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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+##
+## Copyright (C) 2011 Emmanuel Gil Peyrot <linkmauve@linkmauve.fr>
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+## it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+## by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 only.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+## but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+## GNU General Public License for more details.
+##
+
+
+from pytouhou.game.sprite import Sprite
+from pytouhou.vm.anmrunner import ANMRunner
+
+
+
+class Effect(object):
+    def __init__(self, pos, index, anm_wrapper):
+        self._sprite = Sprite()
+        self._anmrunner = ANMRunner(anm_wrapper, index, self._sprite)
+        self._anmrunner.run_frame()
+        self._removed = False
+
+        self.x, self.y = pos
+
+    def update(self):
+        if self._anmrunner and not self._anmrunner.run_frame():
+            self._anmrunner = None
+
+        if self._sprite:
+            if self._sprite._removed:
+                self._sprite = None