From 8992305d94b575cddeb85453e2931919ceecbc98 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Derek S <44935661+Derek-R-S@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2021 21:11:40 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed string serialization issues

---
 .../LRM/DataHandler.cs                             | 14 +++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ServerProject-DONT-IMPORT-INTO-UNITY/LRM/DataHandler.cs b/ServerProject-DONT-IMPORT-INTO-UNITY/LRM/DataHandler.cs
index 3efa752..53edbe5 100644
--- a/ServerProject-DONT-IMPORT-INTO-UNITY/LRM/DataHandler.cs
+++ b/ServerProject-DONT-IMPORT-INTO-UNITY/LRM/DataHandler.cs
@@ -41,9 +41,17 @@ namespace LightReflectiveMirror
 
         public static void WriteString(this byte[] data, ref int position, string value)
         {
-            data.WriteInt(ref position, value.Length);
-            for (int i = 0; i < value.Length; i++)
-                data.WriteChar(ref position, value[i]);
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+            {
+                // Incase string is null or empty, just write nothing.
+                data.WriteInt(ref position, 0);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                data.WriteInt(ref position, value.Length);
+                for (int i = 0; i < value.Length; i++)
+                    data.WriteChar(ref position, value[i]);
+            }
         }
 
         public static string ReadString(this byte[] data, ref int position)