From 16554fe742b2264e220f06f4fbc9ec0b7422e0a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wojtek Figat <wojtek@figat.pl>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:17:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix cloning value utility for object references

#2399
---
 Source/Editor/Utilities/Utils.cs | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Source/Editor/Utilities/Utils.cs b/Source/Editor/Utilities/Utils.cs
index 1b76de47e..fbbbd71bf 100644
--- a/Source/Editor/Utilities/Utils.cs
+++ b/Source/Editor/Utilities/Utils.cs
@@ -210,12 +210,17 @@ namespace FlaxEditor.Utilities
         /// <returns>The duplicated value.</returns>
         internal static object CloneValue(object value)
         {
+            // For object references just clone it
+            if (value is FlaxEngine.Object)
+                return value;
+
             // For objects (eg. arrays) we need to clone them to prevent editing default/reference value within editor
             if (value != null && (!value.GetType().IsValueType || !value.GetType().IsClass))
             {
                 var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(value);
                 value = JsonSerializer.Deserialize(json, value.GetType());
             }
+
             return value;
         }