--- deliantra/server/socket/lowlevel.C	2007/06/10 04:44:21	1.46
+++ deliantra/server/socket/lowlevel.C	2007/06/12 10:29:52	1.47
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
 
 #if HAVE_TCP_INFO
   // check about once per second, spread evenly over all clients
-  if (!((pticks + fd) & 7))
+  // do this only when player is active
+  if (!((pticks + fd) & 7) && pl && pl->active)
     {
       // check time of last ack, and, if too old, kill connection
       struct tcp_info tcpi;
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@
   // write a nop to the socket at least every IDLE_NOP seconds.
   if (!outputbuffer.len)
     {
-      if (last_send + IDLE_PING <= NOW)
+      if (last_send + IDLE_PING <= NOW && pl && pl->active)
         {
           // this is a bit ugly, but map1/map1a seem to be the only
           // nop'able commands and they are quite small.