From ef8706ae3848e7448cdde427eb984ee07dabfe13 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: slprime <31038811+slprime@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2025 03:38:24 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Loading items after the player to ensure the hint cache works
 correctly in some mods (#687)

---
 src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ItemList.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ItemList.java b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ItemList.java
index 45bf8b6f..88aa744d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ItemList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/codechicken/nei/ItemList.java
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ public class ItemList {
         @Override
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         public void execute() {
-            if (!NEIClientConfig.isEnabled()) return;
+            if (!NEIClientConfig.isEnabled() || NEIClientUtils.mc().thePlayer == null) return;
 
             ThreadOperationTimer timer = getTimer(NEIClientConfig.getItemLoadingTimeout());
             LayoutManager.itemsLoaded = true;