From 30cedb13f36321719c7a27fc891f1b400083a65c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Exempt-Medic <60412657+Exempt-Medic@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2025 12:32:53 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Core: Limit ItemLink Name to 16 Characters (#4318)

---
 Options.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Options.py b/Options.py
index 826e45a5..d4e42fc0 100644
--- a/Options.py
+++ b/Options.py
@@ -1474,8 +1474,10 @@ class ItemLinks(OptionList):
         super(ItemLinks, self).verify(world, player_name, plando_options)
         existing_links = set()
         for link in self.value:
+            link["name"] = link["name"].strip()[:16].strip()
             if link["name"] in existing_links:
-                raise Exception(f"You cannot have more than one link named {link['name']}.")
+                raise Exception(f"Item link names are limited to their first 16 characters and must be unique. "
+                                f"You have more than one link named '{link['name']}'.")
             existing_links.add(link["name"])
 
             pool = self.verify_items(link["item_pool"], link["name"], "item_pool", world)