From 95e4124b0c02b4e5be383c41ed4241566f40e6e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Skoland <davidskoland@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 21:53:59 +0100
Subject: Prefetch char.ini for characters present in area via playerlist

Store player data (charId, area) in an in-memory Map on the client,
updated by PR/PU packet handlers. Use this to eagerly load char.ini
when a player's character appears in our area or when switching areas,
eliminating the lazy-load delay on first IC message.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 webAO/client.ts | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

(limited to 'webAO/client.ts')

diff --git a/webAO/client.ts b/webAO/client.ts
index b7a15a4..95df67a 100644
--- a/webAO/client.ts
+++ b/webAO/client.ts
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ class Client extends EventEmitter {
   connect: () => void;
   loadResources: () => void;
   isLowMemory: () => void;
+  players: Map<number, { charId: number; area: number }>;
   charicon_extensions: string[];
   emote_extensions: string[];
   emotions_extensions: string[];
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ class Client extends EventEmitter {
     this.temp_packet = "";
     loadResources;
     isLowMemory;
+    this.players = new Map();
     this.charicon_extensions = [".png", ".webp"];
     this.emote_extensions = [".gif", ".png", ".apng", ".webp", ".webp.static"];
     this.emotions_extensions = [".png", ".webp"];
-- 
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