Null RefferenceException Error when accessing bool from another script

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1

Really don’t need to explain much but basically one script needs to know when the game is over from another script. I have checked all over and I don’t believe I am doing anything wrong but I am still getting an error (null reference exception.) Here is my code:

	public bool GameOver;
	
	// Use this for initialization
	void Start () 
	{
		
	}
	
	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update () 
	{
		Movement movementScript = GetComponent<Movement>();
		if(movementScript.GameOver == false)
		{
			GameOver = false;	
		}
		if(movementScript.GameOver == true)
		{
			GameOver = true;	
		}
		Debug.Log(GameOver);
		if(EscClicked == false && GameOver == false)
		{

Didn’t copy the entire script on purpose :wink:
And here is the other script:

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
	{
		GameOver = true;
		Camera.mainCamera.transform.position = FinishedCameraPosition;
		Camera.mainCamera.transform.rotation = FinishedCameraRotaition;
	}

More than enough of this script :wink:

2

For this to work, the script Movement must be attached to the same object as the script above. If it’s attached to a different object, you must prefix GetComponent with a reference to this object - like this:

public GameObject movementObject; // reference to the object 

void Update () 
{
   // make GetComponent search in the object referenced by movementObject:
   Movement movementScript = movementObject.GetComponent<Movement>();
   // that's a much simpler way to copy the GameOver variable!
   GameOver = movementScript.GameOver;    
   Debug.Log(GameOver);
   if (EscClicked == false && GameOver == false)
   ...