I have the exact same problem but all of these fixes do nothing to change the exception. Each seems to be the answer but to no avail 
. Sorry if I am hijacking but if anyone can help that would be great.
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class SelectChar : MonoBehaviour {
public GUIStyle font;
public int selectedPlayer;
// The left marker out of visible scence
public Transform markerLeft2;
// The left marker of visible scence
public Transform markerLeft;
// The middle marker of visible scence
public Transform markerMiddle;
// The right marker of visible scence
public Transform markerRight;
// The right marker out of visible scence
public Transform markerRight2;
// The characters prefabs to pick
public Transform[] charsPrefabs;
// The game objects created to be showed on screen
private GameObject[] chars;
// The index of the current character
public static int currentChar = 0;
void Start()
{
// We initialize the chars array
chars = new GameObject[charsPrefabs.Length];
// We create game objects based on characters prefabs
int index = 0;
foreach (Transform t in charsPrefabs)
{
chars [index++] = GameObject.Instantiate (t.gameObject, markerRight2.position, Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;
//int pos = t.gameObject.name.IndexOf("("); // find the left parenthesis position...
//t.name = t.gameObject.name.Substring(0, pos); // and get only the substring before it
}
}
void Update()
{
if ( Input.GetMouseButtonDown( 0 ) )
{
Vector2 worldPoint = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint( Input.mousePosition );
RaycastHit2D hit = Physics2D.Raycast( worldPoint, Vector2.zero );
if ( hit )
{
Debug.Log( hit.collider.name );
}
if (hit.collider.name == "Milo(Clone)")
SelectedCharacter1 (); //Sends this click down to a function called "SelectedCharacter1(). Which is where all of our stuff happens.
if (hit.collider.name == "Odin(Clone)")
SelectedCharacter2 ();
if (hit.collider.name == "Lucious(Clone)")
SelectedCharacter3 ();
if (hit.collider.name == "Drake(Clone)")
SelectedCharacter4 ();
if (hit.collider.name == "Andrac(Clone)")
SelectedCharacter5 ();
else {
return;
}
}
}
void SelectedCharacter1() {
Debug.Log ("Character 1 SELECTED"); //Print out in the Unity console which character was selected.
selectedPlayer = 0;
PlayerPrefs.SetInt("selectedPlayer", (selectedPlayer));
LoadLevel.StartGame ();
}
void SelectedCharacter2() {
Debug.Log ("Character 2 SELECTED");
selectedPlayer = 1;
PlayerPrefs.SetInt("selectedPlayer", (selectedPlayer));
LoadLevel.StartGame ();
}
void SelectedCharacter3() {
Debug.Log ("Character 3 SELECTED");
selectedPlayer = 2;
PlayerPrefs.SetInt("selectedPlayer", (selectedPlayer));
LoadLevel.StartGame ();
}
void SelectedCharacter4() {
Debug.Log ("Character 4 SELECTED");
selectedPlayer = 3;
PlayerPrefs.SetInt("selectedPlayer", (selectedPlayer));
LoadLevel.StartGame ();
}
void SelectedCharacter5() {
Debug.Log ("Character 5 SELECTED");
selectedPlayer = 4;
PlayerPrefs.SetInt("selectedPlayer", (selectedPlayer));
LoadLevel.StartGame ();
}
void OnGUI() {
// Here we create a button to choose a next char
if (GUI.Button(new Rect(10, (Screen.height - 50) / 2, 100, 50), "Previous")) {
currentChar--;
if (currentChar < 0) {
currentChar = 0;
}
}
// Now we create a button to choose a previous char
if (GUI.Button(new Rect(Screen.width - 100 - 10, (Screen.height - 50) / 2, 100, 50), "Next")) {
currentChar++;
if (currentChar >= chars.Length) {
currentChar = chars.Length - 1;
}
}
// Shows a label with the name of the selected character
GameObject selectedChar = chars[currentChar];
string labelChar = selectedChar.name;//.Replace ("(clone)", "");//.Trim();
//.Replace ("(clone)", "").Trim();
GUI.Label(new Rect((Screen.width -100 ) / 2, 20, 100, 50), labelChar.Replace("(Clone)","").Trim (),font);
// The index of the middle character
int middleIndex = currentChar;
// The index of the left character
int leftIndex = currentChar - 1;
// The index of the right character
int rightIndex = currentChar + 1;
// For each character we set the position based on the current index
for (int index = 0; index < chars.Length; index++) {
Transform transf = chars[index].transform;
// If the index is less than left index, the character will dissapear in the left side
if (index < leftIndex) {
transf.position = Vector3.Lerp(transf.position, markerLeft2.position, Time.deltaTime);
// If the index is less than right index, the character will dissapear in the right side
} else if (index > rightIndex) {
transf.position = Vector3.Lerp(transf.position, markerRight2.position, Time.deltaTime);
// If the index is equals to left index, the character will move to the left visible marker
} else if (index == leftIndex) {
transf.position = Vector3.Lerp(transf.position, markerLeft.position, Time.deltaTime);
// If the index is equals to middle index, the character will move to the middle visible marker
} else if (index == middleIndex) {
transf.position = Vector3.Lerp(transf.position, markerMiddle.position, Time.deltaTime);
// If the index is equals to right index, the character will move to the right visible marker
} else if (index == rightIndex) {
transf.position = Vector3.Lerp(transf.position, markerRight.position, Time.deltaTime);
}
}
}
}
NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
SelectChar.Update () (at Assets/Scripts/SelectChar.cs:56)
Line 56 is bolded, underlined, and italiced above:-
if (hit.collider.name == “Milo(Clone)”)
Edited to get the code lines correct.
Edit 2 I have found the error, in my enthusiasm to debug I wrapped it leaving the if collider code on the outer layer which meant the check for null was being missed in the revisions. Thanks for the solutions guys problem solved.
