diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaServer/Source/Networking/Voip/VoipServer.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaServer/Source/Networking/Voip/VoipServer.cs
index 7432cf88f..b282901ce 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaServer/Source/Networking/Voip/VoipServer.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaServer/Source/Networking/Voip/VoipServer.cs
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Networking
             bool senderSpectating = sender.Character == null || sender.Character.IsDead;
 
             //spectators cannot speak with in-game players or vice versa
+            //TODO: allow spectators to hear the voice chat if close enough to the speaker?
             if (recipientSpectating != senderSpectating) { return false; }
 
             //both spectating, no need to do radio/distance checks
diff --git a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/ChatMessage.cs b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/ChatMessage.cs
index 2876896aa..e40d6c714 100644
--- a/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/ChatMessage.cs
+++ b/Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Source/Networking/ChatMessage.cs
@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Networking
             if (listener.WorldPosition == sender.WorldPosition) { return 0.0f; }
 
             float dist = Vector2.Distance(listener.WorldPosition, sender.WorldPosition);
-            if (dist > range) { return 0.0f; }
+            if (dist > range) { return 1.0f; }
 
             if (Submarine.CheckVisibility(listener.SimPosition, sender.SimPosition) != null) dist = (dist + 100f) * obstructionmult;
-            if (dist > range) { return 0.0f; }
+            if (dist > range) { return 1.0f; }
 
             return dist / range;
         }
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ namespace Barotrauma.Networking
         public static string ApplyDistanceEffect(string text, float garbleAmount)
         {
             if (garbleAmount < 0.3f) return text;
-            if (garbleAmount > 1.0f) return "";
+            if (garbleAmount >= 1.0f) return "";
 
             int startIndex = Math.Max(text.IndexOf(':') + 1, 1);
 
diff --git a/git-strip-merge b/git-strip-merge
index 318a93d46..3bae2789e 100644
--- a/git-strip-merge
+++ b/git-strip-merge
@@ -120,8 +120,21 @@ gitbranch() {
 
 original=$(gitbranch HEAD)
 branchsha=$(gitsha "$branch")
+branchshortsha="${branchsha:0:7}"
 
-logmsg="$(git log .."$branchsha")"
+#get the hash of the last merged remote commit from the latest commit msg in this repo
+#assumes that the commit message starts with hash1...hash2
+prevcommitmsg="$(git log -1 --pretty=%B)"
+prevcommitsha="${prevcommitmsg:10:7}"
+
+#create a commit message for out new "merge commit"
+#	hash1...hash2 + logs of the merged commits
+logmsg="$prevcommitsha" 
+logmsg+="..." 
+logmsg+="$branchshortsha"
+logmsg+="
+
+$(git log "$prevcommitsha"..."$branchsha")"
 
 trap 'git checkout --quiet "$original"' EXIT
 
@@ -130,11 +143,10 @@ git rm -rf -r "${files[@]}"   "${quiet[@]}" &&
 git commit -m "$msgcommit" "${quiet[@]}" &&
 newsha=$(gitsha HEAD)                    &&
 git checkout "$original"   "${quiet[@]}" &&
-#original
-#git merge -m "$msgmerge" "${mergeopts[@]}" "$newsha"
 
-#baro additions
-git merge -m "$msgmerge" "--squash" "$newsha"
+git merge -m "$msgmerge" -X theirs "--squash" "$newsha"
+git checkout HEAD .gitignore
 git commit -m "$logmsg"
 
-#./git-strip-merge --no-commit --no-ff barotrauma-development/dev -f Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/*
+#example usage
+#./git-strip-merge barotrauma-development/dev -f Barotrauma/BarotraumaShared/Content/*