--- deliantra/server/socket/loop.C	2006/12/16 12:23:52	1.22
+++ deliantra/server/socket/loop.C	2006/12/21 23:37:06	1.31
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@
  * \date 2003-12-02
  *
  * loop.c mainly deals with initialization and higher level socket
- * maintenance (checking for lost connections and if data has arrived.)
- * The reading of data is handled in ericserver.c
+ * maintanance (checking for lost connections and if data has arrived.)
  */
 
 
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@
 #include <loader.h>
 
 #define MAX_QUEUE_DEPTH   500 //TODO
-#define MAX_QUEUE_BACKLOG 2   //TODO
+#define MAX_QUEUE_BACKLOG 5.  //TODO
 
 void
 client::reset_state ()
@@ -72,48 +71,54 @@
       reset_state ();
       send_packet_printf ("drawinfo %d command queue overflow, ignoring.", NDI_RED);
     }
-  else if (!cmd_queue.empty () && cmd_queue.front ().stamp + MAX_QUEUE_BACKLOG < stamp)
+  else
     {
-      reset_state ();
-      send_packet_printf ("drawinfo %d too many commands in queue, ignoring.", NDI_RED);
+      cmd_queue.push_back (command ());
+      command &cmd = cmd_queue.back ();
+      cmd.stamp   = stamp;
+      cmd.handler = handler;
+      cmd.data    = salloc<char> (datalen + 1, data);
+      cmd.datalen = datalen;
     }
-  else
-    cmd_queue.push_back (command (
-       stamp, handler, (char *)salloc (datalen + 1, data), datalen
-    ));
 }
 
 bool
 client::handle_command ()
 {
-  if (pl && pl->state == ST_PLAYING && pl->ob && pl->ob->speed_left < 0)
-    return false;
+  bool skipping = false;
 
-  if (cmd_queue.empty ())
-    return false;
+  while (!cmd_queue.empty ()
+         && !(state == ST_PLAYING && pl->ob && pl->ob->speed_left < 0))
+    {
+      command &cmd = cmd_queue.front ();
 
-  command &cmd = cmd_queue.front ();
+      if (cmd.stamp + MAX_QUEUE_BACKLOG < now ())
+        {
+          if (!skipping)
+            {
+              skipping = true;
+              reset_state ();
+              send_packet_printf ("drawinfo %d ignoring delayed commands.", NDI_RED);
+            }
 
-  if (cmd.stamp + MAX_QUEUE_BACKLOG < now ())
-    {
-      reset_state ();
-      send_packet_printf ("drawinfo %d ignoring delayed command.", NDI_RED);
+          cmd_queue.pop_front ();
+        }
+      else
+        {
+          execute (cmd.handler, cmd.data, cmd.datalen);
+          cmd_queue.pop_front ();
+          return true;
+        }
     }
-  else
-    execute (cmd.handler, cmd.data, cmd.datalen);
 
-  sfree (cmd.data, cmd.datalen);
-  cmd_queue.pop_front ();
-
-  return true;
+  return false;
 }
 
 void
 flush_sockets (void)
 {
   for (sockvec::iterator i = clients.begin (); i != clients.end (); ++i)
-    if ((*i)->status != Ns_Dead)
-      (*i)->flush ();
+    (*i)->flush ();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -140,7 +145,7 @@
       player *npl = pl->next;
 
       //TODO: must be handled cleanly elsewhere
-      if (!pl->socket || pl->socket->status == Ns_Dead)
+      if (!pl->ns || pl->ns->destroyed ())
         {
           save_player (pl->ob, 0);
 
@@ -161,7 +166,7 @@
     {
       client *s = *i;
 
-      if (s->status == Ns_Dead)
+      if (s->destroyed ())
         {
           clients.erase (i);
           delete s;
@@ -178,11 +183,8 @@
       client *s = *i;
       player *pl = s->pl;
 
-      s->handle_packet ();
-      s->handle_command ();
-
       //TODO: should not be done here, either
-      if (s->status != Ns_Dead && pl)
+      if (!s->destroyed () && pl)
         {
           /* Update the players stats once per tick.  More efficient than
            * sending them whenever they change, and probably just as useful