From 2ffa7c3fb09f2e286ef666be5f192877c5f0effd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Blubelle <57083662+BlueWildrose@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 01:57:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Makes horror aura only active when players are present in
 z-level (#6976)

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## About The Pull Request

Title.

## Why It's Good For The Game

Do you have any idea how THICK the admin logs get when there's horror
mobs around?

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code: A spooky mob's horror aura will only be active if a player mob is
present on the same z-level they are.
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---
 code/datums/components/horror_aura.dm | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/datums/components/horror_aura.dm b/code/datums/components/horror_aura.dm
index 45581a60242..47100433115 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/horror_aura.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/horror_aura.dm
@@ -23,12 +23,14 @@ It also serves the purposes of portraying the Lore accurate effect of "Acausal L
 	return ..()
 
 /datum/component/horror_aura/process()
-	if(ismob(parent) && !remain_while_dead)
+	var/atom/A = parent //Not bothering to check if it's an atom. If someone attaches a horror aura component to a mere datum, they're out of their mind.
+	if(ismob(A) && !remain_while_dead)
 		var/mob/M = parent
 		if(IS_DEAD(M))
 			qdel(src)
 			return
-	aura_effect()
+	if(A.z in SSmobs.busy_z_levels) //don't spam EMP admin logs when nobody's around. :^)
+		aura_effect()
 
 /datum/component/horror_aura/proc/aura_effect()
 	for(var/mob/living/carbon/human/H in range(radius, parent))