From 47da466c45f49d27985f62fea0fc844f4d99d9c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: XtraCube <72575280+XtraCube@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 16:26:26 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Reduce memory allocations in PingTrackerPatch.cs

---
 Reactor/Patches/Miscellaneous/PingTrackerPatch.cs | 15 +++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Reactor/Patches/Miscellaneous/PingTrackerPatch.cs b/Reactor/Patches/Miscellaneous/PingTrackerPatch.cs
index 0662758..c530b1d 100644
--- a/Reactor/Patches/Miscellaneous/PingTrackerPatch.cs
+++ b/Reactor/Patches/Miscellaneous/PingTrackerPatch.cs
@@ -7,15 +7,22 @@ namespace Reactor.Patches.Miscellaneous;
 [HarmonyPatch(typeof(PingTracker), nameof(PingTracker.Update))]
 internal static class PingTrackerPatch
 {
+    private static string? _extraText;
+    private static string? ExtraText => _extraText ??= ReactorCredits.GetText(ReactorCredits.Location.PingTracker);
+
     [HarmonyPostfix]
     [HarmonyPriority(Priority.Last)]
     public static void Postfix(PingTracker __instance)
     {
-        var extraText = ReactorCredits.GetText(ReactorCredits.Location.PingTracker);
-        if (extraText != null)
+        if (ExtraText == null)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (!__instance.text.text.EndsWith("\n", StringComparison.InvariantCulture))
         {
-            if (!__instance.text.text.EndsWith("\n", StringComparison.InvariantCulture)) __instance.text.text += "\n";
-            __instance.text.text += extraText;
+            __instance.text.text += "\n";
         }
+        __instance.text.text += ExtraText;
     }
 }