diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs
index bacd54e00b..72696feb6f 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Render/RenderSimple.cs
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 			foreach( var a in anims.Values )
 				if( a.DisableFunc == null || !a.DisableFunc() )
 				{
-					Renderable ret = a.Image( self ).WithPalette(Palette(self.Owner));
+					Renderable ret = a.Image(self, Palette(self.Owner));
 					if (Info.Scale != 1f)
 						ret = ret.WithScale(Info.Scale).WithPos(ret.Pos + 0.5f*ret.Sprite.size*(1 - Info.Scale));
 					yield return ret;
@@ -118,10 +118,12 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 				this.DisableFunc = d;
 			}
 
-			public Renderable Image( Actor self )
+			public Renderable Image( Actor self, string pal )
 			{
-				var r = Util.Centered( self, Animation.Image, self.CenterLocation 
-					+ (OffsetFunc != null ? OffsetFunc() : float2.Zero) );
+            	var loc = self.CenterLocation - 0.5f * Animation.Image.size
+					+ (OffsetFunc != null ? OffsetFunc() : float2.Zero);
+				var r = new Renderable(Animation.Image, loc, pal, (int)self.CenterLocation.Y);
+				
 				return ZOffset != 0 ? r.WithZOffset(ZOffset) : r;
 			}
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Util.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Util.cs
index 353645c9f3..82be232013 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Util.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/Util.cs
@@ -96,14 +96,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 		public static float2 RelOffset(this int[] offset) { return new float2(offset[0], offset[1]); }
 		public static float2 AbsOffset(this int[] offset) { return new float2(offset.ElementAtOrDefault(2), offset.ElementAtOrDefault(3)); }
 
-		public static Renderable Centered(Actor self, Sprite s, float2 location)
-		{
-			var pal = "player{0}".F(self.Owner == null ? 0 : self.Owner.Index);
-            var loc = location - 0.5f * s.size;
-
-			return new Renderable(s, loc.Round(), pal, (int)self.CenterLocation.Y);
-		}
-
 		public static Activity SequenceActivities(params Activity[] acts)
 		{
 			return acts.Reverse().Aggregate(
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/GpsDot.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/GpsDot.cs
index 46419d3be1..7fba65f8d7 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/GpsDot.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/GpsDot.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ using OpenRA.Traits;
 
 namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Effects
 {
-	class GpsDotInfo : ITraitInfo
+	class GpsDotInfo : ITraitInfo, ITraitPrerequisite<RenderSimpleInfo>
 	{
 		public readonly string String = "Infantry";
 		public object Create(ActorInitializer init)
@@ -27,10 +27,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Effects
 
 	class GpsDot : IEffect
 	{
-		int2 loc;
-		Color color;
 		Actor self;
 		GpsWatcher watcher;
+		RenderSimple rs;
 		bool show = false;
 		Animation anim;
 
@@ -40,8 +39,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Effects
 			anim.PlayRepeating(s);
 
 			self = init.self;
-			loc = self.CenterLocation;
-			color = self.Owner.ColorRamp.GetColor(0);
+			rs = self.Trait<RenderSimple>();
 			self.World.AddFrameEndTask(w => w.Add(this));
 			if(self.World.LocalPlayer != null)
 				watcher = self.World.LocalPlayer.PlayerActor.Trait<GpsWatcher>();
@@ -65,14 +63,13 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Effects
 				)
 			{
 				show = true;
-				loc = self.CenterLocation;
 			}
 		}
 
 		public IEnumerable<Renderable> Render()
 		{
 			if (show && !self.Destroyed)
-				yield return Traits.Util.Centered(self, anim.Image, self.CenterLocation.ToFloat2())
+				yield return new Renderable(anim.Image, self.CenterLocation - 0.5f * anim.Image.size, rs.Palette(self.Owner), (int)self.CenterLocation.Y)
 					.WithScale(1.5f);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Parachute.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Parachute.cs
index 2ac1a04d2f..5771ccbc6f 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Parachute.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Effects/Parachute.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Effects
 		readonly float2 location;
 		
 		readonly Actor cargo;
-		readonly Player owner;
 
 		float altitude;
 		const float fallRate = .3f;
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Effects
 			this.location = location;
 			this.altitude = altitude;
 			this.cargo = cargo;
-			this.owner = owner;
 
 			var rs = cargo.Trait<RenderSimple>();
 			var image = rs.anim.Name;