I have a game and in the playScene I have made a function to creat a SKLabeleNode. Now I can call this function to add the node to the scene, it works fine and it will add the node to the scene, so the next thing is I now need to be able to select the node I just added to the scene. ///////////////////// THE PROBLEM IS AT THIS POINT ////////////////////////
Here I will select a node I created earlier and compare it to the SKLabelNode created in the function and if the node created in the function is == to the node I first selected I need to remove the node created by the function. THE PROBLEM IS I can not select the node that was created in the function
//THIS IS THE SMALLEST VERSION I CAN MAKE THAT CAN BE COPY AND PASTED INTO A GameScene Class AND WORK. //THE ONLY THING THAT HAS TO BE DONE IS MAKE THE SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "A") AND SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "B")
import SpriteKit import Foundation class GameScene: SKScene {
var yellowColor = UIColor.yellowColor()
var redColor = UIColor.redColor()
let upperCaseA = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "A")
let upperCaseB = SKSpriteNode(imageNamed: "B")
var smallSizeLatter = CGSize()
var largeSizeLatter = CGSize()
var tempVarToHoldPlaceToMakeItRun = SKLabelNode(text: "A")
var latterADefaults: NSUserDefaults = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults()
var latterBDefaults: NSUserDefaults = NSUserDefaults.standardUserDefaults()
override func didMoveToView(view: (SKView!)) {
_ = NSTimer.scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval(1.0, target: self, selector: ("fallTheText"), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
self.backgroundColor = UIColor.whiteColor()
latterADefaults.setBool(true, forKey: "latterADefaultsKey")
latterBDefaults.setBool(true, forKey: "latterBDefaultsKey")
smallSizeLatter = CGSize(width: 37, height: 37)
largeSizeLatter = CGSize(width: 54, height: 54)
upperCaseA.size = smallSizeLatter
upperCaseA.position = CGPoint(x: self.frame.width / 8, y: self.frame.height * 0.75)
upperCaseB.size = smallSizeLatter
upperCaseB.position = CGPoint(x: self.frame.width / 8, y: self.frame.height * 0.65)
self.addChild(upperCaseA)
self.addChild(upperCaseB)
}
func fallTheText(){
let theFallingText = SKLabelNode(text: "A")
let theLowerCaseLatter: [String] = ["a", "b",]
let textIndex = Int(arc4random_uniform(UInt32(2)))
let lowerCaseLatter = theLowerCaseLatter[textIndex]
theFallingText.text = lowerCaseLatter
theFallingText.name = lowerCaseLatter
print("the name is", theFallingText)
let colorListOfColors: [UIColor] = [yellowColor, redColor,]
let colorIndex = Int(arc4random_uniform(UInt32(2)))
let colorOfColors = colorListOfColors[colorIndex]
theFallingText.fontColor = colorOfColors
theFallingText.fontName = "HoeflerText-BlackItalic"
theFallingText.fontSize = 40
func randomRange (lower: UInt32 , upper: UInt32) -> UInt32 {
return lower + arc4random_uniform(upper - lower + 1)
}
let minValue = self.size.width / 3
let maxValue = self.size.width - 50
let uppers = UInt32(maxValue)
let lowers = UInt32(minValue)
let spawnPoint = CGFloat(randomRange(lowers, upper: uppers))
theFallingText.position = CGPoint(x: spawnPoint, y: self.size.height * 0.85)
let actionY = SKAction.moveToY(-30, duration: 20)
theFallingText.runAction(SKAction.repeatActionForever(actionY))
self.addChild(theFallingText)
}
override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?) {
for touch: AnyObject in touches{
let positionOfTouch = touch.locationInNode(self)
let nodeAtLocation = self.nodeAtPoint(positionOfTouch)
if nodeAtLocation == upperCaseA {
if latterADefaults.boolForKey("latterADefaultsKey"){
upperCaseA.size = largeSizeLatter
latterADefaults.setBool(false, forKey: "latterADefaultsKey")
upperCaseB.size = smallSizeLatter
latterBDefaults.setBool(true, forKey: "latterBDefaultsKey")
}else{
upperCaseA.size = smallSizeLatter
upperCaseB.size = smallSizeLatter
latterADefaults.setBool(true, forKey: "latterADefaultsKey")
}
}
////////THE PROBLEM IS HERE WHERE I ADDED THIS TEMP NODE TO MAKE IT RUN/////////
if nodeAtLocation == tempVarToHoldPlaceToMakeItRun{
if tempVarToHoldPlaceToMakeItRun.text == "yellow"{
print("danny", tempVarToHoldPlaceToMakeItRun.name)
if upperCaseA.size == largeSizeLatter{
tempVarToHoldPlaceToMakeItRun.removeFromParent()
upperCaseA.size = smallSizeLatter
}
}
}
if nodeAtLocation == upperCaseB {
if latterBDefaults.boolForKey("latterBDefaultsKey"){
upperCaseA.size = smallSizeLatter
latterADefaults.setBool(true, forKey: "latterADefaultsKey")
upperCaseB.size = largeSizeLatter
latterBDefaults.setBool(false, forKey: "latterBDefaultsKey")
}else{
upperCaseB.size = smallSizeLatter
latterBDefaults.setBool(true, forKey: "latterBDefaultsKey")
}
}
}
}
}
How can I touch this node to compare it? I have changed the function to return a SKLabelNode with no luck. I tried to use the function with no return value no luck. I have removed the NSTimer and added the function as a self.addChild(fallTheText) with no luck. The SKLabelNode created in the function is flowing down the scene in all cases. OK now when I try to compare them, I touch the first node and it reacts but it also now adds a new node from the function, and it should not. When I try to select the falling node created by the function it just keeps adding more nodes from the function and will not select the node that is falling.
The objective is have random falling latter and a fixed image 'that will resize when touched' compare them and then remove the fallen tent letter.
Having a node in a function and adding the function as a child to the scene will scroll the text down the scene but it does not add the node to the parent.
I moved the node outside the function and created a new function to handle the moving of the node.
func timer1(){
theFallingText.removeActionForKey("actionYKey")
let actionYY = SKAction.moveToY(self.size.height * 0.85, duration: 0.0)
theFallingText.runAction(SKAction.repeatAction(actionYY, count: 1))
fallTheText()
}
I had to call the fallTheText function in the didMoveToView.