From 1d96e313911bcd8705392e8c75cd2275c604225f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Skoland <davidskoland@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2026 14:07:23 +0200
Subject: always hide charselect

---
 webAO/packets/handlers/handleDONE.ts | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/webAO/packets/handlers/handleDONE.ts b/webAO/packets/handlers/handleDONE.ts
index 4cdd785..c4e2454 100644
--- a/webAO/packets/handlers/handleDONE.ts
+++ b/webAO/packets/handlers/handleDONE.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import queryParser from "../../utils/queryParser";
 import { client, clientState, autoChar } from "../../client";
-import { pickChar } from "../../dom/pickChar";
 
 const { mode } = queryParser();
 /**
@@ -19,11 +18,16 @@ export const handleDONE = (_args: string[]) => {
   }
 
   if (autoChar) {
+    // Hide charselect immediately (spectator mode) so the user isn't stuck
+    // on the selection screen. If the CC request succeeds, PV will confirm it.
+    document.getElementById("client_waiting")!.style.display = "none";
+    document.getElementById("client_charselect")!.style.display = "none";
+
     const charIndex = client.chars.findIndex(
       (c: any) => c && c.name.toLowerCase() === autoChar.toLowerCase()
     );
     if (charIndex !== -1) {
-      pickChar(charIndex);
+      client.sender.sendCharacter(charIndex);
     }
   }
 };
-- 
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