The Prefab you want to instantiate is null.

[madmike6537]

Hi, I am learning to use inheritance and trying to use it in my current project. I have a BasicMob class that defines the properties of my basic mobs, then I have the spider class which inherits from basicmob. Then I have a MobManager class that is attached to a GameObject in the scene and instantiates the mobs into the game.

One of the properties of my “basic mob” is the prefab. I am trying to use a property instead of just a standard variable. I am being told that the prefab is null though when I instantiate. Here is my code, is it possible to do this or do I maybe have my syntax wrong?

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class MobManager : MonoBehaviour {
	
	public Transform[] spawnPoints;
	
	// Use this for initialization
	void Start () 
	{
		SpawnMob(spawnPoints[0].position, MobType.spider);
	}
	
	// Update is called once per frame
	void Update () {
	
	}
	
	public BasicMob CreateMob(MobType mobType)
	{
		BasicMob mob = new BasicMob();
		
		if(mobType == MobType.spider)
		{
			BasicMob spider = CreateSpider();
			spider.Name = "Spider";
			spider.AttackDamage = 10;
			spider.DefaultMoveSpeed = 10;
			spider.StartHealth = 100;
			spider.MobPrefab = Resources.Load("Prefabs/Spider") as GameObject;
			
			spider = mob;
		}
		
		return mob;
	}
	
		private Spider CreateSpider()
		{
			Spider spider = new Spider();
			return spider;
		}
	
	
	void SpawnMob(Vector3 spawnPoint, MobType mobType)
	{
		//CreateMob(mobType);
		Instantiate(CreateMob(MobType.spider).MobPrefab, spawnPoint, Quaternion.identity);
	}
	
}

The error comes back on this line:

Instantiate(CreateMob(MobType.spider).MobPrefab, spawnPoint, Quaternion.identity);

Here is the error message:
ArgumentException: The prefab you want to instantiate is null.

[AntiLunchBox]

Well I would first make sure Resources/Prefabs/Spider exists.

And then I would fix this line 32:

spider = mob;

to

mob = spider;