diff --git a/OpenRA.Server/Connection.cs b/OpenRA.Server/Connection.cs
index 50962f5d26..0d1b61e114 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Server/Connection.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Server/Connection.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 		/* file server state */
 		public int NextChunk = 0;
 		public int NumChunks = 0;
+		public int RemainingBytes = 0;
 		public Stream Stream = null;
 	}
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Server/Server.cs b/OpenRA.Server/Server.cs
index a78f7dcc5d..a52c01d6ae 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Server/Server.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Server/Server.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Sockets;
 using OpenRa.FileFormats;
+using System.Security.Cryptography;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Server
 {
@@ -18,8 +19,11 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 		static Session lobbyInfo = new Session();
 		static bool GameStarted = false;
 
-		const int DownloadChunkInterval = 200000;
-		const int DownloadChunkSize = 4096;
+		const int DownloadChunkInterval = 20000;
+		const int DownloadChunkSize = 16384;
+
+		static readonly string[] packages = { };
+		//static readonly string[] packages = { "testpkg.mix" };
 
 		public static void Main(string[] args)
 		{
@@ -171,7 +175,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 		{
 			try
 			{
-				var data = c.Stream.Read(DownloadChunkSize);
+				var data = c.Stream.Read(Math.Min(DownloadChunkSize, c.RemainingBytes));
 				if (data.Length != 0)
 				{
 					var chunk = new Chunk
@@ -186,11 +190,14 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 							FieldSaver.Save(chunk).Nodes.WriteToString()).Serialize());
 				}
 
-				if (data.Length < DownloadChunkSize)
+				c.RemainingBytes -= data.Length;
+				if (c.RemainingBytes == 0)
 				{
 					GetClient(c).State = Session.ClientState.NotReady;
 					c.Stream.Dispose();
 					c.Stream = null;
+
+					SyncLobbyInfo();
 				}
 			}
 			catch (Exception e) { DropClient(c, e); }
@@ -392,16 +399,19 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 						client.State = Session.ClientState.Downloading;
 
 						var filename = so.Data.Split(':')[0];
-						// todo: validate that the SHA1 they asked for matches what we've got.
-
-						var length = (int) new FileInfo(filename).Length;
-						conn.NextChunk = 0;
-						conn.NumChunks = (length + DownloadChunkSize - 1) / DownloadChunkSize;
 
 						if (conn.Stream != null)
 							conn.Stream.Dispose();
 
 						conn.Stream = File.OpenRead(filename);
+						// todo: validate that the SHA1 they asked for matches what we've got.
+
+						var length = (int) new FileInfo(filename).Length;
+						conn.NextChunk = 0;
+						conn.NumChunks = (length + DownloadChunkSize - 1) / DownloadChunkSize;
+						conn.RemainingBytes = length;
+
+						SyncLobbyInfo();
 					}
 					break;
 			}
@@ -447,9 +457,23 @@ namespace OpenRA.Server
 			Console.WriteLine("Server emptied out; doing a bit of housekeeping to prepare for next game..");
 			inFlightFrames.Clear();
 			lobbyInfo = new Session();
+
+			lobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.Packages = 
+				packages.Select(a => "{0}:{1}".F(a, CalculateSHA1(a))).ToArray();
+
+			foreach( var p in lobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.Packages )
+				Console.WriteLine("Package: `{0}`", p);
+
 			GameStarted = false;
 		}
 
+		static string CalculateSHA1(string filename)
+		{
+			using (var csp = SHA1.Create())
+				return new string(csp.ComputeHash(File.ReadAllBytes(filename))
+					.SelectMany(a => a.ToString("x2")).ToArray());
+		}
+
 		static void SyncLobbyInfo()
 		{
 			var clientData = lobbyInfo.Clients.ToDictionary(
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Chrome.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Chrome.cs
index 15a65ba70a..0a0ef0bf5f 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Chrome.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Chrome.cs
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 				
 		public void Draw()
 		{
+			DrawDownloadBar();
+
 			if (!Game.orderManager.GameStarted)
 			{
 				DrawLobby();
@@ -184,6 +186,36 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			DrawOptionsMenu();
 		}
 
+		public void DrawDownloadBar()
+		{
+			if (PackageDownloader.IsIdle())
+				return;
+
+			var r = new Rectangle((Game.viewport.Width - 400) / 2, Game.viewport.Height - 110, 400, 100);
+			DrawDialogBackground(r, optionsSprites, true);
+
+			DrawCentered("Downloading: {0} (+{1} more)".F(
+				PackageDownloader.CurrentPackage.Split(':')[0],
+				PackageDownloader.RemainingPackages),
+				new int2( Game.viewport.Width  /2, Game.viewport.Height - 90),
+				Color.White);
+
+			DrawDialogBackground(new Rectangle(r.Left + 30, r.Top + 50, r.Width - 60, 20),
+				panelSprites, false);
+
+			var x1 = r.Left + 35;
+			var x2 = r.Right - 35;
+			var x = float2.Lerp(x1, x2, PackageDownloader.Fraction);
+
+			for (var y = r.Top + 55; y < r.Top + 65; y++)
+				lineRenderer.DrawLine(
+					new float2(x1, y) + Game.viewport.Location, 
+					new float2(x, y) + Game.viewport.Location,
+					Color.White, Color.White);
+
+			lineRenderer.Flush();
+		}
+
 		public void DrawLobby()
 		{
 			var w = 800;
@@ -199,17 +231,17 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 				panelSprites, false);
 
 			renderer.DrawText2("Name", new int2(r.Left + 30, r.Top + 50), Color.White);
-			renderer.DrawText2("Color", new int2(r.Left + 250, r.Top + 50), Color.White);
-			renderer.DrawText2("Faction", new int2(r.Left + 320, r.Top + 50), Color.White);
-			renderer.DrawText2("Status", new int2(r.Left + 390, r.Top + 50), Color.White);
+			renderer.DrawText2("Color", new int2(r.Left + 230, r.Top + 50), Color.White);
+			renderer.DrawText2("Faction", new int2(r.Left + 300, r.Top + 50), Color.White);
+			renderer.DrawText2("Status", new int2(r.Left + 370, r.Top + 50), Color.White);
 				
 			var y = r.Top + 80;
 			foreach (var client in Game.LobbyInfo.Clients)
 			{
 				renderer.DrawText(client.Name, new int2(r.Left + 30, y), Color.White);
-				renderer.DrawText(((PaletteType)client.Palette).ToString(), new int2(r.Left + 250, y), Color.White);
-				renderer.DrawText(((Race)client.Race).ToString(), new int2(r.Left + 320, y), Color.White);
-				renderer.DrawText(client.State.ToString(), new int2(r.Left + 390, y), Color.White);
+				renderer.DrawText(((PaletteType)client.Palette).ToString(), new int2(r.Left + 230, y), Color.White);
+				renderer.DrawText(((Race)client.Race).ToString(), new int2(r.Left + 300, y), Color.White);
+				renderer.DrawText(client.State.ToString(), new int2(r.Left + 370, y), Color.White);
 				y += 30;
 			}
 
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs
index 75a4c7ed86..32e7026741 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Game.cs
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 		public static Minimap minimap;
 		public static Session LobbyInfo = new Session();
 		public static int2[] SpawnPoints;
+		static bool changePending;
 
 		public static void ChangeMap(string mapName)
 		{
+			Game.changePending = false;
 			Game.mapName = mapName;
 			SheetBuilder.Initialize(renderer);
 			SpriteSheetBuilder.Initialize();
@@ -170,6 +172,12 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 
 		public static void Tick()
 		{
+			if (changePending && PackageDownloader.IsIdle())
+			{
+				ChangeMap(LobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.Map);
+				return;
+			}
+
 			int t = Environment.TickCount;
 			int dt = t - lastTime;
 			if (dt >= Settings.Timestep)
@@ -392,7 +400,10 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 
 			PackageDownloader.SetPackageList(LobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.Packages);
 			if (!PackageDownloader.IsIdle())
+			{
+				changePending = true;
 				return;
+			}
 
 			if (mapName != LobbyInfo.GlobalSettings.Map)
 			{
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/PackageDownloader.cs b/OpenRa.Game/PackageDownloader.cs
index 680829d398..c747bee96b 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/PackageDownloader.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/PackageDownloader.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Security.Cryptography;
 using OpenRa.FileFormats;
+using System.Drawing;
 
 namespace OpenRa.Game
 {
@@ -14,6 +15,11 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 		static string currentPackage = null;
 		static MemoryStream content = null;
 
+		public static string CurrentPackage { get { return currentPackage; } }
+		public static int RemainingPackages { get { return missingPackages.Count; } }
+		public static float Fraction { get; private set; }
+		public static int DownloadedBytes { get { return (int)content.Length; } }
+
 		public static void SetPackageList(string[] packages)
 		{
 			allPackages = packages;
@@ -21,6 +27,8 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 
 			if (currentPackage == null || !missingPackages.Contains(currentPackage))
 				BeginDownload();
+			else
+				missingPackages.Remove(currentPackage);
 		}
 
 		class Chunk { public int Index = 0; public int Count = 0; public string Data = ""; }
@@ -32,6 +40,8 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			var bytes = Convert.FromBase64String(c.Data);
 			content.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
 
+			Fraction = (float)c.Index / c.Count;
+
 			if (c.Index == c.Count - 1)
 				EndDownload();
 		}
@@ -49,9 +59,12 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 
 			content = new MemoryStream();
 
+			Game.chat.AddLine(Color.White, "Debug", "Requesting package: {0}".F(currentPackage));
+
 			Game.controller.AddOrder(
-				new Order("RequestFile", null, null, int2.Zero, currentPackage) 
-				{ IsImmediate = true });
+				new Order("RequestFile", Game.LocalPlayer.PlayerActor, null, int2.Zero, currentPackage) { IsImmediate = true });
+
+			Fraction = 0f;
 		}
 
 		static void EndDownload()
@@ -63,6 +76,8 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			if (CalculateSHA1(parts[0]) != parts[1])
 				throw new InvalidOperationException("Broken download");
 
+			Game.chat.AddLine(Color.White, "Debug", "Finished receiving package: {0}".F(currentPackage));
+
 			currentPackage = null;
 
 			BeginDownload();