From 53ddde9d06d63880c21665ab4b76d7de50fe8fdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leland Kemble <70413276+lelandkemble@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 19:04:15 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes improvised mounted weaponry dropping way too much cable
 (#95002)

## About The Pull Request

Because cable coils are by default 30 cable, what was presumably
intended to drop four cable actually dropped four stacks of cable. This
modifies the deconstruction logic of improvised mounted weapons to spawn
`/obj/item/stack`s once, with their count set in `new()`, rather than
repeatedly spawning single stacks and having them merge, which allows
granularity when it comes to cable.

## Why It's Good For The Game

Unless you're deconstructing something via a wiremill, it shouldn't
produce eight times as much cable as it cost.

## Changelog
:cl:

fix: Improvised mounted weaponry now drops a reasonable amount of cable

/:cl:
---
 .../objects/structures/cannons/mounted_guns/mounted_gun.dm  | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/code/game/objects/structures/cannons/mounted_guns/mounted_gun.dm b/code/game/objects/structures/cannons/mounted_guns/mounted_gun.dm
index 3d7b9b0136f..c128511fff2 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/structures/cannons/mounted_guns/mounted_gun.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/structures/cannons/mounted_guns/mounted_gun.dm
@@ -148,9 +148,13 @@
 /obj/structure/mounted_gun/atom_deconstruct(disassembled = TRUE)
 	. = ..()
 	dump_contents()
+	var/droploc = drop_location()
 	for (var/type in debris)
+		if(ispath(type, /obj/item/stack))
+			new type(droploc, debris[type])
+			continue
 		for (var/i in 1 to debris[type])
-			new type(drop_location())
+			new type(droploc)
 
 /obj/structure/mounted_gun/dump_contents()
 	return // Generally we don't have contents to dump but some children do.