transform.parent.GetComponent executing error?

Hi all..

I'm trying to get these lines of codes to work but I'm getting an error message saying:
"NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

Code (JavaScript):

1. function Awake()
2. {
3.     parentLastPos = transform.parent.position;
4.     Debug.Log("Parent Last Position: " + parentLastPos);
5. }
6.  
7. function Update()
8. {
9.     if(transform.GetComponentInParent(PlayerMovement).grounded)
10.     {
11.         headbobStepCounter += Vector3.Distance(parentLastPos, transform.parent.positiion) * headbobSpeed;
12.     }

I don't know how to solve it.. I have a script on the parent object called PlayerMovement and I'm trying to access it....

 

Are you sure?

Code (csharp):

1. function Start () {
2.     if (GetComponentInParent (PlayerMovement))
3.         Debug.Log ("Has component");
4.     else
5.         Debug.Log ("Nope");
6. }

--Eric

 

I changed transfom.GetComponentInParent to only GetComponentInParent and it worked just fine...

 

Hmm, should be the same either way; the transform part is unnecessary but shouldn't change anything.

--Eric

 

It may also be a good manner to get the reference to the component once and do all the other stuff with it instead of calling GetComponent all the time in update. I'm not quite sure how big the overhead of the generic version in JS/US is, but it will at least simplify the code if you plan to add more code to the script and need to access it again.