--- deliantra/server/lib/cf.pm	2008/09/23 04:29:11	1.453
+++ deliantra/server/lib/cf.pm	2008/09/27 08:17:40	1.455
@@ -3518,7 +3518,14 @@
    my $fh = aio_open "$uuid~", O_WRONLY | O_CREAT, 0644
       or return;
 
-   my $value = uuid_str $uuid_skip + uuid_seq uuid_cur;
+   my $value = uuid_seq uuid_cur;
+
+   unless ($value) {
+      warn "cowardly refusing to write zero uuid value!\n";
+      return;
+   }
+
+   my $value = uuid_str $value + $uuid_skip;
    $uuid_skip = 0;
 
    (aio_write $fh, 0, (length $value), $value, 0) <= 0