From 6357ee3226bbef1c62bfff29bb9c6e2f14bfd6fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MotoLegacy <motolegacy@proton.me>
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:52:02 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] CLIENT: Cap number of attempts on chase cam distance checks

---
 source/client/chasecam.qc | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/source/client/chasecam.qc b/source/client/chasecam.qc
index d2ea19f..740c777 100644
--- a/source/client/chasecam.qc
+++ b/source/client/chasecam.qc
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ void() Chase_Update =
     // take contents of the view leaf
     viewcontents = pointcontents(cl_vieworigin);
 
+    float attempts = 0;
     for (best = 0; best < NUM_TESTS; best++) {
         vector chase_newdest;
 
@@ -85,8 +86,9 @@ void() Chase_Update =
         {
             // go back to the previous best as this one is bad
             // unless the first one was also bad, (viewleaf contents != viewleaf contents!!!)
-            if (best > 0) {
+            if (best > 0 && attempts < 5) {
                 best--;
+                attempts++;
             } else { 
                 best = NUM_TESTS;
                 break;
@@ -139,6 +141,7 @@ void() Chase_Update =
         if (nummatches == 6) break;
     }
 
+
     // find the spot the player is looking at
     dest[0] = cl_vieworigin[0] + 4096 * v_forward[0];
     dest[1] = cl_vieworigin[1] + 4096 * v_forward[1];