From 5e9d299a22bbf4bbcc09a279d591378b0b97ee19 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tontyGH <39193182+tontyGH@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:17:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] the two line change

---
 DMCompiler/DMStandard/Types/Atoms/_Atom.dm | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/DMCompiler/DMStandard/Types/Atoms/_Atom.dm b/DMCompiler/DMStandard/Types/Atoms/_Atom.dm
index ca0ee2c72e..13ea3d3cb3 100644
--- a/DMCompiler/DMStandard/Types/Atoms/_Atom.dm
+++ b/DMCompiler/DMStandard/Types/Atoms/_Atom.dm
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 	var/icon_w = 0 as opendream_unimplemented
 	var/icon_z = 0 as opendream_unimplemented
 
-	var/icon = null
-	var/icon_state = ""
+	var/icon as icon|null
+	var/icon_state as text|null
 	var/layer = 2.0
 	var/plane = 0
 	var/alpha = 255

From dd3118c583c6d4b07d5649270aa7e79bc243adad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tontyGH <39193182+tontyGH@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2026 21:34:01 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] let's just set their initial value to null just in case

---
 DMCompiler/DMStandard/Types/Atoms/_Atom.dm | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/DMCompiler/DMStandard/Types/Atoms/_Atom.dm b/DMCompiler/DMStandard/Types/Atoms/_Atom.dm
index 13ea3d3cb3..f058904b9d 100644
--- a/DMCompiler/DMStandard/Types/Atoms/_Atom.dm
+++ b/DMCompiler/DMStandard/Types/Atoms/_Atom.dm
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
 	var/icon_w = 0 as opendream_unimplemented
 	var/icon_z = 0 as opendream_unimplemented
 
-	var/icon as icon|null
-	var/icon_state as text|null
+	var/icon = null as icon|null
+	var/icon_state = null as text|null
 	var/layer = 2.0
 	var/plane = 0
 	var/alpha = 255