Instantiate Object and set its parent throws Null Reference Error

[Pascal1234]

Hey guys,
i have read some answeres about that but no one works for me.
I tried to create several objects and set their parent. But it seems like the objects are not created when i try to set the transform.parent value
This is my code:

void OnWizardCreate()
        {
            GameObject parentObj = new GameObject();
            parentObj.name = roomName;
            if (!parentObj)
            {
                Debug.Log("parentObj is not existing yet");
            }
            else
            {
                for (x = 0; x < roomWidthX; x++)
                {
                    for (z = 0; z < roomWidthZ; z++)
                    {
                        GameObject temp = GameObject.Instantiate(tile, new Vector3(x + startPosition.x, startPosition.y, z + startPosition.z), Quaternion.identity) as GameObject;
                        if (temp == null)
                        {
                            Debug.Log("temp is not existing yet");
                        }
                        else
                        {
                            temp.transform.parent = parentObj.transform;
                        }
                    }
                }
    }

when i start this function the console throws that the temp Object is not yet existing.
If i do that without the if(temp == null) part then i get a Null Reference exception.
Any ideas on what could solve my problems are very welcome!

[whydoidoit]

So your problem is that a Transform is not a GameObject. When you instantiate a Transform, you get a Transform - doing As GameObject returns null because it isn’t a GameObject.

[EliteMossy]

Firstly you should be checking for null BEFORE setting the name

 parentObj.name = roomName;
            if (!parentObj)
            {
                Debug.Log("parentObj is not existing yet");
            }

is wrong, parentObj.name = roomName; should be in the else. Otherwise would be kind of pointless.

Also i am assuming tile is null, so do this test after void OnWizardCreate()
{

Debug.Log(tile == null ? "Tile is null" : "Tile is ok!");

Only reason i can think off.