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sentry[bot] 124f7ee17b Hydroponics: Fix invalid plant icon state from negative growth (#22523)
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This PR addresses a server crash caused by an invalid icon state being
requested for certain plants, specifically those with spreading traits
like biomass vines.

**Root Cause:**
The `refresh_icon()` proc for `/obj/effect/plant` was directly
decrementing the instance variable `max_growth` based on fringe
conditions (`spread_distance` and `at_fringe`). This meant that
`max_growth` could become negative over multiple processing ticks. When
`seed.get_icon()` was subsequently called with a negative growth stage
(e.g., -2), it constructed an invalid icon state string (e.g.,
`biomass--2`), leading to a crash.

**Solution:**
To prevent `max_growth` from being permanently altered, a local variable
`effective_max` is now used within `refresh_icon()`. This local variable
is initialized with the current `max_growth` and then decremented based
on the fringe conditions. The `growth` calculation and subsequent icon
state generation now use `effective_max`, ensuring that the persistent
`max_growth` variable remains stable and positive, thus preventing the
generation of invalid negative icon states.

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### Asset Licenses
The following assets that **have not** been created by myself are
included in this PR:

| Path | Original Author | License |
| --- | --- | --- |
| icons/example.dmi | ExamplePerson (Example Station) | CC0 |


Fixes SERVER-PROD-TJ

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Co-authored-by: VMSolidus <evilexecutive@gmail.com>
2026-06-01 10:36:40 +00:00
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