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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Drawing;
+using OpenRa.FileFormats;
+
+namespace OpenRa.Traits
+{
+	class PlayerColorPaletteInfo : ITraitInfo
+	{
+		public readonly string Name = null;
+		public readonly string DisplayName = null;
+		public readonly string BasePalette = null;
+		public readonly string Remap = null;
+		public readonly int[] DisplayColor = null;
+		public object Create(Actor self) { return new PlayerColorPalette(self, this); }
+	}
+
+	class PlayerColorPalette
+	{
+		public PlayerColorPalette(Actor self, PlayerColorPaletteInfo info)
+		{
+			var wr = self.World.WorldRenderer;
+			var pal = wr.GetPalette(info.BasePalette);
+			var newpal = (info.Remap == null) ? pal : new Palette(pal, new PlayerColorRemap(FileSystem.Open(info.Remap)));
+			wr.AddPalette(info.Name, newpal);
+			Player.RegisterPlayerColor(info.Name, info.DisplayName, Color.FromArgb(info.DisplayColor[0], info.DisplayColor[1], info.DisplayColor[2]));
+		}
+	}
+}