Forgive me for posting this in a plugin support, but I can't find a general support page to post this. I just recently had to update my server and I installed the latest version and replaced the RustDedicated_Data folder like normal then I go to start the server and it says "NullReferenceExpetion: Object Reference not set to an instance of an object." I don't know how to fix it, I searched it up and I could not find anything relevant to my problem. Wulf said a long time ago that the error is general but I am not sure where to find the log files to upload. Any help would be appriciated, I spent a very long time making my server and I do not want to re-do the whole proccess over again. Thanks in advance!

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Also as an edit, this plugin may have nothing to do with this error. Just didn't know where to post this information. Please correct me to the proper support page if this is bad.

In Rust, 

NullReferenceExpetion: Object Reference not set to an instance of an object.​

on its own (with nothing else below it) is a Unity error. This means you can see the full error in your Unity log file by specifying the following in your startup script. 

-logfile "output_log.txt"

This will generate a log output in a file named "output_log.txt" and also would display the full stack trace for those Unity errors. They may well be caused by a plugin, most of the time they are. But you need to look in this log file to find them :)

NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
at Lift.Spawn () [0x00031] in <163a73e6656f475ba4abd6edb1629935>:0 
at BaseEntity.SpawnAsMapEntity () [0x00079] in <163a73e6656f475ba4abd6edb1629935>:0 
at ServerMgr.SpawnMapEntities () [0x0003e] in <163a73e6656f475ba4abd6edb1629935>:0 
at ServerMgr.Initialize (System.Boolean loadSave, System.String saveFile, System.Boolean allowOutOfDateSaves, System.Boolean skipInitialSpawn) [0x00020] in <163a73e6656f475ba4abd6edb1629935>:0 
at Bootstrap+<StartServer>c__Iterator2.MoveNext () [0x00237] in <163a73e6656f475ba4abd6edb1629935>:0 
at UnityEngine.SetupCoroutine.InvokeMoveNext (System.Collections.IEnumerator enumerator, System.IntPtr returnValueAddress) [0x00027] in <7848bf5ffb154531ab6a4765738d835a>:0 

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I am not sure what plugin this relates to.

You still there Ryan? :)

Yes, I'm here. Just don't check the site too often.

That looks like a plugin that is using lifts somehow. Perhaps the UpLiftEd plugin?

I do not have the UpLiftEd plugin. I'll list you the ones I have: Airstike, AutoDoors, BetterChat, BGrade, BlueprintManager, Clans, CombatLogger, CraftingController, DangerousTreasures, DeathNotes, EnhancedHammer, GatherManager, GUIAnnouncements, InfoPanel, InventoryViewer, ItemSkinRandomizer, MasterKey, NoEscape, NoGiveNotices, NTeleportation, PlayerChatcontrol(lol don't judge me i was trolling a friend),PlayerRanks, PrivateMessages, QuickSmelt, RemoverTool, SignArtist, Spectate, StackSizeController, Trade, Vanish

From what those plugins do I don't think any of those would be the cause of this issue.

I'd perhaps direct the blame of this error towards the Rust developers.

But the "error" isn't really harmful in my opinion (as long as the lifts on your server work?)

I can't start the server. That's the issue. It gives me the error and doesn't load anything else. I literally cannot play on my modded server sadly :(. I took an L on this one, but if there is any more help you can give me i would be very, very appriciative.

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Also, I don't know what lifts on my server are at all. Not trying to sound rude but how is the error not harmful? It cannot load anything past the error. I'm sure it hasn't actually corrputed anything like the world save but even I cannot play on it.

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Also, say I were to make a new modded server with the same mods I listed there. If I were to update it when the time comes, would it give me the same error? I don't want to go through the effort just to recieve a server-breaking error again.

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LAST UPDATE: I will inform you all, I recently have had issues with my internet. I did a full factory reset and will be installing a clean server! Good luck.