good enough

the client code for this is a mess and should load everything at once or use non race condition code

dGame/dComponents/InventoryComponent.cpp

@@ -1141,6 +1141,25 @@ void InventoryComponent::AddItemSkills(const LOT lot) {
 	SetSkill(slot, skill);
 }
 
+void InventoryComponent::FixInvisibleItems() {
+	const auto numberItemsLoadedPerFrame = 12.0f;
+	const auto callbackTime = 0.125f;
+	const auto arbitaryInventorySize = 300.0f; // max in live + dlu is less than 300, seems like a good number.
+	auto* const items = GetInventory(eInventoryType::ITEMS);
+	if (!items) return;
+
+	// Add an extra update to make sure the client can see all the items.
+	const auto something = static_cast<int32_t>(std::ceil(items->GetItems().size() / arbitaryInventorySize)) + 1;
+	LOG_DEBUG("Fixing invisible items with %i updates", something);
+
+	for (int32_t i = 1; i < something + 1; i++) {
+		// client loads 12 items every 1/8 seconds, we're adding a small hack to fix invisible inventory items due to closing the news screen too fast.
+		m_Parent->AddCallbackTimer((arbitaryInventorySize / numberItemsLoadedPerFrame) * callbackTime * i, [this]() {
+			GameMessages::SendUpdateInventoryUi(m_Parent->GetObjectID(), m_Parent->GetSystemAddress());
+			});
+	}
+}
+
 void InventoryComponent::RemoveItemSkills(const LOT lot) {
 	const auto info = Inventory::FindItemComponent(lot);