[SOLVED] Space Pirate Game: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'resource')

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Here is the link to my editor:
https://playcanvas.com/editor/scene/1601520

Getting an error when launching and also my enemy craft disappears when launched.
I am a teacher and we are following a curriculum for PlayCanvas, so these errors are brand new to me and a lot of students are getting the same, Trying to educate myself on how to fix or what to look for when this happens.
Thank you!

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Hi @Ashley_Solano! Are you sure there is an asset with the name ‘EnemyCraft’ in your project?

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I just renamed the EnemyShip to EnemyCraft and am getting the same error.
When I click the error, it is taking me to this line.
var instance = templateAsset.resource.instantiate();

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As far I can see the asset has the name “EnemyShip” while you use “EnemyCraft” in your script.

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gotcha, okay changed script to EnemyShip.
Okay it is working! My Enemy Ship is not randomly spawning however.
Thank you for the help!

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Do you know what is missing for my EnemyShip to Spawn at random?
https://playcanvas.com/editor/scene/1601520

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One of the problems is that you use a variable before you define it.

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On line 31 randomspawn is undefined.

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What would I need to do to define it? Sorry I am completely lost. :upside_down_face:
I have this in the lesson but not sure if that means in the editor or in the script. Thanks for the help

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You define randomspawn on line 33 but you already use it on line 31, so that’s in the wrong order.

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TY I moved the variable up and now I am getting cannot read undefined ‘x’

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Probably because you didn’t define position. What do you think position is in this case?

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The position of the enemy craft on the scene, right?
Sorry, I am working with this curriculum and some of it is pre done and it doesn’t say that I needed to add anything else and it should work, but I keep getting these errors so trying to see what I am missing.

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Is the enemy craft in the scene the instance or the entity with the script?

To get for example the x position of the entity with the script, you can do like below.

this.entity.getPosition().x

To define position in your case, you can do like below.

var position = this.entity.getPosition();
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Okay, that was already in there. I just had things in the wrong order. Thank you for your time, I really appreciate it!

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