Question

I’ve got an end of level layer added to game, each level has its own scene. I want to be able to restart the current scene. Obviously the scene will change but the layer will remain the same. How is this done. I’ve tried-

    CCScene *currentScene = [[CCDirector sharedDirector]runningScene];
    [[CCDirector sharedDirector]replaceScene:currentScene];

Thanks

Answer 1

This does not work because you can’t replace the same scene object with itself:

CCScene *currentScene = [[CCDirector sharedDirector]runningScene];
[[CCDirector sharedDirector]replaceScene:currentScene];

Instead you have to create a new instance of your scene, like so:

[[CCDirector sharedDirector] replaceScene:[YourSceneClass scene]];

If you don’t know what the current scene class is, then this ought to work:

CCScene *currentScene = [CCDirector sharedDirector].runningScene;
CCScene *newScene = [[[currentScene class] alloc] init];
[[CCDirector sharedDirector] replaceScene:newScene];

Assuming you’re using ARC as everyone should these days. Otherwise add an autorelease.