C# Object reference is not set to an instance of an object?

Questions & Answers
1

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine.UI;

public class Ammo_Pickup : MonoBehaviour {

public GameObject player;

void Start () 
{
	player = GameObject.Find ("Player");
}


void Update () {

}

public void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
	player.GetComponent<Shoot> ().ammo += 10;
}

}

The error is on line 23(The line under the OnTriggerEnter void), i’m trying to have it where when the Player enters the collider he gets ammo.

Exact Error: NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
Ammo_Pickup.OnTriggerEnter (UnityEngine.Collider other) (at Assets/Scripts/Ammo_Pickup.cs:23)

2

Either there isn’t any active game object called “Player”, or it doesn’t have a “Shoot” component.

Something is null on line 23. Either player or the result of GetComponent().

Lots of questions regarding this you can read answers for more details.

3

Check if your player object is actually called “Player” in the scene and also make sure that it has a shoot component assigned.