Anyone have any suggestions for getting CoCos2d to do the button effects on the free amazing breaker game? I really like how when you hit the play button the particles flash across the screen but I am not exactly sure how to implement the effect. Thanks

@bitfool
Branch was removed, cause there was too much regressions & problems. Look at my previous post: http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/forum/topic/20903#post-116658
Inertial scrolling doesn't work as expected, so there was no pros - only cons - and i decided if such functionality must be added to CCMenuAdvanced - then it must be developed from scratch, without using that branch.

Code posted by Jamorn is still here on forum - so everyone could use it, but for extensions i would like better solution.

Not sure if I'm following you on this. menuGoodByeT is a background for the buttons? Do the other buttons work if you remove it from the menu?
If it's a background for the buttons, why don't you just add it as a sprite behind the menu using the z-order property. I'm not sure you can vary the z-order within a menu so there could be a conflict when you have overlapping CGRect receiving touches.

anyone ?

any idea of how do display the menu sheet that behinds the buttons, But not as a sprite ?

if i add it as a menuItem, it is above my buttons and i cant see them OR i cant push them- as i wrote here .

this is very strange that there is no menu instance to the menu sheet that behinds the buttons.

i know what the problem is now , but cant understand how to solve that.

the menuGoodByeT is the image sheet which all the buttons is setting on- and they are in the same position.
menuB,tryAgainB are the buttons.

if i do:

menu = [CCMenu menuWithItems:menuGoodByeT,menuB,tryAgainB, nil];

i can see the buttons and the image that under them but they dont work.

if i do :

menu = [CCMenu menuWithItems:menuB,tryAgainB, menuGoodByeT,nil];

so the buttons are under the menuGoodByeT image BUT THEY ARE WORKING ! (but i cant see them)

so what can i do to add an image menu , which above it will be the button ???

every menu have an image under the buttons, and cocos just doesnt let me put an image under them because then they are not working !

how can i do that ?

thanks .

Hello
1:
menu = [CCMenu menuWithItems: menuB,tryAgainB, menuGoodByeT, nil];
(no menu object in list and all elements on it), but you correct it in second post.
2:
Just for test replace in one element selectedImage with different file, and check if even touch is received by menu object (maybe is covered by other layer)
3:
You call methods with parameters (: - after name) can you post code of one of method witch is used as selector for menu item?

on the menu i wasnt copy it right , and i have:

menu = [CCMenu menuWithItems:menuGoodByeT,menuB,tryAgainB, nil];

still doesnt work.

buttons and menu are on screen but nothing happen when buttons pushed:

'
CCMenuItemImage *menuB = [CCMenuItemImage itemFromNormalImage:@"menuB.png" selectedImage:@"menuB.png" target:self selector:@selector(goMenu:)];
CCMenuItemImage *tryAgainB = [CCMenuItemImage itemFromNormalImage:@"tryAgainB.png" selectedImage:@"tryAgainB.png" target:self selector:@selector(tryAgain:)];
CCMenuItemImage *menuGoodByeT = [CCMenuItemImage itemFromNormalImage:@"menu.png" selectedImage:@"menu.png" target:self selector:@selector(nothing:)];

menuB.position=ccp(-65,-40);
tryAgainB.position=ccp(15,-40);

menu = [CCMenu menuWithItems:menu,menuB,tryAgainB, nil];
menu.isTouchEnabled = YES;
[self addChild: menu];
'

yes, the method is having : id sender .
whats wrong with this menus ?? it some how always has problems.

Stepan,
Could you comment further on this thread? The github link is missing, and there's a comment on issue 68 that the branch for adding non-MenuItem children has been removed... but no reason why. Has this functionality been incorporated into CCMenuAdvanced? Not clear (to me) from the README.md for CCMenuAdvanced.

I've got it working, it was down to me not giving a variable in

-(void)startGameLabel:(id)sender
{
	gameScene2 = [gameScene2 node];
	[[CCDirector sharedDirector]replaceScene:gameScene2];
}

In places, the variable *gs was needed.
Oops :S

Ta :) It runs, but it now 'SIGABRT's on this line.
I've 'imported' the .h files at the top of all files I think need it.
The scenes I've got are GameLayer and MainMenuScene.

I'm confused :S

Look at your delegate class, and change the line which contains "runWithScene". Point it to your main menu scene.

Thanks! It runs now, but not how I want it to...
It starts running the game first, and not the main menu. I know I have to point it to the scene, but how?

The implementation context is anything between the @implementation and @end

@implementation
...
context is everything here
...
@end

Move the @synthesize line to below @implementation MainMenuLayer, and you are good to go. Btw, you don't have to redeclare isTouchEnabled, as CCLayer has it already.

I've got an error message in my app, which is: '@synthesize property must be in implementation context'
It is declared in my .h file, and I've done lots of googling. Why isn't it working?

Here is my code (.m file):

#import "MainMenuScene.h"

@implementation MainMenuScene

-(id)init
{
	self = [super init];
	if (self != nil)
	{
		[self addChild:[MainMenuLayer node]];
	}
	return self;
}

-(void)dealloc
{
	[super dealloc];
}

@end

@synthesize isTouchEnabled,gameScene2; //error is here :/

@implementation MainMenuLayer

-(id)init
{
	if((self = [super init]))
	{
		isTouchEnabled = YES;

		CCSprite * menuBackground = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:@"menuBackground.png"];
		[menuBackground setPosition:ccp(240,160)];
		[self addChild:menuBackground];

		CCLabelBMFont * startGameLabel = [CCLabelBMFont labelWithString:@"Start Game" fntFile:@"menuFont.fnt"];

		CCLabelBMFont * optionsLabel = [CCLabelBMFont labelWithString:@"Options" fntFile:@"menuFont.fnt"];

		CCLabelBMFont * aboutLabel = [CCLabelBMFont labelWithString:@"About" fntFile:@"menuFont.fnt"];

		[startGameLabel setColor:ccRED];
		[optionsLabel setColor:ccRED];
		[aboutLabel setColor:ccRED];

		CCMenuItemLabel * menu = [CCMenu menuWithItems:startGameLabel,optionsLabel,aboutLabel,nil];
		[menu alignItemsVerticallyWithPadding:5];
		[self addChild:menu];
		[menu setPosition:ccp(240,120)];
	}
	return self;
}

-(void)startGameLabel:(id)sender
{
	gameScene2 = [gameScene2 node];
	[[CCDirector sharedDirector]replaceScene:gameScene2];
}

-(void)optionsLabel:(id)sender
{

}

-(void)aboutLabel:(id)sender
{

}

-(void)dealloc
{
	[super dealloc];
}

@end

And my .h file:

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import "cocos2d.h"

@interface MainMenuScene : CCScene
{

}

@end 

@interface MainMenuLayer : CCLayer
{
	BOOL isTouchEnabled;
	CCScene * gameScene2;
}

@property(readwrite, assign)BOOL isTouchEnabled;
@property(nonatomic, retain)CCScene * gameScene2;

@end

Thanks

roko, I had the same problem because I wanted to detect not only the clicked menu items but also swipes with origin on that items (via ccTouchesMoved:).
To be able to detect the touch events:

• ccTouchesBegan:
• ccTouchesMoved:
• ccTouchesEnded:

I had to extend CCMenu and override registerWithTouchDispatcher: since it was "swalling" all events!
Here you have the code:

// Configures menu to keep trowing touch events BUT not swallow them.
  -(void) registerWithTouchDispatcher
  {
  	[[CCTouchDispatcher sharedDispatcher] addTargetedDelegate:self priority:kCCMenuTouchPriority swallowsTouches:NO];
  }

I've started by just changing "swallowsTouches:YES" to "swallowsTouches:NO" in the "CCMenu.m" source code, but I recommend you to do not change the Cocos2d sources, since that can generate other side effects if you have other menus.

Create a CCLayer, add the CCBatchNode to the layer, probably with z:0, and then add the CCMenu to the CCLayer instead of the CCBatchNode, probably with z:1.

From my research the answer is no. Can someone confirm this. If I can't do this, is there any way I can layer the menu to be in between the sprites in the sprite batch?

Hi,

I am trying to make a menu see through.

radioMenu.opacity = 0;

When I try this I get told opacity is a readonly fielld and cannot be set.

Same goes for

((CCMenuItem*) settings).opacity = 0;
or
[(CCMenuItem*)settings setOpacity: 0];

How do I make a menu item images opacity 50?

I am trying to implement a pause button on the screen to pause and resume.

The pause button is on the Hud Layer.

Thanks

Shane

to avoid compiler warning you should add (id<CCRGBAProtocol>) to getter too:

- (GLubyte)opacity {
	for (CCNode *node in [self children]) {
		if ([node conformsToProtocol:@protocol(CCRGBAProtocol)]) {
			return [(id<CCRGBAProtocol>)node opacity];
		}
	}
	return 255;
}

Found it!

grapeDD.tag = 2;
rockDD.tag = 3;

Then just check tags.

Say I have 2 buttons, and they both call highlightAmmo:
How would I check to see which button was pressed?

grapeDD = [CCMenuItemSprite
				 itemFromNormalSprite:[CCSprite spriteWithSpriteFrameName:@"grapeDD.png"]
				 selectedSprite:[CCSprite spriteWithSpriteFrameName:@"grapeDD.png"]
				 target:self
				 selector:@selector(highlightAmmo:)];

rockDD = [CCMenuItemSprite
				 itemFromNormalSprite:[CCSprite spriteWithSpriteFrameName:@"rockDD.png"]
				 selectedSprite:[CCSprite spriteWithSpriteFrameName:@"rockDD.png"]
				 target:self
				 selector:@selector(highlightAmmo:)];

- (void) highlightAmmo: (CCMenuItem  *) menuItem {
NSLog(@"Ammo highlighted");
}

I just unschedule the main update selector (tick in my case) and reschedule it after the show menu
layer exits.

SuperSuRaccoon, super, thanks!
Thanks to all.

I have found http://pocketworx.com/?p=182

Check out the post on my site:

http://www.supersuraccoon-cocos2d.com/2011/03/29/pauseresume-actionsschedulers-of-cclayer-and-its-children/

http://www.supersuraccoon-cocos2d.com/2011/10/16/common-pauselayer-demo/

hope this help :)

[[CCDirector sharedDirector] pause];
This stop all.
But how stop only actions in "Game Scene"? Actions in Menu must work.

u create a new node at the top of the main layer and pause every single actions at main main layer.

The menu would be a new layer you add to the current scene.

Hi.
I have "game scene" with actions.
I need stop "game scene" actions, and show menu.

Like on image:

What the best way to do this?
Sorry, if question very stupid, I'm novice in cocos2d and gamedev.