From 7c02f5cd5c720f7dde4b93765e0443b1e4005eb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aaron Franke <arnfranke@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 06:38:25 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] [4.2] Fix crash when previewing a scene with a mesh as the
 root node

(cherry picked from commit 424a6a6bf5109a099a51e42f5e1737aab70f66da)
---
 editor/import/scene_import_settings.cpp | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/editor/import/scene_import_settings.cpp b/editor/import/scene_import_settings.cpp
index 8122f588716..f9f35445d02 100644
--- a/editor/import/scene_import_settings.cpp
+++ b/editor/import/scene_import_settings.cpp
@@ -310,7 +310,10 @@ void SceneImportSettings::_fill_scene(Node *p_node, TreeItem *p_parent_item) {
 			Ref<ImporterMesh> editor_mesh = src_mesh_node->get_mesh();
 			mesh_node->set_mesh(editor_mesh->get_mesh());
 		}
-
+		// Replace the original mesh node in the scene tree with the new one.
+		if (unlikely(p_node == scene)) {
+			scene = mesh_node;
+		}
 		p_node->replace_by(mesh_node);
 		memdelete(p_node);
 		p_node = mesh_node;