I'm strugling to find out how to clean the sprite after CCBlink, see that I don't want to make it invisible, I want to clear ir from memory
myAnimation = [CCBlink actionWithDuration:5 blinks:20];
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i've tried to make a project, but i can't draw a sprite as i want. I mean that everything works when i just draw a sprite, but it stop working when i am trying to draw the sprite by clicking left mouse button. There's code i tried:
if(zdarzenie.type == Event::MouseButtonPressed && zdarzenie.mouseButton.button == Mouse::Left)
{
pocisk.setPosition(10, 10);
oknoAplikacji.draw(pocisk);
}
Btw, I am writing in Polish as if it would change something.
And yes, i have everything good besides that.
(and i am using 2.4.1 version of SFML)
I don't know what you are doing now because you didn't provide enough of your code and I actually don't understand your if statement but, it can just be :
if (sf::Mouse::isButtonPressed(sf::Mouse::Left))
{
sprite.setPosition(sf::Mouse::getPosition());
renderTarget.draw(sprite);
}
By the way I strongly suggest that you do not use the draw function here but organize your code to have a draw method called in a render loop, because depending on where your code is in your program, the sprite could be drawn for only one frame and then erased since it's not updated.
From what I understand in your code in Polish, you have the right code to do what you want, but the problem comes from the fact that you draw the sprite only once.
The draw method is called every frame and it will erase everything on screen and then redraw them. Doing it only once, like in your code, will only draw it a single time then delete it the very next frame.
At that point multiple solution can be used. If its a GameObject clicking can activate the object to then draw it or a simple bool could be used has a switch in your draw to make it appear.
I am curious if anyone knows how to detect when a SpriteBatchNode has been touched since it's BoundingBox is always null. This is how I detect touch for single sprites.
Node *parentNode = event->getCurrentTarget();
Vector<Node *> children = parentNode->getChildren();
Point touchPosition = parentNode->convertTouchToNodeSpace(touch);
for (auto iter = children.rbegin(); iter != children.rend(); ++iter) {
childObject = *iter;
if (childObject->getBoundingBox().containsPoint(touchPosition)){
//do something
}
But in most cases I want my sprites to be animated hence using SpriteBatchNode. Any ideas? Can I get the BoundingBox of the grandchildren since they are a series of sprites?
Depends on which method you are using.
Armature skeletal animation: Are you using the cocostudio skeletal animation tool to create your animations? If you use that you will get a node with the correct bounding box wrapping your sprite tightly and adjusting when bones change position
Sprite sheet animation: If you are using a sprite sheet with a .plist file you can inspect the size reflected in the .plist file and set your batchNode size to the biggest one you find, or dynamically adjust it based on the sprite currently being shown. I think cocos does this by default.
Loading sprite frames: If you are loading individual sprites using spriteFrames, you can inspect the contentSize of the spriteFrame and set your bounding box manually.
I have used all 3 and were always able to get the boundingBox size. Let me know if this helps. I used this article to learn sprite sheet animations and just played around with cocos skeletal animation and figured that out as I was experimenting with it.
Well I figured it out by getting the BoundingBox of the grandchild, which is a sprite. I was then able to do whatever I wanted to the spritebatchnode.
I exchange sprite content with this code:
mySprite->setTexture(Director::getInstance()->getTextureCache()->addImage("newImage.png"));
The problem is that newImage.png is much smaller than the old content image of the sprite. But cocos2d-x scales newImage.png to have the same size as oldImage.png. How I can prevent this scaling. I need newImage.png to be its natural size, but to appear in the coordinates of oldImage.png (I want to retain the same sprite object, as far as I have a pointer on it and also the same position and same anchor point. That's why I use setTexture just to change the image.)
Well, this may not be the cleanest way, but it seems the most straigthforward to me :
Sprite *newSprite = Sprite::create("newImage.png");
newSprite->setAnchorPoint(mySprite->getAnchorPoint());
newSprite->setPosition(mySprite->getPosition());
mySprite->removeFormParentAndCleanup(true);
mySprite = newSprite; // <-- magic happens here
So basically you create a new sprite, place it based in old sprites position/anchor and then after removing the old one, you assigne the mySprite variable to point to the same place as newSprite.
mySprite->setTexture("newImage.png");
This sets the content Rect too.
I'm making a platform game, and everything was great. My sprite moved when i touched the left side of the screen, and jumped when i touched the right side. But then i decided to make it move by itself. so i added the ccmoveto function, but now it does not jump! I'm new to cocos2d but everything is working ok, except this, already searched but couldn't find the answer can someone please help me?
I tried everything, but it only jumps if i delete the ccmoveto action.
I'm using cocos2d 2.0
Thank you!!
CcMoveTo will override any manual position changes, inluding changes from other actions like CCJump. Your character is set to move to destination in a straight line, no matter what.
It's issues like these why I always recommend not to use actions for gameplay logic. Especially position, you need to retain full control over it. Use a direction vector and integrate position every update: and you're free to do everything you need.
my advice is to use one of the physics engines provided with cocos2d: Box2D and Chipmunk physics. Thanks to this engines you can define the characteristics of the world (i.e. gravity vector) a shape and a mass for your sprite (i.e. a rectangle with a weight). Then when you need it to jump you will just create a force vector with the characteristics you need (i.e. angle, etc.) and keep updated your sprite with its physical body. This will make your sprite jump and land quite realistically.
Is there any possibility to show only a part of an CCSprite?
It seams that contentSize property doesn't have a good result.
I think you might have to create a new sprite for this. The general pseudo code is this.
CCTexture2D *origTexture = originalSprite->getTexture();
CGRect rect = {0, 0, 20, 20};
CCSprite *destSprite = CCSprite::spriteWithTexture(origTexture, CGRect);
Both doc_180's and James' answers work by creating new CCSprite using a portion of the texture, but if you are using clipping method, you will get CCSprite that uses the full texture but have the ability to only draw a portion of it on screen. One advantage of this method is you are able to modify how big or small the portion that you want shown or hidden on the fly rather than having to re-create the CCSprite again and again (or replacing the texture again and again).
So, to use the clipping method, simply download the ClippingNode class from here, and add the CCSprite you want clipped to that ClippingNode. Then you call one of its methods to specify which region to limit the drawing to. I'm currently using it to create a progress bar so I know for sure it works great.
Get the [sprite displayedFrame], change the frame of that, and create a new sprite with that spriteframe: CCSprite *sprite2 = [CCSprite spriteWithSpriteFrame:frame]