Method onNewDataBlock

Engine/source/afx/afxEffectron.cpp:315–356

// STANDARD OVERLOADED METHODS //

bool afxEffectron::onNewDataBlock(GameBaseData* dptr, bool reload)
{
  datablock = dynamic_cast<afxEffectronData*>(dptr);
  if (!datablock || !Parent::onNewDataBlock(dptr, reload))
    return false;

  if (isServerObject() && started_with_newop)
  {
    // copy dynamic fields from the datablock but
    // don't replace fields with a value
    assignDynamicFieldsFrom(dptr, arcaneFX::sParameterFieldPrefix, true);
  }

  exeblock = datablock;

  if (isClientObject())
  {
    // make a temp datablock clone if there are substitutions
    if (datablock->getSubstitutionCount() > 0)
    {
      afxEffectronData* orig_db = datablock;
      datablock = new afxEffectronData(*orig_db, true);
      exeblock = orig_db;
      // Don't perform substitutions yet, the effectrons's dynamic fields haven't
      // arrived yet and the substitutions may refer to them. Hold off and do
      // in in the onAdd() method.
    }  
  }
  else if (started_with_newop)
  {
    // make a temp datablock clone if there are substitutions
    if (datablock->getSubstitutionCount() > 0)
    {
      afxEffectronData* orig_db = datablock;
      datablock = new afxEffectronData(*orig_db, true);
      exeblock = orig_db;
      orig_db->performSubstitutions(datablock, this, ranking);
    }
  }

  return true;
}

void afxEffectron::processTick(const Move* m)
{