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Hey guys.

I'm having some problems with getting a vector3 variable from another script.

public Vector3 krudtPosition;

In Update(), I'm running this next script through once, using a bool checking if it has just been done.

krudtPosition = new Vector3(30.50F,krudt.transform.position.y,krudt.transform.position.z);

This works fine when I debug it. The problem comes when I want to get it in another script.

First I define this.

public Grid krudtScript;

Grid is the name of the script where I want to get the vector3 from.

Then, in the Start() i do the following:

public GameObject krudt;
GameObject theKrudt = GameObject.Find("Krudt");
krudtScript = GetComponent("Grid") as Grid;

And lastly, I'm using it like this:

krudt.transform.position = krudtScript.krudtPosition;

I've also tried this, but to no luck: krudt.transform.position = new Vector3(krudtScript.krudtPosition);

I'm getting this error: NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

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That's simply because you implicitly use:

this.GetComponent()

instead of

theKrudt.GetComponent()

So you search for this script on the gameobject this script is attached to and not on the other where it actually is.

answered Mar 14 '12 at 12:31 PM

Bunny83
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Even with that done, I'm still getting the same error: NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object

at this line: krudt.transform.position = krudtScript.krudtPosition;

Mar 14 '12 at 08:44 PM pr0te

Ok you posted quite unrelated and very confusing code snippets.

You should make yourself clear about your setup, on which object is which script and then how to access those objects.

You have two variables:

public GameObject krudt;
GameObject theKrudt;

It seems krudt is a member variable of your script, but is it initialized anywhere?

theKrudt looks like a local variable inside your function.

If the Grid script is attached to the object you want to move, why don't you assign the position inside that script?

A NullReferenceException happens when you try to use / access a reference variable, but it's not initialized. Keep in mind all those functions like GameObject.Find() or GetComponent() can return null if the object doesn't exist.

You have to debug your scripts yourself. Use some Debug.Log() and print the value of the variables to know which one is null. When you figured this out you can search for the reason. Maybe your object isn't named right? Maybe there are more than one objects with that name?

Mar 14 '12 at 09:53 PM Bunny83

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