From af2198e7937dfe6500fc142613a3ecc6a1bfb9dc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Laserlicht <13953785+Laserlicht@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 21:55:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] generate also for sequences

---
 client/renderSDL/RenderHandler.cpp | 4 ++++
 docs/modders/Animation_Format.md   | 8 +++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/client/renderSDL/RenderHandler.cpp b/client/renderSDL/RenderHandler.cpp
index 42c221472..b113851aa 100644
--- a/client/renderSDL/RenderHandler.cpp
+++ b/client/renderSDL/RenderHandler.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ void RenderHandler::initFromJson(AnimationLayoutMap & source, const JsonNode & c
 			JsonNode toAdd = frame;
 			JsonUtils::inherit(toAdd, base);
 			toAdd["file"].String() = basepath + frame.String();
+			if(group["generateShadow"].isNumber())
+				toAdd["generateShadow"].Integer() = group["generateShadow"].Integer();
+			if(group["generateOverlay"].isNumber())
+				toAdd["generateOverlay"].Integer() = group["generateOverlay"].Integer();
 			source[groupID].emplace_back(toAdd, mode);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/docs/modders/Animation_Format.md b/docs/modders/Animation_Format.md
index 0519eee35..4db5addb3 100644
--- a/docs/modders/Animation_Format.md
+++ b/docs/modders/Animation_Format.md
@@ -29,7 +29,13 @@ VCMI allows overriding HoMM3 .def files with .json replacement. Compared to .def
                 "frame1.png",
                 "frame2.png"
                     ...
-            ]
+            ],
+
+            // Automatically create shadow for this frame if required. Optional, 0 = None, 1 = Normal Shadow, 2 = Sheared Shadow (e.g. for adventure map)
+            "generateShadow" : 1,
+
+            // Automatically create overlay for this frame if required. Optional, 0 = None, 1 = Outline
+            "generateOverlay" : 1,
         },
         ...
     ],