--- deliantra/server/utils/cfutil.in	2007/08/18 20:39:14	1.51
+++ deliantra/server/utils/cfutil.in	2007/08/18 22:25:35	1.52
@@ -174,10 +174,53 @@
 
                if (0 > aio_lstat $other or (-M _) > (-M $path)) {
                   fork_sub {
-                     system "convert -depth 8 png:\Q$path\E rgba:-"
+                     my $CROP;
+                     my $SRC = "png:\Q$path\E";
+
+                     # check if this is a wall. ultra-ugly. ultra-ultra-ugly.
+                     if ($path =~ /^(.*\/wall\/.*_)([0-9A-F])(\.x11.*\.png)$/) {
+                        my ($pfx, $dir, $sfx) = ($1, hex $2, $3);
+                        #check for 0..F images to be sure(?) this is a wall
+                        unless (grep { !-e sprintf "%s%X%s", $pfx, $_, $sfx } 0..15) {
+                           # add a 4px border and add other images around it
+                           $CROP = "-shave 8x8 +repage";
+
+                           $w += 8;
+                           $h += 8;
+
+                           $SRC = "-size ${w}x${h} xc:transparent";
+                           $SRC .= " png:\Q$path\E -geometry +4+4 -composite";
+
+                           # 8 surrounding images
+                           for (
+                              # x   y  b  r0  r1
+                              [-1, -1, 0,  6],
+                              [ 0, -1, 1, 10, 14],
+                              [+1, -1, 0, 12],
+
+                              [-1,  0, 8,  5,  7],
+                              #
+                              [+1,  0, 2,  5, 13],
+
+                              [-1, +1, 0,  3],
+                              [ 0, +1, 4, 10, 11],
+                              [+1, +1, 0,  9],
+                           ) {
+                              my ($x, $y, $d, $r0, $r1) = @$_;
+                              $SRC .= sprintf " png:%s%X%s -geometry %+d%+d -composite",
+                                              "\Q$pfx",
+                                              ($dir & $d) ? $r1 : $r0,
+                                              "\Q$sfx",
+                                              $x * ($w - 8) + 4,
+                                              $y * ($h - 8) + 4;
+                           }
+                        }
+                     }
+
+                     system "convert -depth 8 $SRC rgba:-"
                           . "| $exec_prefix/bin/cfhq2xa $w $h 0"
-                          . "| convert -depth 8 -size ".($w * 2)."x".($h * 2)." rgba:- $QUANTIZE -quality 00 png32:\Q$other\E~"
-                             and die "convert/hq2xa pipeline error: status $? ($!)";
+                          . "| convert -depth 8 -size ".($w * 2)."x".($h * 2)." rgba:- $CROP $QUANTIZE -quality 00 png32:\Q$other\E~"
+                        and die "convert/cfhq2xa pipeline error: status $? ($!)";
                      system $OPTIPNG, "-i0", "-q", "$other~";
                      die "$other~ has zero size, aborting." unless -s "$other~";
                      rename "$other~", $other;