Cannot Position Instance of Subclass of CCSprite - objective-c

Question

I'm not terribly new to Objective-C, but I can't figure out this issue. I'm attempting to create an instance of a subclass of CCSprite that I made, but it always creates the instance at (0,0), and I can't move it. I've set up my code so that it parses a .txt file in which I put level information, and then it creates sprites based on that information.
Here's the code that initializes the sprite:
-(void)initLevel{
NSLog(#"Level %i is of length %i", lvlNum, [FileReader getLengthOfLevel:[FileReader getStartOfLevel:lvlNum atPath:lvlPack] atPath:lvlPack]);
CCSprite *spriteToMake;
int start = [FileReader getStartOfLevel:lvlNum atPath:lvlPack];
int length = [FileReader getLengthOfLevel:start atPath:lvlPack];
NSString *tmp = [FileReader getLineFromFile:lvlPack byIndex:start];
NSArray *tmpArray = [tmp componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
NSMutableArray *tmpArray2 = [tmpArray mutableCopy];
[tmpArray2 removeObject:#""];
requiredLinks = [(NSString*)[tmpArray2 objectAtIndex:2] intValue];
[tmpArray2 release];
for(int i = start + 1; i <= start + length; i++){
NSString *line = [FileReader getLineFromFile:lvlPack byIndex:i];
int x = 0;
int y = 0;
NSArray *temp = [line componentsSeparatedByCharactersInSet:[NSCharacterSet whitespaceAndNewlineCharacterSet]];
NSMutableArray *temp2 = [temp mutableCopy];
[temp2 removeObject:#""];
//Determine the type of sprite
if([(NSString*)[temp2 objectAtIndex:0] isEqualToString:#"Basic_Sprite"]){
spriteToMake = [BasicLink sprite];
}else if([(NSString*)[temp2 objectAtIndex:0] isEqualToString:#"Big_Sprite"]){
spriteToMake = [BasicLink spriteWithFile:#"Big_Link.png"];
}else{
spriteToMake = nil;
}
//Create the sprite
if(spriteToMake != nil){
x = [(NSString*)[temp2 objectAtIndex:1] intValue];
y = [(NSString*)[temp2 objectAtIndex:2] intValue];
spriteToMake.position = ccp(x, y);
NSLog(#"%#", spriteToMake);
[self addChild:spriteToMake];
[spriteToMake setUpdate];
}else{
NSLog(#"Sprite set to NULL");
}
NSLog(#"%i, %i, %i", x, y, [temp2 count]);
[temp2 release];
}
}
And here's the subclass' header:
#interface BasicLink : CCSprite{
CGPoint position;
CGPoint movement;
int explosionRadius, width, height;
CCScene *sceneIn;
}
#property (assign)CGPoint pos, movement;
#property (assign)int explosionRadius, width, height;
#property (assign)CCScene* sceneIn;
+(CCSprite*)sprite;
+(CCSprite*)spriteAtX:(int)x atY: (int)y;
-(void)die;
-(void)explode;
-(void)updateSprite;
-(CGRect)getBounds;
-(void)setUpdate;
-(void)move:(int)x, int(y);
#end
And here's the part of the subclass that initializes the sprite:
#implementation BasicLink
#synthesize position, movement, explosionRadius, sceneIn, width, height;
+(CCSprite*)sprite{
return [BasicLink spriteWithFile:#"Basic_Link.png"];
}
Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Here's an obvious problem:
-(void)move:(int)x, int(y);
In C, the comma is an operator. The compiler interprets this statement as this method declaration:
- (void)move:(int)x
I'm not entirely certain what it's doing with int(y); it's possibly treating it as a C function declaration. In any case, it isn't part of the method declaration.
Your move declaration should look like this:
- (void)moveToX:(int)x andY:(int)y;
Another minor mistake is the return type of your class methods:
+(CCSprite*)sprite{
return [BasicLink spriteWithFile:#"Basic_Link.png"];
}
That should be:
+ (BasicLink *)sprite{
return [BasicLink spriteWithFile:#"Basic_Link.png"];
}
That's probably not your problem here, though.