diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/FieldLoader.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/FieldLoader.cs
index fc64c526f3..0dc062df43 100755
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/FieldLoader.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/FieldLoader.cs
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 				return InvalidValueAction(value, fieldType, fieldName);
 			}
 
+			if (fieldType == typeof(long))
+			{
+				long res;
+				if (long.TryParse(value, out res))
+					return res;
+				return InvalidValueAction(value, fieldType, fieldName);
+			}
+
 			else if (fieldType == typeof(float))
 			{
 				float res;
diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/IGraphicsDevice.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/IGraphicsDevice.cs
index 9be4681fc8..efd2bb6cfb 100755
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/IGraphicsDevice.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/IGraphicsDevice.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats.Graphics
 		IGraphicsDevice Create( Size size, WindowMode windowMode );
 	}
 
-	public enum BlendMode { None, Alpha, Additive }
+	public enum BlendMode { None, Alpha, Additive, Subtractive }
 
 	public interface IGraphicsDevice
 	{
diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/R8Reader.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/R8Reader.cs
index 0ecd31c802..d737af6cee 100644
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/R8Reader.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Graphics/R8Reader.cs
@@ -53,15 +53,11 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 			// Skip alignment byte
 			s.ReadUInt8();
 
-			// Ignore palette header
-			if (type == 1 && paletteOffset != 0)
-				s.Seek(8, SeekOrigin.Current);
-
 			Image = s.ReadBytes(width*height);
 
-			// Ignore palette data
+			// Ignore palette
 			if (type == 1 && paletteOffset != 0)
-				s.Seek(512, SeekOrigin.Current);
+				s.Seek(520, SeekOrigin.Current);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/OpenRA.Mods.D2k.csproj b/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/OpenRA.Mods.D2k.csproj
index 01d307f517..f0c67781f0 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/OpenRA.Mods.D2k.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/OpenRA.Mods.D2k.csproj
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Widgets\Logic\D2kInstallFromCDLogic.cs" />
     <Compile Include="BuildingCaptureNotification.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Render\WithCrumbleOverlay.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="PaletteFromR8.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/PaletteFromR8.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/PaletteFromR8.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..901fef682c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.D2k/PaletteFromR8.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2012 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information,
+ * see COPYING.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System.IO;
+using OpenRA.FileFormats;
+using OpenRA.Traits;
+using OpenRA.Graphics;
+
+namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA
+{
+	class PaletteFromR8Info : ITraitInfo
+	{
+		[Desc("Internal palette name")]
+		public readonly string Name = null;
+		[Desc("Filename to load")]
+		public readonly string Filename = null;
+		[Desc("Palette byte offset")]
+		public readonly long Offset = 0;
+		public readonly bool AllowModifiers = true;
+		
+		public object Create(ActorInitializer init) { return new PaletteFromR8(this); }
+	}
+
+	class PaletteFromR8 : IPalette
+	{
+		readonly PaletteFromR8Info info;
+		public PaletteFromR8(PaletteFromR8Info info) { this.info = info; }
+
+		public void InitPalette(WorldRenderer wr)
+		{
+			var colors = new uint[256];
+			using (var s = FileSystem.Open(info.Filename))
+			{
+				s.Seek(info.Offset, SeekOrigin.Begin);
+
+				for (var i = 0; i < 256; i++)
+				{
+					// The custom palette is scaled into the range 0-128.
+					// This makes the move-flash match the original game, but may not be correct in other cases.
+					var packed = s.ReadUInt16();
+					colors[i] = (uint)((255 << 24) | ((packed & 0xF800) << 7) | ((packed & 0x7E0) << 4) | ((packed & 0x1f) << 2));
+				}
+			}
+
+			wr.AddPalette(info.Name, new Palette(colors), info.AllowModifiers);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon/SdlGraphics.cs b/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon/SdlGraphics.cs
index f8ab2ecde7..8c8de209e3 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon/SdlGraphics.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon/SdlGraphics.cs
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon
 
 		public void SetBlendMode(BlendMode mode)
 		{
+			Gl.glBlendEquation(Gl.GL_FUNC_ADD);
+			ErrorHandler.CheckGlError();
+
 			switch (mode)
 			{
 				case BlendMode.None:
@@ -169,6 +172,13 @@ namespace OpenRA.Renderer.SdlCommon
 					ErrorHandler.CheckGlError();
 					Gl.glBlendFunc(Gl.GL_ONE, Gl.GL_ONE);
 					break;
+				case BlendMode.Subtractive:
+					Gl.glEnable(Gl.GL_BLEND);
+					ErrorHandler.CheckGlError();
+					Gl.glBlendFunc(Gl.GL_ONE, Gl.GL_ONE);
+					ErrorHandler.CheckGlError();
+					Gl.glBlendEquation(Gl.GL_FUNC_REVERSE_SUBTRACT);
+					break;
 			}
 			ErrorHandler.CheckGlError();
 		}