Question

In my game in objective c, I have two classes, The main ArcherClass and the person class.
Here is part of the .m of the person class.

- (id)init{
    self = [super init];

    if (self) {
        _bow = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:@"bpw.png"];

    }
    return self;
}

Here is part of main ArcherClass.m

  Player *object = nil;
        CCSprite *bow;

        bow = [object bow];

        //bow = [CCSprite spriteWithFile:@"bow.png"];
        [self addChild:bow z:1];

        bow.position = ccp(150,150);

The following code gets a sigbart error, because of the part I commented out. If I delete the comment, the code works fine.

Why can I not use the image file declared in the Person class? I already declared that sprite as to having that image value or whatever, but for some reason I have to re-declare the image in my main class? Why is that.

Answer 1

Assuming that your “person” class and “Player” classes referred to are the same thing, this code:

Player *object = nil;         
CCSprite *bow;          
bow = [object bow];

Is going to set bow to nil. You haven’t initialised object so any methods called on it will return nil.

Somewhere in your code you need the following:

Player *object = [[Player alloc] init];

It’s difficult to say where without more context, but if you are sending messages to object, you need to have a valid instance of it. You don’t say how the archer class and player classes are related.