cocos2d for iPhone is a free open-source framework for building 2D games, demos, and other graphical/interactive applications for iOS devices.
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Can CCAnimations be paused?
I am new to cocos2d. I am using CCAnimation. It's working fine, except I want to pause the animation occasionally. How do I do this?
Here's what I'm doing so far:
[mySprite ...
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Applying the vector of a swipe movement to a box2d object
Hi I'm trying to achieve game functionality where the player can place their finger on an object then swipe in a certain direction and apply the speed and velocity of the swipe to the object they have ...
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Moving camera in large view
In my cocos2d app I was wondering how to make a CCSprite move on the screen but have the screen focused on the CCSprite, so when the sprite moves the view moves with the CCSprite. Is there a tutorial ...
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Timing - use individual timer for every task or global timer?
I'm writing a game, where a player controls a spaceship.
It regenerates energy over time. So I need to make a little timer that adds certain amount of energy to the pool per second.
My enemies also ...
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How to make askew slope image(b2body) in Box2d?
I am new in Box2d and learning myself. I am learning Box2d from here http://www.box2d.org/manual.html#_Toc258082972
I want to make a body and want to give b2body a angle so that it will look like ...
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Need a bounding box for CCSprite that includes all children/subchildren
I have a CCSprite that has CCSprite children, and those CCSprite children have CCSprite children.
The contentSize property doesn't seem to include all children/subchildren, and seems to only work for ...
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Store and create game objects at positions along terrain
I have a circular character that rolls down terrain like that shown in the picture below.
The terrain is created from an array holding 1000 points. The ground is drawn one screen width infront and ...
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Flip irregular shaped image in iphone [duplicate]
I need to implement flip effect for an irregular shaped imageview. Any help would be highly appreciated.
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Adding gesture recognizer (or dragging) to CCSprite
I'm trying to allow a CCSprite to be dragged across the screen. I've succeeded so far by doing it on a Layer level (from this tutorial). However, this only allows ONE sprite to be dragged at a time as ...
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Cocos2D: Upgrading from OpenGL ES 1.1 to 2.0
I have recently starting upgrading my ios game to the latest Cocos2D (2.0 rc), and I am having some difficulties upgrading my texture generation code to OpenGL 2.0.
In the old version I generated ...
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Calling CCRepeaForever on CCLabelTTF Makes Label Not Show Up
I have a CCLabelTTF in the top right hand corner of the view.
-(void)scrollScoreLabelAndMonkey{
scoreLabel = [CCLabelTTF labelWithString:@"0000" fontName:@"Marker Felt"
fontSize:30 ];
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Set texture of a LHSprite that is loaded from LevelHelper
How do i set the image/texture of an LHSprite that is loaded into xCode using levelHelper & spriteHelper?
I am using sprite sheets. So i tried to load the image the old fashioned way using ...
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creating arcball in cocos 3d [closed]
I am trying to make arc ball sample in cocos 3d , the code seems to be ok, but the rotation of ball is not as expected
it seems that i've done something stupid, but i can't figure it out. please check ...
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Cocos 2d move CCsprite in array of points [closed]
I need a CCsprite to move to the points in my array those points will form a circle.I know to move CCsprite but my app crashes when i make it to move in array of points. Help me where i am making ...
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Cocos2d savegame cctmxtiledmap
my game features several tilemaps that are initially loaded from a tmx file and modified during gameplay.
How can I save the changed tilemaps in a save game? Will NSCoding do the trick here or is the ...
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Catching an object from sky in Cocos2d and Box2d world
My world has a gravity of -9.8 and there are KDynamicBodyType bodies falling from the sky. At the bottom there is a PhysicsSprite with KinematicBodyType. I want the PhysicsSprite to be able to catch ...
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What to choose? [closed]
I am so stuck on what to choose, I want to create a game like vector (run and jump game with multiple levels)
From what I've read i may use:
Kobold2D
Cocos2D w/ Box2D (which involves learning a bit ...
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How to move a PhysicsSprite
I'm trying to move a PhysicsSprite from left to right based on where the user clicked.
I understand that a simple Sprite can be moved by MoveTo functions but what is a way to move a PhysicsSprite? ...
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How To show document directory save image in thumbnail in cocos2d class [closed]
I have just implemented multiple photo selection from iphone photo library and i am saving all selected photo in document directory every time as a array, now i want to show all saved images in my ...
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Help with ball movement and rotation in Box2d [closed]
I am trying to learn box2d in cocos2d. I have searched for online tutorials and ray Wenderlich's seem to be the best ones!I am learning in a slow but steady pace! I am currently developing an app in ...
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Projectile immediately intersecting with target
I have a fairly simple and somewhat cookie cutter method for testCollisions: (FYI: BasicProjectile is a CCNode with a CCSprite member).
for (BasicProjectile * basicProjectile in ...
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CCTMXTiledMap continuous scrolling;
I have a vertical shooter, the game scrolls TMXTiledMap, and when it runs out I want it to load next map and scroll them seamlessly without interruption. How do I achieve that?
Here is my scrolling ...
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How to implement enemies similar to Monster shooter game in cocos2d? [duplicate]
We are recently creating game with cocos2d API. This game is similar to Monster shooter game for iOS and android. Following is the link to above game : http://game-lion.net/monstershooter/
In this ...
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Best way to learn iphone game development? [closed]
I know php and some python, but not much c. Where should I start to learn iphone game development? Is there some recommended books/tutorials for beginners? I'm looking at using cocos2d but I'm open to ...
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opengles display human face in iphone and animate it?
I need to make a human 2D face to 3D face.
I used this link to load an ".obj" file and map the textures. This example is only for cube and pyramid. I loaded a human face ".obj" file.
This loads the ...
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How to make bird to fly using box2d
I am new to Box2D, I have set gravity to 10. How to make an object fly in space even though the gravity is 10. What are the properties I need to set to make object fly? Is there any different ...
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cocos2d Move Sprite using buttons [closed]
Using CCMenu I have create Two Buttons Up and Down Here is the code
CCSprite *normlUp = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:@"Up.png"];
CCSprite *selectedUp = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:@"Up.png"];
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GetReactionForce().y does not show 0 even it has no weight
I have built a simple structure with static and dynamic bodies and revolute joints. None of the bodies have weight, I've set the density to 0. Here's the structure:
In screen update method I do ...
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Bike Race Concept [closed]
I am right now developing this type of game.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bike-race-free-by-top-free/id510461758?mt=8
I need help for following questions. I have some solutions for this but I need ...
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Wait till all CCActions have completed
I am developing a simple cocos2d game in which I want to animate two CCSprites simultaneously, and for this purpose I simply set CCActions on respective `CCSprite's as follows.
[first ...
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cocos2d - exclude GUI layer transformation
I have a game layer that should be pannable and pinchable and a GUI layer as an overlay that's excluded from the transformations. I added the pinch and pan gesture recognizer to the view and set the ...
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Using depth buffer on a sprite
I am following this guide:
http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/wiki/doku.php/prog_guide:tiled_maps
Trying to create a tiled map that also supports multiple layers. The guide says that a way is to use ...
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Issues with background coordinate configuration in objective c with runAction?
In my game I want to have two backgrounds going one after the other creating a continuous loop moving to the left. However, right now one goes, and the other does not follow it.
Here's what I ...
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Cocos2d Box2d contact listener call different method in collided object
I have the building object, wen it hit with other, i want to call some method inside it.
Building.mm
-(void)printTest
{
NSLog(@"printTest method work correctly");
}
in my ContactListener i ...
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iOS cocos2d - sprite gets stuck in collision detection
I'm developing a top down game in cocos2d and I have collision code that checks collisions between enemies and the player so that they don't go through each other. The code seems to work but the ...
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CCSprite as an iVar
So I built my first game app, and it was a lot of fun. I'm really trying to expand on some of the ideas, but I'm running in to some serious variable scope issue. What I want to do is encapsulate a ...
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Is it possible exchange points between players using Game Center?
I want to create a turn based two player game. In my game in a certain stage if player 1 loses he must give few points that he have to the opposite player. The game is implemented with game center. Is ...
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Collision Filtering in Box2D
I have four bodies in my Box2D World. Each are polygon shape, with some physics parameters.
Now when the game start, I need one of the bodies from the World (BodyA) to not be allowed to collide with ...
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Cocos 2D - Hold down CCMenuItem
I am using the following code to move a CCSprite left and right.
-(id)init{
CCMenuItemImage * moveLeftButton = [CCMenuItemImage itemFromNormalImage:@"Move Left Button.png" selectedImage:@"Move ...
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Detect Sprites, they are in Shape or Not which random draw in Cocos2d
I have searched a lot on web and found some of help ful links as exact my question.
Link 1 Link 2
But still i am not success to achieve this,
i have done some of code lines, as like draw line by ...
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Move Sprite Up ad Down using accelerometer
my sprite can move up and down but some probs are there.......
sprite is moving slowly , i want some speed in moving the sprite
sprite is not continue move but jumping .....
sprite can not touch ...
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Can I use a shader with 2 different textures in Cocos2D (x)?
We are evaluating a variety of different graphic engines for use in our game and we want to be able to use 2 different textures for many of our sprite maps. One sprite map would be the standard RGBA ...
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3d transformation of game world keeping gameplay 2d - COCOS2D 2.0
Using: COCOS2D + iOS.
I want to rotate the game world, may be loading another .tmx file for another dimensions when user want to switch dimension.
the effect what I am looking for is something like ...
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Cocos3d-iOS: Need ideas for approaching a 3d app development
I am trying to develop a Cocos3d application, not a fame. This application is exactly same as flash view available in this link-> http://www.amfam.com/learning-center/my-home/interactive-home.asp and ...
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DPad style movement for AI without using A*
What is the easiest way to implement DPad style movement (No diagonal) for AI without using and A* algorithm? I thought about having the enemy catch up to the player in the Y axis first then the X ...
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TiledMaps and real objects
I'm creating a simple game for the iPhone using Cocos2d.
I'm having a hard time understanding how add real objects to a tiled map.
I know that you can add an object-layer to the tiled map and set the ...
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Xcode workspace with Unity3D as a sub-project?
Let's say we're developing a 2D game with Cocos2d-iPhone and UIKit and CoreAnimation. But we're also considering leveraging the 3D capabilities of Unity 3D.
Is it possible that we add the ...
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What's the recommended bitrate for Background Music in iPhone Games?
What is the recommended bitrate for Background Music in iPhone Games?
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What is technical specs for iOS platform for a game?
I would like to know when a contractor ask you for a technical specs for iOS platform of a game, what's the description that you should give back to him?
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Blending transition in cocos2d
In my cocos2d-iphone game, I have 2 backgrounds (CCnodes), each containing a quite complex hierarchy of sprites.
I would like to make a smooth transition between them:
initially, only the first ...
