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I've noticed that animations have a name e.g. CCAnimation *animation = [CCAnimation animationWithName:@"dance" delay:0.2f frames:animFrames];
What thats supposed to be used for? I've never seen any code that makes use of the name property, and since one would usually then use CCAnimate to launch the animation (and possibly use a tag with the action) I'm confused what its supposed to be used for.
chrisco
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Hey @hactor - I actually wondered that myself, until I found these two methods of CCSprite:
/** returns an Animation given it's name. */
-(CCAnimation*)animationByName: (NSString*) animationName;
/** adds an Animation to the Sprite. */
-(void) addAnimation: (CCAnimation*) animation;So when you create an animation, you can add it to a sprite using [yourSprite addAnimation:walkAnimation];. Then later on, when you want to use that animation, you can retrieve it easily by calling [yourSprite animationByName:@"walk_animation"]. I'm guessing it's there as a way of retaining your animations without having to store it outside of your sprite.
I'd almost prefer that it stored a CCAnimate action, though, so that you wouldn't have to build an action around the returned animation and then run it on the sprite. Actually, what would be handy is an -addAction:(id)action withName:(NSString *)name method for CCNode, coupled with a -runActionWithName:(NSString *)name method. That way you could build an action, pass it to your sprite for later use, and run it easily by calling its name later on...
@christo: Thanks for those function names.
I'm still puzzled about what one would actually use it for. I can understand why one might need a CCAnimate (e.g. to remove the action from the sprite to stop the animation, but why would I need to pull out the CCAnimation from a sprite?
@hactar You can add animation to sprite, and then use it to display different images (frames) for a sprite. You don't have to animate it at all, just use it as container. So you can use it like this for example:
[mySprite setDisplayFrame:@"my animation" index:0];to display 1st frame of the animation
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