A possible FPS lag fix caused by chat spam.

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What Does This PR Do

This PR removes the animated 'blip' that appears on duplicated messages. This animated badge caused the textbox to expand and then rapidly shrink back to its original size. This is thought to cause a spike in lag when the chat is spammed by several duplicated messages updating their badges at once.

• Example: 3 people are spamming the hug emote on their plushies.

Why It's Good For The Game

It's a possible fix to the lag caused by chat spam, it's not an end-all-be-all but it has helped during testing.

Testing

(Even though it's hard to see through the videos and the FPS counter didn't show, there is a difference between the two. The non-animated badges performed slightly better; even better without admin logs.)

NoAnimatedBadges.mp4

AnimatedBadge.mp4

Strapped a skrell to a chair and shot them point blank with full admin logs on.

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Declaration

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Changelog

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tweak: Tweaked how combinable messages work in an attempt to reduce lag from chat spam.
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[AyIong]

I think i'll bring that animation back after 516 release
But with some improvements

[Burzah]

LGTM

[Scribble-Sheep]

Let's fucking goooo, the game is playable again!