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Posted by agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points

SpaceCat Scores

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Anyone experiencing freezing after about 39000?

Anyway My top score is 43300 posted the pick via twitter account.

4 Answers

Eliot Winchell
Eliot Winchell
8,341 Points
Eliot Winchell
Eliot Winchell
8,341 Points

Mine was freezing a lot quicker at around 10,000 for some reason, it's an iPhone 5 but it runs 3D games so well

agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points

I have the 5s. I'm going through the course now. As soon as I complete it. I plan on debugging it.

Eliot Winchell
Eliot Winchell
8,341 Points

Aaron Ackerman Did you ever find out what the bug is? I finished the course, I have no idea what's causing the frame rate drops. I dropped the settings a ton for the particles/explosions. I have a feeling that Amit Bijlani is trying to teach us something and did this on purpose haha

Eliot Winchell
Eliot Winchell
8,341 Points

Aaron Ackerman Think I may have found the solution! In the "createDebrisAtPosition" method in the GamePlayScene implementation, I dropped the randomWithMin to 3 and the max to 10, and the game is a lot smoother. I think there were some collisions that randomly produces 20 nodes of debris and if those go off at the same time it causes lag.

agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points

Hi Eliot, I was going to post this along with some of the other changes I made to the game. createDebrisAtPosition is the reason behind the game freezing up. Looks like you found the answer too. : ) I also have been playing with a fade out effect it looks really cool but does not help with the issue lol. 

-(void) createDebrisAtPoition:(CGPoint)position {

    NSInteger numberOfPiceces = [MavUtil randomWithMin:5 max:20];


    for (int i=0; i < numberOfPiceces; i++) {
        NSInteger randomPiece = [MavUtil randomWithMin:1 max:4];
        NSString *imageName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"debri_%ld",randomPiece];

        SKSpriteNode *debris = [SKSpriteNode spriteNodeWithImageNamed:imageName];
        debris.position = position;
        [self addChild:debris];

        debris.physicsBody = [SKPhysicsBody bodyWithRectangleOfSize:debris.frame.size];
        debris.physicsBody.categoryBitMask = MavCollisionCategoryDebris;
        debris.physicsBody.collisionBitMask = MavCollisionCategoryGround | MavCollisionCategoryDebris;
        debris.name = @"Debris";

        debris.physicsBody.velocity = CGVectorMake([MavUtil randomWithMin:-150 max:150], [MavUtil randomWithMin:150 max:350]);

//add this line below! 
        [debris runAction:[SKAction fadeOutWithDuration:2.7] completion:^{

            [debris removeFromParent];
        }];

    }
agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points
agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points

Tip: Try adding Sleep before the restart text appears. This gives the user a chance to see his or her score before trying again.

-(void) performAnimation {
    SKLabelNode *label = (SKLabelNode*)[self childNodeWithName:@"GameOver"];
    label.xScale = 0;
    label.yScale = 0;
    SKAction *scaleup = [SKAction scaleTo:1.2f duration:0.75f];
    SKAction *scaleDown = [SKAction scaleTo:0.9f duration:0.25f];

    SKAction *run = [SKAction runBlock:^{
        SKLabelNode *touchToRestart = [SKLabelNode labelNodeWithFontNamed:@"Futura-CondensedExtraBold"];
        touchToRestart.text = @"Touch to try Again!";
        touchToRestart.fontSize = 24;
        touchToRestart.fontColor = [SKColor redColor];
        touchToRestart.position = CGPointMake(label.position.x, label.position.y-40);

         sleep(1.0); // Add this line here 
        [self addChild:touchToRestart];


    }];
agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points
agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points

Change the text color based on score: 

-(void) addPoints:(NSInteger)points {
    self.score += points;

    SKLabelNode *scoreLabel = (SKLabelNode*)[self childNodeWithName:@"Score"];
    scoreLabel.text = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%ld",(long)self.score];

//Add the if statement and adjust the score 
    if (self.score < 100) {
        scoreLabel.fontColor = [SKColor redColor];
    }

}
agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points
agreatdaytocode
agreatdaytocode
24,757 Points

How to move the background!

It's not as awesome as I thought it would be but it does add some extra animation to the game. 

//GamePlayScence.m

SKSpriteNode *background =[SKSpriteNode spriteNodeWithImageNamed:@"background_1"];
        background.position = CGPointMake(CGRectGetMidX(self.frame), CGRectGetMidY(self.frame));
        SKAction *moveBackGroundRight = [SKAction moveByX:7 y:1 duration:2.5];
        SKAction *moveBackGroundLeft = [SKAction moveByX:-7 y:-1 duration:1.5];
        SKAction *moveDown =[SKAction moveByX:0 y:8 duration:1];
        SKAction *moveUp = [SKAction moveByX:0 y:-8 duration:0.7];
        SKAction *moveAround = [SKAction group:@[moveBackGroundRight,moveBackGroundLeft,moveUp,moveDown]];
        SKAction *moveForever = [SKAction repeatActionForever:moveAround];

        [background runAction:moveForever];

        [self addChild:background];