From fdf26927e3ca2d620d4992c20433f3590cf4888f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Danford <chrisdanford@users.sourceforge.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 08:58:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] hack for ScreenHowToPlay where no players are joined

---
 stepmania/src/Player.cpp | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stepmania/src/Player.cpp b/stepmania/src/Player.cpp
index 16068b5a09..c259a04b75 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Player.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Player.cpp
@@ -212,8 +212,12 @@ void Player::Init(
 				iNumEnabledPlayers++;
 			}
 		}
-		ASSERT( iEnabledPlayerIndex != -1 );
-		ASSERT( iNumEnabledPlayers > 0 );
+
+		if( iNumEnabledPlayers == 0 )	// hack for ScreenHowToPlay where no players are joined
+		{
+			iEnabledPlayerIndex = 0;
+			iNumEnabledPlayers = 1;
+		}
 
 		for( int i=0; i<NUM_REVERSE; i++ )
 		{