How to pause splash screen action for 3 seconds

cocos2d-x C++
1

Hello. I sorry if the question has been asked before, I just couldn’t find an appropriate solution.
I am creating a splash screen where two letters appear on screen for 3 seconds and then move away by MoveBy().
My problem is when I apply MoveBy(), the sprites start moving immediately. How do I make them stay still on screen for 3 seconds?
Please help.

2

As clearly explained in the docs about actions you simply need to create a sequence and add a DelayTime before MoveBy.

3

I have also used std::thread to do this, but only for my launch image. Doing it other places can halt the entire app execution, so @cei has a better solution.

4

Thank you for the prompt reply.
Can you show me an example line of code explaining how to use delay time?

5

everything you need is here

6

This is what i use:

SplashScene.h

#pragma once

#include "cocos2d.h"

class SplashScene : public cocos2d::LayerColor
{
public:
    static cocos2d::Scene* createScene();

    virtual bool init();

    CREATE_FUNC(SplashScene);
private:
    void LoginRegisterScene(float dt);
};

SplashScene.cpp

#include "SplashScene.h"
#include "LoginRegisterScene.h"

USING_NS_CC;

Scene* SplashScene::createScene()
{
    auto scene = Scene::create();

    auto layer = SplashScene::create();

    scene->addChild(layer);

    return scene;
}

bool SplashScene::init()
{
    if ( !LayerColor::initWithColor(Color4B(255, 255, 255, 255)) )
    {
        return false;
    }

    ........
    this->scheduleOnce(schedule_selector(SplashScene::LoginRegisterScene), 3); // after 3 seconds, go to LoginRegisterScene

    return true;
}

void SplashScene::LoginRegisterScene(float dt){
        auto scene = LoginRegisterScene::createScene();
        Director::getInstance()->replaceScene(TransitionSlideInR::create(0.25f, scene)); // transition time of the scene
}