From bd1f5d97507d14cce92fa11ec12d318c9f389745 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph Oelckers <coelckers@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2019 08:58:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] - start the HUD message ticker at -1 to compensate for the
 additional tick they now receive due to the change at which time the status
 bar gets ticked.

---
 src/g_statusbar/hudmessages.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/g_statusbar/hudmessages.cpp b/src/g_statusbar/hudmessages.cpp
index 3e0db7874..11c7aa1a4 100644
--- a/src/g_statusbar/hudmessages.cpp
+++ b/src/g_statusbar/hudmessages.cpp
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ DHUDMessage::DHUDMessage (FFont *font, const char *text, float x, float y, int h
 	HandleAspect = true;
 	Top = y;
 	HoldTics = (int)(holdTime * TICRATE);
-	Tics = 0;
+	Tics = -1;	// -1 to compensate for one additional Tick the message will receive.
 	TextColor = textColor;
 	State = 0;
 	SourceText = copystring (text);