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Posted by James Brown
James Brown
2,095 Points

Can't set Velocity in Swift

Below is an Enemy node in Sprite Kit, in Swift. I have set the velocity for the node, but when it spawns there is no movement. Xcode is giving me no errors, is there something I'm doing wrong here?

class Enemy: SKSpriteNode {

    init(imageNamed: String) {

        let imageTexture = SKTexture(imageNamed: imageNamed)
        super.init(texture: imageTexture, color: nil, size: imageTexture.size())

        self.name = "Enemy"

        self.physicsBody = SKPhysicsBody(rectangleOfSize: imageTexture.size())
        self.physicsBody?.dynamic = false
        self.physicsBody?.velocity = CGVectorMake(10.0,10.0)

    }
}
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James Brown
James Brown
2,095 Points

Turns out I needed to have

self.physicsBody?.dynamic = true

and instead have

self.physicsBody?.affectedByGravity = false