From 7eba53cffac5e57e1e2e192d17d4ea92a4c8d14c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel <daniel@tohka.us>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2020 02:09:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] showbase: Fix an entire DirectSession being (re)created on
 node selection

Closes #1051
---
 direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py b/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py
index 1eb66ad94d..72197ffabf 100644
--- a/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/ShowBase.py
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ class ShowBase(DirectObject.DirectObject):
         self.wantStats = self.config.GetBool('want-pstats', 0)
         self.wantTk = False
         self.wantWx = False
+        self.wantDirect = False
 
         #: Fill this in with a function to invoke when the user "exits"
         #: the program by closing the main window.
@@ -3270,7 +3271,12 @@ class ShowBase(DirectObject.DirectObject):
     def startDirect(self, fWantDirect = 1, fWantTk = 1, fWantWx = 0):
         self.startTk(fWantTk)
         self.startWx(fWantWx)
+
+        if self.wantDirect == fWantDirect:
+            return
+
         self.wantDirect = fWantDirect
+
         if self.wantDirect:
             # Use importlib to prevent this import from being picked up
             # by modulefinder when packaging an application.