how many bullets have been fired? - iphone

Question

I am super frustrated and I know it is just because I don't know what i am doing with cocos2d. I am following Ray Wenderlich tutorials on cocos2d and I am trying to put it all together. When the screen is tapped,one bullet is fired in the direction of the tap. I am using
- (void)ccTouchesBegan:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
CGPoint touchLocation = [self convertTouchToNodeSpace:touch];
[self.officer shootToward:touchLocation];
[self.officer shootNow];
}
- (void)ccTouchesMoved:(NSSet *)touches withEvent:(UIEvent *)event {
UITouch *touch = [touches anyObject];
CGPoint touchLocation = [self convertTouchToNodeSpace:touch];
[self.officer shootToward:touchLocation];
[self.officer shootNow];
}
which calls these methods in my Officer class
- (void)shootNow {
// 1
CGFloat angle = ccpToAngle(_shootVector);
_gun.rotation = (-1 * CC_RADIANS_TO_DEGREES(angle)) + 90;
// 2
CGSize winSize = [[CCDirector sharedDirector] winSize];
float mapMax = MAX(winSize.width, winSize.height);
CGPoint actualVector = ccpMult(_shootVector, mapMax);
// 3
float POINTS_PER_SECOND = 300;
float duration = mapMax / POINTS_PER_SECOND;
// 5
for(id item in self.children) {
NSString *bulletName = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"bullet.png"];
CCSprite * bullet = [CCSprite spriteWithSpriteFrameName:bulletName];
//bullet.tag = _type;
bullet.position = ccpAdd(self.position, ccpMult(_shootVector, _gun.contentSize.height));
CCMoveBy * move = [CCMoveBy actionWithDuration:duration position:actualVector];
CCCallBlockN * call = [CCCallBlockN actionWithBlock:^(CCNode *node) {
[node removeFromParentAndCleanup:YES];
}];
[bullet runAction:[CCSequence actions:move, call, nil]];
[self.batchNode addChild:bullet];
//[self addChild:bullet];
[_shotsFired addObject:bullet];
}
}
So I figured it would be a simple for loop go through the 5th step x amount of times then call a reload method. Well that didn't work. So I tried to count the touches on the screen, I figured if I got x amount of taps then call the reload method(which is not written yet)? The problem with that was every time you pressed a different area of the screen the count started over from one. Some please help me through this week long process of pulling my hair out? How do I count the amount of times I have fired the gun?

Answer 1

Couldn't you just make a property on your view controller and then every time the shoot now method is called just add 1 to your property, then reset it to 0 when you call the reload method?