diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Palette.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Palette.cs
index f58ba580c9..a78e0413f8 100644
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/Palette.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/Palette.cs
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 			return colors[index];
 		}
 
-		public Palette(Stream s)
+		public Palette(Stream s, bool remapTransparent)
 		{
 			using (BinaryReader reader = new BinaryReader(s))
 			{
@@ -46,9 +46,14 @@ namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
 					colors.Add(Color.FromArgb(r, g, b));
 				}
 			}
+
 			colors[0] = Color.FromArgb(0, 0, 0, 0);
-			colors[3] = Color.FromArgb(178, 0, 0, 0);
-			colors[4] = Color.FromArgb(140, 0, 0, 0);
+
+			if (remapTransparent)
+			{
+				colors[3] = Color.FromArgb(178, 0, 0, 0);
+				colors[4] = Color.FromArgb(140, 0, 0, 0);
+			}
 		}
 
 		public Palette(Palette p, IPaletteRemap r)
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/PaletteFromFile.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/PaletteFromFile.cs
index f4d1da0f3f..a71356c217 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/PaletteFromFile.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Traits/World/PaletteFromFile.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 		public readonly string Name = null;
 		public readonly string Theater = null;
 		public readonly string Filename = null;
+		public readonly bool Transparent = true;
 		public object Create(Actor self) { return new PaletteFromFile(self, this); }
 	}
 
@@ -37,8 +38,8 @@ namespace OpenRA.Traits
 			if (info.Theater == null || 
 				info.Theater.ToLowerInvariant() == self.World.Map.Theater.ToLowerInvariant())
 			{
-				//Log.Write("Loading palette {0} from file {1}", info.Name, info.Filename);
-				self.World.WorldRenderer.AddPalette(info.Name, new Palette(FileSystem.Open(info.Filename)));
+				self.World.WorldRenderer.AddPalette(info.Name, 
+					new Palette(FileSystem.Open(info.Filename), info.Transparent));
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/SequenceEditor/Program.cs b/SequenceEditor/Program.cs
index cdeb939037..b5b580e646 100644
--- a/SequenceEditor/Program.cs
+++ b/SequenceEditor/Program.cs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ namespace SequenceEditor
 			Doc = new XmlDocument(); 
 			Doc.Load(XmlFilename);
 
-			var tempPal = new Palette(FileSystem.Open(args[2]));
+			var tempPal = new Palette(FileSystem.Open(args[2]), true);
 			Pal = tempPal;
 
 			UnitName = GetTextForm.GetString("Unit to edit?", "e1");
diff --git a/mods/cnc/mouse2.shp b/mods/cnc/mouse2.shp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e91597f7d8
Binary files /dev/null and b/mods/cnc/mouse2.shp differ
diff --git a/mods/cnc/sequences.xml b/mods/cnc/sequences.xml
index b725337e39..e4838a68f9 100644
--- a/mods/cnc/sequences.xml
+++ b/mods/cnc/sequences.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <unit name="clock">
     <sequence name="idle" start="0" length="*" src="hclock" />
   </unit>
-  <cursor src="mouse">
+  <cursor src="mouse2">
     <sequence name="default" start="0" />
     <sequence name="scroll" start="1" length="8" />
     <sequence name="generic-blocked" start="9" />
diff --git a/mods/cnc/system.yaml b/mods/cnc/system.yaml
index 15e2619dca..a1db97ab6a 100644
--- a/mods/cnc/system.yaml
+++ b/mods/cnc/system.yaml
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ World:
 	PaletteFromFile@cursor:
 		Name: cursor
 		Filename: temperat.pal
+		Transparent: no
 	PaletteFromRGBA@shadow:
 		Name: shadow
 		R: 0