Fixed: Ship plank disappearing when closed before its timer expires or after a save is performed.

Changelog.txt

@@ -3348,3 +3348,6 @@ Fixed: Client Linger Timer is 3600 seconds on stoned players. (Issue #1081)
 
 23-09-2023, Jhobean
 Fixed: When deleting account, f_onchar_delete was not call on char and char's item was not remove causing warning on next server boot.  ( Issue #1029)
+
+26-09-2023, Drk84
+Fixed: Ship plank disappearing when closed before its timer expires or after a save is performed.

src/game/items/CItemShip.cpp

@@ -53,16 +53,22 @@ bool CItem::Ship_Plank(bool fOpen)
     {
         // Save the original Type of the plank if it used to be a ship side
         m_itShipPlank.m_wSideType = (word)oldType;
-
-        SetTimeoutS(5); // autoclose the plank 
-        SetAttr(ATTR_DECAY); // For preventing Decay Warning on the console.
+        if ( !IsTimerSet() )
+        {
+            SetTimeoutS(5); // autoclose the plank 
+            SetAttr(ATTR_DECAY); // For preventing Decay Warning on the console.
+        }
     }
     else if (oldType == IT_SHIP_PLANK)
     {
         // Restore the type of the ship side
         if (m_itShipPlank.m_wSideType == IT_SHIP_SIDE || m_itShipPlank.m_wSideType == IT_SHIP_SIDE_LOCKED)
+        {
             SetType((IT_TYPE)(m_itShipPlank.m_wSideType));
-
+            if (IsTimerSet())
+                ClearTimeout();  //We clear the timer otherwise the plank item will be removed  if it is closed before the timer expires.
+            ClrAttr(ATTR_DECAY); //We remove the ATTR_DECAY flag or the plank will disappear on next save.
+        }
         m_itShipPlank.m_wSideType = IT_NORMAL;
     }