diff -r 8590424bdfb0 -r ed00aa2b339e hedgewars/uVisualGears.pas
--- a/hedgewars/uVisualGears.pas	Fri Jul 02 17:46:53 2010 +0200
+++ b/hedgewars/uVisualGears.pas	Sat Jul 03 00:11:23 2010 +0200
@@ -376,10 +376,11 @@
         begin
         Tint(Gear^.Tint);
         case Gear^.Kind of
-            vgtFlake: if vobVelocity = 0 then
-                        DrawSprite(sprFlake, round(Gear^.X) + WorldDx, round(Gear^.Y) + WorldDy + SkyOffset, Gear^.Frame)
-                    else
-                        DrawRotatedF(sprFlake, round(Gear^.X) + WorldDx, round(Gear^.Y) + WorldDy + SkyOffset, Gear^.Frame, 1, Gear^.Angle);
+            vgtFlake: if ((cReducedQuality and rqkillFlakes) <> 0) then
+                        if vobVelocity = 0 then
+                            DrawSprite(sprFlake, round(Gear^.X) + WorldDx, round(Gear^.Y) + WorldDy + SkyOffset, Gear^.Frame)
+                        else
+                            DrawRotatedF(sprFlake, round(Gear^.X) + WorldDx, round(Gear^.Y) + WorldDy + SkyOffset, Gear^.Frame, 1, Gear^.Angle);
             vgtCloud: DrawSprite(sprCloud, round(Gear^.X) + WorldDx, round(Gear^.Y) + WorldDy + SkyOffset, Gear^.Frame);
             end;
         Gear:= Gear^.NextGear