From d2b2d36fcf5593a794bd158f1a853120cb50b8e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stephen Birarda <commit@birarda.com>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 17:31:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] lazy allocation of HeadData in getBroadcastData

---
 libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
index fb97052151..5aaae9f3ad 100644
--- a/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
+++ b/libraries/avatars/src/AvatarData.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ int AvatarData::getBroadcastData(unsigned char* destinationBuffer) {
     // that can pack any type given the number of bytes
     // and return the number of bytes to push the pointer
     
+    // lazily allocate memory for HeadData in case we're not an Avatar instance
+    if (!_headData) {
+        _headData = new HeadData();
+    }
+    
     // Body world position
     memcpy(destinationBuffer, &_position, sizeof(float) * 3);
     destinationBuffer += sizeof(float) * 3;