Cocos2D: Multiple actions: CCMoveTo CCAnimate

Question

I don´t understand, I absolutely cannot get this to work, I want a sequence of actions that plays an animation and moves the sprite using the CCAnimate ans CCMoveTo classes. Is there a bug or something special about these classes, cause it will not move nor animate when stringing it together in a CCSequence of actions like this.

    action = [CCSequence actions:
                              [CCMoveTo actionWithDuration:moveDuration position:touchLocation],
                              [CCAnimate actionWithAnimation:self.walkingAnim],
                              [CCCallFunc actionWithTarget:self selector:@selector(objectMoveEnded)], nil];
 [self runAction:action];

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any update on solving your problem? – nzs May 10 '13 at 05:41 — nzs, May 10 '13 at 05:41

nzs · Answer 1 · 2013-05-08T22:51:30.683

If you want the move and animate action to run paralel you can use:

Option1: use CCSpawn instead of a CCSequence. CCSequence is needed because you would like to call a function after completion.

id action = [CCSpawn actions:
                              [CCMoveTo actionWithDuration:moveDuration position:touchLocation],
                              [CCAnimate actionWithAnimation:self.walkingAnim], 
                               nil];

id seq = [CCSequence actions:
                              action,
                              [CCCallFunc actionWithTarget:self selector:@selector(objectMoveEnded)], 
                               nil];

[self runAction:seq];

Option2: just add any action multiple times and will be run in paralel. Because of the func-call a CCSequence again needed:

id action = [CCSequence actions:
                              [CCMoveTo actionWithDuration:moveDuration position:touchLocation],
                              [CCCallFunc actionWithTarget:self selector:@selector(objectMoveEnded)], 
                               nil];
[self runAction:action];
[self runAction:[CCAnimate actionWithAnimation:self.walkingAnim]];

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 08 '13 at 21:18

What this sequence does is:

move self to the destination
once arrived at destination, play the walking animation
when the walk animation is finished, run the selector

I bet you meant to run the move and animate actions separately and at the same time (each with their own call to runAction) and not within a sequence.

Cocos2D: Multiple actions: CCMoveTo CCAnimate

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