From 178a8c12d20fada6dbe151b54e5f49449eb0be44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MrMelbert <51863163+MrMelbert@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2025 21:35:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH]  Avoid adding dupe emote bodypart overlays  (#93262)

## About The Pull Request

You can hit the overlay cap by spamming emotes

## Changelog

:cl: Melbert
fix: Emotes with visuals can no longer cause errors if spammed to an
extreme degree
/:cl:
---
 code/datums/bodypart_overlays/emote_bodypart_overlay.dm | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/datums/bodypart_overlays/emote_bodypart_overlay.dm b/code/datums/bodypart_overlays/emote_bodypart_overlay.dm
index cabb10558a0..fbdea601839 100644
--- a/code/datums/bodypart_overlays/emote_bodypart_overlay.dm
+++ b/code/datums/bodypart_overlays/emote_bodypart_overlay.dm
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@
  *
  * Returns the given overlay, which can be deleted to stop displaying it. Will return null if no bodypart matching the overlay's attached_body_zone field can be found.
  */
-/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/give_emote_overlay(overlay_typepath)
-	var/datum/bodypart_overlay/simple/emote/overlay = new overlay_typepath()
-	var/obj/item/bodypart/bodypart = src.get_bodypart(overlay.attached_body_zone)
+/mob/living/carbon/human/proc/give_emote_overlay(datum/bodypart_overlay/simple/emote/overlay_typepath)
+	var/obj/item/bodypart/bodypart = get_bodypart(overlay_typepath::attached_body_zone)
 	if(!bodypart)
 		return null
+	if(locate(overlay_typepath) in bodypart.bodypart_overlays)
+		return null
+	var/datum/bodypart_overlay/simple/emote/overlay = new overlay_typepath()
 	bodypart.add_bodypart_overlay(overlay)
 	return overlay