diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
index 683460682f..3c2575df55 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSim.cs
@@ -218,7 +218,13 @@ namespace OpenSim
 
             m_console.Commands.AddCommand("region", false, "debug packet",
                                           "debug packet <level>",
-                                          "Turn on packet debugging", Debug);
+                                          "Turn on packet debugging", 
+                                          "If level > 255 then all incoming and outgoing packets are logged.\n" 
+                                          + "If level <= 255 then incoming AgentUpdate and outgoing SimStats and SimulatorViewerTimeMessage packets are not logged.\n"
+                                          + "If level <= 200 then incoming RequestImage and outgoing ImagePacket, ImageData, LayerData and CoarseLocationUpdate packets are not logged.\n"
+                                          + "If level <= 100 then incoming ViewerEffect and AgentAnimation and outgoing ViewerEffect and AvatarAnimation packets are not logged.\n"
+                                          + "If level <= 0 then no packets are logged.",
+                                          Debug);
 
             m_console.Commands.AddCommand("region", false, "debug scene",
                                           "debug scene <cripting> <collisions> <physics>",
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
index 526d3b59b2..d2d2607b39 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Application/OpenSimBase.cs
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ using Nini.Config;
 using OpenMetaverse;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Communications;
-
 using OpenSim.Framework.Console;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Servers;
 using OpenSim.Framework.Servers.HttpServer;
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/LindenUDP/LLClientView.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/LindenUDP/LLClientView.cs
index 0d142f4f66..fddb966f9b 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/LindenUDP/LLClientView.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ClientStack/LindenUDP/LLClientView.cs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
     public class LLClientView : IClientAPI, IClientCore, IClientIM, IClientChat, IClientIPEndpoint, IStatsCollector
     {
         /// <value>
-        /// Debug packet level.  At the moment, only 255 does anything (prints out all in and out packets).
+        /// Debug packet level.  See OpenSim.RegisterConsoleCommands() for more details.
         /// </value>
         protected int m_debugPacketLevel = 0;
         
@@ -11174,8 +11174,28 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
         /// handles splitting manually</param>
         protected void OutPacket(Packet packet, ThrottleOutPacketType throttlePacketType, bool doAutomaticSplitting)
         {
-            if (m_debugPacketLevel >= 255)
-                m_log.DebugFormat("[CLIENT]: Packet OUT {0}", packet.Type);
+            if (m_debugPacketLevel > 0)
+            {
+                bool outputPacket = true;
+                                
+                if (m_debugPacketLevel <= 255 
+                    && (packet.Type == PacketType.SimStats || packet.Type == PacketType.SimulatorViewerTimeMessage))
+                    outputPacket = false;
+                
+                if (m_debugPacketLevel <= 200 
+                    && 
+                    (packet.Type == PacketType.ImagePacket 
+                        || packet.Type == PacketType.ImageData
+                        || packet.Type == PacketType.LayerData
+                        || packet.Type == PacketType.CoarseLocationUpdate)) 
+                    outputPacket = false;
+                
+                if (m_debugPacketLevel <= 100 && (packet.Type == PacketType.AvatarAnimation || packet.Type == PacketType.ViewerEffect))
+                    outputPacket = false;                
+                
+                if (outputPacket)
+                    m_log.DebugFormat("[CLIENT]: Packet OUT {0}", packet.Type);
+            }
             
             m_udpServer.SendPacket(m_udpClient, packet, throttlePacketType, doAutomaticSplitting);
         }
@@ -11246,15 +11266,29 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ClientStack.LindenUDP
         /// Entryway from the client to the simulator.  All UDP packets from the client will end up here
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="Pack">OpenMetaverse.packet</param>
-        public void ProcessInPacket(Packet Pack)
+        public void ProcessInPacket(Packet packet)
         {
-            if (m_debugPacketLevel >= 255)
-                m_log.DebugFormat("[CLIENT]: Packet IN {0}", Pack.Type);
+            if (m_debugPacketLevel > 0)
+            {
+                bool outputPacket = true;
+                                
+                if (m_debugPacketLevel <= 255 && packet.Type == PacketType.AgentUpdate)
+                    outputPacket = false;
+                
+                if (m_debugPacketLevel <= 200 && packet.Type == PacketType.RequestImage)
+                    outputPacket = false;
+                
+                if (m_debugPacketLevel <= 100 && (packet.Type == PacketType.ViewerEffect || packet.Type == PacketType.AgentAnimation))
+                    outputPacket = false;
+                
+                if (outputPacket)
+                    m_log.DebugFormat("[CLIENT]: Packet IN {0}", packet.Type);
+            }
 
-            if (!ProcessPacketMethod(Pack))
-                m_log.Warn("[CLIENT]: unhandled packet " + Pack.Type);
+            if (!ProcessPacketMethod(packet))
+                m_log.Warn("[CLIENT]: unhandled packet " + packet.Type);
 
-            PacketPool.Instance.ReturnPacket(Pack);
+            PacketPool.Instance.ReturnPacket(packet);
         }
 
         private static PrimitiveBaseShape GetShapeFromAddPacket(ObjectAddPacket addPacket)