Merge all SKSpriteNode children into a single SKSpriteNode

Question

How can I take an SKSpriteNode and all its child SKSpriteNodes and merge them down into a single flattened SKSpriteNode with no children?

Thanks.

CodeSmile · Answer 1 · 2014-09-27T14:52:41.873

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Create a texture of the node and create a new sprite from that texture:

SKTexture* tex = [self.scene.view textureFromNode:parentSprite];
SKSpriteNode* newSprite = [SKSpriteNode spriteNodeWithTexture:tex];

PS: be sure not to run this in init otherwise self.view will be nil.

edited Sep 27 '14 at 14:52

answered Sep 27 '14 at 14:15

CodeSmile

What is self in your example? – Newt-7 Sep 27 '14 at 14:34
the node you run this code in, could be the scene or the parentSprite or just some other node subclass that has access to the combined sprite's parent node – CodeSmile Sep 27 '14 at 14:40
I can't see a view property on SKSpriteNode...? – Newt-7 Sep 27 '14 at 14:50
sorry, it should be self.scene.view – CodeSmile Sep 27 '14 at 14:52
I can't get this working! The texture is set and has the expected size but nothing appears when I add it. Other nodes do appear. – Newt-7 Sep 27 '14 at 15:56

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