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

Sadly, this problem persists in Xcode10. If you are using custom classes, either directly or as the parent node, the easiest way to fix this is to add self.isPaused = false to the init?(coder aDecoder: NSCoder) method of your custom class.