diff --git a/sp/src/game/shared/mapbase/vscript_singletons.cpp b/sp/src/game/shared/mapbase/vscript_singletons.cpp
index e313f82f..eeb50d84 100644
--- a/sp/src/game/shared/mapbase/vscript_singletons.cpp
+++ b/sp/src/game/shared/mapbase/vscript_singletons.cpp
@@ -1338,8 +1338,7 @@ static const char *HasNetMsgCollision( int hash, const char *ignore )
 
 inline int CNetMsgScriptHelper::Hash( const char *key )
 {
-	int hash = HashStringCaseless( key );
-	Assert( hash < (1 << SCRIPT_NETMSG_HEADER_BITS) );
+	int hash = CaselessStringHashFunctor()( key );
 	return hash;
 }
 
@@ -1923,7 +1922,7 @@ BEGIN_SCRIPTDESC_ROOT_NAMED( CNetMsgScriptHelper, "CNetMsg", SCRIPT_SINGLETON "N
 	DEFINE_SCRIPTFUNC( Receive, "Set custom network message callback" )
 	DEFINE_SCRIPTFUNC_NAMED( Receive, "Recieve", SCRIPT_HIDE ) // This was a typo until v6.3
 #ifdef GAME_DLL
-	DEFINE_SCRIPTFUNC( Send, "Send a custom network message from the server to the client (max 252 bytes)" )
+	DEFINE_SCRIPTFUNC( Send, "Send a custom network message from the server to the client (max 251 bytes)" )
 #else
 	DEFINE_SCRIPTFUNC( Send, "Send a custom network message from the client to the server (max 2044 bytes)" )
 #endif
diff --git a/sp/src/game/shared/mapbase/vscript_singletons.h b/sp/src/game/shared/mapbase/vscript_singletons.h
index e514f4d9..b20cc67c 100644
--- a/sp/src/game/shared/mapbase/vscript_singletons.h
+++ b/sp/src/game/shared/mapbase/vscript_singletons.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ void RegisterScriptSingletons();
 #endif
 
 #define SCRIPT_NETMSG_QUEUE_BITS	3	// determines the number of custom messages client can write to a usercmd
-#define SCRIPT_NETMSG_HEADER_BITS	(sizeof(word) << 3)
+#define SCRIPT_NETMSG_HEADER_BITS	(sizeof(unsigned int) << 3)
 #define SCRIPT_NETMSG_STRING_SIZE	512