From 0f827ac89ea72bd12df2765178213c0e52673678 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: AzaezelX <quillus@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 11:15:42 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] dont try and recreate singletons

---
 .../scripts/materialEditor.ed.tscript            | 16 +++++++---------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/materialEditor/scripts/materialEditor.ed.tscript b/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/materialEditor/scripts/materialEditor.ed.tscript
index 0ff1c9bf7..3640a276c 100644
--- a/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/materialEditor/scripts/materialEditor.ed.tscript
+++ b/Templates/BaseGame/game/tools/materialEditor/scripts/materialEditor.ed.tscript
@@ -641,16 +641,14 @@ function MaterialEditorGui::setActiveMaterial( %this, %material )
    MaterialEditorGui.currentMaterial = %material;
    MaterialEditorGui.lastMaterial = %material;
    
-   // we create or recreate a material to hold in a pristine state
-   // or, this crashes the ap. fix properly - BJR
-   //if(isObject(notDirtyMaterial))
-   //   notDirtyMaterial.delete();
-      
-   singleton Material(notDirtyMaterial)
+   if(!isObject(notDirtyMaterial))
    {
-      mapTo = "matEd_mappedMat";
-      diffuseMapAsset[0] = "ToolsModule:matEd_mappedMat_image";
-   };
+      singleton Material(notDirtyMaterial)
+      {
+         mapTo = "matEd_mappedMat";
+         diffuseMapAsset[0] = "ToolsModule:matEd_mappedMat_image";
+      };
+   }
    
    // Converts the texture files into absolute paths.
    MaterialEditorGui.convertTextureFields();