From 8f9d333915a84077e9b1a3f80bf33f4b30178f05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cidoku <git@cidoku.net>
Date: Sun, 3 May 2026 00:19:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] guard against empty emote_mod

---
 gameview.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gameview.py b/gameview.py
index 3e1cda3..7055a9e 100644
--- a/gameview.py
+++ b/gameview.py
@@ -3470,7 +3470,7 @@ class GUI(QtGui.QWidget):
             self.presentedEvidence.hide()
             self.playObjectionSound(fChar.lower(), objectionMod)
 
-            emoteMod = int(self.mChatMessage[EMOTE_MOD])
+            emoteMod = int(self.mChatMessage[EMOTE_MOD]) if self.mChatMessage[EMOTE_MOD] else 0
             if emoteMod == 0:
                 self.mChatMessage[EMOTE_MOD] = 1