diff --git a/BluntDx.dll b/BluntDx.dll
index cf1f0d1ce2..0644a43f5d 100644
Binary files a/BluntDx.dll and b/BluntDx.dll differ
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/MainWindow.cs b/OpenRa.Game/MainWindow.cs
index 3c9b0ec143..2b7ab13e0b 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/MainWindow.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/MainWindow.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Drawing;
 using BluntDirectX.Direct3D;
 using OpenRa.FileFormats;
 using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 
 namespace OpenRa.Game
 {
@@ -21,6 +22,58 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 
 		const string mapName = "scm12ea.ini";
 
+		Dictionary<TileReference, SheetRectangle<Sheet>> tileMapping =
+			new Dictionary<TileReference, SheetRectangle<Sheet>>();
+
+		FvfVertexBuffer<Vertex> vertexBuffer;
+		IndexBuffer indexBuffer;
+
+		void LoadTextures()
+		{
+			List<Sheet> tempSheets = new List<Sheet>();
+
+			Provider<Sheet> sheetProvider = delegate
+			{
+				Sheet t = new Sheet( new Bitmap(256, 256));
+				tempSheets.Add(t);
+				return t;
+			};
+
+			TileSheetBuilder<Sheet> builder = new TileSheetBuilder<Sheet>( new Size(256,256), sheetProvider );
+
+			for( int i = 0; i < 128; i++ )
+				for (int j = 0; j < 128; j++)
+				{
+					TileReference tileRef = map.MapTiles[i, j];
+
+					if (!tileMapping.ContainsKey(tileRef))
+					{
+						SheetRectangle<Sheet> rect = builder.AddImage(new Size(24, 24));
+						Bitmap srcImage = tileSet.tiles[ tileRef.tile ].GetTile( tileRef.image );
+						using (Graphics g = Graphics.FromImage(rect.sheet.bitmap))
+							g.DrawImage(srcImage, rect.origin);
+
+						tileMapping.Add(tileRef, rect);
+					}
+				}
+
+			foreach (Sheet s in tempSheets)
+				s.LoadTexture(device);
+		}
+
+		void LoadVertexBuffer()
+		{
+			Vertex[] vertices = new Vertex[4 * map.Width * map.Height];
+
+			vertexBuffer = new FvfVertexBuffer<Vertex>(device, vertices.Length, Vertex.Format);
+			vertexBuffer.SetData(vertices);
+
+			ushort[] indices = new ushort[6 * map.Width * map.Height];
+
+			indexBuffer = new IndexBuffer(device, indices.Length);
+			indexBuffer.SetData(indices);
+		}
+
 		public MainWindow()
 		{
 			ClientSize = new Size(640, 480);
@@ -35,6 +88,9 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			Text = string.Format("OpenRA - {0} - {1}", map.Title, mapName);
 
 			tileSet = LoadTileSet(map);
+
+			LoadTextures();
+			LoadVertexBuffer();
 		}
 
 		internal void Run()
@@ -53,6 +109,11 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 
 			// render something :)
 
+			//vertexBuffer.Bind(0);
+			//indexBuffer.Bind();
+
+			//device.DrawIndexedPrimitives(PrimitiveType.TriangleList, 2 * map.Width * map.Height);
+
 			device.End();
 			device.Present();
 		}
@@ -81,5 +142,7 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			}
 			return new TileSet(TileMix, TileSuffix, pal);
 		}
+
+		
 	}
 }
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj b/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
index 31029a5c52..72ccc8e056 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
     </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Program.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Sheet.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Vertex.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\OpenRa.FileFormats\OpenRa.FileFormats.csproj">
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Sheet.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Sheet.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a7f68558e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Sheet.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Drawing;
+using BluntDirectX.Direct3D;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Drawing.Imaging;
+
+namespace OpenRa.Game
+{
+	class Sheet
+	{
+		public readonly Bitmap bitmap;
+		public Texture texture;
+
+		public Sheet(Bitmap b) { bitmap = b; }
+
+		public void LoadTexture(GraphicsDevice device)
+		{
+			string tempFile = string.Format("../../../block-cache-{0}.bmp", suffix++);
+			bitmap.Save(tempFile);
+
+			using( Stream s = File.OpenRead(tempFile) )
+				texture = Texture.Create(s, device);
+		}
+
+		static int suffix = 0;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Vertex.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Vertex.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..140025efd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Vertex.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using BluntDirectX.Direct3D;
+
+namespace OpenRa.Game
+{
+	[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+	struct Vertex
+	{
+		public float x, y, z, u, v;
+
+		public Vertex(float x, float y, float z, float u, float v)
+		{
+			this.x = x; this.y = y; this.z = z;
+			this.u = u;
+			this.v = v;
+		}
+
+		public const VertexFormat Format = VertexFormat.Position | VertexFormat.Texture;
+	}
+}