Change Sprite Anchorpoint without moving it?

Question

I am trying to change my Sprite anchor point so that I can rotate over a 0.0f,0.0f anchorpoint. At first my object is rotation at the default anchor point (0.5f,0.5f). However later on I need it to rotate over a 0.0,0.0 AnchorPoint.

The problem is I cannot change the anchor point and change the position accordingly, so it stays on the same position, without the object appearing to quickly move and reposition to its original point.

Is there a way I can set the anchor point and the position of my Sprite at once, without it moving at all?. Thank you.

-Oscar

Answer 1

I found a solution to this with a UIView elsewhere, and rewrote it for cocos2d:

- (void)setAnchorPoint:(CGPoint)anchorPoint forSprite:(CCSprite *)sprite
{
    CGPoint newPoint = CGPointMake(sprite.contentSize.width * anchorPoint.x, sprite.contentSize.height * anchorPoint.y);
    CGPoint oldPoint = CGPointMake(sprite.contentSize.width * sprite.anchorPoint.x, sprite.contentSize.height * sprite.anchorPoint.y);

    newPoint = CGPointApplyAffineTransform(newPoint, [sprite nodeToWorldTransform]);
    oldPoint = CGPointApplyAffineTransform(oldPoint, [sprite nodeToWorldTransform]);

    CGPoint position = sprite.position;

    position.x -= oldPoint.x;
    position.x += newPoint.x;

    position.y -= oldPoint.y;
    position.y += newPoint.y;

    sprite.position = position;
    sprite.anchorPoint = anchorPoint;
}