In Cocos2d documents it is written that it is not a good idea to use NSTimer. Why is it not recommended to use NSTimer. I know there is a schedule method of Cocos2d.
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In Cocos2d documents it is written that it is not a good idea to use NSTimer. Why is it not recommended to use NSTimer. I know there is a schedule method of Cocos2d.
Try NOT to use Cocoa’s NSTimer. Instead use cocos2d’s own scheduler.
If you use cocos2d scheduler, you will have:
CCLayer (CCScene, CCSprite, CCNode)
enters the stage the timer will be
leaves the stage it will be
target/selector will be called with a
delta time
from here (old broken link)
http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/wiki/doku.php/prog_guide:best_practices
updated link
http://ec2-50-16-191-191.compute-1.amazonaws.com/wiki/doku.php/prog_guide:best_practices
I would add you are adding some unwanted overhead too. If you have a lot of timers that could be a good bit of overhead.