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garyconstable
garyconstable

Reputation: 309

SKSpriteNode Automated movement

I'm making my first game, it will be similar to Mario. (using swift)

Have started to make some enemies they will need to move left and right and respond to collisions, I can do this for my player node as I call player.update() function from the SKScene update function,

override func update(currentTime: NSTimeInterval)
{
    player.update()
}

My question is:

For enemyX , how can I get the node to update since SKSpriteNode does not have a default update function that can be overridden and from my game scene

I do not want really write some thing like: 

override func update(currentTime: NSTimeInterval)
{
    player.update()
    enemyX.update()
    enemyY.update()
    enemy001.update()
    ...
    enemy100.update
}

Do you see what I mean, how do I get around this, does SKSpriteNode need to be a different class?

Maybe actions?

let moveLeft = SKAction.moveByX( 200, y:0, duration: 5)
self.runAction(moveLeft, completion: {
    print("----> move left Complete")
})

Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 55

Answers (1)

hamobi
hamobi

Reputation: 8130

you subclass SKSpriteNode and and an update method inside that class. then in your update method in your scene you do exactly what you said

player.update()
enemy.update()

etc.

Don't recommend using SKAction unless the behavior of your enemies is extremely simple.

Upvotes: 1

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