Alternative for object pools in cocos2d-x v3.3

Question

i am migrating my game from AndEngine, there I always used object pools for efficient use of objects like bullets etc in my game. What alternate do i have in cocos2d-x for this scenario?

Answer 1

Unfortunately Cocos2d-x doesn't have built-in object pool. Cocos2d-JS(Cocos2d-HTML5) does have it in extensions.

• http://cocos2d-x.org/docs/manual/framework/html5/v3/cc-pool/en
• https://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-html5/blob/develop/extensions/ccpool/CCPool.js

But you can implement your own object pool like the example of some Cocos2d-x book.

• https://github.com/setiawand/SkyDefenseExample/blob/master/Classes/HelloWorldScene.h
• https://github.com/setiawand/SkyDefenseExample/blob/master/Classes/HelloWorldScene.cpp

• Object Pools in Cocos2D-X v3.0 Final - Deprecated CCArray for migration 2.x to 3.x

  void createPools(void);