Object not set to an instance of an object?

I am trying to access another script in another script and when I walk through the trigger I get the error displayed above. Can someone help me please. Here is the code

Code (CSharp):

1. void start(){
2.         GameObject AlarmController = GameObject.Find("Alarms_Everything");// Finds the gameobject "Alarms_Everything"(This is where the Alarms script is found)
3.         AlarmTriggered = AlarmController.GetComponent<Alarms>();//AlarmTriggered = Alarms Script.
4.     }
5.    
6.         void OnTriggerEnter (Collider other){
7.         if (other.gameObject.name == "Player") {
8.             AlarmTriggered.alarmsActive = true;//alarmsActive = true;
9.         }
10.     }

 

In the start, are you sure that AlarmTriggered is getting set to something? Do the GameObject named 'Alarms_Everything' have an Alarms component added? Note, Find gives you the first game object of that name in the scene that it finds... maybe you have more than 1 GameObject named that and the one it's grabbing doesn't have an Alarms component.

 

Yep, The Alarms script is attached to 'Alarms_Everything' and there is nothing else in my game called that.

 

In the start function, put in a debug line that tests if AlarmTriggered was set.

 

How would I do that? Debug.Log("?");

 

Some help would be appreciated

 

You wrote 'start' instead of 'Start', thus Unity won't call the method here (unless it's named 'start' on purpose and you call 'start' in 'Start' or 'Awake').

 

Ah!!! God these silly mistakes. Thanks!