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In this Swift video tutorial, we'll discuss the how's and why's of programming optional variables in any of your iOS or tvOS apps or games. Optionals allow you to test if a variable is nil or not. We'll go over testing for nil values, then safely forcing a value from an optional variable.

In the first couple minutes we'll give viewers a little background on why they might want to pause, then repeat the last action in an SKAction sequence (specifically, we'll take a quick look at our current Card and Board Games tutorial series). Sprite Kit allows developers to create sequences of code, for example, you might move a star up on the Y axis, then left on the X axis, then scale it down, and so on. But you can also create an SKAction (SKAction.runBlock) which simply runs a block of code, which provides for some really advanced functionality. In our example, we'll create a sequence that waits for a duration (SKAction.waitForDuration) then runs a block of code, then waits again, then runs more code and so on. So what happens if we want to re-run one of those actions. For example, if the code prompted users to "Draw another card", in a card game. We would need to track backward in the original SKAction sequence, and run it again from there. This obviously makes for an interesting example!

In this video tutorial, we'll discuss some of the fun you can have with String type variables with Swift 2 in an iOS or tvOS based app. Marvel at how we can create a string using an array of Character types, then do things like count the number of characters in a string, append text to a string variable, convert a String to all lower case or upper case with Swift, check if a String contains a pattern of characters or contains a prefix / suffix. If your mind hasn't already been blown by that point, watch as we check in with some live viewers watching our podcast in realtime.

In the continuing saga of setting up Clevon’s wordpress-ed based website, we’ll actually install a theme worth a damn (Cardinal by Swift Ideas) and begin to show off some of the nice features of it. Cardinal, like many of the other themes by Swift Ideas, is an amazing framework that makes advanced website functionality possible by simply clicking the feature you want and moving it / sizing it within a module based system. So you could create an animated slider, animated text, multi-layered parallax image, all within a few steps, without any kind of coding or shortcodes.

Swift Defer Statements and Programming with Emojis (CartoonSmart Video Tutorial Podcast Episode 23) Time to learn about defer statements! This chunk of code runs in functions marked with the throws option, regardless of whether or not an error occurs. Hrm doesn’t sound right. What the heck , here’s what the official Swift Programming Guide has to to say… “Use defer […]

In this video tutorial we'll look at how to use Generics in a Swift function. A generic function or method works on collections of different types. Or to put it another way, a function could accept different parameter types when called. In this lesson we'll use two simple types, String and Int.

This tutorial we will discuss Error types in Swift, include do and catch statements. This can be a tad confusing to new iOS / tvOS developers but hopefully this video lesson will make some sense of it. Like all our podcasts, we're here to have fun! If you want to get serious, head over to CartoonSmart.com for a full boat of project based tutorials on Swift, Sprite Kit, Xcode and plenty more.

Discussion on the new Top Level Domains (Bonus Show 5) Join us in this serious talk (eye roll) on the new top level domains you can register. What are top level domains, or TLD’s for short. You’re probably already familiar with .com, .net , and the rest of the “normal” ones. Right? You’ve been on the internet once or twice, eh? Well […]

In this lesson we'll look at enum type variables with Swift. These are constant variables which could be used for getting back a raw value, but in most cases, enums are simply used as identifiers, like Rank.Ace or just .Ace . Where the value isn't important, but testing whether or not a particular thing is an Ace type is important. Yes, yes, it can seem a little strange at first, but watch this iOS (or tvOS) video tutorial for Swift and you'll see how useful these can be.

This tutorial introduces you to a free script designed to help you set your scene environment. It simplifies creating Daylight Systems, setting backgrounds and adjusting exposure values among others, all from a simplified and unified User Interface.

This movie shows you how to import and export Custom Startup Template in order to share them with others.

This movie shows you create a Startup Template. You'll set up a simple scene to always render an Ambient Occlusion pass, no matter what you throw at it. You'll then add a custom template to the existing sample files so you can start building your library.

This movie shows you how to manage Startup Templates, including how to duplicate and edit existing templates to create your own. It also shows you how to set a template you use regularly as a default template.

This movie highlights the use of Startup Templates, which were introduced in 3ds max 2015 Extension 2. Startup Templates are meant to help you set some basic parameters that would otherwise require time to manually adjust every time you start a new project

In this final movie, little instruction is given. Instead you experiment on your own to add the final touches to your scene. You can try using the Populate tool to animate pedestrians crossing the bridge or import a boat model and animate it on the water.

In this movie, you animate camera shots using various techniques. In addition to keyframing cameras and their targets, you also use Civil View to animate "road shots".

In this movie, you duplicate and scatter the trees you have extracted and place them on areas of the terrain using a simple brush stroke by ways of 3ds Max's Object Paint tool.

In this movie, you add trees to give the scene that extra sense of realism. You will use a combination of Civil View and 3ds Max's Object Paint feature to that effect. This movie shows how to extract trees from Civil View to use as Paint Objects.

In this movie, you use yet another one of Civil View's functionalities to add low-poly buildings to the scene.

In this movie, you adjust the sloped surfaces to cap the gaps by placing custom walls.