From d79cc5f85dff714e577c6ca1982f477fd2058f77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: silicons <2003111+silicons@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 20:57:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] oof

---
 code/modules/mob/say.dm | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/code/modules/mob/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/say.dm
index 3ceafe4a11..c7bf88f63b 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/say.dm
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@
 	if(GLOB.say_disabled)	//This is here to try to identify lag problems
 		to_chat(usr, "<span class='danger'>Speech is currently admin-disabled.</span>")
 		return
+	
+	if(length(message) > MAX_MESSAGE_LEN)
+		to_chat(user, message)
+		to_chat(user, "<span class='danger'>^^^----- The preceeding message has been DISCARDED for being over the maximum length of [max_length*2] bytes. It has NOT been sent! -----^^^</span>")
+		return
 
 	message = trim(copytext_char(sanitize(message), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
 	clear_typing_indicator()		// clear it immediately!