Director Class

Extends EventTarget

Module: cc

ATTENTION: USE cc.director INSTEAD OF cc.Director.
cc.director is a singleton object which manage your game's logic flow.
Since the cc.director is a singleton, you don't need to call any constructor or create functions,
the standard way to use it is by calling:
- cc.director.methodName();
It creates and handle the main Window and manages how and when to execute the Scenes.

The cc.director is also responsible for:
- initializing the OpenGL context
- setting the OpenGL pixel format (default on is RGB565)
- setting the OpenGL buffer depth (default on is 0-bit)
- setting the color for clear screen (default one is BLACK)
- setting the projection (default one is 3D)
- setting the orientation (default one is Portrait)


The cc.director also sets the default OpenGL context:
- GL_TEXTURE_2D is enabled
- GL_VERTEX_ARRAY is enabled
- GL_COLOR_ARRAY is enabled
- GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY is enabled

cc.director also synchronizes timers with the refresh rate of the display.
Features and Limitations:
- Scheduled timers & drawing are synchronizes with the refresh rate of the display
- Only supports animation intervals of 1/60 1/30 & 1/15

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Properties

• EVENT_PROJECTION_CHANGED String The event projection changed of cc.Director.
• EVENT_BEFORE_SCENE_LOADING String The event which will be triggered before loading a new scene.
• EVENT_BEFORE_SCENE_LAUNCH String The event which will be triggered before launching a new scene.
• EVENT_AFTER_SCENE_LAUNCH String The event which will be triggered after launching a new scene.
• EVENT_BEFORE_UPDATE String The event which will be triggered at the beginning of every frame.
• EVENT_AFTER_UPDATE String The event which will be triggered after engine and components update logic.
• EVENT_BEFORE_VISIT String The event is deprecated since v2.0, please use cc.Director.EVENT_BEFORE_DRAW instead
• EVENT_AFTER_VISIT String The event is deprecated since v2.0, please use cc.Director.EVENT_BEFORE_DRAW instead
• EVENT_BEFORE_DRAW String The event which will be triggered before the rendering process.
• EVENT_AFTER_DRAW String The event which will be triggered after the rendering process.
• PROJECTION_2D Number Constant for 2D projection (orthogonal projection)
• PROJECTION_3D Number Constant for 3D projection with a fovy=60, znear=0.5f and zfar=1500.
• PROJECTION_CUSTOM Number Constant for custom projection, if cc.Director's projection set to it, it calls "updateProjection" on the projection delegate.
• PROJECTION_DEFAULT Number Constant for default projection of cc.Director, default projection is 2D projection

Methods

• convertToGL Converts a view coordinate to an WebGL coordinate...
• convertToUI Converts an OpenGL coordinate to a view coordinate...
• end End the life of director in the next frame
• getWinSize Returns the size of the WebGL view in points....
• getWinSizeInPixels On Mac winSize and winSizeInPixels return the same value.
• pause Pause the director's ticker, only involve the game logic execution.
• runSceneImmediate Run a scene.
• runScene Run a scene.
• loadScene Loads the scene by its name.
• preloadScene Preloads the scene to reduces loading time.
• _loadSceneByUuid Loads the scene by its uuid.
• resume Resume game logic execution after pause, if the current scene is not paused, nothing will happen.
• setDepthTest Enables or disables WebGL depth test....
• setClearColor Set color for clear screen....
• getRunningScene Returns current logic Scene.
• getScene Returns current logic Scene.
• getAnimationInterval Returns the FPS value.
• setAnimationInterval Sets animation interval, this doesn't control the main loop.
• getDeltaTime Returns the delta time since last frame.
• getTotalFrames Returns how many frames were called since the director started.
• isPaused Returns whether or not the Director is paused.
• getScheduler Returns the cc.Scheduler associated with this director.
• setScheduler Sets the cc.Scheduler associated with this director.
• getActionManager Returns the cc.ActionManager associated with this director.
• setActionManager Sets the cc.ActionManager associated with this director.
• getCollisionManager Returns the cc.CollisionManager associated with this director.
• getPhysicsManager Returns the cc.PhysicsManager associated with this director.
• hasEventListener Checks whether the EventTarget object has any callback registered for a specific type of event.
• on Register an callback of a specific event type on the EventTarget.
• off Removes the listeners previously registered with the same type, callback, target and or useCapture,...
• targetOff Removes all callbacks previously registered with the same target (passed as parameter).
• once Register an callback of a specific event type on the EventTarget,...
• emit Trigger an event directly with the event name and necessary arguments.
• dispatchEvent Send an event with the event object.

Events

• cc.Director.EVENT_BEFORE_SCENE_LOADING The event which will be triggered before loading a new scene.
• cc.Director.EVENT_AFTER_SCENE_LAUNCH The event which will be triggered after launching a new scene.
• cc.Director.EVENT_BEFORE_UPDATE The event which will be triggered at the beginning of every frame.
• cc.Director.EVENT_AFTER_UPDATE The event which will be triggered after engine and components update logic.
• cc.Director.EVENT_BEFORE_DRAW The event which will be triggered before the rendering process.
• cc.Director.EVENT_AFTER_DRAW The event which will be triggered after the rendering process.

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Properties

EVENT_PROJECTION_CHANGED

The event projection changed of cc.Director. This event will not get triggered since v2.0

EVENT_BEFORE_SCENE_LOADING

The event which will be triggered before loading a new scene.

EVENT_BEFORE_SCENE_LAUNCH

The event which will be triggered before launching a new scene.

EVENT_AFTER_SCENE_LAUNCH

The event which will be triggered after launching a new scene.

EVENT_BEFORE_UPDATE

The event which will be triggered at the beginning of every frame.

EVENT_AFTER_UPDATE

The event which will be triggered after engine and components update logic.

EVENT_BEFORE_VISIT

The event is deprecated since v2.0, please use cc.Director.EVENT_BEFORE_DRAW instead

EVENT_AFTER_VISIT

The event is deprecated since v2.0, please use cc.Director.EVENT_BEFORE_DRAW instead

EVENT_BEFORE_DRAW

The event which will be triggered before the rendering process.

EVENT_AFTER_DRAW

The event which will be triggered after the rendering process.

PROJECTION_2D

Constant for 2D projection (orthogonal projection)

PROJECTION_3D

Constant for 3D projection with a fovy=60, znear=0.5f and zfar=1500.

PROJECTION_CUSTOM

Constant for custom projection, if cc.Director's projection set to it, it calls "updateProjection" on the projection delegate.

PROJECTION_DEFAULT

Constant for default projection of cc.Director, default projection is 2D projection

Methods

convertToGL

Converts a view coordinate to an WebGL coordinate
Useful to convert (multi) touches coordinates to the current layout (portrait or landscape)
Implementation can be found in CCDirectorWebGL.

Parameters

• uiPoint Vec2

convertToUI

Converts an OpenGL coordinate to a view coordinate
Useful to convert node points to window points for calls such as glScissor
Implementation can be found in CCDirectorWebGL.

Parameters

• glPoint Vec2

end

End the life of director in the next frame

getWinSize

Returns the size of the WebGL view in points.
It takes into account any possible rotation (device orientation) of the window.

getWinSizeInPixels

Returns the size of the OpenGL view in pixels.
It takes into account any possible rotation (device orientation) of the window.
On Mac winSize and winSizeInPixels return the same value. (The pixel here refers to the resource resolution. If you want to get the physics resolution of device, you need to use cc.view.getFrameSize())

pause

Pause the director's ticker, only involve the game logic execution. It won't pause the rendering process nor the event manager. If you want to pause the entier game including rendering, audio and event, please use Game.pause

runSceneImmediate

Run a scene. Replaces the running scene with a new one or enter the first scene.
The new scene will be launched immediately.

Parameters

• scene Scene The need run scene.
• onBeforeLoadScene Function The function invoked at the scene before loading.
• onLaunched Function The function invoked at the scene after launch.

runScene

Run a scene. Replaces the running scene with a new one or enter the first scene. The new scene will be launched at the end of the current frame.

Parameters

• scene Scene The need run scene.
• onBeforeLoadScene Function The function invoked at the scene before loading.
• onLaunched Function The function invoked at the scene after launch.

loadScene

Loads the scene by its name.

Parameters

• sceneName String The name of the scene to load.
• onLaunched Function callback, will be called after scene launched.

preloadScene

Preloads the scene to reduces loading time. You can call this method at any time you want. After calling this method, you still need to launch the scene by cc.director.loadScene. It will be totally fine to call cc.director.loadScene at any time even if the preloading is not yet finished, the scene will be launched after loaded automatically.

Parameters

• sceneName String The name of the scene to preload.
• onProgress Function callback, will be called when the load progression change.
  • completedCount Number The number of the items that are already completed
  • totalCount Number The total number of the items
  • item Object The latest item which flow out the pipeline
• onLoaded Function callback, will be called after scene loaded.
  • error Error null or the error object.
  • asset cc.SceneAsset The scene asset itself.

_loadSceneByUuid

Loads the scene by its uuid.

Parameters

• uuid String the uuid of the scene asset to load
• onLaunched Function
• onUnloaded Function
• dontRunScene Boolean Just download and initialize the scene but will not launch it,

                              only take effect in the Editor.
  

resume

Resume game logic execution after pause, if the current scene is not paused, nothing will happen.

setDepthTest

Enables or disables WebGL depth test.
Implementation can be found in CCDirectorCanvas.js/CCDirectorWebGL.js

Parameters

• on Boolean

setClearColor

Set color for clear screen.
(Implementation can be found in CCDirectorCanvas.js/CCDirectorWebGL.js)

Parameters

• clearColor Color

getRunningScene

Returns current logic Scene.

getScene

Returns current logic Scene.

Examples

// This will help you to get the Canvas node in scene
 cc.director.getScene().getChildByName('Canvas');

getAnimationInterval

Returns the FPS value. Please use Game.setFrameRate to control animation interval.

setAnimationInterval

Sets animation interval, this doesn't control the main loop. To control the game's frame rate overall, please use Game.setFrameRate

Parameters

• value Number The animation interval desired.

getDeltaTime

Returns the delta time since last frame.

getTotalFrames

Returns how many frames were called since the director started.

isPaused

Returns whether or not the Director is paused.

getScheduler

Returns the cc.Scheduler associated with this director.

setScheduler

Sets the cc.Scheduler associated with this director.

Parameters

• scheduler Scheduler

getActionManager

Returns the cc.ActionManager associated with this director.

setActionManager

Sets the cc.ActionManager associated with this director.

Parameters

• actionManager ActionManager

getCollisionManager

Returns the cc.CollisionManager associated with this director.

getPhysicsManager

Returns the cc.PhysicsManager associated with this director.

hasEventListener

Checks whether the EventTarget object has any callback registered for a specific type of event.

Parameters

• type String The type of event.

on

Register an callback of a specific event type on the EventTarget. This type of event should be triggered via emit.

Parameters

• type String A string representing the event type to listen for.
• callback Function The callback that will be invoked when the event is dispatched.

                         The callback is ignored if it is a duplicate (the callbacks are unique).
  

  • arg1 Any arg1
  • arg2 Any arg2
  • arg3 Any arg3
  • arg4 Any arg4
  • arg5 Any arg5
• target Object The target (this object) to invoke the callback, can be null

Examples

eventTarget.on('fire', function () {
    cc.log("fire in the hole");
}, node);

off

Removes the listeners previously registered with the same type, callback, target and or useCapture, if only type is passed as parameter, all listeners registered with that type will be removed.

Parameters

• type String A string representing the event type being removed.
• callback Function The callback to remove.
• target Object The target (this object) to invoke the callback, if it's not given, only callback without target will be removed

Examples

// register fire eventListener
var callback = eventTarget.on('fire', function () {
    cc.log("fire in the hole");
}, target);
// remove fire event listener
eventTarget.off('fire', callback, target);
// remove all fire event listeners
eventTarget.off('fire');

targetOff

Removes all callbacks previously registered with the same target (passed as parameter). This is not for removing all listeners in the current event target, and this is not for removing all listeners the target parameter have registered. It's only for removing all listeners (callback and target couple) registered on the current event target by the target parameter.

Parameters

• target Object The target to be searched for all related listeners

once

Register an callback of a specific event type on the EventTarget, the callback will remove itself after the first time it is triggered.

Parameters

• type String A string representing the event type to listen for.
• callback Function The callback that will be invoked when the event is dispatched.

                         The callback is ignored if it is a duplicate (the callbacks are unique).
  

  • arg1 Any arg1
  • arg2 Any arg2
  • arg3 Any arg3
  • arg4 Any arg4
  • arg5 Any arg5
• target Object The target (this object) to invoke the callback, can be null

Examples

eventTarget.once('fire', function () {
    cc.log("this is the callback and will be invoked only once");
}, node);

emit

Trigger an event directly with the event name and necessary arguments.

Parameters

• type String event type
• arg1 Any First argument
• arg2 Any Second argument
• arg3 Any Third argument
• arg4 Any Fourth argument
• arg5 Any Fifth argument

Examples

eventTarget.emit('fire', event);
eventTarget.emit('fire', message, emitter);

dispatchEvent

Send an event with the event object.

Parameters

• event Event

Events

cc.Director.EVENT_BEFORE_SCENE_LOADING Event

Module: cc

The event which will be triggered before loading a new scene.

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cc.Director.EVENT_AFTER_SCENE_LAUNCH Event

Module: cc

The event which will be triggered after launching a new scene.

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cc.Director.EVENT_BEFORE_UPDATE Event

Module: cc

The event which will be triggered at the beginning of every frame.

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cc.Director.EVENT_AFTER_UPDATE Event

Module: cc

The event which will be triggered after engine and components update logic.

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cc.Director.EVENT_BEFORE_DRAW Event

Module: cc

The event which will be triggered before the rendering process.

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cc.Director.EVENT_AFTER_DRAW Event

Module: cc

The event which will be triggered after the rendering process.

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