diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Bullet.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Bullet.cs
index 2c54b7dc88..f8e0ad9c7d 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Bullet.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Bullet.cs
@@ -59,9 +59,15 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			t += 40;
 
 			if (t > TotalTime())		/* remove finished bullets */
-			{
-				Game.world.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Remove(this));
-				Game.world.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Add(new Explosion(Dest)));
+			{
+				Game.world.AddFrameEndTask(w =>
+				{
+					w.Remove(this); 
+					w.Add(new Explosion(Dest, Warhead.Explosion)); 
+
+					if (Warhead.ImpactSound != null) 
+						Game.PlaySound(Warhead.ImpactSound + ".aud", false);
+				});
 
 				var maxSpread = GetMaximumSpread();
 				var hitActors = Game.FindUnitsInCircle(Dest, GetMaximumSpread());
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Explosion.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Explosion.cs
index 4ad50360da..223d8efa23 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Explosion.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Explosion.cs
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 		Animation anim;
 		int2 pos;
 
-		public Explosion(int2 pixelPos)
+		public Explosion(int2 pixelPos, int style)
 		{
 			this.pos = pixelPos;
 
-			anim = new Animation("veh-hit3");
-			anim.PlayThen("idle", () => Game.world.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Remove(this)));
-			Game.PlaySound("kaboom25.aud", false);
+			anim = new Animation("explosion");
+			if (style != 0)
+				anim.PlayThen(style.ToString(), () => Game.world.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Remove(this)));
+			else
+				Game.world.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Remove(this));
 		}
 
 		public void Tick() { anim.Tick(); }
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/GameRules/WarheadInfo.cs b/OpenRa.Game/GameRules/WarheadInfo.cs
index 6b783cadaf..db0d306b4e 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/GameRules/WarheadInfo.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/GameRules/WarheadInfo.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game.GameRules
 		public readonly bool Ore = false;
 		public readonly int Explosion = 0;
 		public readonly int InfDeath = 0;
+		public readonly string ImpactSound = null;
+		public readonly string WaterImpactSound = null;
 
 		public float EffectivenessAgainst(ArmorType at) { return Verses[ (int)at ]; }
 	}
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Animation.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Animation.cs
index e29362129f..55c98fc8c4 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Animation.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Graphics/Animation.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game.Graphics
 		public Animation( string name )
 		{
 			this.name = name.ToLowerInvariant();
-			Play( "idle" );
+			// Play( "idle" );
 		}
 
 		public Sprite Image
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Traits/RenderBuildingWarFactory.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Traits/RenderBuildingWarFactory.cs
index c4b13a8a3f..c7b1b432e4 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/Traits/RenderBuildingWarFactory.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Traits/RenderBuildingWarFactory.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game.Traits
 		public override void Tick(Actor self)
 		{
 			base.Tick(self);
-			roof.Tick();
+			if (doneBuilding)
+				roof.Tick();
 
 			var b = self.Bounds;
 			if (isOpen && !Game.SelectUnitsInBox(
diff --git a/SequenceEditor/Program.cs b/SequenceEditor/Program.cs
index 217b724775..8bd1692655 100644
--- a/SequenceEditor/Program.cs
+++ b/SequenceEditor/Program.cs
@@ -19,15 +19,22 @@ namespace SequenceEditor
 
 		public static Bitmap[] LoadAndResolve( string shp )
 		{
-			var reader = new ShpReader(FileSystem.OpenWithExts(shp, ".shp", ".tem", ".sno", ".int"));
-			return reader.Select(ih =>
-				{
-					var bmp = new Bitmap(reader.Width, reader.Height);
-					for (var j = 0; j < bmp.Height; j++)
-						for (var i = 0; i < bmp.Width; i++)
-							bmp.SetPixel(i, j, Pal.GetColor(ih.Image[j * bmp.Width + i]));
-					return bmp;
-				}).ToArray();
+			try
+			{
+				var reader = new ShpReader(FileSystem.OpenWithExts(shp, ".shp", ".tem", ".sno", ".int"));
+				return reader.Select(ih =>
+					{
+						var bmp = new Bitmap(reader.Width, reader.Height);
+						for (var j = 0; j < bmp.Height; j++)
+							for (var i = 0; i < bmp.Width; i++)
+								bmp.SetPixel(i, j, Pal.GetColor(ih.Image[j * bmp.Width + i]));
+						return bmp;
+					}).ToArray();
+			}
+			catch
+			{
+				return new Bitmap[] { };
+			}
 		}
 
 		public static void Save()
@@ -80,10 +87,6 @@ namespace SequenceEditor
 			if (UnitName == null)
 				return;
 
-			Shps[UnitName] = LoadAndResolve(UnitName);
-
-			/* todo: load supplemental SHPs */
-
 			var xpath = string.Format("//unit[@name=\"{0}\"]/sequence", UnitName);
 			foreach (XmlElement e in Doc.SelectNodes(xpath))
 			{
diff --git a/sequences.xml b/sequences.xml
index 576230aa7b..44148f2de2 100644
--- a/sequences.xml
+++ b/sequences.xml
@@ -393,9 +393,6 @@
   <unit name="120mm">
     <sequence name="idle" start="0" length="1" />
   </unit>
-  <unit name="veh-hit3">
-    <sequence name="idle" start="0" length="*" />
-  </unit>
   <unit name="e3">
     <sequence name="stand" start="0" length="8" />
     <sequence name="stand2" start="8" length="8" />
@@ -460,4 +457,12 @@
     <sequence name="die4" start="217" length="12" />
     <sequence name="die5" start="229" length="18" />
   </unit>
+  <unit name="explosion">
+    <sequence name="1" start="0" length="4" src="piff" />
+    <sequence name="2" start="0" length="8" src="piffpiff" />
+    <sequence name="3" start="0" length="14" src="napalm2" />
+    <sequence name="4" start="0" length="14" src="veh-hit3" />
+    <sequence name="5" start="0" length="22" src="veh-hit2" />
+    <sequence name="6" start="0" length="27" src="atomsfx" />
+  </unit>
 </sequences>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/units.ini b/units.ini
index c972e651ad..93f8ecbf15 100755
--- a/units.ini
+++ b/units.ini
@@ -465,3 +465,6 @@ HollowPoint
 Super
 Organic
 Nuke
+
+[HE]
+ImpactSound=kaboom25
\ No newline at end of file