Sprites, Batches, Layers

cocos2d-x C++
#1

This may be a simple question.

I have a scene composed of a few layers. I want some of the layers to contain sprites which are batched.

I guess I can have those layers contain a sprite batch node, which then contains sprites.

But then I wonder, do I need the layer at all? Maybe for those layers, instead of layer~~>batch~~>sprites I could just have batch->sprites.

In that case, can the batch node serve as the layer node? If not, what is the layer node giving me over and above the batch node?

#2

AFAIK, the layer can additionally provide you support of touches and accelerometer. But surely you don’t need them on each layer, so your scene for instance can look as follows:

scene
  |___ layer_game_nodes
  |      |______ batch_node_game_nodes_1
  |      |______ batch_node_game_nodes_2
  |      |______ batch_node_game_nodes_3
  |      |______ batch_node_game_nodes_4
  |      |
 ...    ...
  |
  |
  |___ layer_ui
  |      |______ batch_node_ui
  |
 ...    ...
#3

OK, I did manage to transform some of my layers into batch nodes, thanks.