placing a custom gameobject during gameplay example

customgameobject.cpp

void HookedPlayLayer::placeSogBlock(cocos2d::CCPoint pos) {
    // using gd::string here for android support
    gd::vector<gd::string> values;
    gd::vector<void*> exists;

    // i think these were broken or won't compile for android so see what happens for you
    values.resize(600);
    exists.resize(600);

    std::unordered_map<int, gd::string> properties = {
        { 1, "1" }, // id of the base block you want it to act like
        { 2, fmt::to_string(pos.x) }, // x
        { 3, fmt::to_string(pos.y) }, // y
        
        { 21, "1011" }, // color 1 (white)
        // { 22, "1011" }, // color 2 (white) (optional if your base block doesnt use it)
        
        // these are if you want your block to be above everything
        { 24, "11" }, // t layer
        { 25, "2147483647" }, // z order (INT_MAX)
        
        // these are good if you want a completely separated block
        { 64, "1" }, // dont fade
        { 67, "1" }, // dont enter
        { 96, "1" }, // no glow
    };

    for (auto [key, value] : properties) {
        values[key] = value;
        exists[key] = this; // just has to be non-zero, though gd makes it the GJBGL pointer
    }

    auto object = GameObject::objectFromVector(values, exists, this, false);

    // do what you want with the object at this point but this is probably a good example
    auto texture = CCTextureCache::get()->addImage("sog.png"_spr, false);
    object->setTexture(texture);
    object->setTextureRect({ 0.f, 0.f, texture->getContentSize().width, texture->getContentSize().height });

    object->m_addToNodeContainer = true; // do this if you're adding your own sprites to it that aren't in GJ_GameSheet
    this->addObject(object); // note this wil also work in leveleditorlayer even though this function is on playlayer
}