ColorLayer anchorPoint is being ignored

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ColorLayer anchorPoint is being ignored

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Started 2 years ago by Clain
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Clain
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I'm creating a 200x100 ColorLayer like this :
ColorLayer *cl = [ColorLayer layerWithColor:ccc4(127, 127, 0, 127) width:200 height:100];
If I print its contentSize in an NSLog, it reports 200x100 as expected.

But the layer uses ccp(0, 0) as its anchorPoint. No matter if I try to change it, it's always drawn as if the anchor point was in (0, 0). I've seen a couple of posts reporting similar problems :
- this one : Anchor point works with TextureNode but ignored by CocosNode subclasses
- and this one : TileMapAtlas vs TMXTiledMap anchor points (with related issue 508)

In both cases, the issue was solved by setting manually the correct contentSize (because the layer had a content size of 0x0). But in my case, the color layer already has a correct contentSize, so I'm thinking this may be a bug. I'm using one of the latest SVN revisions.

What do you think ?

Posted 2 years ago #
Codemattic
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Layers are set up to ignore the anchorPoint, what if after the ColorLayer initializes you set:

myColorLayer.relativeAnchorPoint = YES;

Posted 2 years ago #
Clain
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If I set relativeAnchorPoint to YES it works like a charm. Thanks for your insight ! I'm working on an update of Prison Breaker, I'm redoing all the menus with cocos. It will be much faster to load compared to the UIKit (and IB) stuff. The level selection screen will be slightly different (I took some of your remarks into account) and will allow me to easily add extra levels later.

Posted 2 years ago #
Codemattic
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<-- doing the happy dance! More PB levels (someday, hopefully!)

Posted 2 years ago #
Codemattic
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How about a new kind of block thats a shock absorber, which lets you fall safely from any height? Maybe bars that could be climbed like a ladder if vertical, or traversed hand-over-hand monkey-bars style if horizontal? Maybe a level partially submerged - so you can only hold your breath for limited time while under water, but changing gravity changes which part is submerged... and the blocks float, so now they move up instead of falling down?

Posted 2 years ago #
Codemattic
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ok I may of gone a little overboard - that sounds like a lot of work - just throwing some ideas out there.

Posted 2 years ago #
Clain
Member

And yet another thread hijacked by Prison Breaker. Dear Codemattic, as a moderator, is this really serious ? (and what about the EDIT button ?)

[ just kidding ;) ]

Would you be surprised if I tell you that most of your ideas were originally planned to be in the game but couldn't make it because development was already behind schedule ? Water level was supposed to be "Prison 4", horizontal bars were supposed to be there (and you could have rotated around them by rotating the device). No vertical bar but a grappling hook...

I really like your idea of a shock absorber block. But don't be too excited, as I said, I'm "just" working on the menus. And when I add extra levels, it will be levels in existing prisons, with identical gameplay. But if I ever have the opportunity to make "Prison Breaker 2" (with cocos this time), I'll try to include as many ideas as possible. But for now, there are no such plans.

Posted 2 years ago #
Codemattic
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as a moderator, occasional threadjacking is one of the *perks*! OK enough, Ill stop now.

Posted 2 years ago #

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