diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SheetBuilder.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SheetBuilder.cs
index a7c611fe5c..f64868ff4b 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SheetBuilder.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SheetBuilder.cs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 		{
 			// Don't bother allocating empty sprites
 			if (size.Width == 0 || size.Height == 0)
-				return new Sprite(current, Rectangle.Empty, spriteOffset, channel, BlendMode.Alpha);
+				return new Sprite(current, Rectangle.Empty, 0, spriteOffset, channel, BlendMode.Alpha);
 
 			var rect = Allocate(size, spriteOffset);
 			Util.FastCopyIntoChannel(rect, src);
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 				p = new Point(0, 0);
 			}
 
-			var rect = new Sprite(current, new Rectangle(p, imageSize), spriteOffset, channel, BlendMode.Alpha);
+			var rect = new Sprite(current, new Rectangle(p, imageSize), 0, spriteOffset, channel, BlendMode.Alpha);
 			p.X += imageSize.Width;
 
 			return rect;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SoftwareCursor.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SoftwareCursor.cs
index e10be9195b..24d2909672 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SoftwareCursor.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SoftwareCursor.cs
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			var cursorSize = CursorProvider.CursorViewportZoomed ? 2.0f * cursorSprite.Size : cursorSprite.Size;
 
 			var cursorOffset = CursorProvider.CursorViewportZoomed ?
-				(2 * cursorSequence.Hotspot) + cursorSprite.Size.ToInt2() :
-				cursorSequence.Hotspot + (0.5f * cursorSprite.Size).ToInt2();
+				(2 * cursorSequence.Hotspot) + cursorSprite.Size.XY.ToInt2() :
+				cursorSequence.Hotspot + (0.5f * cursorSprite.Size.XY).ToInt2();
 
 			renderer.SetPalette(palette);
 			renderer.SpriteRenderer.DrawSprite(cursorSprite,
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Sprite.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Sprite.cs
index 75c408c367..4608e5cb75 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Sprite.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Sprite.cs
@@ -20,24 +20,26 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 		public readonly Sheet Sheet;
 		public readonly BlendMode BlendMode;
 		public readonly TextureChannel Channel;
-		public readonly float2 Size;
-		public readonly float2 Offset;
-		public readonly float2 FractionalOffset;
+		public readonly float ZRamp;
+		public readonly float3 Size;
+		public readonly float3 Offset;
+		public readonly float3 FractionalOffset;
 		public readonly float Top, Left, Bottom, Right;
 
 		public Sprite(Sheet sheet, Rectangle bounds, TextureChannel channel)
-			: this(sheet, bounds, float2.Zero, channel) { }
+			: this(sheet, bounds, 0, float2.Zero, channel) { }
 
-		public Sprite(Sheet sheet, Rectangle bounds, float2 offset, TextureChannel channel, BlendMode blendMode = BlendMode.Alpha)
+		public Sprite(Sheet sheet, Rectangle bounds, float zRamp, float3 offset, TextureChannel channel, BlendMode blendMode = BlendMode.Alpha)
 		{
 			Sheet = sheet;
 			Bounds = bounds;
 			Offset = offset;
+			ZRamp = zRamp;
 			Channel = channel;
-			Size = new float2(bounds.Size);
+			Size = new float3(bounds.Size.Width, bounds.Size.Height, bounds.Size.Height * zRamp);
 			BlendMode = blendMode;
-
-			FractionalOffset = offset / Size;
+			FractionalOffset = Size.Z != 0 ? offset / Size :
+				new float3(offset.X / Size.X, offset.Y / Size.Y, 0);
 
 			Left = (float)Math.Min(bounds.Left, bounds.Right) / sheet.Size.Width;
 			Top = (float)Math.Min(bounds.Top, bounds.Bottom) / sheet.Size.Height;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderable.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderable.cs
index eb9a84af0c..12a235fba5 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderable.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderable.cs
@@ -49,21 +49,22 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 		public IRenderable OffsetBy(WVec vec) { return new SpriteRenderable(sprite, pos + vec, offset, zOffset, palette, scale, isDecoration); }
 		public IRenderable AsDecoration() { return new SpriteRenderable(sprite, pos, offset, zOffset, palette, scale, true); }
 
-		float2 ScreenPosition(WorldRenderer wr)
+		float3 ScreenPosition(WorldRenderer wr)
 		{
-			return wr.ScreenPxPosition(pos) + wr.ScreenPxOffset(offset) - (0.5f * scale * sprite.Size).ToInt2();
+			var xy = wr.ScreenPxPosition(pos) + wr.ScreenPxOffset(offset) - (0.5f * scale * sprite.Size.XY).ToInt2();
+			return new float3(xy, wr.ScreenZPosition(pos, 0) - 0.5f * scale * sprite.Size.Z);
 		}
 
 		public IFinalizedRenderable PrepareRender(WorldRenderer wr) { return this; }
 		public void Render(WorldRenderer wr)
 		{
-			Game.Renderer.WorldSpriteRenderer.DrawSprite(sprite, ScreenPosition(wr), palette, sprite.Size * scale);
+			Game.Renderer.WorldSpriteRenderer.DrawSprite(sprite, ScreenPosition(wr), palette, scale * sprite.Size);
 		}
 
 		public void RenderDebugGeometry(WorldRenderer wr)
 		{
-			var offset = ScreenPosition(wr) + sprite.Offset;
-			Game.Renderer.WorldRgbaColorRenderer.DrawRect(offset, offset + sprite.Size, 1 / wr.Viewport.Zoom, Color.Red);
+			var offset = ScreenPosition(wr) + sprite.Offset.XY;
+			Game.Renderer.WorldRgbaColorRenderer.DrawRect(offset.XY, (offset + sprite.Size).XY, 1 / wr.Viewport.Zoom, Color.Red);
 		}
 
 		public Rectangle ScreenBounds(WorldRenderer wr)
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderer.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderer.cs
index 70580db08b..df976a81c4 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderer.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SpriteRenderer.cs
@@ -59,17 +59,17 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			currentSheet = s.Sheet;
 		}
 
-		public void DrawSprite(Sprite s, float2 location, PaletteReference pal)
+		public void DrawSprite(Sprite s, float3 location, PaletteReference pal)
 		{
 			DrawSprite(s, location, pal.TextureIndex, s.Size);
 		}
 
-		public void DrawSprite(Sprite s, float2 location, PaletteReference pal, float2 size)
+		public void DrawSprite(Sprite s, float3 location, PaletteReference pal, float3 size)
 		{
 			DrawSprite(s, location, pal.TextureIndex, size);
 		}
 
-		void DrawSprite(Sprite s, float2 location, float paletteTextureIndex, float2 size)
+		void DrawSprite(Sprite s, float3 location, float paletteTextureIndex, float3 size)
 		{
 			SetRenderStateForSprite(s);
 			Util.FastCreateQuad(vertices, location + s.FractionalOffset * size, s, paletteTextureIndex, nv, size);
@@ -77,17 +77,17 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 		}
 
 		// For RGBASpriteRenderer, which doesn't use palettes
-		public void DrawSprite(Sprite s, float2 location)
+		public void DrawSprite(Sprite s, float3 location)
 		{
 			DrawSprite(s, location, 0, s.Size);
 		}
 
-		public void DrawSprite(Sprite s, float2 location, float2 size)
+		public void DrawSprite(Sprite s, float3 location, float3 size)
 		{
 			DrawSprite(s, location, 0, size);
 		}
 
-		public void DrawSprite(Sprite s, float2 a, float2 b, float2 c, float2 d)
+		public void DrawSprite(Sprite s, float3 a, float3 b, float3 c, float3 d)
 		{
 			SetRenderStateForSprite(s);
 			Util.FastCreateQuad(vertices, a, b, c, d, s, 0, nv);
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Theater.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Theater.cs
index c93530c7d8..f98ba533a6 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Theater.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Theater.cs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 
 				// Ignore the offsets baked into R8 sprites
 				if (tileset.IgnoreTileSpriteOffsets)
-					allSprites = allSprites.Select(s => new Sprite(s.Sheet, s.Bounds, float2.Zero, s.Channel, s.BlendMode));
+					allSprites = allSprites.Select(s => new Sprite(s.Sheet, s.Bounds, s.ZRamp, float2.Zero, s.Channel, s.BlendMode));
 
 				templates.Add(t.Value.Id, new TheaterTemplate(allSprites.ToArray(), variants.First().Count(), t.Value.Images.Length));
 			}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/UISpriteRenderable.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/UISpriteRenderable.cs
index a6538261e4..1dad60ece8 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/UISpriteRenderable.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/UISpriteRenderable.cs
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 		public IFinalizedRenderable PrepareRender(WorldRenderer wr) { return this; }
 		public void Render(WorldRenderer wr)
 		{
-			Game.Renderer.SpriteRenderer.DrawSprite(sprite, screenPos, palette, sprite.Size * scale);
+			Game.Renderer.SpriteRenderer.DrawSprite(sprite, screenPos, palette, scale * sprite.Size);
 		}
 
 		public void RenderDebugGeometry(WorldRenderer wr)
 		{
-			var offset = screenPos + sprite.Offset;
-			Game.Renderer.RgbaColorRenderer.DrawRect(offset, offset + sprite.Size, 1, Color.Red);
+			var offset = screenPos + sprite.Offset.XY;
+			Game.Renderer.RgbaColorRenderer.DrawRect(offset, offset + sprite.Size.XY, 1, Color.Red);
 		}
 
 		public Rectangle ScreenBounds(WorldRenderer wr)
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Graphics/DefaultSpriteSequence.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Graphics/DefaultSpriteSequence.cs
index b2fe123f16..fe02a3970c 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Graphics/DefaultSpriteSequence.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Graphics/DefaultSpriteSequence.cs
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Graphics
 		public int Facings { get; private set; }
 		public int Tick { get; private set; }
 		public int ZOffset { get; private set; }
+		public float ZRamp { get; private set; }
 		public int ShadowStart { get; private set; }
 		public int ShadowZOffset { get; private set; }
 		public int[] Frames { get; private set; }
@@ -119,6 +120,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Graphics
 				ShadowStart = LoadField(d, "ShadowStart", -1);
 				ShadowZOffset = LoadField(d, "ShadowZOffset", DefaultShadowSpriteZOffset).Length;
 				ZOffset = LoadField(d, "ZOffset", WDist.Zero).Length;
+				ZRamp = LoadField(d, "ZRamp", 0);
 				Tick = LoadField(d, "Tick", 40);
 				transpose = LoadField(d, "Transpose", false);
 				Frames = LoadField<int[]>(d, "Frames", null);
@@ -139,7 +141,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Graphics
 						"{0}: Sequence {1}.{2}: UseClassicFacingFudge is only valid for 32 facings"
 						.F(info.Nodes[0].Location, sequence, animation));
 
-				var offset = LoadField(d, "Offset", float2.Zero);
+				var offset = LoadField(d, "Offset", float3.Zero);
 				var blendMode = LoadField(d, "BlendMode", BlendMode.Alpha);
 
 				MiniYaml combine;
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Graphics
 						var subSrc = GetSpriteSrc(modData, tileSet, sequence, animation, sub.Key, sd);
 						var subSprites = cache[subSrc].Select(
 							s => new Sprite(s.Sheet,
-								FlipRectangle(s.Bounds, subFlipX, subFlipY),
+								FlipRectangle(s.Bounds, subFlipX, subFlipY), ZRamp,
 								new float2(subFlipX ? -s.Offset.X : s.Offset.X, subFlipY ? -s.Offset.Y : s.Offset.Y) + subOffset + offset,
 								s.Channel, blendMode));
 
@@ -182,7 +184,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Graphics
 					var src = GetSpriteSrc(modData, tileSet, sequence, animation, info.Value, d);
 					sprites = cache[src].Select(
 						s => new Sprite(s.Sheet,
-							FlipRectangle(s.Bounds, flipX, flipY),
+							FlipRectangle(s.Bounds, flipX, flipY), ZRamp,
 							new float2(flipX ? -s.Offset.X : s.Offset.X, flipY ? -s.Offset.Y : s.Offset.Y) + offset,
 							s.Channel, blendMode)).ToArray();
 				}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Graphics/VoxelRenderable.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Graphics/VoxelRenderable.cs
index f68467b157..75bed0ed0d 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Graphics/VoxelRenderable.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Graphics/VoxelRenderable.cs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Graphics
 
 				// Draw sprite rect
 				var offset = pxOrigin + renderProxy.Sprite.Offset - 0.5f * renderProxy.Sprite.Size;
-				Game.Renderer.WorldRgbaColorRenderer.DrawRect(offset, offset + renderProxy.Sprite.Size, iz, Color.Red);
+				Game.Renderer.WorldRgbaColorRenderer.DrawRect(offset.XY, (offset + renderProxy.Sprite.Size).XY, iz, Color.Red);
 
 				// Draw transformed shadow sprite rect
 				var c = Color.Purple;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs
index 578cf1cf02..3f2c5348d0 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/RenderSprites.cs
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 		{
 			return anims.Where(b => b.IsVisible
 				&& b.Animation.Animation.CurrentSequence != null)
-					.Select(a => (a.Animation.Animation.Image.Size * info.Scale).ToInt2())
+					.Select(a => (a.Animation.Animation.Image.Size.XY * info.Scale).ToInt2())
 					.FirstOrDefault();
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/SelectionDecorations.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/SelectionDecorations.cs
index 48e8ecaaae..5a971f02b8 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/SelectionDecorations.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/SelectionDecorations.cs
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 			pipImages.PlayFetchIndex("groups", () => (int)group);
 			pipImages.Tick();
 
-			var pos = basePosition - (0.5f * pipImages.Image.Size).ToInt2() + new int2(9, 5);
+			var pos = basePosition - (0.5f * pipImages.Image.Size.XY).ToInt2() + new int2(9, 5);
 			yield return new UISpriteRenderable(pipImages.Image, self.CenterPosition, pos, 0, pal, 1f);
 		}
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 			var pipImages = new Animation(self.World, "pips");
 			pipImages.PlayRepeating(PipStrings[0]);
 
-			var pipSize = pipImages.Image.Size.ToInt2();
+			var pipSize = pipImages.Image.Size.XY.ToInt2();
 			var pipxyBase = basePosition + new int2(1 - pipSize.X / 2, -(3 + pipSize.Y / 2));
 			var pipxyOffset = new int2(0, 0);
 			var pal = wr.Palette(Info.Palette);
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithDecoration.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithDecoration.cs
index 9e2a908531..be8760b3cb 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithDecoration.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Render/WithDecoration.cs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 				return Enumerable.Empty<IRenderable>();
 
 			var bounds = self.VisualBounds;
-			var halfSize = (0.5f * Anim.Image.Size).ToInt2();
+			var halfSize = (0.5f * Anim.Image.Size.XY).ToInt2();
 
 			var boundsOffset = new int2(bounds.Left + bounds.Right, bounds.Top + bounds.Bottom) / 2;
 			var sizeOffset = -halfSize;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/World/ShroudRenderer.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/World/ShroudRenderer.cs
index 3c77892dc3..a4eff56b27 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/World/ShroudRenderer.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/World/ShroudRenderer.cs
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 
 		struct TileInfo
 		{
-			public readonly float2 ScreenPosition;
+			public readonly float3 ScreenPosition;
 			public readonly byte Variant;
 
-			public TileInfo(float2 screenPosition, byte variant)
+			public TileInfo(float3 screenPosition, byte variant)
 			{
 				ScreenPosition = screenPosition;
 				Variant = variant;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/SpriteWidget.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/SpriteWidget.cs
index 0709662273..18847bc540 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/SpriteWidget.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Widgets/SpriteWidget.cs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Widgets
 
 			if (sprite != cachedSprite)
 			{
-				offset = 0.5f * (new float2(RenderBounds.Size) - sprite.Size);
+				offset = 0.5f * (new float2(RenderBounds.Size) - sprite.Size.XY);
 				cachedSprite = sprite;
 			}
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/Traits/World/BuildableTerrainLayer.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/Traits/World/BuildableTerrainLayer.cs
index 98f15fd80c..76244b6b28 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/Traits/World/BuildableTerrainLayer.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/Traits/World/BuildableTerrainLayer.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.D2k.Traits
 
 			// Terrain tiles define their origin at the topleft
 			var s = theater.TileSprite(tile);
-			dirty[cell] = new Sprite(s.Sheet, s.Bounds, float2.Zero, s.Channel, s.BlendMode);
+			dirty[cell] = new Sprite(s.Sheet, s.Bounds, s.ZRamp, float2.Zero, s.Channel, s.BlendMode);
 		}
 
 		public void TickRender(WorldRenderer wr, Actor self)