From 98ce8ca67b27473cc5a00646a1752bbd2ce6347a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Caleb Mabry <36182383+caleb-mabry@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:28:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] HandleMS should only be in charge of parsing chat
 message.

---
 webAO/packets/handlers/handleMS.ts | 10 ++++------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/webAO/packets/handlers/handleMS.ts b/webAO/packets/handlers/handleMS.ts
index 1c30d55e..0c54a57d 100644
--- a/webAO/packets/handlers/handleMS.ts
+++ b/webAO/packets/handlers/handleMS.ts
@@ -4,16 +4,14 @@ import { client, extrafeatures, UPDATE_INTERVAL } from "../../client";
 import { handleCharacterInfo } from "../../client/handleCharacterInfo";
 import { resetICParams } from "../../client/resetICParams";
 import { prepChat, safeTags } from "../../encoding";
-import { handle_ic_speaking } from '../../viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking'
+import { handle_ic_speaking } from "../../viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking";
 /**
-   * Handles an in-character chat message.
-   * @param {*} args packet arguments
-   */
+ * Handles an in-character chat message.
+ * @param {*} args packet arguments
+ */
 export const handleMS = (args: string[]) => {
   // TODO: this if-statement might be a bug.
   if (args[4] !== client.viewport.getChatmsg().content) {
-    document.getElementById("client_inner_chat")!.innerHTML = "";
-
     const char_id = Number(args[9]);
     const char_name = safeTags(args[3]);
 

From 7ef85f836cd75f668d4c555a88d791f35574b38d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Caleb Mabry <36182383+caleb-mabry@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:28:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Dont clear the text box if the message is an additive

---
 webAO/viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking.ts | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/webAO/viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking.ts b/webAO/viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking.ts
index 4fe68d30..d5bd29f2 100644
--- a/webAO/viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking.ts
+++ b/webAO/viewport/utils/handleICSpeaking.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ export const handle_ic_speaking = async (playerChatMsg: ChatMsg) => {
             : client.viewport.getChatmsg().nameplate!;
 
     // Clear out the last message
-    chatBoxInner.innerText = client.viewport.getTextNow();
+    if (!client.viewport.getChatmsg().additive) {
+        chatBoxInner.innerText = client.viewport.getTextNow();
+    }
     nameBoxInner.innerText = displayname;
 
     if (client.viewport.getLastCharacter() !== client.viewport.getChatmsg().name) {