NulllReferenceException after CreatePed

imhereasd

Hello,

I saw that CreatePed sometimes (Normally upon start game) returns a null ped. After that I get NullReferenceException when trying to set Ped properties.

Here's a piece of my code:

    Ped getPed(Vector3 position, float heading = 0, bool putMask = true)
    {
        Ped random = World.CreatePed("mp_f_freemode_01", position, heading);
        /*  while (random==null) { 
            Script.Wait(1000);
            GTA.UI.Notification.Show("Debug: waiting", false);
        } */

        random.BlockPermanentEvents = true;
        random.IsPersistent = true;
        Function.Call(Hash.SET_PED_COMPONENT_VARIATION, random, ClothingComponent.Undershirt, -1, 0, 0);
        Function.Call(Hash.SET_PED_COMPONENT_VARIATION, random, ClothingComponent.Torso, 15, 0, 0);
        Function.Call(Hash.SET_PED_COMPONENT_VARIATION, random, ClothingComponent.Top, 15, 0, 0);
        Function.Call(Hash.SET_PED_COMPONENT_VARIATION, random, ClothingComponent.Legs, 14, 0, 0);
        Function.Call(Hash.SET_PED_COMPONENT_VARIATION, random, ClothingComponent.Shoes, 9, 0, 0);

        if(putMask) 
        {

            Function.Call(Hash.SET_PED_COMPONENT_VARIATION, random, ClothingComponent.Mask, masks[rnd.Next(0, masks.Length)], 0, 0);

        }


        return random;
    }

Also here is my OnTick:

    void OnTick(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (Function.Call<bool>(Hash.GET_IS_LOADING_SCREEN_ACTIVE)) return;

        Player player = Game.Player;
        Ped playerPed = player.Character;

        if (justStarted && Vector3.Distance(playerPed.Position, new Vector3(114.6678f, -1290.395f, 28.26097f))<50f)
        {
            random = getPed(new Vector3(120.515f, -1297.159f, 29.26254f));
            justStarted = false;

        }

    }

Additionally I'm using ScriptHoogDotNetV3

As workaround I tried "while (random==null) Script.Wait(1000);" after World.CreatePed but sometimes execution holds inside the loop forever.

Do you know how could I avoid this NullPointer?

Jitnaught

It is returning null because it wasn't able to load the model in time. You could try requesting the model yourself, or you could keep trying to create the ped in a loop until it is actually created.