From 6a5788d31d092a15b2f4e096c4340e886340e760 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gor_down <gor@lyricaltokarev.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2026 21:00:00 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] guard ms from empty arguments

---
 gameview.py | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gameview.py b/gameview.py
index a3095a8..f60b46c 100644
--- a/gameview.py
+++ b/gameview.py
@@ -3375,6 +3375,8 @@ class GUI(QtGui.QWidget):
         mChatMessage[SHOWNAME] = mChatMessage[SHOWNAME].decode('utf-8')
 
         fChar = mChatMessage[CHARNAME]
+
+        if not mChatMessage[EVIDENCE]: mChatMessage[EVIDENCE] = 0
         evidence = int(mChatMessage[EVIDENCE]) - 1
 
         # Some characters use " - " instead of "-" for no preanim.
@@ -3487,6 +3489,7 @@ class GUI(QtGui.QWidget):
                 self.handleChatMessage1(mChatMessage)
 
     def setTextColor(self):
+        if not self.mChatMessage[TEXT_COLOR]: self.mChatMessage[TEXT_COLOR] = 0
         textColor = int(self.mChatMessage[TEXT_COLOR])
 
         isRainbow = textColor == C_RAINBOW
@@ -3655,6 +3658,8 @@ class GUI(QtGui.QWidget):
             self.char.setFlipped(self.mChatMessage[FLIP] == "1")
 
         side = self.mChatMessage[SIDE]
+
+        if not self.mChatMessage[EMOTE_MOD]: self.mChatMessage[EMOTE_MOD] = 0
         emoteMod = int(self.mChatMessage[EMOTE_MOD])
 
         # AO 2.8: always offset player