I can't assign a GameObject from another script

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So I’m trying to make the character look to the closest enemy. And my code for it is this:

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

public class enemyDetect : MonoBehaviour
{

    private void OnTriggerStay(Collider targett)
    {
        if (targett.tag == "Enemy")
        {
            Player playerScript = GameObject.Find("Character").GetComponent<Player>();
            playerScript.target = targett.gameObject;
        }
    }
}

So basically what I’ve done is I put in a sphere collider as a child of my character and put this code inside the collider but everytime I run the code it gives an error saying: “UnassignedReferenceException: The variable target of Player has not been assigned.
You probably need to assign the target variable of the Player script in the inspector.”

Can someone help?

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You are either trying to access that variable before the OnTrigger event assigns it, or the OnTrigger is not being fired and thus the variable “target” is not assigned.

Just to make sure, in case you don’t know or have forgotten:

  1. Make sure the object that detects
    the Enemies (OnTriggerStay) has a
    RigidBody and the Collider has the
    Checkbox “IsTrigger” marked;
  2. Make sure that if you try to access the
    target variable, to first validate
    if it is not null “if (target !=
    null)”, in case it is, the code
    keeps running without issues;
  3. If the object must not move, don’t tick the
    “IsKinematic”, just check all the
    Constraints on the RigidBody and it
    will still detect objects but will
    be “static”;