--- deliantra/server/socket/request.C	2006/12/19 05:12:52	1.46
+++ deliantra/server/socket/request.C	2006/12/20 01:19:11	1.47
@@ -721,10 +721,9 @@
 
   ns->faces_sent[face] |= NS_FACESENT_SMOOTH;
 
-  packet sl;
+  packet sl ("smooth");
 
-  sl << "smooth "
-     << uint16 (face)
+  sl << uint16 (face)
      << uint16 (smoothface);
 
   ns->send_packet (sl);
@@ -811,8 +810,8 @@
                 : time = (int) (MAX_TIME / FABS (pl->ob->speed));
 
   /* Send confirmation of command execution now */
-  packet sl;
-  sl << "comc " << uint16 (cmdid) << uint32 (time);
+  packet sl ("comc");
+  sl << uint16 (cmdid) << uint32 (time);
   pl->socket->send_packet (sl);
 }
 
@@ -1035,8 +1034,7 @@
   char buf[MAX_BUF];
   uint16 flags;
 
-  packet sl;
-  sl << "stats ";
+  packet sl ("stats");
 
   if (pl->ob)
     {
@@ -1129,8 +1127,7 @@
 {
   pl->last_weight = weight;
 
-  packet sl;
-  sl << "player ";
+  packet sl ("player");
 
   sl << uint32 (pl->ob->count)
      << uint32 (weight)
@@ -1161,10 +1158,9 @@
       return;
     }
 
-  packet sl;
+  packet sl ("anim");
 
-  sl << "anim "
-     << uint16 (anim_num)
+  sl << uint16 (anim_num)
      << uint16 (0); /* flags - not used right now */
 
   /* Build up the list of faces.  Also, send any information (ie, the
@@ -1620,10 +1616,9 @@
 
   check_map_change (pl->contr);
 
-  packet sl;
+  packet sl (socket.mapmode == Map1Cmd ? "map1" : "map1a");
   packet esl;
 
-  sl << (socket.mapmode == Map1Cmd ? "map1 " : "map1a ");
   startlen = sl.length ();
 
   /*Extendedmapinfo structure initialisation */
@@ -2177,10 +2172,9 @@
       return;
     }
 
-  packet sl;
+  packet sl ("delspell");
 
-  sl << "delspell "
-     << uint32 (spell->count);
+  sl << uint32 (spell->count);
 
   pl->socket->send_packet (sl);
 }
@@ -2243,8 +2237,7 @@
   if (!pl->socket->monitor_spells)
     return;
 
-  packet sl;
-  sl << "addspell ";
+  packet sl ("addspell");
 
   if (!spell)
     {