null GameOBject

[native lodge]

Show your code for the weapon controller.

the error is on line 16, so the variable you're using there will be the thing to look at

[royal perch]

https://hastebin.com/share/xiwiziyeta.csharp

[native lodge]

ah yeah, ownedWeapons is static

when you go to the main menu, all objects in the old scene are destroyed

ownedWeapons will now be a list of destroyed objects

You could put references to prefabs into that list, perhaps

[royal perch]

I'll try that

[native lodge]

Do you want to preserve the list of weapons when you quit and start a new game?

[royal perch]

Nah I want to go back to only the starting weapon, being the pistol

This game will basically be like call of duty zombies

Once you exit game or die, everything resets

Yeah I dont think it will be possible, the issue I am facing is my muzzle flash as I cannot assign it to my scripts since it is a child of each weapon prefabs

[native lodge]

Ah, that's simple enough

(this is a very common problem)

do you have a Weapon component right now?

if so, add a field on it for the muzzle flash, and then, for each prefab, assign the muzzle flash component into that field

now you can just access it directly from the Weapon

[royal perch]

Yeah sort of misread what you said, I tried to put it into the available weapons list, the issue is that I have a buying system and I need it to be static for that reason. Which I shoulda mentioned before. https://hastebin.com/share/oyewedutil.csharp

[native lodge]

Perhaps you can use ScriptableObjects for this. Each one would store a reference to a weapon prefab and a cost

or, really

[System.Serializable]
public struct ShopItem {
  public Weapon prefab;
  public float cost;
}

give your shop a list of that ShopItem struct and throw prefabs in there

[royal perch]

Yeah my brain hurts

Like I thought I could just check if it was null, something simple, yeah maybe this is too complicated for my second ever game lol

[royal perch]

Thank you for trying to help, I am just going to remove the buying stations in my game, I think I am just going overboard for my second ever game. And when I gain more knowledge I could maybe come back to this

[native lodge]

It would be simpler to just have a few bools on the player that say if you have a weapon unlocked or not