This has to do with the respawn of a player. The while around the call

to map_respawn_player() is not necessary.

src/player.c

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: player.c,v 1.79 2004/02/08 00:56:01 stpohle Exp $
+/* $Id: player.c,v 1.80 2004/02/08 22:34:31 stpohle Exp $
  * player.c - everything what have to do with the player */
 
 #include <SDL.h>
@@ -877,10 +877,7 @@ void player_checkdeath (int pnr) {
 		player->pos.x = -1;
 		player->pos.y = -1;
 		
-		while (player->pos.x == -1 && player->pos.y == -1) {
-			
 		map_respawn_player(pnr);
-		}
 
 		if (player->pos.x != -1 && player->pos.y != -1) {
 			player->frame = 0;