From 7516871b1644bc751c2d5d0411f46b2490cb6cd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shyotl <Shyotl@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 19:00:30 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Avoid wasting particles on incredibly small/zero length
 ribbon segments.

---
 indra/newview/llviewerpartsource.cpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/indra/newview/llviewerpartsource.cpp b/indra/newview/llviewerpartsource.cpp
index ebda6fd78..cbd0cc31e 100644
--- a/indra/newview/llviewerpartsource.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/llviewerpartsource.cpp
@@ -279,6 +279,9 @@ void LLViewerPartSourceScript::update(const F32 dt)
 				continue;
 			}
 
+			if (mPartSysData.mPartData.mFlags & LLPartData::LL_PART_RIBBON_MASK && mLastPart && (mLastPart->mPosAgent-mPosAgent).magVec() <= .005f)
+				continue; //Skip if parent isn't far enough away.
+
 			LLViewerPart* part = new LLViewerPart();
 
 			part->init(this, mImagep, NULL);