Merge pull request #14638 from VOREStation/upstream-merge-9002

[MIRROR] the little construction pr

code/game/objects/structures/lattice.dm

@@ -69,9 +69,12 @@
 		return
 	if (istype(C, /obj/item/stack/rods))
 		var/obj/item/stack/rods/R = C
-		if(R.use(2))
+		if(R.get_amount() < 2)
+			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You need at least two rods to form a catwalk here.</span>")
+		else
 			to_chat(user, "<span class='notice'>You start connecting \the [R.name] to \the [src.name] ...</span>")
 			if(do_after(user, 5 SECONDS))
+				R.use(2) //2023-02-27 bugfix to prevent rods being used without catwalk creation
 				src.alpha = 0 // Note: I don't know why this is set, Eris did it, just trusting for now. ~Leshana
 				new /obj/structure/catwalk(src.loc)
 				qdel(src)