From 55bdf1c3cebf4c464943d7a6e93fe006ea02fef4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Crazylemon64 <tlrgue17@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 18:08:57 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Adds a noisy deletion timer to autosay mobs

so we don't have silent failure
---
 code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/radio.dm | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/radio.dm b/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/radio.dm
index 415f604758a..0a98cfe5fc9 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/radio.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/devices/radio/radio.dm
@@ -262,8 +262,22 @@ var/global/list/default_medbay_channels = list(
 // I'm not sure who thought that was a good idea. -- Crazylemon
 /mob/living/automatedannouncer
 	var/role = ""
+	var/lifetime_timer
 	universal_speak = 1
 
+/mob/living/automatedannouncer/New()
+	lifetime_timer = addtimer(src, "autocleanup", SecondsToTicks(10))
+	..()
+
+/mob/living/automatedannouncer/Destroy()
+	if(lifetime_timer)
+		deltimer(lifetime_timer)
+	..()
+
+/mob/living/automatedannouncer/proc/autocleanup()
+	log_debug("An announcer somehow managed to outlive the radio! Deleting! Area: [get_area(src)], Loc: [src.locs[1]]"
+	qdel(src)
+
 // Interprets the message mode when talking into a radio, possibly returning a connection datum
 /obj/item/device/radio/proc/handle_message_mode(mob/living/M as mob, message, message_mode)
 	// If a channel isn't specified, send to common.