From 98abc5bfc443391dbcb1ca3252ff55043b92cd8b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ccomp5950 <Ccomp5950@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 01:48:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Compromise on speach_sound, will check distance instead of
 just checking if ghost.

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

diff --git a/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm b/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm
index 7ccffd0fc0..221863ce3c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/hear_say.dm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 			src << "<span class='name'>[speaker_name]</span>[alt_name] talks but you cannot hear \him."
 	else
 		src << "<span class='game say'><span class='name'>[speaker_name]</span>[alt_name] [track][verb], <span class='message'><span class='[style]'>\"[message]\"</span></span></span>"
-		if (speech_sound && !istype(src, /mob/dead/observer))
+		if (speech_sound && (get_dist(speaker, src) <= world.view && src.z == speaker.z))
 			var/turf/source = speaker? get_turf(speaker) : get_turf(src)
 			src.playsound_local(source, speech_sound, sound_vol, 1)