From 1723ba407bebb73aa86baad742110f04d9774bc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JugadorXEI <eugeniom9@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 03:01:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add guard so justPlayed does not get set/decrease for maps in
 player-less dedicated servers

Works in tandem with the previous commits so that justPlayed stays at 0 for all levels until someone joins.
---
 src/g_game.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/g_game.c b/src/g_game.c
index 9cdc2f95a..7af43ca82 100644
--- a/src/g_game.c
+++ b/src/g_game.c
@@ -4852,6 +4852,9 @@ void G_AddMapToBuffer(mapnum_t map)
 			break;
 	}
 #else
+	if (dedicated && D_NumPlayers() == 0)
+		return;
+
 	if (mapheaderinfo[map]->justPlayed == 0) // Started playing a new map.
 	{
 		// Decrement every maps' justPlayed value.