diff --git a/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.cpp b/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.cpp
index 72c0d2c1..2040f5e7 100644
--- a/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.cpp
+++ b/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.cpp
@@ -273,22 +273,15 @@ void LuaStack::makeclass(LuaSlot classtab, LuaSlot classname) const {
     // Get the classtab from the global environment.
     LS.rawget(classtab, globtab, classname);
 
-    // Make sure we're not reusing a table that isn't a class.
-    if (LS.istable(classtab)) {
-        LS.rawget(cname, classtab, "__class");
-    } else {
-        LS.set(cname, LuaNil);
-    }
-
     // Make a new table if necessary.
-    if (!LS.rawequal(cname, classname)) {
+    if (!LS.istable(classtab)) {
         LS.newtable(classtab);
         LS.rawset(globtab, classname, classtab);
-        LS.rawset(classtab, "__class", classname);
     }
     
     // Repair the special fields.
     LS.settabletype(classtab, LUA_TT_CLASS);
+    LS.rawset(classtab, "__class", classname);
     LS.rawset(classtab, "__index", classtab);
 
     // Put the stack back.
@@ -353,17 +346,6 @@ void LuaStack::movesortablekey(LuaSlot key, LuaStack &otherstack, LuaSlot others
     }
 }
 
-void LuaStack::makesubtable(LuaSlot sub, LuaSlot tab, const char *name) const {
-    assert(istable(tab));
-    rawget(sub, tab, name);
-    if (istable(sub)) {
-        return;
-    } else {
-        newtable(sub);
-        rawset(tab, name, sub);
-    }
-}
-
 void LuaStack::cleartable(LuaSlot tab, bool clearmeta) const {
     assert(istable(tab));
     lua_pushnil(L_);
diff --git a/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.hpp b/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.hpp
index fc44d0de..f88bd34e 100644
--- a/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.hpp
+++ b/luprex/core/cpp/luastack.hpp
@@ -371,7 +371,6 @@ public:
     void createtable(LuaSlot target, int narr, int nrec) const;
     lua_State *newthread(LuaSlot target) const;
     void getglobaltable(LuaSlot gltab) const;
-    void makesubtable(LuaSlot sub, LuaSlot tab, const char *name) const;
     void cleartable(LuaSlot tab, bool clearmeta) const;
 
     int rawlen(LuaSlot val) const;
diff --git a/luprex/core/cpp/source.cpp b/luprex/core/cpp/source.cpp
index 7ea4ff2b..a457ec59 100644
--- a/luprex/core/cpp/source.cpp
+++ b/luprex/core/cpp/source.cpp
@@ -53,22 +53,6 @@ LuaDefine(classname, "classtable", "get the class name from a class table") {
     return LS.result();
 }
 
-LuaDefine(maketangible, "classname", "create a class if it doesn't already exist, and add tangible features") {
-    LuaArg classname;
-    LuaRet classtab;
-    LuaVar subtab;
-    LuaStack LS(L, classname, classtab, subtab);
-    if (!LS.isstring(classname)) {
-        luaL_error(L, "class name must be a string");
-    }
-    if (!LS.validclassname(classname)) {
-        luaL_error(L, "invalid class name: %s", LS.ckstring(classname).c_str());
-    };
-    LS.makeclass(classtab, classname);
-    LS.makesubtable(subtab, classtab, "action");
-    return LS.result();
-}
-
 static void get_reg_name(const LuaFunctionReg *reg, std::string &classname, std::string &funcname) {
     std::string name = reg->get_name();
     size_t upos = name.find('_');
diff --git a/luprex/core/cpp/world-core.cpp b/luprex/core/cpp/world-core.cpp
index 0ca46afa..ea3bc151 100644
--- a/luprex/core/cpp/world-core.cpp
+++ b/luprex/core/cpp/world-core.cpp
@@ -542,8 +542,8 @@ void World::invoke_plan(int64_t actor_id, int64_t place_id, const std::string &a
 
     // Set up for Lua manipulation.
     lua_State *L = state();
-    LuaVar actor, place, func, tangibles, mt, index, actions, thread, threads, thinfo, message, invdata;
-    LuaStack LS(L, actor, place, func, tangibles, mt, index, actions, thread, threads, thinfo, message, invdata);
+    LuaVar actor, place, func, tangibles, mt, index, thread, threads, thinfo, message, invdata;
+    LuaStack LS(L, actor, place, func, tangibles, mt, index, thread, threads, thinfo, message, invdata);
 
     // Get the actor and place.
     LS.rawget(tangibles, LuaRegistry, "tangibles");
@@ -565,12 +565,7 @@ void World::invoke_plan(int64_t actor_id, int64_t place_id, const std::string &a
         LS.result();
         return;
     }
-    LS.rawget(actions, index, "action");
-    if (!LS.istable(actions)) {
-        LS.result();
-        return;
-    }
-    LS.rawget(func, actions, action);
+    LS.rawget(func, index, action);
     if (!LS.isfunction(func)) {
         LS.result();
         return;
diff --git a/luprex/core/cpp/world-diffxmit.cpp b/luprex/core/cpp/world-diffxmit.cpp
index e531ac55..98d192d5 100644
--- a/luprex/core/cpp/world-diffxmit.cpp
+++ b/luprex/core/cpp/world-diffxmit.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ void World::patch_luatabs(StreamBuffer *sb, DebugCollector *dbc) {
     util::HashValue closehash = sb->read_hashvalue();
     int ncreate = sb->read_int32();
     util::IdVector closetans = get_near(actor_id, RadiusClose, true, false);
-    std::cerr << "Sync closetans=" << util::id_vector_debug_string(closetans) << std::endl;
     assert(closehash == util::hash_id_vector(closetans));
     number_lua_tables(closetans);
     create_new_tables(ncreate);
@@ -283,7 +282,6 @@ void World::diff_tanclass(int64_t actor_id, World *master, StreamBuffer *xsb) {
 
 void World::patch_source(StreamBuffer *sb, DebugCollector *dbc) {
     DebugBlock dbb(dbc, "patch_source");
-    std::cerr << "Before PS ids=" << tangible_ids_debug_string() << std::endl;
     bool modified = source_db_.patch(sb, dbc);
     if (modified) {
         std::string errs = source_db_.rebuild();
@@ -291,7 +289,6 @@ void World::patch_source(StreamBuffer *sb, DebugCollector *dbc) {
         // TODO: I don't currently have any good place to send the
         // error messages.  This is a stopgap.
         std::cerr << errs;
-        std::cerr << "After PS ids=" << tangible_ids_debug_string() << std::endl;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/luprex/core/lua/login.lua b/luprex/core/lua/login.lua
index e39803de..c92924b4 100644
--- a/luprex/core/lua/login.lua
+++ b/luprex/core/lua/login.lua
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-maketangible('login')
+makeclass('login')
 
 function login.interface(actor, place)
     gui.menu_item("becomeplayer", "Become a Player")
     gui.menu_item("p123", "Print 1, 2, 3")
 end
 
-function login.action.becomeplayer(actor, place, dialog)
+function login.becomeplayer(actor, place, dialog)
     tangible.setclass(actor, player)
 end
 
-function login.action.p123(actor, place, dialog)
+function login.p123(actor, place, dialog)
     print(1)
     wait(1)
     print(2)
diff --git a/luprex/core/lua/player.lua b/luprex/core/lua/player.lua
index 7b1def2a..ebf5ce1f 100644
--- a/luprex/core/lua/player.lua
+++ b/luprex/core/lua/player.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-maketangible('player')
+makeclass('player')
 
 function player.interface(actor, place)
     -- print("actor=", actor)
@@ -16,25 +16,25 @@ function player:printanimstate()
     print("Resulting state: ", graphic, plane, x, y, z, facing)
 end
 
-function player.action.north(actor, place, dialog)
+function player.north(actor, place, dialog)
     print("Moving north")
     tangible.animate(place, {action="walk", dy=1})
     actor:printanimstate()
 end
 
-function player.action.south(actor, place, dialog)
+function player.south(actor, place, dialog)
     print("Moving south")
     tangible.animate(place, {action="walk", dy=-1})
     actor:printanimstate()
 end
 
-function player.action.east(actor, place, dialog)
+function player.east(actor, place, dialog)
     print("Moving east")
     tangible.animate(place, {action="walk", dx=1})
     actor:printanimstate()
 end
 
-function player.action.west(actor, place, dialog)
+function player.west(actor, place, dialog)
     print("Moving west")
     tangible.animate(place, {action="walk", dx=-1})
     actor:printanimstate()