unity runtime_error ai_generated true

NullReferenceException: ScriptableObject instance is null

ID: unity/scriptable-object-null

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82%Fix Rate
86%Confidence
3Evidence
2023-01-01First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
2022 active — — —

Root Cause

ScriptableObject reference is null at runtime.

generic

Workarounds

  1. 90% success Ensure SO assets are created and assigned in Inspector
  2. 88% success Use Resources.Load or Addressables for runtime SO loading

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. Create instances at runtime with CreateInstance 78% fail

    Loses Inspector data

  2. Use static data instead 72% fail

    Not serializable, hard to edit