From 546da61a7e2789707b7fa137e2fb76d679a135c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JohnCorby <williamforgames6@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:16:53 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] do error here

---
 QSB/ItemSync/WorldObjects/Items/QSBItem.cs | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/QSB/ItemSync/WorldObjects/Items/QSBItem.cs b/QSB/ItemSync/WorldObjects/Items/QSBItem.cs
index 226221d6..9ca206f5 100644
--- a/QSB/ItemSync/WorldObjects/Items/QSBItem.cs
+++ b/QSB/ItemSync/WorldObjects/Items/QSBItem.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 using Cysharp.Threading.Tasks;
+using OWML.Common;
 using QSB.ItemSync.Messages;
 using QSB.ItemSync.WorldObjects.Sockets;
 using QSB.Messaging;
 using QSB.Player;
 using QSB.SectorSync.WorldObjects;
+using QSB.Utility;
 using QSB.WorldSync;
 using System.Threading;
 using UnityEngine;
@@ -54,8 +56,13 @@ public class QSBItem<T> : WorldObject<T>, IQSBItem
 			_lastSector = sector.GetWorldObject<QSBSector>();
 		}
 
-		// BUG: even when not including DontDestroyOnLoad things, NH still can make parent null sometimes. what
-		var socket = _lastParent?.GetComponent<OWItemSocket>();
+		// TODO test and then remove
+		if (!_lastParent)
+		{
+			DebugLog.DebugWrite($"{this} - parent for item {AttachedObject} at {AttachedObject.DeterministicPath()} is null! wtf!", MessageType.Error);
+			return;
+		}
+		var socket = _lastParent.GetComponent<OWItemSocket>();
 		if (socket != null)
 		{
 			_lastSocket = socket.GetWorldObject<QSBItemSocket>();