From f9b3b3b60a85b07f662bb01b628cf26b71b9bd4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ChrisLR <arzhul@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:11:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added method call to load module prototypes when searching if
 not already loaded

---
 evennia/prototypes/prototypes.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/evennia/prototypes/prototypes.py b/evennia/prototypes/prototypes.py
index 2e83d698a2..1f666d931a 100644
--- a/evennia/prototypes/prototypes.py
+++ b/evennia/prototypes/prototypes.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ from evennia.utils.funcparser import FuncParser
 from evennia.utils import dbserialize
 from evennia.utils.evtable import EvTable
 
-
 _MODULE_PROTOTYPE_MODULES = {}
 _MODULE_PROTOTYPES = {}
 _PROTOTYPE_META_NAMES = (
@@ -516,6 +515,10 @@ def search_prototype(key=None, tags=None, require_single=False, return_iterators
         be found as a match.
 
     """
+    # This will load the prototypes the first time they are searched
+    if not _MODULE_PROTOTYPE_MODULES:
+        load_module_prototypes()
+
     # prototype keys are always in lowecase
     if key:
       key = key.lower()