From fbb002441ba03737f57d34ef399bc9ee07b95566 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vlad Firoiu <vladfi2@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 20:51:34 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Skip game start/end if spectator server is not running.

---
 Source/Core/Core/Slippi/SlippiSpectate.cpp | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Slippi/SlippiSpectate.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Slippi/SlippiSpectate.cpp
index cd7a1aa86af5..e37b5723e187 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Slippi/SlippiSpectate.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Slippi/SlippiSpectate.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ void SlippiSpectateServer::write(u8* payload, u32 length)
 // CALLED FROM DOLPHIN MAIN THREAD
 void SlippiSpectateServer::startGame()
 {
+  if (!isSpectatorEnabled())
+  {
+    return;
+  }
   json start_game_message;
   start_game_message["type"] = "start_game";
   m_event_queue.Push(start_game_message.dump());
@@ -45,6 +49,10 @@ void SlippiSpectateServer::startGame()
 // CALLED FROM DOLPHIN MAIN THREAD
 void SlippiSpectateServer::endGame(bool dolphin_closed)
 {
+  if (!isSpectatorEnabled())
+  {
+    return;
+  }
   json end_game_message;
   end_game_message["type"] = "end_game";
   end_game_message["dolphin_closed"] = dolphin_closed;