GUITexture array problem

Unity Engine
1

I am trying to create an array of GUITextures. I want the player’s lives to be shown in number of GUITextures.

Here is my script and I don’t understand why I can’t instantiate GUITextures. When I try to assign the texture it says that I have a null reference exception.

var score :int = 0;
var guiScore :GUIText;
var lives :int = 3;
var lifeShip :Texture;
var livesArray :GUITexture[];

function Start(){
	guiScore.pixelOffset.x = -Screen.width/2.0;
	guiScore.pixelOffset.y = Screen.height/2.0;
	UpdateLives();
}

function UpdateLives(){
	livesArray = new GUITexture[lives];
	for(i = 0; i < lives; i++){
		livesArray[i] = new GUITexture();
		livesArray[i].texture = lifeShip;
		livesArray[i].pixelInset = Rect(0, 50+i*129, lifeShip.width * Screen.width/1920, lifeShip.height * Screen.height/1200);
	}
}

function AddToScore(value :int){
	score += value;
	guiScore.text = "Player Score: " + score;
}
2

Components don’t have constructors, so "livesArray = new GUITexture();" won’t do anything (or at least not what you want). Make a new GameObject that includes a GUITexture component, or instantiate a prefab.
–Eric