This was something I needed so much help with in this post https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/666997 I want to add a user defined setting. As I did (from the answer in the previous post, I made sure I was adding in SWIFTACTIVECOMPILATION_CONDITIONS I added MYDEBUG01, which does not work. This is in Xcode 12.4 I put up both projects in a picture, the one where it does work is the bottom one, MYSCENES. This was in Xcode 11.x The screens do look a little different, but can't figure out where my error is. Here is the screenshot http:// 98.7.37.117/index.html

I already know how to run multiple animations on the same SKSpriteNode at once: createPaths() let myIcon1 = MyIcon(wIcon: "screen", iSize: iSize) let move = SKAction.follow(iconPath[0], asOffset: false, orientToPath: false, duration: 1) let shrink = SKAction.resize(byWidth: -iSize.width/2, height: -iSize.width/2, duration: 1) let blur = SKAction.fadeAlpha(to: 0.6, duration: 1) let group = SKAction.group([shrink, move, blur]) myIcon1.run(group) But I have two more icons I would like to animate at the same time. Granted, with just 3 icons total I can't see any lag if I do something like this: myIcon1.run(group1) myIcon2.run(group2) myIcon3.run(group3) But surely there is a proper way to do this?

I have a scene on top of the main ViewController. While that scene will have objects in it, I'd like the background to be clear. However         myView.backgroundColor = .clear         myView.allowsTransparency = true produces a black box. Am I missing some step?

New to Macs and still learning Swift. My first goal is a game so I actually am looking for TWO recommendations:Is there an advantage to Swift vs. Objective C when programming game apps?Can anyone recommend a decent book for beginners? I'm not a beginner, however my last heavy experience was with Perl, C, and the WindowsSDK. So am behind the times.Thank you

I just upgraded to Xcode 12.4, created a project using the "app" template, without SwiftUI, I chose Storyboard instead. I placed a small image on the LaunchScreen.storyboard, and an NSLog output in my ViewController. When I run the app on the simulator, the LaunchScreen does not, show, and I do get my NSLog output. So I know the app is running. When run this bare app on my physical iPhone X...I do get the launch screen. So I opened a game app I started under Xcode 11.x. It will show the LaunchScreen on both simulator and my device. I've checked that Launch screen interface file base name is set to LaunchScreen in Info.plist. It's also set under App Icons and Launch Images. Is this some bug?

Haven't touched Xcode since it upgraded to 12.4. Just started a new app, which I planned to create without storyboards. But the default files I am used to deleting or manipulating aren't there anymore. I don't even see AppDelegate.swift. So did Xcode 12.4 get rid of "storyboards" by default? And if so, where do I go to relearn how to start? Thanks.