From 3986e4c5a5554d8861b00bb0de5964a29121b180 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ShadowLarkens <shadowlarkens@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2025 06:55:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Theoretically fix new player runtime (#17739)

---
 code/modules/mob/new_player/login.dm | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/code/modules/mob/new_player/login.dm b/code/modules/mob/new_player/login.dm
index 90e866fc414..5ec996c18a8 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/new_player/login.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/new_player/login.dm
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 /mob/new_player/Login()
+	// Happens sometimes
+	if(QDELETED(src))
+		var/mob/new_player/replacement = new /mob/new_player()
+		replacement.key = key
+		return
+
 	update_Login_details()	//handles setting lastKnownIP and computer_id for use by the ban systems as well as checking for multikeying
 	if(GLOB.join_motd)
 		GLOB.join_motd = GLOB.is_valid_url.Replace(GLOB.join_motd, span_linkify("$1"))