Add to generic list on start problem

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1

I’m doing tests with generic list so dont care about “Pokemon scripts” and don’t bother me about copyright and etc, that just for testing purposes…

So, i want that when a pokemon spawns it add to list his name, id and game object, pokemon script:

void Start () {
		GameController.instance.AddPokemonToList(GameController.instance.pokemons.Count + 1, this.gameObject.name, this.gameObject);
	}

and then, on the GameController script:

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;

[System.Serializable]
public class Pokemon {
	public int id;
	public string name;
	public GameObject go;
}

public class GameController : MonoBehaviour {

	public List<Pokemon> pokemons;

	public static GameController instance;

	// Use this for initialization
	void Start () {
	
	}
	
	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update () {

	}
	public void AddPokemonToList(int _id, string _name, GameObject _go) {

		Pokemon _pokemon = new Pokemon {

			id = _id,
			name = _name,
			go = _go

		};

		instance.pokemons.Add (_pokemon);

	}
}

The console gives me an error on the pokemon script, null reference exeption.
What’s the problem ?

2

You aren’t creating the list, so it is null.

You’ll need pokemons = new List();

Either put it in the start function, or just after the member variable declaration.

FYI that new List line will need point brackets with Pokemon in the middle, but my iPad won’t let me enter that text for some reason!