How to compare SKSpriteNode textures - objective-c

I am making a game with Sprite Kit. When there is a collision I would like to retrieve the image of the SKSpriteNode that my projectile collided with to assign different point values depending on the image of the monster. I think comparing the texture property of the SKSpriteNode could work. I have tried the following code, but my if statement is never called. Any suggestions?
- (void)projectile:(SKSpriteNode *)projectile didCollideWithMonster:(SKSpriteNode *)monster {
SKTexture *tex = [SKTexture textureWithImageNamed:#"img.png"];
if ([[monster texture] isEqual:tex])
{
NSLog(#"it works");
}
}

Yes, there is a way to compare two images/textures using UIImage.
- (BOOL)image:(UIImage *)image1 isEqualTo:(UIImage *)image2
{
NSData *data1 = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image1);
NSData *data2 = UIImagePNGRepresentation(image2);
return [data1 isEqual:data2];
}

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SpriteKit Removing sprites to redraw

Currently in my application I've been adopting a technique to remove/re-draw certain sprites.
in example, the app is a poker app. So when a call/raise/check is made, there is a chip that is placed in-front of the player with an SKLabelNode containing the bet,check etc.. However, removing the previous to then re-add the new is inconsistent and causes a lot of EXC_BAD_ACCESS errors. Now, I guess I could program it to nest search for that node and alter the value instead of redrawing. However, it's used in multiple occasions and will at some point rely on removing the child from it's parent.
What I'm asking is what is the best technique to achieve this without the possibility of inconsistent crashes..?
-(void)removePreviousChips:(NSString *)player {
NSString *string = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"chipLabel:%#", player];
SKNode *node = [tableSprite childNodeWithName:string];
[node removeFromParent];
}
-(void)updateChipStacksAndPlayerPositionsWith:(NSDictionary *)dict {
// [tableSprite removeAllChildren];
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) {
//loop through seats taken if value then draw.
if (![[dict valueForKey:_seatNames[i]] isEqualToString:#""]) {
[self drawAvatarWithPlayerName:[dict valueForKey:_seatNames[i]] withSeatPosition:[[seatPositions valueForKey:_seatNames[i]] CGPointValue] withChipStack:[[dict valueForKey:#"startingChips"] intValue]];
}
}
if ([self displayStartGameButton]) {
[startGameBG runAction:[SKAction fadeAlphaTo:1 duration:0.5]];
} else {
[startGameBG runAction:[SKAction fadeAlphaTo:0 duration:0.5]];
}
}
Them two examples are consistent ways to crash my app.
EDIT
for example, a better approach would be to detect whether the node is present before the requirement to remove it from it's parent and redraw it. However, something to detect it's presence is not working out for me
SKNode *node = [tableSprite childNodeWithName:[dict valueForKey:_seatNames[i]]];
if (node) {
NSLog(#"node for %# exists", [dict valueForKey:_seatNames[i]]);
} else {
NSLog(#"node for %# doesn't exist", [dict valueForKey:_seatNames[i]]);
}

Saving NSBitmapImageRep as image

I've done an exhaustive search on this and I know similar questions have been posted before about NSBitmapImageRep, but none of them seem specific to what I'm trying to do which is simply:
Read in an image from the desktop (but NOT display it)
Create an NSBitmap representation of that image
Iterate through the pixels to change some colours
Save the modified bitmap representation as a separate file
Since I've never worked with bitmaps before I thought I'd just try to create and save one first, and worry about modifying pixels later. That seemed really straightforward, but I just can't get it to work. Apart from the file saving aspect, most of the code is borrowed from another answer found on StackOverflow and shown below:
-(void)processBitmapImage:(NSString*)aFilepath
{
NSImage *theImage = [[NSImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:aFilepath];
if (theImage)
{
CGImageRef CGImage = [theImage CGImageForProposedRect:nil context:nil hints:nil];
NSBitmapImageRep *imageRep = [[NSBitmapImageRep alloc] initWithCGImage:CGImage];
NSInteger width = [imageRep pixelsWide];
NSInteger height = [imageRep pixelsHigh];
long rowBytes = [imageRep bytesPerRow];
// above matches the original size indicating NSBitmapImageRep was created successfully
printf("WIDE pix = %ld\n", width);
printf("HIGH pix = %ld\n", height);
printf("Row bytes = %ld\n", rowBytes);
// We'll worry about this part later...
/*
unsigned char* pixels = [imageRep bitmapData];
int row, col;
for (row=0; row < height; row++)
{
// etc ...
for (col=0; col < width; col++)
{
// etc...
}
}
*/
// So, let's see if we can just SAVE the (unmodified) bitmap first ...
NSData *pngData = [imageRep representationUsingType: NSPNGFileType properties: nil];
NSString *destinationStr = [self pathForDataFile];
BOOL returnVal = [pngData writeToFile:destinationStr atomically: NO];
NSLog(#"did we succeed?:%#", (returnVal ? #"YES": #"NO")); // the writeToFile call FAILS!
[imageRep release];
}
[theImage release];
}
While I like this code for its simplicity, another potential issue down the road might be that Apple docs advise us treat bitmaps returned with 'initWithCGImage' as read-only objects…
Can anyone please tell me where I'm going wrong with this code, and how I could modify it to work. While the overall concept looks okay to my non-expert eye, I suspect I'm making a dumb mistake and overlooking something quite basic. Thanks in advance :-)
That's a fairly roundabout way to create the NSBitmapImageRep. Try creating it like this:
NSBitmapImageRep* imageRep = [NSBitmapImageRep imageRepWithContentsOfFile:aFilepath];
Of course, the above does not give you ownership of the image rep object, so don't release it at the end.

SpriteKit - Using a loop to create multiple sprites. How do I give each sprite a different variable name?

I am using SpriteKit.
The code below basically makes a lattice of dots on the screen. However, I want to call each 'dot' a different name based on its position, so that I can access each dot individually in another method. I'm struggling a little on this, so would really appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction.
#define kRowCount 8
#define kColCount 6
#define kDotGridSpacing CGSizeMake (50,-50)
#import "BBMyScene.h"
#implementation BBMyScene
-(id)initWithSize:(CGSize)size {
if (self = [super initWithSize:size]) {
/* Setup your scene here */
// Background
self.backgroundColor = [SKColor colorWithRed:0.957 green:0.957 blue:0.957 alpha:1]; /*#f4f4f4*/
CGPoint baseOrigin = CGPointMake(35, 385);
for (NSUInteger row = 0; row < kRowCount; ++row) {
CGPoint dotPosition = CGPointMake(baseOrigin.x, row * (kDotGridSpacing.height) + baseOrigin.y);
for (NSUInteger col = 0; col < kColCount; ++col) {
SKSpriteNode *dot = [SKSpriteNode spriteNodeWithImageNamed:#"dot"];
dot.position = dotPosition;
[self addChild:dot];
//6
dotPosition.x += kDotGridSpacing.width;
}
}
}
return self;
}
Here is an image of what appears on screen when I run the above code...
http://cl.ly/image/3q2j3E0p1S1h/Image1.jpg
I simply want to be able to call an individual dot to do something when there is some form of user interaction, and I'm not sure how I would do that without each dot having a different name.
If anyone could help I would really appreciate it.
Thanks,
Ben
- (void)update:(NSTimeInterval)currentTime {
for(SKNode *node in self.children){
if ([node.name containsString:#"sampleNodeName"]) {
[node removeFromParent];
}
}
}
Hope this one helps!
You can set the name property of each node inside the loop.
Then you can access them with self.children[index].
If you want to find a specific node in your children, you have to enumerate through the array.
Update:
To clarify how to search for an item by iterating, here is a helper method:
- (SKNode *)findNodeNamed:(NSString *)nodeName
{
SKNode *nodeToFind = nil;
for(SKNode *node in self.children){
if([node.name isEqualToString:nodeName]){
nodeToFind = node;
break;
}
}];
return nodeToFind;
}

Large Image Processing (ARC) Major memory leaks

My iPad app that I am creating has to be able to create the tiles for a 4096x2992 image that is generated earlier in my app..
4096x2992 image isn't very complex (what i'm testing with) and when written to file in png format is approximately 600kb...
On the simulator, this code seems to work fine however when I run the app in tighter memory conditions (on my iPad) the process quits because it ran out of memory...
I've been using the same code in the app previously what was working fine (was only creating tiles for 3072x2244 images however)...
Either I must be doing something stupidly wrong or my #autoreleasepool's aren't working as they should (i think i mentioned that im using ARC)... When running in instruments I can just see the memory used climb up until ~500mb where it then crashes!
I've analysed the code and it hasn't found a single memory leak related to this part of my app so I'm really confused on why this is crashing on me...
Just a little history on how my function gets called so you know whats happening... The app uses CoreGraphics to render a UIView (4096x2992) with some UIImageView's inside it then it sends that UIImage reference into my function buildFromImage: (below) where it begins cutting up/resizing the image to create my file...
Here is the buildFromImage: code... the memory issues are built up from within the main loop under NSLog(#"LOG ------------> Begin tile loop ");...
-(void)buildFromImage:(UIImage *)__image {
NSLog(#"LOG ------------> Begin Build ");
//if the __image is over 4096 width of 2992 height then we must resize it! (stop crashes ect)
if (__image.size.width > __image.size.height) {
if (__image.size.width > 4096) {
__image = [self resizeImage:__image toSize:CGSizeMake(4096, (__image.size.height * 4096 / __image.size.width))];
}
} else {
if (__image.size.height > 2992) {
__image = [self resizeImage:__image toSize:CGSizeMake((__image.size.width * 2992 / __image.size.height), 2992)];
}
}
//create preview image (if landscape, no more than 748 high... if portrait, no more than 1004 high) must keep scale
NSString *temp_archive_store = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:#"%#/%i-temp_imgdat.zip",NSTemporaryDirectory(),arc4random()];
NSString *temp_tile_store = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:#"%#/%i-temp_tilestore/",NSTemporaryDirectory(),arc4random()];
//create the temp dir for the tile store
[[NSFileManager defaultManager] createDirectoryAtPath:temp_tile_store withIntermediateDirectories:YES attributes:nil error:nil];
//create each tile and add it to the compressor once its made
//size of tile
CGSize tile_size = CGSizeMake(256, 256);
//the scales that we will be generating the tiles too
NSMutableArray *scales = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:[NSNumber numberWithInt:1000],[NSNumber numberWithInt:500],[NSNumber numberWithInt:250],[NSNumber numberWithInt:125], nil]; //scales to loop round over
NSLog(#"LOG ------------> Begin tile loop ");
#autoreleasepool {
//loop through the scales
for (NSNumber *scale in scales) {
//scale the image
UIImage *imageForScale = [self resizedImage:__image scale:[scale intValue]];
//calculate number of rows...
float rows = ceil(imageForScale.size.height/tile_size.height);
//calulate number of collumns
float cols = ceil(imageForScale.size.width/tile_size.width);
//loop through rows and cols
for (int row = 0; row < rows; row++) {
for (int col = 0; col < cols; col++) {
NSLog(#"LOG ------> Creating Tile (%i,%i,%i)",col,row,[scale intValue]);
//build name for tile...
NSString *tile_name = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#_%i_%i_%i.png",#"image",[scale intValue],col,row];
#autoreleasepool {
//build tile for this coordinate
UIImage *tile = [self tileForRow:row column:col size:tile_size image:imageForScale];
//convert image to png data
NSData *tile_data = UIImagePNGRepresentation(tile);
[tile_data writeToFile:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#%#",temp_tile_store,tile_name] atomically:YES];
}
}
}
}
}
}
Here are my resizing/cropping functions too as these could also be causing the issue..
-(UIImage *)resizeImage:(UIImage *)inImage toSize:(CGSize)scale {
#autoreleasepool {
CGImageRef inImageRef = [inImage CGImage];
CGColorSpaceRef clrRf = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGContextRef ctx = CGBitmapContextCreate(NULL, ceil(scale.width), ceil(scale.height), CGImageGetBitsPerComponent(inImageRef), CGImageGetBitsPerPixel(inImageRef)*ceil(scale.width), clrRf, kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedFirst );
CGColorSpaceRelease(clrRf);
CGContextDrawImage(ctx, CGRectMake(0, 0, scale.width, scale.height), inImageRef);
CGImageRef img = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(ctx);
UIImage *image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithCGImage:img scale:1 orientation:UIImageOrientationUp];
CGImageRelease(img);
CGContextRelease(ctx);
return image;
}
}
- (UIImage *)tileForRow: (int)row column: (int)col size: (CGSize)tileSize image: (UIImage*)inImage
{
#autoreleasepool {
//get the selected tile
CGRect subRect = CGRectMake(col*tileSize.width, row * tileSize.height, tileSize.width, tileSize.height);
CGImageRef inImageRef = [inImage CGImage];
CGImageRef tiledImage = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect(inImageRef, subRect);
UIImage *tileImage = [[UIImage alloc] initWithCGImage:tiledImage scale:1 orientation:UIImageOrientationUp];
CGImageRelease(tiledImage);
return tileImage;
}
}
Now I never use to be that good with memory management, so I did take the time to read up on it and also converted my project to ARC to see if that could address my issues (that was a while ago) but from the results i get after profiling it in instruments I must be doing something STUPIDLY wrong for the memory to leak as bad as it does but I just can't see what i'm doing wrong.
If anybody can point out anything I may be doing wrong it would be great!
Thanks
Liam
(let me know if you need more info)
I use "UIImage+Resize". Inside #autoreleasepool {} it works fine with ARC in a loop.
https://github.com/AliSoftware/UIImage-Resize
-(void)compress:(NSString *)fullPathToFile {
#autoreleasepool {
UIImage *fullImage = [[UIImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:fullPathToFile];
UIImage *compressedImage = [fullImage resizedImageByHeight:1024];
NSData *compressedData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(compressedImage, 75.0);
[compressedData writeToFile:fullPathToFile atomically:NO];
}
}

Best way to implement multiple levels within Objective-C roguelike?

I'm working on a roguelike using Objective-C/Cocoa to learn more. I've gotten most of the basic functionality out of the way, but I still have one problem I've been trying to figure out.
Here's a breakdown of the process:
First, the map is loaded:
NSString* mapPath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:mapFileName ofType:mapFileType];
NSURL* mapURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath: mapPath];
currentMap_ = [[Map alloc] initWithContentsOfURL: mapURL];
worldArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
itemArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
[self populateMap];
return;
Then, in the populateMap function, it goes through each cell of the loaded map, using NSPoints and a loop, and creates objects based on the data from the map in WorldArray. For items, normal floor is put in where the item is, and an item is then made in itemArray. Both arrays are 30x30, as determined by the height of the map.
Here is the populateMap code:
- (void)populateMap
{
NSPoint location;
for ( location.y = 0; location.y < [currentMap_ height]; location.y++ )
{
for ( location.x = 0; location.x < [currentMap_ width]; location.x++ )
{
char mapData = [currentMap_ dataAtLocation: location];
for ( GameObject *thisObject in worldDictionary )
{
//NSLog(#"char: <%c>", [thisObject single]);
if ( mapData == [thisObject single])
{
NSString* world = [thisObject className];
//NSLog(#"(%#) object created",thisObject);
[self spawnObject:world atLocation:location];
}
}
for ( Item *thisObject in itemDictionary )
{
//NSLog(#"char: <%c>", [thisObject single]);
if ( mapData == [thisObject single] )
{
NSString* item = [thisObject className];
NSString* floor = [NormalFloor className];
//NSLog(#"(%#) object created",thisObject);
[self spawnItem:item atLocation:location];
[self spawnObject:floor atLocation:location];
}
}
if ( mapData == '1'
&& [player_ stepsTaken] <= 0)
{
//NSLog(#"player spawned at (%f, %f)",location.x,location.y);
player_ = [[Player alloc] initAtLocation: location];
}
if ( mapData == '1' )
{
//NSLog(#"floor created at (%f, %f)",location.x,location.y);
[worldArray addObject:[[NormalFloor alloc] initAtLocation: location]];
}
}
}
[self setNeedsDisplay:YES];
}
This is what is called when things are spawned:
- (void)spawnObject: (NSString*) object atLocation: (NSPoint) location
{
//NSLog(#"(%#) object created",thisObject);
[worldArray addObject:[[NSClassFromString(object) alloc] initAtLocation: location]];
}
- (void)spawnItem: (NSString*) item atLocation: (NSPoint) location
{
//NSLog(#"(%#) object created",thisObject);
[itemArray addObject:[[NSClassFromString(item) alloc] initAtLocation: location]];
}
worldArray and itemArray are what the game works on from that moment onwards, including the drawing. The player is inside of worldArray as well. I'm considering splitting the player into another array of characterArray, to make it easier when I add things like monsters in the not so distant future.
Now, when I load a new level, I had first considered methods like saving them to data and loading them later, or some sort of savestate function. Then I came to the realization that I would need to be able to get to everything at the same time, because things can still happen outside of the player's current scope, including being chased by monsters for multiple floors, and random teleports. So basically, I need to figure out a good way to store worldArray and itemArray in a way that I will be able to have levels of them, starting from 0 and going onward. I do need a savestate function, but there's no point touching that until I have this done, as you shouldn't actually be allowed to save your game in roguelikes.
So to reiterate, I need to have one set of these arrays per level, and I need to store them in a way that is easy for me to use. A system of numbers going from 0-upward are fine, but if I could use something more descriptive like a map name, that would be much better in the long run.
I've figured out my problem, I'm using an NSMutableDictionary for each and storing them with the keys that correspond to each level. Works like a charm. Bigger problems elsewhere now.
I figured it out, I'm using NSMutableDictionaries, one for each array (objects, items, eventually characters). They're stored using the name of the level. Works like a charm.