ShouldUseCellDrawer: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 17:50, 2 July 2025

Flag:	ShouldUseCellDrawer
File(s):	art(md).ini
Values:	Boolean values: yes or no, true or false, 1 or 0
Default:	yes
Applicable to:	Animations

Most objects like buildings normally use the same palette to draw attached animations as for the base object. If ShouldUseCellDrawer=false is set on an animation, then it will force the animation palette (ANIM.PAL) to be used where it otherwise wouldn't.

In cases where the animation palette should not be used, such as TileSets animation which uses the terrain palette (ISOxxx.PAL), like the waterfalls, setting ShouldUseCellDrawer=true will force the palette used by the cell.

Bugs/Side-Effects/Unexpected Limitations

Ares provides the option of using CustomPalette= to specify a palette for the building animation that is independent of the building itself, but you must first disable ShouldUseCellDrawer. See: http://ares-developers.github.io/Ares-docs/new/customanimationandprojectilepalettes.html

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 |values={{Values|boolean}}
 |default=yes
-|types={{Categ|Animations}} (attached to the building)
+|types={{Categ|Animations}}
 |ts=yes
 |fs=yes
-|ets=yes
 |ra2=yes
 |yr=yes
-|rp=yes
 }}
-If {{tt|ShouldUseCellDrawer|false}} is set on an animation then that animation will always use the animation palette.
+Most objects like [[BuildingTypes|buildings]] normally use the same palette to draw attached animations as for the base object. If <tt>ShouldUseCellDrawer=false</tt> is set on an [[Animations|animation]], then it will force the animation [[palette]] (ANIM.PAL) to be used where it otherwise wouldn't.
-If this flag is not disabled, the Animation will use the palette of the building on the cell it is attached to.
+In cases where the animation palette should not be used, such as [[TileSets]] animation which uses the terrain palette (ISOxxx.PAL), like the waterfalls, setting <tt>ShouldUseCellDrawer=true</tt> will force the palette used by the cell.
-Therefore, if you want to use {{Ares}}' {{f|CustomPalette|xxx<nowiki>~~~</nowiki>.pal|link}} flag to specify a palette for the building animation that is independent of the building itself, you must disable this flag
+=={{Bugs}}==
-== See Also ==
+[[Ares]] provides the option of using <tt>CustomPalette=</tt> to specify a palette for the building animation that is independent of the building itself, but you must first disable <tt>ShouldUseCellDrawer</tt>. See: http://ares-developers.github.io/Ares-docs/new/customanimationandprojectilepalettes.html
-[[AltPalette]]
-*https://ppmforums.com/topic-48165/anim-palette-problem
-[[AnimPalette]]
-[[TerrainPalette]]
+==See Also==
+[[AltPalette]] - for Anims
-[[Palette]]
+[[AnimPalette]] - for Projectiles
-[[CustomPalette]]
+[[TerrainPalette]] - for Units/Buildings
+[[Palette]] - for Buildings