SKNode! is not convertible to "SKNode"

Question

I got this problem and can't resolve it, I don't really understand the documentation on unwrapping variables

var ladybug: SKNode = SKNode.childNodeWithName("ladybug")

Error: (String!) -> SKNode! is not convertible to "SKNode"

thanks

Answer 1

The method works fine:

var sprite = SKNode()
var ladybug: SKNode! = sprite.childNodeWithName("ladybug")

But you need to call the method on an instance of SKNode, not SKNode itself.