Category: Programming

Getting screenshot of currently showing scene: Size s= Director::getInstance()->getWinSize(); auto rt= RenderTexture::create(s.width, s.height, Texture2D::PixelFormat::RGBA8888); rt->begin(); Director::getInstance()->getRunningScene()->visit(); rt->end(); Creating a sprite

From: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7997636/disable-warnings-in-xcode-from-frameworks Set “Inhibit All Warnings” to “Yes” in Build Settings of libcocos2d iOS  target.

In cocos2d-x, PLIST file can be more easily used than normal XML files as following: FileUtils* util= FileUtils::getInstance(); std::string path=

At cocos2d-x version 3.3 experimental::AudioEngine  was introduced and multiple background scores can be played. In addition to that, AudioEngine can call a

Following MACRO can make different behavior between iOS and Android: #if (CC_TARGET_PLATFORM == CC_PLATFORM_ANDROID) #define MUSIC_FILE “background.ogg” #else #define MUSIC_FILE “background.caf”

Instead of cocos2d::MenuItemSprite , you can use cocos2d::ui::Button  when you need to specify an action/event other than the button press released.

from: Cocos2d-x Cookbook by Akihito Matsuura (Packt Publishing, 2015) With Bitmap font label, each character sprite can be accessed via

To pause a game scene, cocos2d::Director::pushScene can be used. The old scene would be suspended and when the new scene is popped