From 5575fc6f28ec28ceefefcf82446913c71668ce81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kelsi <kelsihates2fa@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 09:29:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(combatlog): preserve unknown source for environmental
 entries

---
 src/game/game_handler.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/game/game_handler.cpp b/src/game/game_handler.cpp
index 16374768..138e3589 100644
--- a/src/game/game_handler.cpp
+++ b/src/game/game_handler.cpp
@@ -14381,8 +14381,11 @@ void GameHandler::addCombatText(CombatTextEntry::Type type, int32_t amount, uint
     log.spellId  = spellId;
     log.isPlayerSource = isPlayerSource;
     log.timestamp = std::time(nullptr);
+    // If the caller provided an explicit destination GUID but left source GUID as 0,
+    // preserve "unknown/no source" (e.g. environmental damage) instead of
+    // backfilling from current target.
     uint64_t effectiveSrc = (srcGuid != 0) ? srcGuid
-                          : (isPlayerSource ? playerGuid : targetGuid);
+                          : ((dstGuid != 0) ? 0 : (isPlayerSource ? playerGuid : targetGuid));
     uint64_t effectiveDst = (dstGuid != 0) ? dstGuid
                           : (isPlayerSource ? targetGuid : playerGuid);
     log.sourceName = lookupName(effectiveSrc);