From 560923fc1f219c3b8d87a2925b00d10a6f6fb161 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laserlicht <13953785+Laserlicht@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 12:50:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] show cheating problem message only once per AI

---
 AI/Nullkiller/AIGateway.cpp | 7 ++++++-
 AI/Nullkiller/AIGateway.h   | 1 +
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/AI/Nullkiller/AIGateway.cpp b/AI/Nullkiller/AIGateway.cpp
index 53d13fabb..559eaf6bb 100644
--- a/AI/Nullkiller/AIGateway.cpp
+++ b/AI/Nullkiller/AIGateway.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ AIGateway::AIGateway()
 	destinationTeleport = ObjectInstanceID();
 	destinationTeleportPos = int3(-1);
 	nullkiller.reset(new Nullkiller());
+	announcedCheatingProblem = false;
 }
 
 AIGateway::~AIGateway()
@@ -831,7 +832,11 @@ void AIGateway::makeTurn()
 	if(cb->getStartInfo()->extraOptionsInfo.cheatsAllowed)
 		cb->sendMessage("vcmieagles");
 	else
-		cb->sendMessage("Nullkiller AI currently requires the ability to cheat in order to function correctly! Please enable!");
+	{
+		if(!announcedCheatingProblem)
+			cb->sendMessage("Nullkiller AI currently requires the ability to cheat in order to function correctly! Please enable!");
+		announcedCheatingProblem = true;
+	}
 
 	retrieveVisitableObjs();
 
diff --git a/AI/Nullkiller/AIGateway.h b/AI/Nullkiller/AIGateway.h
index 2c157d0a0..00f1b7c2e 100644
--- a/AI/Nullkiller/AIGateway.h
+++ b/AI/Nullkiller/AIGateway.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ public:
 	std::unique_ptr<boost::thread> makingTurn;
 private:
 	boost::mutex turnInterruptionMutex;
+	bool announcedCheatingProblem;
 public:
 	ObjectInstanceID selectedObject;