In the Unity manual there's an explanation for Null Reference Exceptions but not for Missing Reference Exceptions. Are there any differences?
This error is caused when an object is trying to be used by a script but does not refer to an instance of an object. Resolution. To fix this example we can acquire a reference to an instance of the script using GameObject.
A NullReferenceException happens when you try to access a reference variable that isn't referencing any object. If a reference variable isn't referencing an object, then it'll be treated as null .
A NullReferenceException exception is thrown when you try to access a member on a type whose value is null . A NullReferenceException exception typically reflects developer error and is thrown in the following scenarios: You've forgotten to instantiate a reference type.
Use. Open the Tools menu and select "Find Missing References", then select the context in which you want to search: The current scene. All scenes added to the build settings.
NullReferenceException
is thrown when you try to access member of a variable set to null.
MissingReferenceException
is thrown when you try to access a GameObject that has been destroyed by some logic in your code.
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