From 54d7ed365beaaccb5a3d44881ea2c9c0c00f78bf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ItsHeckinPat <115201185+Patrick12115@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:27:26 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] [Bug Fix] Fix Dark Link Crash/Missing Trails Bug (#6720)

Delete Unused Effect Slot
---
 soh/soh/Network/Anchor/DummyPlayer.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/soh/soh/Network/Anchor/DummyPlayer.cpp b/soh/soh/Network/Anchor/DummyPlayer.cpp
index 1201033e0f..d6e8165ec8 100644
--- a/soh/soh/Network/Anchor/DummyPlayer.cpp
+++ b/soh/soh/Network/Anchor/DummyPlayer.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ void DummyPlayer_Init(Actor* actor, PlayState* play) {
     Player_SetModelGroup(player, Player_ActionToModelGroup(player, player->heldItemAction));
     play->playerInit(player, play, gPlayerSkelHeaders[client.linkAge]);
 
+    // Prevent dummy players from holding a weapon trail effect slot, as they don't use it anyway
+    Effect_Delete(play, player->meleeWeaponEffectIndex);
+    player->meleeWeaponEffectIndex = TOTAL_EFFECT_COUNT;
+
     play->func_11D54(player, play);
     // #endregion