diff -Nur -Xfreecivdiff.ignore freeciv-cvs/client/packhand.c freeciv-patched/client/packhand.c
--- freeciv-cvs/client/packhand.c	Sat May 11 20:45:33 2002
+++ freeciv-patched/client/packhand.c	Tue May 14 17:19:31 2002
@@ -1113,6 +1113,7 @@
 
     game.player_idx = pinfo->player_idx;
     game.player_ptr = &game.players[game.player_idx];
+    player_init(game.player_ptr);
   }
   for(i=0; i<A_LAST/*game.num_tech_types*/; i++)
     game.global_advances[i]=pinfo->global_advances[i];