Automaticly find object with a certain name?

Unity Engine
1

Hi, I’m building a multi player online game, but I want the players rocketlauncher to find the projectile himself, because I can’t store it in the same prefab than the player.

This script should automaticly find the projectile, but it doesn’t:

var projectile : Rigidbody;

function Start() {
	if (!projectile)
		var Projectile1 : Rigidbody = GameObject.FindWithTag("Projectile").GetComponent(Rigidbody);
		projectile = Projectile1;
}

What am I doing wrong, because every time I try it out, there’s a “null reference exeption” with no details about the problem…

2

Is your Projectile Prefab set to have tag “Projectile”

name is not the same as TAG

3

Yes, its tag is called “Projectile”, and its name is “Projectile” too, so why does it can’t find the projectile? :?:

4

… :x
The solution was too easy!
I should simply save the projectiles as prefabs into the project panel, so that the character can access them without finding them in the scene. :idea:

5

Not 100% sure of this, but make sure a projectile is in the Hierarchy (scene) somewhere, and not just in the project.

6

The projectile WAS in the scene view and the player couldn’t find it…
Now, it is a prefab in the project view and everything is okay :slight_smile: