Function CreateThingEffect

engine/Poseidon/World/Scene/Thing.cpp:718–770

}

Entity* CreateThingEffect(ThingEffectKind kind,          // kind
                          Matrix4Val pos, Vector3Val vel // position and velocity
)
{
    const ThingEffectItem* list = nullptr;
    switch (kind)
    {
        default:
            Fail("Bad effect kind");
            // fall through
        case TEGround:
            list = GetTEGroundList();
            break;
        case TEArmor:
            list = GetTEArmorList();
            break;
        case TECartridge:
            list = GetTECartridgeList();
            break;
    }
    const ThingEffectItem* item = SelectThingEffect(list, GRandGen.RandomValue());
    if (!item)
    {
        return nullptr;
    }
#if 0
			Ref<EntityAI> veh = NewVehicle(item->_type,RString());
			if (!veh) return veh;
			veh->SetTransform(pos);
			veh->SetSpeed(vel);
			veh->IsMoved();
			Thing *thing = dyn_cast<Thing,EntityAI>(veh);
#else
    Ref<Entity> veh = NewNonAIVehicle(item->_type, RString());
    if (!veh)
    {
        return veh;
    }
    veh->SetTransform(pos);
    veh->SetSpeed(vel);
    ThingEffectLight* thing = dyn_cast<ThingEffectLight, Entity>(veh);
#endif
    if (thing)
    {
        thing->SetCloudlet(true);
        GWorld->AddCloudlet(thing);
    }
    else if (veh)
    {
        GWorld->AddAnimal(veh);
    }
    return veh;
}

Entity* CreateThing(VehicleType* type,             // kind
                    Matrix4Val pos, Vector3Val vel // position and velocity