Can't boo! while observer observing, unless you've pre-bound the button to a hotkey

[Christer2222]

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BYOND Version

515.1646

Issue Description

While observer observing someone, you have the "Boo!" button available to you in the upper left corner, however clicking it does nothing. You can however bind the "Boo!" button to a hotkey, which allows you to activate the ability still.

What did you expect to happen?

For the button to be clickable or removed.

What happened instead?

The "Boo!" button is stuck in limbo between being accessible and not being accessible. It can only be accessed in a roundabout way.

Why is this bad/What are the consequences?

Dysfunctional UI is confusing, and it shows lack of polish.

Steps to reproduce the issue.

1. Observer observe someone.
2. Try to click on the "Boo!" ability button.
3. Notice how nothing happened in chat or when you click on something.

When did the problem start happening?

Noticed 20.12.2024.

Extra information

Using the "Boo!" ability tells you that you can activate it using left click, but you can also right click to activate it.

It seems that observer observing someone should be 1:1 with their UI according to #26779 which means the "Boo!" button should probably be removed when observer observing someone, even if it feels a bit weird punishing someone for observer observing.

Relevant log output/runtime error