Sprite Kit animateWithTextures lags

Question

I\'m using texture atlases in my Sprite Kit game. I\'m creating SKTextureAtlas object and store it\'s textures in array for each animation. So when I need some

Answer 1

I am sure there are few ways to get around this. What you need to do is to preload an atlases before your gameplay actually start. Just show a loading screen at the beginning of the game and preload your atlases.

You may try with + preloadTextureAtlases:withCompletionHandler:

[SKTextureAtlas preloadTextureAtlases:textureAtlasesArray withCompletionHandler:^{ /*Game Start*/}];

Another way to implement resource loading before everything else (and keep everything in memory) is described here in Adventure game example

For more details about loading assets asynchronously take a peek into code which can be downloaded from the link above.