / Robin Redeker / the Deliantra team
- * 
+ *
+ * Copyright (©) 2005,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 Marc Alexander Lehmann / Robin Redeker / the Deliantra team
+ *
  * Deliantra is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
  * the terms of the Affero GNU General Public License as published by the
  * Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your
  * option) any later version.
- * 
+ *
  * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
  * GNU General Public License for more details.
- * 
+ *
  * You should have received a copy of the Affero GNU General Public License
  * and the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see
  * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
- * 
+ *
  * The authors can be reached via e-mail to <support@deliantra.net>
  */
 
-/* Dec '95 - laid down initial file. Stuff in here is for BOOKs 
- * hack. Information in this file describes fundental parameters 
+/* Dec '95 - laid down initial file. Stuff in here is for BOOKs
+ * hack. Information in this file describes fundental parameters
  * of 'books' - objects with type==BOOK. -b.t.
  */
  
 /* Message buf size. If this is changed, keep in mind that big strings
  * may be unreadable by the player as the tail of the message
  * can scroll over the beginning (as of v0.92.2).
- * Note that the book messages are stored in the msg buf,
- * which is limited by 'HUGE_BUF' in the loader.
  */
 #ifndef BOOK_H
 #define BOOK_H
-#define BOOK_BUF        HUGE_BUF-10
+
+/* try not to create books much larger than this */
+#define BOOK_BUF        2000
  
 /* if little books arent getting enough text generated, enlarge this */
  
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  * mesg buffer exceed the max. size (BOOK_BUF) */
  
 #define BOOKSIZE(xyz)   BASE_BOOK_BUF+((xyz)->weight/10)>BOOK_BUF? \
-                                BOOK_BUF:BASE_BOOK_BUF+((xyz)->weight/10);
+                                BOOK_BUF:BASE_BOOK_BUF+((xyz)->weight/10)
 
 struct readable_message_type
 {