cocos2d for iPhone

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   mryan
   Member

   I am rather unfamiliar with Xcode, and would like to know the best way to setup Cocos2D for the iPhone.

   This may seem like a silly questions, but is there a particular hard drive location where I should extract the Cocos2D archive? Should this be under a user path somewhere, or in the Applications folder?

   Currently, I have the contents of the archive in my Downloads folder, but I don't want to keep it there.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   hanstar17
   Member

   It doesn't matter where you put them, because whenever you use cocos2d, you copy all the files into your project, not just refferencing them.

   So, I'm keeping them in my downloads lol..

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   mryan
   Member

   That's good to know. Thanks!

   Posted 2 years ago #
4. 

   hanstar17
   Member

   Moreover, which means you even can modify some of the files fit to your project! Good to know this, too!

   Posted 2 years ago #
5. 

   Clain
   Member

   @hanstar17 :
   I don't recommend modifying cocos files directly. Because it will be a big mess when/if you want to upgrade to a newer version later. Instead use subclasses or categories and save that in your own files (separate from the cocos sources). See this post for an example.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   hanstar17
   Member

   Thanks. There is where my thought didn't reach. I will definitely read it later.

   Posted 2 years ago #
7. 

   dbolli
   Member

   Also you might like to have a look at the "How to reference cocos2d instead of copying it into your project" article in http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/wiki/doku.php/resources:iphone_recommended_reading. I use this method and find it saves me a lot of time given the (much appreciated) frequency of cocos2d releases.

   I keep my cocos2d-iphone folder at the same level as my projects e.g.
   ~/dev/Xcode-src/cocos2d-iphone-0.8.1-beta
   [...]
   ~/dev/Xcode-src/my-project-iphone
   [...]

   Posted 2 years ago #

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