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Game Development

Tarek El Eryan
Tarek El Eryan
1,768 Points
Posted by Tarek El Eryan
Tarek El Eryan
1,768 Points

The thing you want to instantiate is null.

I have been staring at this problem for a few hours and I can't for the life of me figure it out. I am hoping someone here can help me see the problem:

void Start () {
    shapeList.Add (cushion);
    shapeList.Add (diamond);
    shapeList.Add (drop);
    shapeList.Add (marquise);
    shapeList.Add (oval);
    shapeList.Add (radiant);
    shapeList.Add (round);  
    shapeList.Add (trilliant);

    playerShape = shapeList [Random.Range (0, shapeList.Count)];
    Debug.Log (playerShape); // this returns randomly chosen GameObject

    //assign player GameObject to the player prefab
    playerAvatar = playerShape as Object;

    // referencing Canvas to be set to GameObject Canvas
    canvas = GameObject.Find ("Canvas");

    // referencing GlobalVars script and assigning it to globalVars
    GlobalVars globalVars = canvas.GetComponent<GlobalVars> ();

    // referencing CanSize script and assigning it to canSize
    CanSize cansize = canvas.GetComponent<CanSize> ();

    // determining X & Y Spawn Points
    spawnAreaX = cansize.canWidth / 2;
    spawnAreaY = cansize.canHeight / 2;

    // instantiate GameObject at the randomly chosen xyz values to the position of the enemy object
    player = Instantiate(playerAvatar, new Vector3(spawnAreaX, spawnAreaY, globalVars.positionZ), Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;