From 4062dd3ee6ccf4997935a5cbac0dc263a3ba17c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kuronekochomusuke <kuronekochomusuke@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2023 18:09:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] dont set gm to an observer when they have no units

---
 megamek/src/megamek/server/GameManager.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/megamek/src/megamek/server/GameManager.java b/megamek/src/megamek/server/GameManager.java
index 1a566c6e304..17a30c56a1b 100644
--- a/megamek/src/megamek/server/GameManager.java
+++ b/megamek/src/megamek/server/GameManager.java
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ public void disconnect(Player player) {
     public void checkForObservers() {
         for (Enumeration<Player> e = getGame().getPlayers(); e.hasMoreElements(); ) {
             Player p = e.nextElement();
-            p.setObserver((getGame().getEntitiesOwnedBy(p) < 1) && !getGame().getPhase().isLounge());
+            p.setObserver((!p.isGameMaster()) && (getGame().getEntitiesOwnedBy(p) < 1) && !getGame().getPhase().isLounge());
         }
     }