From 14bba9aea1b212f927feb08a2d19a4b6b87c242d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Goober5000 <ipw47@mailbox.org>
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2024 00:07:33 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix crash in fire-beam-at-coordinates

A small oversight in #5837 - beam jitter is not done when targeting coordinates.
---
 code/weapon/beam.cpp | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/code/weapon/beam.cpp b/code/weapon/beam.cpp
index 188cdfab5d6..ef68a6cd827 100644
--- a/code/weapon/beam.cpp
+++ b/code/weapon/beam.cpp
@@ -2869,8 +2869,10 @@ void beam_aim(beam *b)
 				b->subsys->shared_fire_direction_beam_objnum = b->objnum;
 			}
 
-			// after pointing, jitter based on shot_aim
-			beam_jitter_aim(b, b->binfo.shot_aim[b->shot_index]);
+			// after pointing, jitter based on shot_aim (if we have a target object)
+			if (!(b->flags & BF_TARGETING_COORDS)) {
+				beam_jitter_aim(b, b->binfo.shot_aim[b->shot_index]);
+			}
 		}
 		break;