diff --git a/bin/avatar-template.dat b/bin/avatar-template.dat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..286b75d79b
Binary files /dev/null and b/bin/avatar-template.dat differ
diff --git a/src/OpenSimClient.cs b/src/OpenSimClient.cs
index af4ce0eba2..8f07065c06 100644
--- a/src/OpenSimClient.cs
+++ b/src/OpenSimClient.cs
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
 			break;
 			case PacketType.RegionHandshakeReply:
 				OpenSim_Main.local_world.SendLayerData(this);	
+				ClientAvatar.SendInitialPosition();
 			break;
 			case PacketType.AgentWearablesRequest:
 				ClientAvatar.SendInitialAppearance();
@@ -147,7 +148,6 @@ namespace OpenSim
 				TransferRequestPacket transfer = (TransferRequestPacket)Pack;
 		    		AssetRequests.Enqueue(transfer);
 				Thread AssetLoaderThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(AssetLoader));
-                        	AssetLoaderThread.IsBackground = true;
                         	AssetLoaderThread.Start();
 			break;
 		    }
@@ -210,7 +210,8 @@ namespace OpenSim
 
 	 	private void AckTimer_Elapsed(object sender, ElapsedEventArgs ea)
 	 	{
-			SendAcks(); ResendUnacked();
+			SendAcks();
+			ResendUnacked();
 		}
 
 		public void ProcessOutPacket(Packet Pack) {
@@ -230,7 +231,7 @@ namespace OpenSim
 	 					Pack.Header.Sequence = Sequence;
 	 				}
 
-	 				if (Pack.Header.Reliable)
+					if (Pack.Header.Reliable)  //DIRTY HACK
 	 				{
 	 					lock (NeedAck)
 	 					{
diff --git a/src/world/Avatar.cs b/src/world/Avatar.cs
index 6177f6ef48..d5794634dd 100644
--- a/src/world/Avatar.cs
+++ b/src/world/Avatar.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Text;
 using libsecondlife;
 using libsecondlife.Packets;
@@ -11,12 +12,42 @@ namespace OpenSim.world
 	public string firstname;
         public string lastname;
 	public OpenSimClient ControllingClient;
+	private libsecondlife.Packets.ObjectUpdatePacket.ObjectDataBlock AvatarTemplate;
 
         public Avatar(OpenSimClient TheClient) {
         	Console.WriteLine("Avatar.cs - Loading details from grid (DUMMY)");
 		ControllingClient=TheClient;
+		SetupTemplate("avatar-template.dat");
 	}
 
+	private void SetupTemplate(string name)
+		{
+			
+			int i = 0;
+			FileInfo fInfo = new FileInfo(name);
+			long numBytes = fInfo.Length;
+			FileStream fStream = new FileStream(name, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read);
+			BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(fStream);
+			byte [] data1 = br.ReadBytes((int)numBytes);
+			br.Close();
+			fStream.Close();
+			
+			libsecondlife.Packets.ObjectUpdatePacket.ObjectDataBlock objdata = new libsecondlife.Packets.ObjectUpdatePacket.ObjectDataBlock(data1, ref i);
+			
+			System.Text.Encoding enc = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII;
+			libsecondlife.LLVector3 pos = new LLVector3(objdata.ObjectData, 16);
+			pos.X = 100f;
+			objdata.ID = 8880000;
+			objdata.NameValue = enc.GetBytes("FirstName STRING RW SV Test \nLastName STRING RW SV User \0");
+			libsecondlife.LLVector3 pos2 = new LLVector3(13.981f,100.0f,20.0f);
+			//objdata.FullID=user.AgentID;
+			byte[] pb = pos.GetBytes();			
+			Array.Copy(pb, 0, objdata.ObjectData, 16, pb.Length);
+			
+			AvatarTemplate = objdata;
+				
+		}
+
 	public void CompleteMovement(World RegionInfo) {
 		Console.WriteLine("Avatar.cs:CompleteMovement() - Constructing AgentMovementComplete packet");
 		AgentMovementCompletePacket mov = new AgentMovementCompletePacket();
@@ -33,6 +64,29 @@ namespace OpenSim.world
 	}
 
 	public void SendInitialPosition() {
+		System.Text.Encoding _enc = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII;
+		
+
+		//send a objectupdate packet with information about the clients avatar
+		ObjectUpdatePacket objupdate = new ObjectUpdatePacket();
+		objupdate.RegionData.RegionHandle = OpenSim_Main.cfg.RegionHandle;
+		objupdate.RegionData.TimeDilation = 64096;
+		objupdate.ObjectData = new libsecondlife.Packets.ObjectUpdatePacket.ObjectDataBlock[1];
+			
+		objupdate.ObjectData[0] = AvatarTemplate;
+		//give this avatar object a local id and assign the user a name
+		objupdate.ObjectData[0].ID = 8880000 + OpenSim_Main.local_world._localNumber;
+		//User_info.name="Test"+this.local_numer+" User";
+		objupdate.ObjectData[0].FullID = ControllingClient.AgentID;
+		objupdate.ObjectData[0].NameValue = _enc.GetBytes("FirstName STRING RW SV " + firstname + "\nLastName STRING RW SV " + lastname + " \0");
+			
+		libsecondlife.LLVector3 pos2 = new LLVector3(100f, 100.0f, 22.0f);
+		
+		byte[] pb = pos2.GetBytes();
+						
+		Array.Copy(pb, 0, objupdate.ObjectData[0].ObjectData, 16, pb.Length);
+		OpenSim_Main.local_world._localNumber++;
+		this.ControllingClient.OutPacket(objupdate);
 	}
 	
 	public void SendInitialAppearance() {
diff --git a/src/world/World.cs b/src/world/World.cs
index d7e3370d44..ccc34ea098 100644
--- a/src/world/World.cs
+++ b/src/world/World.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.world
         public float[] LandMap;
         public ScriptEngine Scripts;
 	public TerrainDecode terrainengine = new TerrainDecode();
-
+	public uint _localNumber=0;
 	
         public World()
         {