3 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/webAO/viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking.ts b/webAO/viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking.ts
index a612e77..b48a445 100644
--- a/webAO/viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking.ts
+++ b/webAO/viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export const handle_ic_speaking = async (playerChatMsg: ChatMsg) => {
     chatContainerBox.style.opacity = "0";
     if (client.viewport.getChatmsg().objection === 4) {
       shoutSprite.src = `${AO_HOST}characters/${encodeURI(
-        client.viewport.getChatmsg().name!.toLowerCase(),
+        client.viewport.getChatmsg().name!,
       )}/custom.gif`;
     } else {
       shoutSprite.src = client.resources[shout].src;
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ export const handle_ic_speaking = async (playerChatMsg: ChatMsg) => {
   client.viewport.blipChannels.forEach(
     (channel: HTMLAudioElement) =>
       (channel.src = `${AO_HOST}sounds/blips/${encodeURI(
-        client.viewport.getChatmsg().blips.toLowerCase(),
+        client.viewport.getChatmsg().blips,
       )}.opus`),
   );
 
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ export const handle_ic_speaking = async (playerChatMsg: ChatMsg) => {
 
   // apply effects
   fg.style.animation = "";
-  const effectName = client.viewport.getChatmsg().effects[0].toLowerCase();
+  const effectName = client.viewport.getChatmsg().effects[0];
   const badEffects = ["", "-", "none"];
   if (effectName.startsWith("rain")) {
     (<HTMLLinkElement>document.getElementById("effect_css")).href =
diff --git a/webAO/viewport/utils/preloadMessageAssets.ts b/webAO/viewport/utils/preloadMessageAssets.ts
index 0a24e84..f3924cd 100644
--- a/webAO/viewport/utils/preloadMessageAssets.ts
+++ b/webAO/viewport/utils/preloadMessageAssets.ts
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ export default async function preloadMessageAssets(
   AO_HOST: string,
   emoteExtensions: string[],
 ): Promise<PreloadedAssets> {
-  const charName = chatmsg.name!.toLowerCase();
-  const charEmote = chatmsg.sprite!.toLowerCase();
+  const charName = chatmsg.name!;
+  const charEmote = chatmsg.sprite!;
 
   const doPreload = async (): Promise<PreloadedAssets> => {
     // Build candidate URL lists for each emote
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ export default async function preloadMessageAssets(
       chatmsg.preanim !== "";
 
     const preanimUrls = hasPreanim
-      ? buildEmoteUrls(AO_HOST, emoteExtensions, charName, chatmsg.preanim!.toLowerCase(), "")
+      ? buildEmoteUrls(AO_HOST, emoteExtensions, charName, chatmsg.preanim!, "")
       : null;
 
     const hasPair = !!chatmsg.other_name;
     const pairIdleUrls = hasPair
-      ? buildEmoteUrls(AO_HOST, emoteExtensions, chatmsg.other_name!.toLowerCase(), chatmsg.other_emote!.toLowerCase(), "(a)")
+      ? buildEmoteUrls(AO_HOST, emoteExtensions, chatmsg.other_name!, chatmsg.other_emote!, "(a)")
       : null;
 
     // Shout SFX per-character path
diff --git a/webAO/viewport/utils/setSide.ts b/webAO/viewport/utils/setSide.ts
index 564d477..c34d162 100644
--- a/webAO/viewport/utils/setSide.ts
+++ b/webAO/viewport/utils/setSide.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export async function setBackgroundImage(elementid: string, bgname: string, bgpa
   let url;
   let success = false;
   for (const extension of client.background_extensions) {
-    url = `${AO_HOST}background/${encodeURI(bgname.toLowerCase())}/${bgpart}${extension}`;
+    url = `${AO_HOST}background/${encodeURI(bgname)}/${bgpart}${extension}`;
     const exists = await fileExists(url);
 
     if (exists) {