Access to Script Component of an instanciated Prefab

Hey everyone. I'm fairly new to unity and Ive hit a problem which I just cant seem to solve and it's driving me crazy... I hope someone can help me. :roll:

Ive got a script attached to a gameobject that creates Instances of Prefabs dynamically during the game and removes them as well. Ive got another script attached to another gameobject which needs access to a script component of the created objects in order to do some crazy logic stuff with them during runtime.

The problem I have is that I can't seem to find a way to access this script component I need to send it to the other class... Im probably using the GetComponent() function wrong here but I don't get the documentation regarding the function.

Here's my code... I hope the error is obvious ^^

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. // make a new prefab
3. GameObject theobject = (GameObject)Instantiate(thePrefab, Vector3.zero, Quaternion.identity);
4. // I add the object to a list inside the class to remove it later
5. somelist.Add(theobject);
6. //I try to get the componentscript from my newly created object, I suspect the error happens here
7. TheScript actor = (TheScript) theobject.GetComponent(typeof(TheScript));
8. //I get a null pointer exception here
9. OtherClass.actors.Add(actor);
10.  

 

Are you using c#? If so I've done it like this:

Code (csharp):

1. theObject.GetComponent<TheScript>();
2.  

 

this message might be related to either OtherClass, actors or actor, you can do a simple check which one is causing this error by doing something like

if(actor)
{
print("actor exists");
}

 

Thx for both your answers.

@Vatara: Yes I'm using C#. Sadly I've tried that line of code already and it didn't work.

Code (csharp):

1. theObject.GetComponent<TheScript>();

@dbp: The components are all there except for actor so I still think I'm using GetComponent wrong somehow.