From 3bf4df548491cb68df16befa7965ddb975ef6e66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Farie82 <farie82@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 06:57:40 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix matter eater spamming chat when it can't cast (#17397)

---
 code/game/dna/mutations/powers.dm | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/code/game/dna/mutations/powers.dm b/code/game/dna/mutations/powers.dm
index 0058b19dfcb..ebda9032236 100644
--- a/code/game/dna/mutations/powers.dm
+++ b/code/game/dna/mutations/powers.dm
@@ -391,7 +391,8 @@
 	if(iscarbon(user))
 		var/mob/living/carbon/C = user
 		if((C.head && (C.head.flags_cover & HEADCOVERSMOUTH)) || (C.wear_mask && (C.wear_mask.flags_cover & MASKCOVERSMOUTH) && !C.wear_mask.mask_adjusted))
-			to_chat(C, "<span class='warning'>Your mouth is covered, preventing you from eating!</span>")
+			if(show_message)
+				to_chat(C, "<span class='warning'>Your mouth is covered, preventing you from eating!</span>")
 			can_eat = FALSE
 	return can_eat