Need help making custom protocol for SKScene - ios

I have no experience with making my own protocols and I am trying to make one so that I can send GameController dpad values to an SKScene. Everything is connected and builds properly, but my SKScene is not receiving any information.
Here is my Main View Controller:
import GameController
import ...
protocol GetsDpadFromController {
func dpadValueUpdate(dpadValue: CGPoint)
}
class GameViewController: UIViewController {
var joystickController: GCController!
var dpadData: GetsDpadFromController? = nil
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
NSNotificationCenter.defaultCenter().addObserver(self, selector: "addController:", name: GCControllerDidConnectNotification, object: nil)
}
}
func addController(sender: NSNotificationCenter) {
self.joystickController = GCController.controllers().first
self.joystickController.microGamepad?.reportsAbsoluteDpadValues = true
self.joystickController.microGamepad?.valueChangedHandler = { (gamepad, element) -> Void in
if element == self.joystickController.microGamepad?.dpad {
let x: CGFloat = CGFloat((self.joystickController.microGamepad?.dpad.xAxis.value)!)
let y: CGFloat = CGFloat((self.joystickController.microGamepad?.dpad.yAxis.value)!)
let touchPosition: CGPoint = CGPointMake(x, y)
if let delegate = self.dpadData {
delegate.dpadValueUpdate(touchPosition)
}
}
}
}
And here is my SKScene:
class Page04: SKScene, GetsDpadFromController {
override init(size: CGSize){
super.init(size: size)
}
func dpadValueUpdate(dpadValue: CGPoint) {
print(dpadValue)
}
}
Nothing prints from dpadValueUpdate in the SKScene so I do not get the controller data. I have never made my own protocol before so I'm not too sure what I am doing wrong.
Does anyone know why my SKScene is not receiving data?

You properly declared the GetsDpadFromController protocol and made your Page04 scene conform to it.
The missing part
Looking at your code, the dpadData property in GameViewController will always be nil.
So the body of this IF will never be executed.
if let delegate = self.dpadData {
delegate.dpadValueUpdate(touchPosition)
}
Replace the IF with this
let skView = self.view as! SKView
if let delegate = skView.scene as? GetsDpadFromController {
delegate.dpadValueUpdate(touchPosition)
}
Now you are checking if the current scene does conform to GetsDpadFromController (which will be true for Page04) and if so you are invoking the dpadValueUpdate in your scene.
Let me know if it does work.

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I want to call a func of GameViewController from the GameScene.
-> If the game Ends I want to call GameViewController().GameOver()
I tried now a lot of different things like this one: LINK (I tried every answer more than once, still not working)
But doesn't matter what I tried it doesn't even call the func.
Hope anyone can help me with this.
CODE:
GameViewController:
class GameViewController: UIViewController {
#IBOutlet weak var Button: UIButton!
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
if let view = self.view as! SKView? {
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if let scene = GameScene(fileNamed: "GameScene") {
// Set the scale mode to scale to fit the window
if UIDevice().userInterfaceIdiom == .phone {
scene.scaleMode = .aspectFill
}else{
scene.scaleMode = .aspectFit
}
// Present the scene
view.presentScene(scene)
skView = view
}
view.ignoresSiblingOrder = true
view.showsFPS = false
view.showsNodeCount = false
}
...
#IBAction func Button(_ sender: Any) {
animation()
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gameScene.start()
}
}
func animation(){
UIButton.animate(withDuration: 1, animations: {
self.Button?.alpha = 0
})
}
func GameOver(){
UIButton.animate(withDuration: 1, animations: {
self.Button?.alpha = 1
})
}
}
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class GameScene: SKScene, SKPhysicsContactDelegate {
...
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Option 1:
You should pass GameViewController instance when you are calling GameScene from GameViewController at the first time, Then just save this instance in some var gameVC: GameViewController! and initialize it like you do in prepare for segue method.
Then you'll be able to call gameVC.GameOver()
Option 2:
Put this in GameScene when you want to call GameOver():
if let controller = self.view?.window?.rootViewController as? GameViewController {
controller.GameOver()
}

touchBegan and TouchEnded overrides are affecting another UIViewController

I have this UIViewController in which i've overrided the touchBegan and touchEnded functions. I also have a button that segueues (push) to another view controller with an SKView on it. But the overrided function in the first controller are still active ei. the calculations done there are still showing on the second ViewController.
Maybe theres something im missing or something im assuming thats wrong. Any help would be appreciated
This is the first view controller
import UIKit
import CoreMotion
class PortraitViewController: UIViewController {
var vc: UIViewController?
var startPoint: CGPoint?
var endPoint: CGPoint?
var movedPoint: CGPoint?
var previousMove = CGPoint(x: 0, y: 0)
var beginTouch: UITouch?
var scaleSum = 0
var isPortrait = true
let DEBUG: Bool = true
// MARK:
// MARK: Overriden Variables
open override var supportedInterfaceOrientations: UIInterfaceOrientationMask{return .portrait}
open override var preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation: UIInterfaceOrientation{return .portrait}
override var shouldAutorotate: Bool {return false}
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if (isPortrait){
let scale = sender.scale
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print(scaleSum)
if(scaleSum > 10) {
scaleSum = 0
print(">10")
}
else if(scaleSum < -10) {
print("<10")
}
}
}
override func touchesEnded(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
if(isPortrait){
if let theTouch = touches.first {
endPoint = theTouch.location(in: self.view)
let diffx = (endPoint!.x - startPoint!.x)
let diffy = (endPoint!.y - startPoint!.y)
if(diffx != 0 && diffy != 0){
let vector = CGVector(dx: diffx, dy: diffy)
var angle = atan2(vector.dy, vector.dx) * CGFloat(180.0 / M_PI)
if angle < 0 { angle *= -1 } else { angle = 360 - angle }
}
}
}
super.touchesEnded(touches, with: event)
}
override func touchesBegan(_ touches: Set<UITouch>, with event: UIEvent?) {
if(isPortrait){
if let theTouch = touches.first {
startPoint = theTouch.location(in: self.view)
}
}
super.touchesBegan(touches, with: event)
}
//One of my attempts to jerry rig a solution
#IBAction func prepToLandscape(_ sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
self.isPortrait = false
print("isPortrait = \(self.isPortrait)")
}
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: false)
}
}
This is the second view controller
import UIKit
import CoreMotion
import SpriteKit
class LandScapeViewController: UIViewController {
var vc: UIViewController?
// MARK:
// MARK: Overriden Variables
open override var supportedInterfaceOrientations: UIInterfaceOrientationMask{return .landscape}
open override var preferredInterfaceOrientationForPresentation: UIInterfaceOrientation{return .landscapeLeft
// MARK:
// MARK: Functions
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
let controllerStoryBoard = UIStoryboard(name: "Main", bundle: nil)
vc = controllerStoryBoard.instantiateViewController(withIdentifier: "Root")
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vcP.isPortrait = false
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override func viewWillAppear(_ animated: Bool) {
self.view.isMultipleTouchEnabled = true
let scene = GameScene(size: joystickView.bounds.size)
scene.backgroundColor = .gray
if let skView = joystickView as? SKView {
skView.showsFPS = false
skView.ignoresSiblingOrder = true
skView.backgroundColor = .red
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}
navigationController?.setNavigationBarHidden(true, animated: false)
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
}
#IBAction func toPortrait(_ sender: UIBarButtonItem) {
self.dismiss(animated: true, completion: {() -> Void in
}
}
Assuming the code shown is everything relevant, this makes sense. What's happening is this: the touch events are hit-tested to the joystickView, but because you haven't implemented a custom touchesBegan(_:with:) on that view, the touch event is passed up to the next UIResponder in the responder chain. That would be the LandScapeViewController. But that class also doesn't implement a custom touchesBegan(_:with:), so the event passes to the next class, which in this case is PortraitViewController. Because PortraitViewController does implement that method, it gets called. There's your confusion.
To fix this, implement the touches… methods on UIResponder for either joystickView or LandScapeViewController, even if they do nothing – but don't call super in them! Note the following, from the touchesBegan(_:with:) documentation:
If you override this method without calling super (a common use pattern), you must also override the other methods for handling touch events, even if your implementations do nothing.
Where you're overriding touchesBegan(_:with:), you probably don't want to call super. This is because the super implementation is the one that says "oh, shoot, I don't know how to handle this – pass it up the chain!" But when you handle the touch, it should end there, because you're handling it! So only call super when you're not handling the touch – which in your case looks like never, at least for PortraitViewController.
For more information, check out Event Delivery: The Responder Chain.

Seque from a storyboard image tap into a SpriteKitScene

I'm creating a Swift project for a high school programming class. I can't seem to figure out this problem, and everyone else in my class doesn't seem to have any ideas.
To start, I created a new Swift project, and chose a game format.
I then used some basic code to make the first level for my game, a maze game where the maze moves around instead of the ball based on how the user tilts the device.
This is my GameScene.swift:
import SpriteKit
import CoreMotion
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manager.accelerometerUpdateInterval = accelupdateinterval
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(data, error) in
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/* Called before each frame is rendered */
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I want to have a main menu that the app opens into, which is mainMenu.storyboard:
I successfully have the app launching into the mainMenu.storyboard (and the level physics work well when I've tested the level1.sks), but I'm having trouble figuring out how to segue.
GOAL: I want people to be segued into the level1.sks (and the levels that I add later), when they tap the corresponding image in mainMenu.storyboard.
I can't use the method of adding a Storyboard Reference to segue it, as the Storyboard Reference won't let me choose level1.sks.
I'd also love to find out how to send users back to the main menu when the player icon touches the goal (the blue thing up near the top in this screenshot):
So to do this I think the best approach is to create another ViewController subclass, maybe named LauncherViewController, which will present your SKScene. Then in your storyboard add this viewController and have your menu segue to it on an image press.
Here is a start for the LauncherViewController
class LauncherViewController: UIViewController {
var gameScene: GameScene!
override func viewDidLoad() {
}
override func viewWillAppear() {
presentGameScene()
}
func presentGameScene(){
let skView = self.view as! SKView
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skView.showsNodeCount = false
skView.ignoresSiblingOrder = true
gameScene.size = skView.bounds.size
gameScene.scaleMode = .AspectFill
skView.presentScene(gameScene)
}
}
Where in your menu controller you have a prepareForSegue like this:
override func prepareForSegue(segue: UIStoryBoardSegue, sender: AnyObject?) {
if segue.identifier == "yourSegue" {
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to have your LauncherViewController dismiss the gameScene when the user finishes the maze, use a delegate pattern. So in GameScene add a protocol above your class
protocol GameDelegate {
func gameFinished()
}
have your LauncherViewController conform to this delegate and set the gameScene's delegate variable to self (see below)
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var gameScene: GameScene!
override func viewDidLoad() {
gameScene.delegate = self
}
override func viewWillAppear() {
presentGameScene()
}
func presentGameScene(){
let skView = self.view as! SKView
skView.showsFPS = false
skView.showsNodeCount = false
skView.ignoresSiblingOrder = true
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gameScene.scaleMode = .AspectFill
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}
func gameFinished(){
// this forces LauncherViewController to dismiss itself
dismissViewControllerAnimated(true, completion: nil)
}
}
add a variable in GameScene to hold the delegate (LauncherViewController) and add a function that calls the delegate function. You will also need to add the logic to know when the game is over as I haven't done that.
class GameScene: SKScene {
let manager = CMMotionManager()
var delegate: GameDelegate!
override func didMoveToView(view: SKView) {
manager.startAccelerometerUpdates()
manager.accelerometerUpdateInterval = accelupdateinterval
manager.startAccelerometerUpdatesToQueue(NSOperationQueue.mainQueue()){
(data, error) in
self.physicsWorld.gravity = CGVectorMake(CGFloat((data?.acceleration.x)!) * CGFloat(accelmultiplier), CGFloat((data?.acceleration.y)!) * CGFloat(accelmultiplier))
}
}
func gameOver(){
delegate.gameFinished()
}
override func update(currentTime: CFTimeInterval) {
/* Called before each frame is rendered */
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gameOver()
}
}
}
There will probably be some mistakes in here as I wrote this on my phone so just comment below for anything you are unsure about or doesn't work.

How to access the value of a variable of a specific instance of GameViewController in Swift

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weak var parentController: GameViewController?
....
}
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import SpriteKit
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#IBOutlet var playButton: UIButton
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}
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Create an IBOutlet for skView. When you are going to present another ViewController, remove skView from it's superview and nil it out:
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self.skView = nil;
....
}
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if (!self.skView.window) {
[self.view addSubview:self.skView];
}
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- (void)dealloc {
NSLog(#"GAME SCENE DEALLOCATED");
}
I had a similar issue.
Turns out I had created a strong reference by having an SKScene instance as a delegate in another class. After declaring each property of SKScene type or UIView type as weak my issue was resolved:
weak var skScene:SKScene!

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