From f36581512770a995ca639df97c29fc5e22fa8dd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harald Csaszar <harald.csaszar@pixelcloudgames.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 20:04:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [unity] Fixed preferences constantly loading in Unity 2020.1+
 when not at default location. Closes #1817.

---
 .../Editor/spine-unity/Editor/Windows/SpinePreferences.cs | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Editor/spine-unity/Editor/Windows/SpinePreferences.cs b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Editor/spine-unity/Editor/Windows/SpinePreferences.cs
index e3cb1c036..eaed36cdd 100644
--- a/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Editor/spine-unity/Editor/Windows/SpinePreferences.cs
+++ b/spine-unity/Assets/Spine/Editor/spine-unity/Editor/Windows/SpinePreferences.cs
@@ -109,9 +109,13 @@ namespace Spine.Unity.Editor {
 			GetOrCreateSettings();
 		}
 
-		internal static SpinePreferences GetOrCreateSettings () {
-			var settings = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<SpinePreferences>(SPINE_SETTINGS_ASSET_PATH);
+		static SpinePreferences settings = null;
 
+		internal static SpinePreferences GetOrCreateSettings () {
+			if (settings != null)
+				return settings;
+
+			settings = AssetDatabase.LoadAssetAtPath<SpinePreferences>(SPINE_SETTINGS_ASSET_PATH);
 			if (settings == null)
 				settings = FindSpinePreferences();
 			if (settings == null)