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whats casuses this "NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

Kevin256
2022-07-06 18:46:20

using Photon.Pun;

using Photon.Realtime;

using UnityEngine;

using UnityEngine.UI;

using ExitGames.Client.Photon;

public class PlayerItems : MonoBehaviourPunCallbacks

{

[SerializeField] Text playerNameInput;

[SerializeField] GameObject leftButton;

[SerializeField] GameObject rightButton;

// Characeter Selection

Hashtable playerProperties = new Hashtable();

[SerializeField] Image playerAvatars;

[SerializeField] Sprite[] avatars;

Player player;

public void setPlayerInfo(Player playerName)

{

playerNameInput.text = playerName.NickName;

player = playerName;

updatePlayerItem(player);

}

public void ApplyLocalChanges()

{

leftButton.SetActive(true);

rightButton.SetActive(true);

}

public void onClickLeftArrow()

{

// I keep recieving "NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error

// on line 38 and 53. Does anyone know how to fix this

if ((int)playerProperties["playerAvatars"] == 0)

{

playerProperties["playerAvatars"] = avatars.Length - 1;

}

else

{

playerProperties["playerAvatars"] = (int)playerProperties["playerAvatars"] - 1;

}

PhotonNetwork.SetPlayerCustomProperties(playerProperties);

}

public void onClickRightArrow()

{

// I keep recieving "NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object" error

// on line 38 and 53.

if ((int)playerProperties["playerAvatars"] == avatars.Length - 1)

{

playerProperties["playerAvatars"] = 0;

}

else

{

playerProperties["playerAvatars"] = (int)playerProperties["playerAvatars"] + 1;

}

PhotonNetwork.SetPlayerCustomProperties(playerProperties);

}

public override void OnPlayerPropertiesUpdate(Player targetPlayer, ExitGames.Client.Photon.Hashtable changedProps)

{

if (player == targetPlayer)

{

updatePlayerItem(targetPlayer);

}

}

public void updatePlayerItem(Player player)

{

if (player.CustomProperties.ContainsKey("playerAvatars"))

{

playerAvatars.sprite = avatars[(int)player.CustomProperties["playerAvatars"]];

playerProperties["playerAvatar"] = (int)player.CustomProperties["playerAvatars"];

}

else

{

playerProperties["playerAvatar"] = 0;

}

}

}

Comments

Alejandrazo
2022-08-01 03:58:53

"Object reference not set to an instance of an object".

This error can appears because that GameObject in the scene doesnt exist at this moment maybe it loads after.

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