From 1625ecdef408e41cbabcc4f7d846f85774d862d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tlaltecuhtli <33834933+Tlaltecuhtli@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2019 12:53:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fixes message spam from ridden vehicles (#44116)

* fixes message spam from ridden vehicles

* e
---
 code/modules/vehicles/ridden.dm | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/modules/vehicles/ridden.dm b/code/modules/vehicles/ridden.dm
index f124bc76a0f..c25c0627af7 100644
--- a/code/modules/vehicles/ridden.dm
+++ b/code/modules/vehicles/ridden.dm
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	var/legs_required = 2
 	var/arms_required = 1	//why not?
 	var/fall_off_if_missing_arms = FALSE //heh...
+	var/message_cooldown = 0
 
 /obj/vehicle/ridden/Initialize()
 	. = ..()
@@ -64,7 +65,9 @@
 	if(legs_required)
 		var/how_many_legs = user.get_num_legs()
 		if(how_many_legs < legs_required)
-			to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>You can't seem to manage that with[how_many_legs ? " your leg[how_many_legs > 1 ? "s" : null]" : "out legs"]...</span>")
+			if(message_cooldown < world.time)
+				to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>You can't seem to manage that with[how_many_legs ? " your leg[how_many_legs > 1 ? "s" : null]" : "out legs"]...</span>")
+				message_cooldown = world.time + 5 SECONDS
 			return FALSE
 	if(arms_required)
 		var/how_many_arms = user.get_num_arms()
@@ -78,7 +81,9 @@
 					L.Stun(30)
 				return FALSE
 
-			to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>You can't seem to manage that with[how_many_arms ? " your arm[how_many_arms > 1 ? "s" : null]" : "out arms"]...</span>")
+			if(message_cooldown < world.time)
+				to_chat(user, "<span class='warning'>You can't seem to manage that with[how_many_arms ? " your arm[how_many_arms > 1 ? "s" : null]" : "out arms"]...</span>")
+				message_cooldown = world.time + 5 SECONDS			
 			return FALSE
 	var/datum/component/riding/R = GetComponent(/datum/component/riding)
 	R.handle_ride(user, direction)