From 7389b5071b72ee9dec9f1cad20fb4563b25c6a2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: oldmud0 <oldmud0@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2022 14:52:08 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Don't restart background if background is unchanged

---
 src/aolayer.cpp   | 6 ++++++
 src/courtroom.cpp | 2 --
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/aolayer.cpp b/src/aolayer.cpp
index a5e1d9bd9..ba7f2cb4f 100644
--- a/src/aolayer.cpp
+++ b/src/aolayer.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ void BackgroundLayer::load_image(QString p_filename)
   qDebug() << "[BackgroundLayer] BG loaded: " << p_filename;
 #endif
   QString final_path = ao_app->get_image_suffix(ao_app->get_background_path(p_filename));
+
+  if (final_path == last_path) {
+    // Don't restart background if background is unchanged
+    return;
+  }
+
   start_playback(final_path);
   play();
 }
diff --git a/src/courtroom.cpp b/src/courtroom.cpp
index 0bc4f25ff..3fb691e9d 100644
--- a/src/courtroom.cpp
+++ b/src/courtroom.cpp
@@ -1377,8 +1377,6 @@ void Courtroom::set_background(QString p_background, bool display)
     ui_vp_objection->stop();
     chat_tick_timer->stop();
     ui_vp_evidence_display->reset();
-    ui_vp_background->kill();
-    ui_vp_desk->kill();
     QString f_side = current_side;
     if (current_side == "")
       f_side = ao_app->get_char_side(current_char);