From 62ecc832eebc50de61e84ca8022f260e75a8f1ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Buggem's Fedora PC <66670928+Buggem@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2025 13:18:35 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Patch out pointer control (new method sucks but ok I guess)

---
 desktop_version/src/main.cpp | 32 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/desktop_version/src/main.cpp b/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
index 684c17c518..c1b3986e40 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/main.cpp
@@ -73,8 +73,12 @@ static volatile Uint64 f_timePrev = 0;
 #endif
 
 // RPC variables
-static const char* rpcArea = "";
-static const char* rpcRoomname = "";
+
+#define RPC_SAFE_BUFFER 256
+// change to what you want if it suits other languages
+
+static char rpcArea[RPC_SAFE_BUFFER] = "";
+static char rpcRoomname[RPC_SAFE_BUFFER] = "";
 static enum GameGamestate rpcGameState;
 
 
@@ -992,41 +996,41 @@ static enum LoopCode loop_begin(void)
         rpcGameState = game.gamestate;
         if (rpcGameState == TITLEMODE)
         {
-            rpcArea = "Exploring the Menus";
-            rpcRoomname = "";
+            SDL_strlcpy(rpcArea, "Exploring the Menus", RPC_SAFE_BUFFER-1);
+            SDL_strlcpy(rpcRoomname, "", RPC_SAFE_BUFFER-1);
         }
         else if (rpcGameState == EDITORMODE)
         {
-            rpcArea = "Making a Level";
-            rpcRoomname = "";
+            SDL_strlcpy(rpcArea, "Making a Level", RPC_SAFE_BUFFER-1);
+            SDL_strlcpy(rpcRoomname, "", RPC_SAFE_BUFFER-1);
         }
         else
         {
-            rpcArea = map.currentarea(game.roomx, game.roomy);
-            rpcRoomname = map.roomname;
+            SDL_strlcpy(rpcArea, map.currentarea(game.roomx, game.roomy), RPC_SAFE_BUFFER-1);
+            SDL_strlcpy(rpcRoomname, map.roomname, RPC_SAFE_BUFFER-1);
         }
         NETWORK_setRPC(rpcArea, rpcRoomname);
     }
     else
     {
-         const char *nextArea, *nextRoom;
+         char nextArea[RPC_SAFE_BUFFER] = "", nextRoom[RPC_SAFE_BUFFER] = "";
 
         // Dirty fix for custom levels getting the area from Dimension VVVVVV
         if (map.custommode)
         {
-            nextArea = game.customleveltitle.c_str();
+            SDL_strlcpy(nextArea, game.customleveltitle.c_str(), RPC_SAFE_BUFFER-1);
         }
         else
         {
-            nextArea = map.currentarea(game.roomx, game.roomy);
+            SDL_strlcpy(nextArea, map.currentarea(game.roomx, game.roomy), RPC_SAFE_BUFFER-1);
         }
-        nextRoom = map.roomname;
+        SDL_strlcpy(nextRoom, map.roomname, RPC_SAFE_BUFFER-1);
         //printf("room %s == %s, area %s == %s\n", rpcRoomname, nextRoom, rpcArea, nextArea);
         if ((SDL_strcmp(rpcArea, nextArea) != 0) || (SDL_strcmp(rpcRoomname, nextRoom) != 0))
         {
             // FIXME BEFORE PUSHING!!: These pointers aren't safe to use and result in RPC not updating when it needs to.
-            rpcArea = nextArea;
-            rpcRoomname = nextRoom;
+            SDL_strlcpy(rpcArea, nextArea, RPC_SAFE_BUFFER-1);
+            SDL_strlcpy(rpcRoomname, nextRoom, RPC_SAFE_BUFFER-1);
             NETWORK_setRPC(rpcArea, rpcRoomname);
         }
     }