Hello, We’re running into a pretty bad error when exiting play mode while an event is playing. MissingReferenceException: The object of type 'FMODUnity.StudioEventEmitter' has been destroyed but you are still trying to access it. Your script should either check if it is null or you should not dest…

Missing Reference Exception (StudioEventEmitter)

justin.wasilenko February 14, 2026, 4:12pm 3

This thread is the top search on Google for this error. Linking to the current fix as of Feb 14, 2026 for my own sanity.

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