As you can see above, it still runs and sometimes seems to have no issues, but flags an error repeatedly that I don’t understand. Looking through the other people’s issues, I checked with those and found that mine was an issue that wasn’t fixed in the same way. After several hours of trying to fix it, I ended up copy pasting all of the code from the example finished version word for word and still got the same issue. I went through and re-attached each script to each object and put each reference object where it needed to be. I feel like I’m going crazy, but I cannot find any reason it’s doing this, nor why it isn’t actually causing a single problem with the function of the code.
For future code pastes, please paste in the text, formatting the text of the script following the instructions below. This makes the code easier for us to read and copy to quote, check, and edit.
In Update, only one of two things can be null… either the gridObject or the textMeshPro.
private void Update()
{
if(gridObject==null)
{
Debug.Log($"GridDebugObject at {transform.position} has a null gridObject.");
return;
}
if(textMeshPro == null)
{
Debug.Log($"TextMeshPro on GridDebugObject at {gridObject.GetGridPosition()} is null");
}
}
Now in CreateDebugObjects, let’s make a small change in CreateDebugObjects
GridDebugObject gridDebugObject = debugTransform.GetCopmnent<GridDebugObject>();
GridObject gridObject = GetGridObjects(gridPosition);
if(gridObject==null)
{
Debug.Log($"GridSystem gridObject at {gridPosition} is null");
}
gridDebugObject.SetGridObject(gridObject);
Apologies for the improper structure before, is the following how the code should be formatted?
GridSystem.cs
public void CreateDebugObjects(Transform debugPrefab)
{
for (int x = 0; x < width; x++)
{
for (int z = 0; z < height; z++)
{
GridPosition gridPosition = new GridPosition(x, z);
Transform debugTransform = GameObject.Instantiate(debugPrefab, GetWorldPosition(gridPosition), Quaternion.identity);
GridDebugObject gridDebugObject = debugTransform.GetComponent<GridDebugObject>();
GridObject gridObject = GetGridObject(gridPosition);
if (gridObject == null)
{
Debug.Log($"GridSystem gridObject at {gridPosition} is null");
}
gridDebugObject.SetGridObject(gridObject);
}
}
}
The above code for some reason gets me the warning "The referenced script on this Behaviour (Game Object ‘GridDebugObject’) is missing!
The below code gives me the following error: Assets\Scripts\Grid\GridDebugObject.cs(30,71): error CS0117: ‘GridObject’ does not contain a definition for ‘GetGridPosition’.
If I put either in the wrong spot, please let me know.
GridDebugObjects.cs
private void Update()
{
textMeshPro.text = gridObject.ToString();
if (gridObject == null)
{
Debug.Log($"GridDebugObject at {transform.position} has a null gridObject.");
return;
}
if (textMeshPro == null)
{
Debug.Log($"TextMeshPro on GridDebugObject at {GridObject.GetGridPosition()} is null");
}
}
For the Update() in GridDebugObjects.cs, put the null check lines before the textmeshpro.text = gridObject.toString() or the method will stop when either is null and never get to the null check lines, meaning you still won’t know which one was null.
That is an odd message to get at this point… Can you show which line is throwing the error? (find the line number and paste in the line in question)
Ah, it will eventually have a GetGridPosition() method…
Add this to GridObject class:
public GridPosition GetGridPosition()=>gridPosition;
Of course, as I check to find the line that leads to the first warning it just goes away, but now that I’ve put the GetGridPosition line in, I’m getting the following error:
Assets\Scripts\Grid\GridDebugObject.cs(28,60): error CS0120: An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property ‘GridObject.GetGridPosition()’
It looks like you capitalized GridObject.GetGridPosition(), meaning that you were referring to a (nonexistent) static method. Make sure it’s gridObject.GetGridPosition() which represents the gridObject variable in the GridDebugObject method.
Ok, that’s actually interesting… I think I may know what’s going on…
If you take a look at your GameScene without playing, you’ll note that there is a GridDebugObject in the scene already. That’s the GridDebugObject that you turned into a prefab. This should be removed. Make sure your Testing is linked to the GridDebugObject that is the Prefab in the Assets folder.
It is supposed to… I’m not sure now why there is an issue with the referenced script error, but it should actually go away when you delete the GridDebugObject from the scene heirarchy.
