diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/MainWindow.cs b/OpenRa.Game/MainWindow.cs
index 7f79967910..3c9b0ec143 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/MainWindow.cs
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/MainWindow.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 {
 	class MainWindow : Form
 	{
-		GraphicsDevice device;
+		readonly GraphicsDevice device;
+		readonly Map map;
+		readonly TileSet tileSet;
+		
+		Palette pal;
+		Package TileMix;
+		string TileSuffix;
 
 		const string mapName = "scm12ea.ini";
 
@@ -24,9 +30,11 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			device = GraphicsDevice.Create(this, ClientSize.Width, ClientSize.Height, true, false);
 
 			IniFile mapFile = new IniFile(File.OpenRead("../../../" + mapName));
-			Map map = new Map(mapFile);
+			map = new Map(mapFile);
 
 			Text = string.Format("OpenRA - {0} - {1}", map.Title, mapName);
+
+			tileSet = LoadTileSet(map);
 		}
 
 		internal void Run()
@@ -43,8 +51,35 @@ namespace OpenRa.Game
 			device.Begin();
 			device.Clear(0);
 
+			// render something :)
+
 			device.End();
 			device.Present();
 		}
+
+		TileSet LoadTileSet(Map currentMap)
+		{
+			switch (currentMap.Theater.ToLowerInvariant())
+			{
+				case "temperate":
+					pal = new Palette(File.OpenRead("../../../temperat.pal"));
+					TileMix = new Package("../../../temperat.mix");
+					TileSuffix = ".tem";
+					break;
+				case "snow":
+					pal = new Palette(File.OpenRead("../../../snow.pal"));
+					TileMix = new Package("../../../snow.mix");
+					TileSuffix = ".sno";
+					break;
+				case "interior":
+					pal = new Palette(File.OpenRead("../../../interior.pal"));
+					TileMix = new Package("../../../interior.mix");
+					TileSuffix = ".int";
+					break;
+				default:
+					throw new NotImplementedException();
+			}
+			return new TileSet(TileMix, TileSuffix, pal);
+		}
 	}
 }