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Flamer

Throws one to three fires onto the ground around the animation.

Specification
Applies to
AnimType
File
art.ini
Section
[<ObjectType ID>]
Value
boolean
When omitted
no

When the animation shows its largest frame, the one with the biggest drawn area, it starts fires around itself:

  • one SmallFire 64 leptons away;
  • a 50% chance of a second SmallFire 160 leptons away;
  • a 50% chance of a LargeFire 112 leptons away.

Each fire is placed at its distance in a random direction and then moved to the nearest infantry position in that cell, whether or not something already stands there. It sits at ground level, or on the bridge deck when that cell is under a bridge and the animation is at deck height or above. The animation’s height and the terrain do not stop the fires, so an animation over water or high in the air still starts fires on the ground beneath it.

Each fire plays one or two times the LoopCount of its fire type, or once if the fire type sets none.

When the fires start depends on which frame is the largest:

  • When the largest frame is frame 0 of the shape, the fires start each time the animation starts. That covers its creation or the end of its creation delay, the end of each RandomLoopDelay pause, and a switch to this type through Next=. Showing frame 0 later starts none.
  • Otherwise, the fires start each time the animation advances onto the largest frame, so a looping animation starts a new set on each pass through it. The frame an animation or a loop pass opens on is not advanced onto. A largest frame equal to Start therefore starts no fires on the first pass, and one equal to LoopStart starts none on the later passes.
  • A largest frame outside the frames Start and End select, other than frame 0, starts no fires.
  • A Bouncer=yes or IsMeteor=yes animation starts fires only when its largest frame is frame 0.

Flamer=yes replaces the single fire that Scorch=yes would start, and does not scorch or crater the ground by itself. Add Scorch=yes for scorch marks as well.

The shipped art.ini sets Flamer on no animation.

See also — Scorch, SmallFire, LargeFire