Avoid opening InventoryModal or ChooseHeroesModal until the session is loaded.

app/lib/LevelSetupManager.coffee

@@ -20,13 +20,14 @@ module.exports = class LevelSetupManager extends CocoClass
       @fillSessionWithDefaults()
     else
       @loadSession()
-    @loadModals()
+    #@loadModals()
 
   loadSession: ->
     url = "/db/level/#{@options.levelID}/session"
     #url += "?team=#{@team}" if @options.team  # TODO: figure out how to get the teams for multiplayer PVP hero style
     @session = new LevelSession().setURL url
     onSessionSync = ->
+      return if @destroyed
       @session.url = -> '/db/level.session/' + @id
       @fillSessionWithDefaults()
     @listenToOnce @session, 'sync', onSessionSync
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelSetupManager extends CocoClass
   fillSessionWithDefaults: ->
     heroConfig = _.merge {}, me.get('heroConfig'), @session.get('heroConfig')
     @session.set('heroConfig', heroConfig)
+    @loadModals()
 
   loadModals: ->
     # build modals and prevent them from disappearing.
@@ -49,8 +51,13 @@ module.exports = class LevelSetupManager extends CocoClass
     @listenToOnce @heroesModal, 'hero-loaded', @onceHeroLoaded
     @listenTo @inventoryModal, 'choose-hero-click', @onChooseHeroClicked
     @listenTo @inventoryModal, 'play-click', @onInventoryModalPlayClicked
+    @modalsLoaded = true
+    if @waitingToOpen
+      @waitingToOpen = false
+      @open()
 
   open: ->
+    return @waitingToOpen = true unless @modalsLoaded
     firstModal = if @options.hadEverChosenHero then @inventoryModal else @heroesModal
     if (not _.isEqual(lastHeroesEarned, me.get('earned')?.heroes ? []) or
         not _.isEqual(lastHeroesPurchased, me.get('purchased')?.heroes ? []))
@@ -70,7 +77,7 @@ module.exports = class LevelSetupManager extends CocoClass
   #- Modal events
 
   onceHeroLoaded: (e) ->
-    @inventoryModal.setHero(e.hero)
+    @inventoryModal.setHero(e.hero) if window.currentModal is @inventoryModal
 
   onHeroesModalConfirmClicked: (e) ->
     @options.parent.openModalView(@inventoryModal)
@@ -99,6 +106,6 @@ module.exports = class LevelSetupManager extends CocoClass
     }
 
   destroy: ->
-    @heroesModalDestroy.call @heroesModal unless @heroesModal.destroyed
-    @inventoryModalDestroy.call @inventoryModal unless @inventoryModal.destroyed
+    @heroesModalDestroy?.call @heroesModal unless @heroesModal?.destroyed
+    @inventoryModalDestroy?.call @inventoryModal unless @inventoryModal?.destroyed
     super()

app/schemas/subscriptions/play.coffee

@@ -173,3 +173,5 @@ module.exports =
 
   'level:hero-selection-updated': c.object {required: ['hero']},
     hero: {type: 'object'}
+
+  'level:subscription-required': c.object {}

app/views/play/menu/InventoryModal.coffee

@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ module.exports = class InventoryModal extends ModalView
       @remainingRequiredEquipment = []
       @$el.find('.should-equip').removeClass('should-equip')
       inWorldMap = $('#world-map-view').length
-      if heroClass = @selectedHero?.get('heroClass')
+      if @supermodel.finished() and heroClass = @selectedHero?.get('heroClass')
         for slot, item of _.clone equipment
           itemModel = @items.findWhere original: item
           unless itemModel and heroClass in itemModel.classes
@@ -528,10 +528,11 @@ module.exports = class InventoryModal extends ModalView
 
   #- Paper doll equipment updating
   onEquipmentChanged: ->
+    equipment = @getCurrentEquipmentConfig()
+    return unless _.size(equipment) and @supermodel.finished()
     @removeDollImages()
     heroClass = @selectedHero?.get('heroClass') ? 'Warrior'
     gender = if @selectedHero?.get('slug') in heroGenders.male then 'male' else 'female'
-    equipment = @getCurrentEquipmentConfig()
     slotsWithImages = []
     for slot, original of equipment
       item = _.find @items.models, (item) -> item.get('original') is original
@@ -542,6 +543,8 @@ module.exports = class InventoryModal extends ModalView
     @$el.find('#hero-image-hair').toggle not ('head' in slotsWithImages)
     @$el.find('#hero-image-thumb').toggle not ('gloves' in slotsWithImages)
 
+    @equipment = @options.equipment = equipment
+
   removeDollImages: ->
     @$el.find('.doll-image').remove()