From de148092e0f510f45c31cb2d91494eec3de896bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CHOMPStation2StaffMirrorBot
 <94713762+CHOMPStation2StaffMirrorBot@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 06:35:31 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [MIRROR] NIF Commlink auto-install (#10661)

Co-authored-by: eghughguhhhhhh <Hawoogabooga@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: vorestation-ci[bot] <199609141+vorestation-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 code/modules/nifsoft/software/14_commlink.dm | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/code/modules/nifsoft/software/14_commlink.dm b/code/modules/nifsoft/software/14_commlink.dm
index def34c3e17..7123a5dda4 100644
--- a/code/modules/nifsoft/software/14_commlink.dm
+++ b/code/modules/nifsoft/software/14_commlink.dm
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 /datum/nifsoft/commlink/install()
 	if((. = ..()))
 		nif.comm = new(nif,src)
+		if(nif.human?.client?.prefs?.communicator_visibility)
+			nif.comm.initialize_exonet(nif.human) //no harm in running this twice.
 
 /datum/nifsoft/commlink/uninstall()
 	var/obj/item/nif/lnif = nif //Awkward. Parent clears it in an attempt to clean up.