Getting Scriptable object properties returns null

I am working on generating 3D planets, and i have a class set up inside of a scriptable object. On accessing it, the class's values return null.
Class:

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. [CreateAssetMenu()]
6. public class PlanetSettings : ScriptableObject
7. {
8.     public float planetRadius = 1;
9.     public NoiseLayer[] noiseLayers = new NoiseLayer[1];
10.  
11.     [System.Serializable]
12.     public class NoiseLayer
13.     {
14.         public bool enabled = true;
15.         public bool useFirstLayerAsMask;
16.         public NoiseSettings noiseSettings;
17.     }
18. }
19.  

Main Code:

Code (CSharp):

1.         p.planetSettings.noiseLayers[0].noiseSettings.center = new Vector3(Random.Range(-1000,1000),Random.Range(-1000,1000),Random.Range(-1000,1000));
2.         p.planetSettings.noiseLayers[0].noiseSettings.layers = 6;
3.         p.planetSettings.noiseLayers[0].noiseSettings.strength = 2;
4.         p.planetSettings.noiseLayers[0].noiseSettings.baseRoughness = .25f;
5.         p.planetSettings.noiseLayers[0].noiseSettings.roughness = 2;
6.         p.planetSettings.noiseLayers[0].noiseSettings.persistence = .5f;

 

You need to break up that line to narrow down which item in that long, long line is the one causing the exception. Right now I count 5 different parts of the line that could be null and cause this error, each of which implies a different solution. Is "p" null? Is "planetSettings" null? is "noiseLayers" null? etc - check each one.

 

its noiseLayers, ive done some debug.Log()

 

The whole of noiseLayers or noiseLayers[0]?

 

Are you initialising your NoiseLayer class at index 0 of the array?

 

Noiselayers[0] is null, and what exactly do you mean by intitialized?

 

public NoiseLayer[] noiseLayers = new NoiseLayer[1];

just makes an array with a length of 1. It doesn't instantiate an instance of NoiseLayer in its index however. You, at some point, need to

noiseLayers[0] = new NoiseLayer();

or whatever your constructor is for it.

 

So I forgot to add noiseLayers[0] = new NoiseLayer(), but now the code thinks it dosent exist even though i typed it correctly, so im getting a error message that says "Assets\Planet.cs(26,47): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'NoiseLayer' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)"

Edit: nevermind, i fixed it, but the game is doing the old error message