From b9bdf719d289506eaf5b946487855bd410cc716c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kegan Dougal <7190048+kegsay@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:37:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Override fix for v12 rooms

---
 eventauth.go | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/eventauth.go b/eventauth.go
index f9fae87a..9697e413 100644
--- a/eventauth.go
+++ b/eventauth.go
@@ -375,12 +375,13 @@ func (a *allowerContext) userPowerLevel(userID spec.SenderID) int64 {
 	}
 	if a.powerLevelsEvent == nil {
 		if userID == a.createEvent.SenderID() {
-			return 100
+			// FIXME: this is awful but needs to match up with NewPowerLevelContentFromAuthEvents in eventcontent.go
+			// else you won't be able to override PLs when creating rooms.
+			return CreatorPowerLevel
 		}
 		return 0
 	}
 	return a.powerLevels.UserLevel(userID)
-
 }
 
 // update updates the auth event provider with new event contents.

From b7e0e082475190faf1711d2a6340aa9150edce17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kegan Dougal <7190048+kegsay@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:38:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] -1 so it's allowed

---
 eventauth.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/eventauth.go b/eventauth.go
index 9697e413..653051cf 100644
--- a/eventauth.go
+++ b/eventauth.go
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ func (a *allowerContext) userPowerLevel(userID spec.SenderID) int64 {
 		if userID == a.createEvent.SenderID() {
 			// FIXME: this is awful but needs to match up with NewPowerLevelContentFromAuthEvents in eventcontent.go
 			// else you won't be able to override PLs when creating rooms.
-			return CreatorPowerLevel
+			return CreatorPowerLevel - 1
 		}
 		return 0
 	}