How to remove an impulse with numerous touches (SpriteKit)

Question

I made control for the game when you touch, the character flies to the left side, when touching the second time the character flies to the right side , but when the character is in flight and I touch many times, the character throws in different directions, and he flies up, How to fix it

I want the impulse not to work when the player is in flight

enum BodyType: UInt32 {
     case playerr = 1
     case walll = 2
}

var direction: Direction?
var isInFlight = true    






override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent? {

 if isInFlight == true {
        return

    } else  {


    player?.removeAllActions()

    switch direction  {
    case .left:
        player?.run(SKAction.moveBy(x: 700, y: 0, duration: 1))
        player?.physicsBody?.applyImpulse(CGVector(dx: 700, dy: 500))

        direction = .right
    case .right:
        player?.run(SKAction.moveBy(x: -700, y: 0, duration: 1))
        player?.physicsBody?.applyImpulse(CGVector(dx: -700, dy: 
 500))

        direction     

 }

 }



 func didBegin(_ contact: SKPhysicsContact) {

    let firstBody: SKPhysicsBody
    let secondBody: SKPhysicsBody

    if contact.bodyA.categoryBitMask < contact.bodyB.categoryBitMask {
        firstBody = contact.bodyA
        secondBody = contact.bodyB
    } else {
        firstBody = contact.bodyB
        secondBody = contact.bodyA
    }

    if ( firstBody.categoryBitMask == BodyType.playerr.rawValue && secondBody.categoryBitMask == BodyType.walll.rawValue) {

        print("Add")
        isInFlight = false 

    }

}


func didEnd(_ contact: SKPhysicsContact) {

    let firstBody: SKPhysicsBody
    let secondBody: SKPhysicsBody

    if contact.bodyA.categoryBitMask < contact.bodyB.categoryBitMask {
        firstBody = contact.bodyA
        secondBody = contact.bodyB
    } else {
        firstBody = contact.bodyB
        secondBody = contact.bodyA
    }

    if (firstBody.categoryBitMask == BodyType.playerr.rawValue && secondBody.categoryBitMask == BodyType.walll.rawValue) {
        print("End")
        isInFlight = true 

    }
}

Answer 1

Not sure exactly what you are trying to accomplish with your app but this is what I mean by setting the isInFlight bool to true/false using touchesBegan and touchesEnded. Very simple concept, but they way you implement it in your app logic is up to you.

    override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        isInFlight = false
    }

    override func touchesEnded(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
        isInFlight = true
    }