myRigidbody.velocity causes error and my character will not move

[Umitoshin]

My code is identical to Rick’s and yet I get this error message.

I tried adding a bit more code, hoping it would fix itself, but it will still refer to the same line containing .velocity.

I have tried closing Unity to see if that fixes it but no dice. Any guesses?

[bixarrio]

Your code is not identical to Rick’s. You have not assigned anything to myRigidbody. This is what Rick’s Start() method look like

void Start()
{
    myRigidbody = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
}

your’s look like this

void Start()
{
    myRigidbody.GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
}

There will be one error message for this error at the very top, and then the error messages each frame for the one with .velocity

[Umitoshin]

That is a very good catch! I would have never spotted that on my own. Got code blindness from trying to compare the two for too long.