[RESOLVED] inheritance with name : base()

I am trying to access a List<> from the base class in a constructor of the derived class. It won't let me access it. Everything is marked public too.

so why can't I access the list, but I can access the primitive types?

Here is what I have...

class BaseClass
{
public int superSpecial;
public List<connection> outputs;

public BaseClass()
{
outputs = new List<connection>();
}
}

class DerivedClass : BaseClass
{
int moreSpecial;

public DerivedClass() : base()
{
Console.WriteLine(base.superSpecial); // works: 0
Console.WriteLine(base.superSpecial); // works: 0
Console.WriteLine(base.outputs[4]); //"doesn't exist!"
//... assume there is no index out of bounds error
// vs intellisense won't let me write that
}


}


***************** NEVER MIND, PROBLEM SOLVED

the solution was totally unrelated and everything up there is correct.