[GNU/Linux] UnityEditor.ContainerWindow : NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object in Unity 2019 / 2020 LTS

[vikrantwaghmode]

In Unity 2020.3.3 LTS whenever I try to open the wizard for adding object on the node like railings. It throwing a null exception. Not sure if anyone else has this issue. Tried debugging the GSD script but no luck. It work in 2021.2.xx Alpha version of Unity 3d.
Any help appreciated !

Error log
NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
UnityEditor.ContainerWindow.FindUnsavedChanges (UnityEditor.View view) (at /home/bokken/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/ContainerWindow.cs:306)
UnityEditor.ContainerWindow.UnsavedStateChanged () (at /home/bokken/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/ContainerWindow.cs:329)
UnityEditor.EditorWindow.CreateNewWindowForEditorWindow (UnityEditor.EditorWindow window, System.Boolean loadPosition, System.Boolean showImmediately, System.Boolean setFocus) (at /home/bokken/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/EditorWindow.cs:1159)
UnityEditor.EditorWindow.Show (System.Boolean immediateDisplay) (at /home/bokken/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/EditorWindow.cs:614)
UnityEditor.EditorWindow.Show () (at /home/bokken/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/EditorWindow.cs:606)
UnityEditor.EditorWindow.GetWindowPrivate (System.Type t, System.Boolean utility, System.String title, System.Boolean focus) (at /home/bokken/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/EditorWindow.cs:658)
UnityEditor.EditorWindow.GetWindow (System.Type t) (at /home/bokken/buildslave/unity/build/Editor/Mono/EditorWindow.cs:690)
GSDSplineNEditor.DoExtAndEdgeOverview () (at Assets/RoadArchitect/Editor/GSDSplineNEditor.cs:617)
GSDSplineNEditor.OnInspectorGUI () (at Assets/RoadArchitect/Editor/GSDSplineNEditor.cs:463)
UnityEditor.UIElements.InspectorElement+<>c__DisplayClass59_0.b__0 () (at /home/bokken/buildslave/unity/build/External/MirroredPackageSources/com.unity.ui/Editor/Inspector/InspectorElement.cs:546)
UnityEngine.GUIUtility:ProcessEvent(Int32, IntPtr, Boolean&) (at /home/bokken/buildslave/unity/build/Modules/IMGUI/GUIUtility.cs:189)

[FritzsHero]

Hi,

thanks for reporting this.
Looks like you are under a GNU/Linux system and I tested it with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and I also get this error with Unity 2020.3.3f1 LTS.
It might be a problem Unity internal but it is not listed in the known problems. You could probably create an bug report to Unity about this, because it runs fine under Windows 7 x64 and there shouldn't be any platform specific issues in the RoadArchitect code.

Best Regards

Fritzs

[vikrantwaghmode]

Thanks felt the same way, I have reported this to Unity hopefully they will help. Also much appreciation for all the work on this branch of Road Architect.

[FritzsHero]

Unity has no plans on fixing this for 2019 and 2020 LTS.
Issue does not appear on the 2021 version as far as I know.
So if anyone has issues with this, u should upgrade to 2021.x to fix this.
Not great but it is a solution.

Thank you again for reporting this.
I pin this for other GNU/Linux users.
We probably close this in 3 years when no one cares about the 2020 LTS anymore....

[vikrantwaghmode]

Thanks @FritzsHero, again appreciate all the awesome work, I can confirm this is fixed in Unity 2021.1.23f1 and version 2.4.0 of road architect.