--- deliantra/server/socket/request.C	2006/12/19 05:12:52	1.46
+++ deliantra/server/socket/request.C	2006/12/20 11:36:39	1.48
@@ -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 */
@@ -1677,7 +1672,6 @@
       ax = 0;
       for (x = pl->x - socket.mapx / 2; x < max_x; x++, ax++)
         {
-
           emask = mask = (ax & 0x3f) << 10 | (ay & 0x3f) << 4;
 
           /* If this space is out of the normal viewable area, we only check
@@ -2018,28 +2012,24 @@
   memset (&newmap, 0, sizeof (struct Map));
 
   for (j = (pl->y - pl->contr->socket->mapy / 2); j < (pl->y + (pl->contr->socket->mapy + 1) / 2); j++)
-    {
-      for (i = (pl->x - pl->contr->socket->mapx / 2); i < (pl->x + (pl->contr->socket->mapx + 1) / 2); i++)
-        {
-          ax = i;
-          ay = j;
-          m = pm;
-          mflags = get_map_flags (m, &m, ax, ay, &ax, &ay);
+    for (i = (pl->x - pl->contr->socket->mapx / 2); i < (pl->x + (pl->contr->socket->mapx + 1) / 2); i++)
+      {
+        ax = i;
+        ay = j;
+        m = pm;
+        mflags = get_map_flags (m, &m, ax, ay, &ax, &ay);
 
-          if (mflags & P_OUT_OF_MAP)
-            continue;
+        if (mflags & P_OUT_OF_MAP)
+          continue;
 
-          if (mflags & P_NEED_UPDATE)
-            update_position (m, ax, ay);
+        /* If a map is visible to the player, we don't want to swap it out
+         * just to reload it.  This should really call something like
+         * swap_map, but this is much more efficient and 'good enough'
+         */
+        if (mflags & P_NEW_MAP)
+          m->timeout = 50;
+      }
 
-          /* If a map is visible to the player, we don't want to swap it out
-           * just to reload it.  This should really call something like
-           * swap_map, but this is much more efficient and 'good enough'
-           */
-          if (mflags & P_NEW_MAP)
-            m->timeout = 50;
-        }
-    }
   /* do LOS after calls to update_position */
   if (pl->contr->do_los)
     {
@@ -2177,10 +2167,9 @@
       return;
     }
 
-  packet sl;
+  packet sl ("delspell");
 
-  sl << "delspell "
-     << uint32 (spell->count);
+  sl << uint32 (spell->count);
 
   pl->socket->send_packet (sl);
 }
@@ -2243,8 +2232,7 @@
   if (!pl->socket->monitor_spells)
     return;
 
-  packet sl;
-  sl << "addspell ";
+  packet sl ("addspell");
 
   if (!spell)
     {