Xcode 9.1 (and 9.2) - Referenced sprites are not executing Actions added in Scene Editor

Question

I have come across some unexpected behaviour when using the SpriteKit Scene Editor, and wonder if anyone else is having the same issue.

I created a sprite in a scene

Answer 1

I had this same problem and it was driving me crazy. I tried setting the .isPaused on the scene and on the individual sprites. Nothing worked except the insert breakpoint method. That is not a solution.

What I discovered was if I set the is paused to true and false (which is the value I wanted) then it worked for all the sprites.

 override func didMove(to view: SKView) {
    self.isPaused = true
    self.isPaused = false
}

This is a pretty annoying bug in scene editor that should be fixed.