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How to create image of SKSpriteNode?

I have a SKSpriteNode with a lot of child nodes. I use that node with all the children very frequently in my game.

A better approach would be to build this node once with all the children, create an image (SKTexture) and use the created texture, as opposed to recreating the SKSpriteNode and all its children.

Is there any way to do this?

Solution

  • There is actually a very easy way to do this.. I do this all the time to convert ShapeNodes to SpriteNodes (because shapes need 1 draw call per shape, and sprites dont)

    let texture = SKView().texture(from: desiredNode)
    let newSprite = SKSpriteNode(texture: texture)

    or, in your gamescene for brevity:
    let newSprite = SKSpriteNode(texture: view!.texture(from: desiredNode))