From de709a50229dd39c803f8524a32d3aa7a4ba2a43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AzaezelX <quillus@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2026 17:45:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix F32 Camera::getDamageFlash() recursion if for some reason
 a camera ends up orbiting itself or another camera, make sure we don't look
 to the camera orbiting the camera orbiting the....

---
 Engine/source/T3D/camera.cpp    | 2 +-
 Engine/source/afx/afxCamera.cpp | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Engine/source/T3D/camera.cpp b/Engine/source/T3D/camera.cpp
index 3e24085839..d8f118cbe1 100644
--- a/Engine/source/T3D/camera.cpp
+++ b/Engine/source/T3D/camera.cpp
@@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@ F32 Camera::getDamageFlash() const
    {
       const GameBase *castObj = mOrbitObject;
       const ShapeBase* psb = dynamic_cast<const ShapeBase*>(castObj);
-      if (psb)
+      if (psb && !(dynamic_cast<const Camera*>(psb)))
          return psb->getDamageFlash();
    }
 
diff --git a/Engine/source/afx/afxCamera.cpp b/Engine/source/afx/afxCamera.cpp
index f4f141b5ef..b26aefa4ca 100644
--- a/Engine/source/afx/afxCamera.cpp
+++ b/Engine/source/afx/afxCamera.cpp
@@ -1144,7 +1144,7 @@ F32 afxCamera::getDamageFlash() const
   {
     const GameBase *castObj = mOrbitObject;
     const ShapeBase* psb = dynamic_cast<const ShapeBase*>(castObj);
-    if (psb)
+    if (psb && !(dynamic_cast<const Camera*>(psb) || dynamic_cast<const afxCamera*>(psb)) )
       return psb->getDamageFlash();
   }