From 7d7e107fc2da2e9af98c7a7399fb39344b9412fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: NepDisk <nepdisk@noreply.codeberg.org>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 08:30:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Lower starting Rings back to 5

---
 src/d_main.cpp | 2 +-
 src/g_game.c   | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/d_main.cpp b/src/d_main.cpp
index 4c0194331..e4323ebca 100644
--- a/src/d_main.cpp
+++ b/src/d_main.cpp
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 #define ASSET_HASH_CHARS_KART     0x1e68a3e01aa5c68b
 #define ASSET_HASH_MAPS_KART      0x38558ed00da41ce9
 #define ASSET_HASH_MAIN_PK3     0x90bc93435f9aa4c4
-#define ASSET_HASH_MAPPATCH_PK3  0xc789aadf69a0bcf9
+#define ASSET_HASH_MAPPATCH_PK3  0x7b0709aedd6b48b3
 #ifdef USE_PATCH_FILE
 #define ASSET_HASH_PATCH_PK3     0x0000000000000000
 #endif
diff --git a/src/g_game.c b/src/g_game.c
index b83622852..5a15b332d 100644
--- a/src/g_game.c
+++ b/src/g_game.c
@@ -2474,7 +2474,7 @@ void G_PlayerReborn(INT32 player, boolean betweenmaps)
 		bumper = ((gametyperules & GTR_BUMPERS) ? K_StartingBumperCount() : 0);
 		karmapoints = 0;
 		wanted = 0;
-		rings = 10;
+		rings = 5;
 		kickstartaccel = 0;
 		lastsafelap = 0;
 		lastsafestarpost = 0;