Remove old tileMap - SpriteKit - Objective C - objective-c

this code loads a map1.tmx tileMap when player reaches the "door". When the player enters the door it loads a new map2.tmx file. Problem is when the new map2.tmx file is loaded, the old map1.tmx is running behind map.2.tmx and using all of map.1.tmx wall collisions AND ignoring map2.tmx wall collisions. Is there a way to do an opposite of addObject like removeObject and add map2.tmx as the new map? I would like to make map.2 run when the players enters the door.
I have tried removeAllActions, removeAllChildren, removeTileAtCoord: and other approaches but I lack of SpriteKit experience. Any help is appreciated.
- (void)handleDoorCollisions:(Player *)player
{
if (self.doorOver) return;
NSInteger indices[8] = {7, 1, 3, 5, 0, 2, 6, 8};
for (NSUInteger i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
NSInteger tileIndex = indices[i];
CGRect playerRect = [player collisionBoundingBox];
CGPoint playerCoord = [self.doors coordForPoint:player.desiredPosition];
NSInteger tileColumn = tileIndex % 3;
NSInteger tileRow = tileIndex / 3;
CGPoint tileCoord = CGPointMake(playerCoord.x + (tileColumn - 1), playerCoord.y + (tileRow - 1));
NSInteger gid = [self tileGIDAtTileCoord:tileCoord forLayer:self.doors];
if (gid != 0) {
CGRect tileRect = [self tileRectFromTileCoords:tileCoord];
if (CGRectIntersectsRect(playerRect, tileRect)) {
[self.doors removeTileAtCoord:tileCoord];
// add new map2.tmx
self.map = [JSTileMap mapNamed:#"map2.tmx"];
[self addChild:self.map];
[self removeObject:????]
}
}
}
}

I had the same issue. My solution was/is on map load I collect all collision data in a List<> and check any collisions against this list.
When the player enters a different map the list is beeing cleared and reinitialized with the data from the new map.
I use this approach for some other things as well like objects the player can interact with or areas that trigger some actions.

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I wanted to create a space background so I make a for loop to create the stars. Here is the code:
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star.fillColor = [UIColor whiteColor];
star.physicsBody = nil;
int xposition = arc4random()%960;
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Somebody know how to fix it? thanks.
Your physics bodies continue to calculate even when off of the screen. You will need to remove them once they go out of the frame, otherwise everything will slow to a crawl. (And to echo what others have stated you will eventually need a real device).
From this document: Jumping Into Sprite Kit
You can implement the "Did Simulate Physics" method to get rid of the stars that fell from the bottom of the screen like so:
-(void)didSimulatePhysics
{
[self enumerateChildNodesWithName:#"star" usingBlock:^(SKNode *node, BOOL *stop) {
if (node.position.y < 0)
[node removeFromParent];
}];
}
Note that you will first need to set the name of your star shapes by using the name property like so:
star.name = "star"

Creating a lot of buttons for levels in Cocos2d using a for loop

I'm trying to make a couple hundred levels for a game I'm developing, so obviously I want to use a for loop and not create each button individually.
I do all of this fine, but the code I'm currently using makes it so that the call block for each button is the same. Obviously if I'm going to have the different level buttons go to different levels, the call block must be different for each one.
In order to differentiate which level I'm on, I call [[LevelManager sharedInstance] nextLevel] the number of times corresponding to the level number. I attempted to change this number by getting the touch location of the user touching the button, getting a row/column number, then running the above code a certain number of times. However, it was not updating the touch position before running the whole call block after touching the button, which obviously makes my code not work.
Is there a way to update the touch position manually, before the call block finishes? Is there a way to somehow store every button in an array and establish a different call block for each one? I'm not sure what the best approach is to fixing my problem. Thanks and my code is below.
Called upon initialization
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for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
for (int k = 0; k < 5; k++) {
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CCButton *tempButton;
tempButton = [CCButton buttonWithTitle:tempTitle]
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{
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You already have the row/column available. They are j and k. Those variables can be referenced in your button's "on pressed" block.

Reusing sprites when using a lot of them

I am in front of a problem when adding sprites on my game layer.
When the game starts it's initialize a two dimensional array (that I created) and put 30 sprites in it (5 columns, 6 lines). It's always the same image that I use for the 30 sprites.
The problem is that each time I create a new sprite...
Every 3 sec all sprites deseaper and new ones appear. I am using ARC but when I check into Instruments (allocations part) I can see the number of living sprites increasing every 3sec 30, 60, 90, 120 ...
So when I play for 15 minutes my game crash. How can I use the same sprite without creating a new one ?
I tried to create it in the init method but then when I enter in [self addChild : mysprite] it says to me that the sprite had already been add.
Here is my code :
int yValue = 400;
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and here is what I do for deleting the sprite :
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Thx.

MKMapView not refreshing annotations

I have a MKMapView (obviously), that shows housing locations around the user.
I have a Radius tool that when a selection is made, the annotations should add/remove based on distance around the user.
I have it add/removing fine but for some reason the annotations won't show up until I zoom in or out.
This is the method that adds/removes the annotations based on distance. I have tried two different variations of the method.
Adds the new annotations to an array, then adds to the map by [mapView addAnnotations:NSArray].
Add the annotations as it finds them using [mapView addAnnotation:MKMapAnnotation];
1.
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//Hold all the new annotations to add to map
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I have an array that holds all the annotations on the map becuase
a lot of filtering/searching happens. So for memory reasons it is
more efficient to load annoations once then add/remove as needed.
*/
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if (tempAnnotations == nil)
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2.
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/*
I have an array that holds all the annotations on the map becuase
a lot of filtering/searching happens. So for memory reasons it is
more efficient to load annoations once then add/remove as needed.
*/
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I have also attempted at the end of the above method:
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Any help would be very much appreciated and as always, thank you for taking the time to read.
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Objective-C: Get closest NSView to dragged NSView

If I have a NSView with 10 subviews, and I drag one of the subviews, what is the easiest way to determine which of the remaining views is closes to the dragged one? My code is working but I somehow feel I'm using a monkey wrench to fine tune a violin. Is there a more elegant way?
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the toolTip of the sub views contain their page # formatted like "Page_#"
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closesView = thisView;
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//....more stuff
}
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance
sqrt(pow((x2 - x1), 2) + pow((y2 - y1), 2)))
Edit: Since you only need to find the shortest distance, not exact distances, you don't need to take the square root. Thanks for the insight Abizern
pow((x2 - x1), 2) + pow((y2 - y1), 2)