--- deliantra/server/include/util.h	2007/01/15 01:25:41	1.28
+++ deliantra/server/include/util.h	2007/01/15 01:39:42	1.29
@@ -64,6 +64,16 @@
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * absdir(int): Returns a number between 1 and 8, which represent
+ * the "absolute" direction of a number (it actually takes care of
+ * "overflow" in previous calculations of a direction).
+ */
+inline int
+absdir (int d)
+{
+  return ((d - 1) & 7) + 1;
+}
 
 // makes dynamically allocated objects zero-initialised
 struct zero_initialised