From 476b64bd76131dc5fe8c9774a7bfb5ee695f5b96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Giacomand <giacomand@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 23:51:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #1691 by limiting the show_message proc.

---
 code/modules/mob/mob.dm | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/code/modules/mob/mob.dm b/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
index a129bf1529c..fd8235e2459 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/mob.dm
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ var/next_mob_id = 0
 
 	if(!client)	return
 
+	msg = copytext(msg, 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN)
+
 	if (type)
 		if(type & 1 && (sdisabilities & BLIND || blinded || paralysis) )//Vision related
 			if (!( alt ))