From 03b73af3bb4f32e8ef501c61b103125cd303fe2f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: InspectorCaracal <51038201+InspectorCaracal@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2023 23:32:40 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add back helptext definition

---
 evennia/utils/evmenu.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/evennia/utils/evmenu.py b/evennia/utils/evmenu.py
index a7111d473b..4e8a2004ff 100644
--- a/evennia/utils/evmenu.py
+++ b/evennia/utils/evmenu.py
@@ -918,6 +918,8 @@ class EvMenu:
         # helptext can also be a dict, which allows for tooltip command-text (key-value) or
         # ((key,aliases)-value) pairs.
 
+        # make sure helptext is defined
+        helptext = ""       
         if is_iter(nodetext):
             nodetext, *helptext = nodetext
             helptext = helptext[0] if helptext else ""