Expand script to stop camera from following player

[Danao]

Hi, I’m having a problem figuring out what to do with my script that has the camera follow the player when the player dies. I’m getting the following error:

MissingReferenceException: The object of type ‘Transform’ has been destroyed but you are still trying to access it.
Your script should either check if it is null or you should not destroy the object.
UnityEngine.Transform.get_position () (at C:/BuildAgent/work/d63dfc6385190b60/artifacts/EditorGenerated/UnityEngineTransform.cs:28)
Camera2DFollow.Update () (at Assets/Sample Assets/2D/Scripts/Camera2DFollow.cs:28)

Which takes me to the following code snippet:

void Update () {
		
		// only update lookahead pos if accelerating or changed direction
		float xMoveDelta = (target.position - lastTargetPosition).x;

	    bool updateLookAheadTarget = Mathf.Abs(xMoveDelta) > lookAheadMoveThreshold;

		if (updateLookAheadTarget) {
			lookAheadPos = lookAheadFactor * Vector3.right * Mathf.Sign(xMoveDelta);
		} else {
			lookAheadPos = Vector3.MoveTowards(lookAheadPos, Vector3.zero, Time.deltaTime * lookAheadReturnSpeed);	
		}
		
		Vector3 aheadTargetPos = target.position + lookAheadPos + Vector3.forward * offsetZ;
		Vector3 newPos = Vector3.SmoothDamp(transform.position, aheadTargetPos, ref currentVelocity, damping);

		transform.position = newPos;
		
		lastTargetPosition = target.position;

	}
}

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

[dmg0600]

Your target has been destroyed and the script is trying to access it. That’s why it is giving you the missing exception.

Do you destroy the player object (or whatever object the target is) when the player dies?

[SnotE101]

The level you want to load is not in the build settings.

Go to Use File->Build Settings… and click add current, or make sure all your levels are in loaded in the build settings.

Good luck!