From 6c499e877f41e2debf065cb44844775057b09d61 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wojtek Figat <wojtek@figat.pl>
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 11:50:10 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix prefab diff in Editor on mesh reference

---
 Source/Engine/Level/MeshReference.cs          | 22 +++++++++++++++++++
 Source/Engine/Serialization/JsonSerializer.cs |  9 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 Source/Engine/Level/MeshReference.cs

diff --git a/Source/Engine/Level/MeshReference.cs b/Source/Engine/Level/MeshReference.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14ef0c72b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Engine/Level/MeshReference.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Copyright (c) Wojciech Figat. All rights reserved.
+
+
+using FlaxEngine.Json;
+
+namespace FlaxEngine
+{
+    partial class ModelInstanceActor
+    {
+        partial struct MeshReference : ICustomValueEquals
+        {
+            /// <inheritdoc />
+            public bool ValueEquals(object other)
+            {
+                var o = (MeshReference)other;
+                return JsonSerializer.ValueEquals(Actor, o.Actor) &&
+                       LODIndex == o.LODIndex &&
+                       MeshIndex == o.MeshIndex;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Source/Engine/Serialization/JsonSerializer.cs b/Source/Engine/Serialization/JsonSerializer.cs
index de1556577..4321ffa36 100644
--- a/Source/Engine/Serialization/JsonSerializer.cs
+++ b/Source/Engine/Serialization/JsonSerializer.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ namespace FlaxEngine.Json
         }
     }
 
+    internal interface ICustomValueEquals
+    {
+        bool ValueEquals(object other);
+    }
+
     partial class JsonSerializer
     {
         internal class SerializerCache
@@ -262,7 +267,7 @@ namespace FlaxEngine.Json
                 return true;
             if (objA == null || objB == null)
                 return false;
-            
+
             // Special case when saving reference to prefab object and the objects are different but the point to the same prefab object
             // In that case, skip saving reference as it's defined in prefab (will be populated via IdsMapping during deserialization)
             if (objA is SceneObject sceneA && objB is SceneObject sceneB && sceneA && sceneB && sceneA.HasPrefabLink && sceneB.HasPrefabLink)
@@ -311,6 +316,8 @@ namespace FlaxEngine.Json
                 return !bEnumerator.MoveNext();
             }
 
+            if (objA is ICustomValueEquals customValueEquals && objA.GetType() == objB.GetType())
+                return customValueEquals.ValueEquals(objB);
             return objA.Equals(objB);
 #endif
         }