Changing an objects CCSprite Image in an Mutable array - cocos2d-iphone

Question

i create a sprite object which sets a CCSprite as its visual
//shapes.h
#interface Shapes : CCSprite
{
CCSprite *mySprite;
GamePlayLayerShapes *theGame;
NSInteger shapeID;
}
#property (nonatomic, retain) CCSprite *mySprite;
#property (nonatomic, retain) GamePlayLayerShapes *theGame;
#property (nonatomic, readwrite) NSInteger shapeID;
#end
then in shapes.m i initialize the object
//shapes.m
#implementation Shapes
#synthesize mySprite, theGame, active, shapeID;
-(id) initWithGame:(GamePlayLayerShapes *)game andFile:(NSString *)file andNumber: (NSInteger)number andZ:(NSInteger)z
{
self = [super init];
if(self != nil)
{
self.theGame = game;
if (number > 25)
{
mySprite = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:file];
}
else
{
mySprite = [CCSprite spriteWithSpriteFrameName:file];
}
[theGame addChild:mySprite z:z];
[mySprite setPosition:ccp(500, 200)];
self.shapeID = number;
}
return self;
}
then in gameplaylayershapes.h i set up two NSMutableArray (i didn't add all irrelevant variables.
#interface GamePlayLayerShapes : CCLayer
{
CCSpriteBatchNode *shapesSpriteBatchNode;
NSMutableArray *shapeArray;
NSMutableArray *targetShapeArray;
Shapes *newShape;
}
then i set it all up in gameplaylayershapes.m
-(id) init
{
self = [super init];
if(self != nil)
{
srandom(time(NULL));
shapeArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
targetShapeArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
[[CCSpriteFrameCache sharedSpriteFrameCache] addSpriteFramesWithFile:#"GameplayShapes.plist"];
shapesSpriteBatchNode = [CCSpriteBatchNode batchNodeWithFile:#"GameplayShapes.png"];
[self addChild:shapesSpriteBatchNode];
[self createTargetShape];
[self runGame];
}
return self;
}
-(void)createTargetShape
{
//fills 4 variables with random numbers between 1 and 25
targetShape1 = (arc4random() % 25) +1;
targetShape2 = (arc4random() % 25) +1;
targetShape3 = (arc4random() % 25) +1;
targetShape4 = (arc4random() % 25) +1;
for (int x=1; x<5; x++)
{
switch (x)
{
case 1:
shapeFileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"shape%i.png",targetShape1];
shapeNumber = targetShape1;
break;
case 2:
shapeFileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"shape%i.png",targetShape2];
shapeNumber = targetShape2;
break;
case 3:
shapeFileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"shape%i.png",targetShape3];
shapeNumber = targetShape3;
break;
case 4:
shapeFileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"shape%i.png",targetShape4];
shapeNumber = targetShape4;
break;
default:
break;
}
newShape = [[Shapes alloc] initWithGame:self andFile:shapeFileName andNumber:shapeNumber andZ:10];
[targetShapeArray addObject:newShape];
[newShape release];
}
}
now what I'm trying to do is change the shapeID and mySprite for each shape object in targetshapearray. i can get the shapeID to change, but i cant for the life of me get the mySprite image to change which would change the appearance of it on my game. i keep getting a EXC_BAD_ACCESS error. Any Help would be appreciated
-(void)createNewTargetShapes
{
//fills 4 variables with random numbers between 1 and 25
targetShape1 = (arc4random() % 25) +1;
targetShape2 = (arc4random() % 25) +1;
targetShape3 = (arc4random() % 25) +1;
targetShape4 = (arc4random() % 25) +1;
for (int x=0; x<4; x++)
{
Shapes * n = (Shapes *) [targetShapeArray objectAtIndex:x];
switch (x)
{
case 0:
n.shapeID = targetShape1;
shapeFileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"shape%i.png",targetShape1];
n.mySprite = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:shapeFileName];
break;
case 1:
n.shapeID = targetShape2;
shapeFileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"shape%i.png",targetShape2];
n.mySprite = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:shapeFileName];
break;
case 2:
n.shapeID = targetShape3;
shapeFileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"shape%i.png",targetShape3];
n.mySprite = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:shapeFileName];
break;
case 3:
n.shapeID = targetShape4;
shapeFileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"shape%i.png",targetShape4];
n.mySprite = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:shapeFileName];
break;
default:
break;
}
}
}

Answer 1

To change a CCSprites image you must change its texture. Here is an example block of code for how to do that:
CCTexture2D* tex = [[CCTextureCache sharedTextureCache] addImage:#"spriteimagefile.png"];
[sprite setTexture: tex];
This will change the sprites image to "spriteimagefile.png".
Use the above code instead of
n.mySprite = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:shapeFileName];
I hope that's what you're looking for!