Get Property of SKSpriteNode in Touches - ios

I am trying to read a property off of a SKSpriteNode in the touchesBegan method but the property does not exist. Where as it does on the created object elsewhere.
let enemy = enemy(imageName: "enemy.png",force: "12")
addChild(enemy)
enemy.name = "enemy"
print (enemy.force) // 12
override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
guard let touch = touches.first else {
return
}
let touchLocation = touch.location(in: self)
let touchedNode = self.atPoint(touchLocation) as! SKSpriteNode
if(touchedNode.name == "enemy"){
print(enemy.force) //Force property does not exist
}
}

Knowing that SKSpriteNode don't have a force property, you should use your class name that inherits SKSpriteNode properties (used to make enemy..)
An example could be this:
class Enemy : SKSpriteNode {
var force: Int = 0
...
}
Then in your game scene do:
...
override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
guard let touch = touches.first else { return }
let touchLocation = touch.location(in: self)
let touchedNode = self.atPoint(touchLocation)
if(touchedNode.name == "enemy" && touchNode is Enemy){
// Yes, I'm absolutely sure this is an enemy node..
let enemy = touchedNode as! Enemy
print(enemy.force)
}
}

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Touching moving Sprites in SpriteKit

I'm creating a SpriteKit game that involves touching falling targets. Currently, the targets are too difficult to catch on first touch (touchesBegan:), and only seem to be touchable by positioning your finger ahead of time (touchesMoved:). Is there a technique for dampening touches or widening the touch location to make the first touch more effective? My code looks something like this right now:
override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
guard let touch = touches.first else { return }
let positionInScene = touch.location(in: self)
print(positionInScene)
guard let touchedNode = self.nodes(at: positionInScene).first as? SKSpriteNode else { return }
if let dot = touchedNode.name {
if dot == "dot" {
removeTarget(touchedNode)
}
}
}
override func touchesMoved(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
guard let touch = touches.first else { return }
let positionInScene = touch.location(in: self)
print(positionInScene)
guard let touchedNode = self.nodes(at: positionInScene).first as? SKSpriteNode else { return }
if let dot = touchedNode.name {
if dot == "dot" {
removeTarget(touchedNode)
}
}
}
Are your entities too small? With the given info, I recreated a small scene in a playground, and all is working as expected. If I have a presented child node, defined as
let circle = SKShapeNode(circleOfRadius: 20)
And I have defined both the physicsWorld of the SKScene, and physicsBody of the SKNode, with the given touchesBegan, there is no problem in detecting a collision.
override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
if let location = touches.first?.location(in: self)
if self.atPoint(location) === circle {
print("TOUCH")
}
}
}

Touch event not making spritenode reset its size when moved off location of node

I have a sprite node in game that when touched makes an action of the node being pressed and when the touches began event is called and then goes back to the normal size when the touches ended event is called. my problem is when i press down on the node and then move my finger outside of the node it doesn't go back to its original size after I take my finger off the screen.
I tried using multiple things in the touches moved section of the code to try and get it to go back to its original size after i've moved my finger outside of the node while holding the touch down but it didn't work. My code is below
override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
let touch: UITouch = touches.first!
let node = self.atPoint(touch.location(in: self))
let pushdown = SKAction.scale(to: 0.8, duration: 0.1)
if node == mainMenu.settingsButton {
node.run(pushdown)
} else if node == mainMenu.viewMapButton {
node.run(pushdown)
}else if node == mainMenu.shopButton {
node.run(pushdown)
}
}
override func touchesMoved(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
let touch: UITouch = touches.first!
var location: CGPoint = touch.location(in: self)
let node: SKNode = atPoint(location)
let pushUp = SKAction.scale(to: 1.0, duration: 0.2)
if node != mainMenu.settingsButton {
//node.run(pushUp)
} else if touch.phase == .moved || touch.phase == .cancelled {
node.run(pushUp)
}
}
override func touchesEnded(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
let touch: UITouch = touches.first!
let node = self.atPoint(touch.location(in: self))
let pushUp = SKAction.scale(to: 1.0, duration: 0.2)
if node == mainMenu.settingsButton {
node.run(pushUp)
//Run Sound Here
let scene = SettingsMenu(fileNamed:"SettingsMenu")
scene?.scaleMode = .aspectFill
//scene?.backgroundColor = UIColor.lightGray
let transition = SKTransition.crossFade(withDuration: 0.5)
self.scene?.view?.presentScene(scene!, transition: transition)
} else if node == mainMenu.viewMapButton {
node.run(pushUp)
}
}
How can i get it to go back to the original size after i've moved my finger outside of the nodes location while holding the touch down?
In touchesBegan, touchesMoved, touchesEnded you are referring always the current node at point. let node = self.atPoint(touch.location(in: self))
Why not to keep a reference to the initial node which was detected in touchesBegan to scale it back if the current node atPoint is not equal to the initial one. I assume this would solve your issue.
EDIT:
To capture the node on first touch ...
private var currentTouchedNode : SKNode?
override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set, with event: UIEvent?) {
let touch: UITouch = touches.first!
currentTouchedNode = self.atPoint(touch.location(in: self))
let pushdown = SKAction.scale(to: 0.8, duration: 0.1)
if currentTouchedNode == mainMenu.settingsButton {
currentTouchedNode.run(pushdown)
} else if currentTouchedNode == mainMenu.viewMapButton {
currentTouchedNode.run(pushdown)
}else if currentTouchedNode == mainMenu.shopButton {
currentTouchedNode.run(pushdown)
}
}
In touchesMoved, touchesEnded you would compare on if the current node is equal currentTouchedNode and resize it if needed

Repeat action on a SpriteNode

I would like to repeatedly show one of the two games cards, whenever the user touches the deckOfCards.
I got it working once so far, but when I tap on the deckOfCards again, the card does not change. Trying this with 10 or more card names, didn't work either.
class GameScene: SKScene {
let cardname = ["card2", "ace"]
let randomNumber = Int(arc4random_uniform(13))
var deckOfCards = SKSpriteNode()
var yourCard = SKSpriteNode()
override func didMove(to view: SKView) {
deckOfCards = self.childNode(withName: "deckOfCards") as! SKSpriteNode
yourCard = self.childNode(withName: "yourCard") as! SKSpriteNode
}
override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
self.view?.endEditing(true)
for touch: AnyObject in touches {
let location = touch.location(in: self)
let node : SKNode = self.atPoint(location)
if node.name == "deckOfCards" {
yourCard.texture = SKTexture(imageNamed: "\(cardname[randomNumber])")
}
}
}
randomNumber is a constant outside of touchesBegan. It never changes. Put it inside touchesBegan.
override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
self.view?.endEditing(true)
for touch: AnyObject in touches {
let location = touch.location(in: self)
let node = self.atPoint(location)
let randomNumber = Int(arc4random_uniform(13))
if node.name == "deckOfCards" {
yourCard.texture = SKTexture(imageNamed: "\(cardname[randomNumber])")
}
}
}

Switching ViewController Scenes

I'm trying to present a ViewController after a button is pressed on an SKScene. How can I make this work?
override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
let touch = touches.first
if let location = touch?.location(in: self) {
let node = self.nodes(at: location)
if node[0].name == "newGameButton" {
let transition = SKTransition.flipHorizontal(withDuration: 0.5)
let gameScene = GameScene(size: self.size)
self.view!.presentScene(QuestionViewController, transition: transition)
}
}

How to detect precisely when a SKShapeNode is touched?

I'm working with Swift and SpriteKit.
I have the following situation :
Here, each of the "triangles" is a SKShapenode.
My problem is that I would like to detect when someone touches the screen which triangle is being touched.
I assume that the hitbox of all these triangles are rectangles so my function returns me all the hitboxes touched while I only want to know which one is actually touched.
Is there any way to have a hitbox that perfectly match the shape instead of a rectangle ?
Here's my current code :
override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?)
{
let touch = touches.first
let touchPosition = touch!.locationInNode(self)
let touchedNodes = self.nodesAtPoint(touchPosition)
print(touchedNodes) //this should return only one "triangle" named node
for touchedNode in touchedNodes
{
if let name = touchedNode.name
{
if name == "triangle"
{
let triangle = touchedNode as! SKShapeNode
// stuff here
}
}
}
}
You could try to use CGPathContainsPoint with a SKShapeNode instead of nodesAtPoint, which is more appropriate:
override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?)
{
let touch = touches.first
let touchPosition = touch!.locationInNode(self)
self.enumerateChildNodesWithName("triangle") { node, _ in
// do something with node
if node is SKShapeNode {
if let p = (node as! SKShapeNode).path {
if CGPathContainsPoint(p, nil, touchPosition, false) {
print("you have touched triangle: \(node.name)")
let triangle = node as! SKShapeNode
// stuff here
}
}
}
}
}
This would be the easiest way of doing it.
override func touchesBegan(touches: Set<UITouch>, withEvent event: UIEvent?)
{
for touch in touches {
let location = touch.locationInNode(self)
if theSpriteNode.containsPoint(location) {
//Do Whatever
}
}
}
The way I do this with Swift 4:
override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
guard let touch = touches.first else {
return
}
let touchPosition = touch.location(in: self)
let touchedNodes = nodes(at: touchPosition)
for node in touchedNodes {
if let mynode = node as? SKShapeNode, node.name == "triangle" {
//stuff here
mynode.fillColor = .orange //...
}
}
}

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