From aeeaf52719e8b801d019614d265faa057e971c17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ben <ben@fortress.my.domain>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:04:17 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix null pointer crash in voice label creation. if statement
 was using comparison (==) instead of assignment (=), leaving pLabel
 uninitialized and m_playerName as null.

---
 game_shared/voice_status_hud.cpp | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/game_shared/voice_status_hud.cpp b/game_shared/voice_status_hud.cpp
index 97c1cd59..3972da24 100644
--- a/game_shared/voice_status_hud.cpp
+++ b/game_shared/voice_status_hud.cpp
@@ -385,7 +385,8 @@ void CVoiceStatusHud::UpdateSpeakerStatus( int entindex, bool bTalking )
 				// If we don't have a label for this guy yet, then create one.
 				if ( !pLabel )
 				{
-					if ( pLabel = GetFreeVoiceLabel() )
+					pLabel = GetFreeVoiceLabel(); 
+					if ( pLabel )
 					{
 						// Get the name from the engine.
 						hud_player_info_t info;
@@ -455,4 +456,4 @@ int CVoiceStatusHud::Draw( float flTime )
 		m_Labels[i]->Draw();
 
 	return 1;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}