CODEWITHSUNDEEP
objective-ccocos2d-iphone
saiy2k
saiy2k

Reputation: 1862

Objective - C: `self` not responding

I have a cocos2d layer named ChoosePlayer and in init method I am adding a few sprite using [self addChild:]. Its plain and works right. But when I try to do the same in another method as given below, its not working:

-(void) avatarchanged {
    [self addChild:[CCSprite spriteWithFile:@"av1.png"]];
    [self runAction:[CCMoveBy actionWithDuration:1.0 position:ccp(100, 100)]];
    NSLog(@"added new avatar");
}

The [self runAction:] is also not responding. So I guess its not the problem with sprite, but with the self itself.

In between the init and avatarchanged, what I am doing is showing a UIView on top of openGL View, perform some actions there and returning back as follows:

-(void) selectAvatar {
    CGSize winSize = [CCDirector sharedDirector].winSize;
    flowCoverView = [[[FlowCoverView alloc] initWithFrame: CGRectMake(0, 0, 480, 320)] autorelease];
    flowCoverView.center = ccp(-80 + winSize.width / 2, 80 + winSize.height / 2);
    flowCoverView.delegate = self;
    flowCoverView.transform = CGAffineTransformMakeRotation(90*(3.14/180));

    [[CCDirector sharedDirector].openGLView.window addSubview:flowCoverView];
}

When the necessary actions are performed, flowCoverView is removed as follows:

- (void)flowCover:(FlowCoverView *)view didSelect:(int)cover {
    selectedavat = cover;
    [flowCoverView removeFromSuperview];
    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] postNotificationName:@"avatarchanged" object:nil];
}

The notification posted above invoked my avatarchanged method, where the self is not responding.

Edit: here is my init method:

-(id) init {
if( (self=[super init])) {
    self.isTouchEnabled = YES;

    BG = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:@"opponent.jpg"];
    BG.scale *= CC_CONTENT_SCALE_FACTOR() * 1;
    BG.position = ccp(240,160);
    [self addChild:BG];

    [[NSNotificationCenter defaultCenter] addObserver:self selector:@selector(avatarchanged) name:@"avatarchanged" object:nil];
}
return self;    
}

Note: In my project there is a bunch of global variables declared using extern, they might something to do with my problem, but am not sure.

Could someone please help me with this?

Edit 2: changed avatarchanged as follows:

-(void) avatarchanged {
    if (self == nil) {
        NSLog(@"self is nil!!!!!!!!");
    } else {
        NSLog(@"pheww.. its not nil");
    }

    if (self.isRunning) {
        NSLog(@"running");
    } else {
        NSLog(@"not running");
    }

    [BG runAction:[CCRotateBy actionWithDuration:1.0 angle:100.0]];
    [self addChild:[CCSprite spriteWithFile:@"av1.png"]];
    NSLog(@"added new avatar");
    [self runAction:[CCMoveBy actionWithDuration:1.0 position:ccp(100, 100)]];
}

log shows as

2012-03-26 11:16:21.213 Funsip[1550:207] pheww.. its not nil
2012-03-26 11:16:21.214 Funsip[1550:207] running
2012-03-26 11:16:21.224 Funsip[1550:207] added new avatar

the BG's runAction is also not getting applied, but doing the same in init method works perfectly right.

Edit 3: The FlowCoverView that I add is implemented with OpenGL calls internally. May be it could be causing conflicts with OpenGL states setup in cocos2d. But I dont know OpenGL to look for these sort of issues. Here is the link to the page where I took the flowcoverview from http://www.chaosinmotion.com/flowcover.html

Upvotes: 0

Views: 206

Answers (2)

Matisse VerDuyn
Matisse VerDuyn

Reputation: 1138

This might help: http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/forum/topic/28056

Upvotes: 1

YvesLeBorg
YvesLeBorg

Reputation: 9079

Is 'self' in running mode (self.isRunning) ? if not nothing much will happen from a cocos2d point of view. The isRunning mode is achieved when you add the ChoosePlayer instance to a running CCNode descendant. If you forgot to add it to a running node, it will be ignored in draws, actions, etc ...

Upvotes: 2

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