Custom SKSpriteNode not detected during touch

Question

In learning SpriteKit, I am trying to make a small adventure game. I am creating a hero, and adding it to the scene, and then later, during touchesBegan:, I det

Answer 1

Here are some example ways to subclass your Hero

SKNode

Subclass an SKNode this method requires your node to monitor for touches, hence the self.userInteractionEnabled property.

@implementation HeroSprite

- (id) init {
    if (self = [super init]) {
        [self setUpHeroDetails];
        self.userInteractionEnabled = YES;
    }
    return self;
}

-(void) setUpHeroDetails
{
    self.name = @"heroNode";
    SKSpriteNode *heroImage = [SKSpriteNode spriteNodeWithImageNamed:@"Spaceship"];
    [self addChild:heroImage];
}


-(void)touchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event
{
    UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
    CGPoint locationA = [touch locationInNode:self];
    CGPoint locationB = [touch locationInNode:self.parent];
    NSLog(@"Hit at, %@ %@", NSStringFromCGPoint(locationA), NSStringFromCGPoint(locationB));
}

@end

SKSpriteNode

The other "easier" way, if you just want to subclass a SKSpriteNode. This will work essentially the same as you are use to (before you wanted to subclass your Hero). So your touchesBegan, as set up in your question will work.

@implementation HeroSprite

- (id) init {
    if (self = [super init]) {
        self = [HeroSprite spriteNodeWithImageNamed:@"Spaceship"];
        [self setUpHeroDetails];

    }
    return self;
}

-(void) setUpHeroDetails {
    self.name = @"heroNode";
}

@end