From 80781986409d61cbd88dc338260703d9c0aad2f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anton Franzluebbers <anton@uga.edu>
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 14:55:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] don't set persistid if it's empty to prevent duplicating
 entries

---
 unity_package/Runtime/VelNetPersist.cs | 6 +++++-
 unity_package/package.json             | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/unity_package/Runtime/VelNetPersist.cs b/unity_package/Runtime/VelNetPersist.cs
index 2b86667..355d97f 100644
--- a/unity_package/Runtime/VelNetPersist.cs
+++ b/unity_package/Runtime/VelNetPersist.cs
@@ -179,7 +179,11 @@ namespace VELConnect
 
 		protected override void ReceiveState(BinaryReader binaryReader)
 		{
-			persistId = binaryReader.ReadString();
+			string newPersistId = binaryReader.ReadString();
+			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(newPersistId))
+			{
+				persistId = newPersistId;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/unity_package/package.json b/unity_package/package.json
index f9cf861..36f2f1d 100644
--- a/unity_package/package.json
+++ b/unity_package/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "edu.uga.engr.vel.vel-connect",
   "displayName": "VEL-Connect",
-  "version": "5.0.4",
+  "version": "5.0.5",
   "unity": "2019.1",
   "description": "Web-based configuration for VR applications",
   "keywords": [],