--- deliantra/server/socket/request.C	2007/07/24 04:55:35	1.116
+++ deliantra/server/socket/request.C	2007/07/29 18:34:46	1.117
@@ -1532,6 +1532,8 @@
       spell->face = face_find ("burnout.x11", blank_face);
     }
 
+  pl->ns->send_face (spell->face);
+
   /* send the current values */
   sl << uint32 (spell->count)
      << uint16 (spell->level)
@@ -1576,16 +1578,17 @@
            * won't take us over the length limit for the socket, if it does,
            * we need to send what we already have, and restart packet formation 
            */
+          if (spell->type != SPELL)
+            continue;
+
           /* Seeing crashes by overflowed buffers.  Quick arithemetic seems
            * to show add_spell is 26 bytes + 2 strings.  However, the overun
            * is hundreds of bytes off, so correcting 22 vs 26 doesn't seem
            * like it will fix this
            */
-          if (spell->type != SPELL)
-            continue;
-
           if (sl.length () >= (MAXSOCKBUF - (26 + strlen (spell->name) + (spell->msg ? strlen (spell->msg) : 0))))
             {
+              pl->ns->flush_fx ();
               pl->ns->send_packet (sl);
 
               sl.reset ();
@@ -1610,6 +1613,7 @@
     }
 
   /* finally, we can send the packet */
+  pl->ns->flush_fx ();
   pl->ns->send_packet (sl);
 }