Object reference not set to an instance of an object

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Getting error message NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object GrappleGun.StartGrapple () (at Assets/GrappleGun.cs:38)

using UnityEngine;

public class GrappleGun : MonoBehaviour
{
    public float grappleDistance = 100f;
    public float grappleSpeed = 10f;

    private LineRenderer lineRenderer;
    private SpringJoint springJoint;
    private bool isGrappling = false;

    private void Start()
    {
        lineRenderer = GetComponent<LineRenderer>();
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        if (Input.GetMouseButtonDown(0) && !isGrappling)
        {
            StartGrapple();
        }
        else if (Input.GetMouseButtonUp(0) && isGrappling)
        {
            StopGrapple();
        }

        if (isGrappling)
        {
            UpdateGrapplePosition();
        }
    }

    private void StartGrapple()
    {
        RaycastHit hit;

        if (Physics.Raycast(Camera.main.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition), out hit, grappleDistance))
        {
            isGrappling = true;

            springJoint = gameObject.AddComponent<SpringJoint>();
            springJoint.autoConfigureConnectedAnchor = false;
            springJoint.connectedAnchor = hit.point;
            springJoint.maxDistance = grappleDistance;
            springJoint.spring = grappleSpeed;
            springJoint.damper = 0.5f;

            lineRenderer.positionCount = 2;
            lineRenderer.SetPosition(0, transform.position);
            lineRenderer.SetPosition(1, hit.point);
        }
    }

    private void StopGrapple()
    {
        isGrappling = false;
        Destroy(springJoint);

        lineRenderer.positionCount = 0;
    }

    private void UpdateGrapplePosition()
    {
        lineRenderer.SetPosition(0, transform.position);
        lineRenderer.SetPosition(1, springJoint.connectedAnchor);
    }
}

Confused what I’m actually missing here.

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Before line 38 add:

Debug.Log($"Camera is null: {Camera.main == null}");

If you get true you don’t have Main Camera active. The main camera is that camera that has the tag “MainCamera” (not the name of the game object) and such game object must be active.