3 files changed, 9 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/src/animation/backend/clock.cpp b/src/animation/backend/clock.cpp
index f5b2bd1d3..ab30f735c 100644
--- a/src/animation/backend/clock.cpp
+++ b/src/animation/backend/clock.cpp
@@ -52,28 +52,16 @@ Clock::Clock()
 {
 }
 
-void Clock::initializeFromPeer(const Qt3DCore::QNodeCreatedChangeBasePtr &change)
+void Clock::syncFromFrontEnd(const Qt3DCore::QNode *frontEnd, bool firstTime)
 {
-    const auto typedChange = qSharedPointerCast<Qt3DCore::QNodeCreatedChange<QClockData>>(change);
-    const auto &data = typedChange->data;
-    m_playbackRate = data.playbackRate;
-}
-
-void Clock::sceneChangeEvent(const Qt3DCore::QSceneChangePtr &e)
-{
-    switch (e->type()) {
-    case Qt3DCore::PropertyUpdated: {
-        const auto change = qSharedPointerCast<Qt3DCore::QPropertyUpdatedChange>(e);
-        if (change->propertyName() == QByteArrayLiteral("playbackRate")) {
-            m_playbackRate = change.data()->value().toDouble();
-        }
-        break;
-    }
+    BackendNode::syncFromFrontEnd(frontEnd, firstTime);
+    const QClock *node = qobject_cast<const QClock *>(frontEnd);
+    if (!node)
+        return;
 
-    default:
-        break;
+    if (!qFuzzyCompare(m_playbackRate, node->playbackRate())) {
+        m_playbackRate = node->playbackRate();
     }
-    QBackendNode::sceneChangeEvent(e);
 }
 
 void Clock::cleanup()
diff --git a/src/animation/backend/clock_p.h b/src/animation/backend/clock_p.h
index 10987655a..b4a60b3a7 100644
--- a/src/animation/backend/clock_p.h
+++ b/src/animation/backend/clock_p.h
@@ -61,15 +61,13 @@ class Q_AUTOTEST_EXPORT Clock : public BackendNode
 public:
     Clock();
 
-    void sceneChangeEvent(const Qt3DCore::QSceneChangePtr &e);
+    void syncFromFrontEnd(const Qt3DCore::QNode *frontEnd, bool firstTime) override;
     void cleanup();
 
     void setPlaybackRate(double playbackRate) { m_playbackRate = playbackRate; }
     double playbackRate() const { return m_playbackRate; }
 
 private:
-    void initializeFromPeer(const Qt3DCore::QNodeCreatedChangeBasePtr &change) final;
-
     double m_playbackRate;
 };
 
diff --git a/src/animation/frontend/qanimationaspect.cpp b/src/animation/frontend/qanimationaspect.cpp
index ad0929284..a76916409 100644
--- a/src/animation/frontend/qanimationaspect.cpp
+++ b/src/animation/frontend/qanimationaspect.cpp
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ QAnimationAspect::QAnimationAspect(QAnimationAspectPrivate &dd, QObject *parent)
     registerBackendType<QAbstractAnimationClip, true>(
         QSharedPointer<Animation::NodeFunctor<Animation::AnimationClip, Animation::AnimationClipLoaderManager>>::create(d->m_handler.data(),
                                                                                                                         d->m_handler->animationClipLoaderManager()));
-    registerBackendType<QClock>(
+    registerBackendType<QClock, true>(
         QSharedPointer<Animation::NodeFunctor<Animation::Clock, Animation::ClockManager>>::create(d->m_handler.data(),
                                                                                                   d->m_handler->clockManager()));
     registerBackendType<QClipAnimator>(