diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_draw.c b/src/hardware/hw_draw.c
index 55bbde45..cd2c9523 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_draw.c
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_draw.c
@@ -1082,21 +1082,24 @@ UINT8 *HWR_GetScreenshot(void)
 	return buf;
 }
 
-boolean HWR_Screenshot(const char *lbmname)
+boolean HWR_Screenshot(const char *pathname)
 {
 	boolean ret;
 	UINT8 *buf = malloc(vid.width * vid.height * 3 * sizeof (*buf));
 
 	if (!buf)
+	{
+		CONS_Debug(DBG_RENDER, "HWR_Screenshot: Failed to allocate memory\n");
 		return false;
+	}
 
 	// returns 24bit 888 RGB
 	HWD.pfnReadRect(0, 0, vid.width, vid.height, vid.width * 3, (void *)buf);
 
 #ifdef USE_PNG
-	ret = M_SavePNG(lbmname, buf, vid.width, vid.height, NULL);
+	ret = M_SavePNG(pathname, buf, vid.width, vid.height, NULL);
 #else
-	ret = saveTGA(lbmname, buf, vid.width, vid.height);
+	ret = saveTGA(pathname, buf, vid.width, vid.height);
 #endif
 	free(buf);
 	return ret;
diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_main.h b/src/hardware/hw_main.h
index f86b198a..20231ee1 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_main.h
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_main.h
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ void HWR_RenderSkyboxView(INT32 viewnumber, player_t *player);
 void HWR_RenderPlayerView(INT32 viewnumber, player_t *player);
 void HWR_DrawViewBorder(INT32 clearlines);
 void HWR_DrawFlatFill(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 w, INT32 h, lumpnum_t flatlumpnum);
-UINT8 *HWR_GetScreenshot(void);
-boolean HWR_Screenshot(const char *lbmname);
 void HWR_InitTextureMapping(void);
 void HWR_SetViewSize(void);
 void HWR_DrawPatch(GLPatch_t *gpatch, INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 option);
@@ -54,6 +52,9 @@ void HWR_DrawFill(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 w, INT32 h, INT32 color);
 void HWR_DrawConsoleFill(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 w, INT32 h, UINT32 color, INT32 options);	// Lat: separate flags from color since color needs to be an uint to work right.
 void HWR_DrawPic(INT32 x,INT32 y,lumpnum_t lumpnum);
 
+UINT8 *HWR_GetScreenshot(void);
+boolean HWR_Screenshot(const char *pathname);
+
 void HWR_AddCommands(void);
 void HWR_CorrectSWTricks(void);
 void transform(float *cx, float *cy, float *cz);
diff --git a/src/m_misc.c b/src/m_misc.c
index fe521592..232ccb47 100644
--- a/src/m_misc.c
+++ b/src/m_misc.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "g_game.h"
 #include "m_misc.h"
 #include "hu_stuff.h"
+#include "st_stuff.h"
 #include "v_video.h"
 #include "z_zone.h"
 #include "g_input.h"
@@ -586,6 +587,21 @@ void M_SaveConfig(const char *filename)
 	fclose(f);
 }
 
+// ==========================================================================
+//                              SCREENSHOTS
+// ==========================================================================
+static UINT8 screenshot_palette[768];
+static void M_CreateScreenShotPalette(void)
+{
+	size_t i, j;
+	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < 768; i += 3, j++)
+	{
+		RGBA_t locpal = pLocalPalette[(max(st_palette,0)*256)+j];
+		screenshot_palette[i] = locpal.s.red;
+		screenshot_palette[i+1] = locpal.s.green;
+		screenshot_palette[i+2] = locpal.s.blue;
+	}
+}
 
 #if NUMSCREENS > 2
 static const char *Newsnapshotfile(const char *pathname, const char *ext)
@@ -1016,6 +1032,7 @@ static boolean M_SetupaPNG(png_const_charp filename, png_bytep pal)
 static inline moviemode_t M_StartMovieAPNG(const char *pathname)
 {
 #ifdef USE_APNG
+	UINT8 *palette;
 	const char *freename = NULL;
 	boolean ret = false;
 
@@ -1031,10 +1048,8 @@ static inline moviemode_t M_StartMovieAPNG(const char *pathname)
 		return MM_OFF;
 	}
 
-	if (rendermode == render_soft)
-		ret = M_SetupaPNG(va(pandf,pathname,freename), W_CacheLumpName(GetPalette(), PU_CACHE));
-	else
-		ret = M_SetupaPNG(va(pandf,pathname,freename), NULL);
+	if (rendermode == render_soft) M_CreateScreenShotPalette();
+	ret = M_SetupaPNG(va(pandf,pathname,freename), (palette = screenshot_palette));
 
 	if (!ret)
 	{
@@ -1237,7 +1252,7 @@ void M_StopMovie(void)
   * \param data     The image data.
   * \param width    Width of the picture.
   * \param height   Height of the picture.
-  * \param palette  Palette of image data
+  * \param palette  Palette of image data.
   *  \note if palette is NULL, BGR888 format
   */
 boolean M_SavePNG(const char *filename, void *data, int width, int height, const UINT8 *palette)
@@ -1259,8 +1274,7 @@ boolean M_SavePNG(const char *filename, void *data, int width, int height, const
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	png_ptr = png_create_write_struct(PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING, NULL,
-	 PNG_error, PNG_warn);
+	png_ptr = png_create_write_struct(PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING, NULL, PNG_error, PNG_warn);
 	if (!png_ptr)
 	{
 		CONS_Debug(DBG_RENDER, "M_SavePNG: Error on initialize libpng\n");
@@ -1414,9 +1428,8 @@ void M_ScreenShot(void)
 }
 
 /** Takes a screenshot.
-  * The screenshot is saved as "srb2xxxx.pcx" (or "srb2xxxx.tga" in hardware
-  * rendermode) where xxxx is the lowest four-digit number for which a file
-  * does not already exist.
+  * The screenshot is saved as "srb2xxxx.png" where xxxx is the lowest
+  * four-digit number for which a file does not already exist.
   *
   * \sa HWR_ScreenShot
   */
@@ -1430,6 +1443,10 @@ void M_DoScreenShot(void)
 	// Don't take multiple screenshots, obviously
 	takescreenshot = false;
 
+	// how does one take a screenshot without a render system?
+	if (rendermode == render_none)
+		return;
+
 	if (cv_screenshot_option.value == 0)
 		pathname = usehome ? srb2home : srb2path;
 	else if (cv_screenshot_option.value == 1)
@@ -1440,16 +1457,13 @@ void M_DoScreenShot(void)
 		pathname = cv_screenshot_folder.string;
 
 #ifdef USE_PNG
-	if (rendermode != render_none)
-		freename = Newsnapshotfile(pathname,"png");
+	freename = Newsnapshotfile(pathname,"png");
 #else
 	if (rendermode == render_soft)
 		freename = Newsnapshotfile(pathname,"pcx");
-	else if (rendermode != render_none)
+	else if (rendermode == render_opengl)
 		freename = Newsnapshotfile(pathname,"tga");
 #endif
-	else
-		I_Error("Can't take a screenshot without a render system");
 
 	if (rendermode == render_soft)
 	{
@@ -1463,18 +1477,16 @@ void M_DoScreenShot(void)
 
 	// save the pcx file
 #ifdef HWRENDER
-	if (rendermode != render_soft)
+	if (rendermode == render_opengl)
 		ret = HWR_Screenshot(va(pandf,pathname,freename));
 	else
 #endif
-	if (rendermode != render_none)
 	{
+		M_CreateScreenShotPalette();
 #ifdef USE_PNG
-		ret = M_SavePNG(va(pandf,pathname,freename), linear, vid.width, vid.height,
-			W_CacheLumpName(GetPalette(), PU_CACHE));
+		ret = M_SavePNG(va(pandf,pathname,freename), linear, vid.width, vid.height, screenshot_palette);
 #else
-		ret = WritePCXfile(va(pandf,pathname,freename), linear, vid.width, vid.height,
-			W_CacheLumpName(GetPalette(), PU_CACHE));
+		ret = WritePCXfile(va(pandf,pathname,freename), linear, vid.width, vid.height, screenshot_palette);
 #endif
 	}
 
@@ -1482,14 +1494,14 @@ failure:
 	if (ret)
 	{
 		if (moviemode != MM_SCREENSHOT)
-			CONS_Printf(M_GetText("screen shot %s saved in %s\n"), freename, pathname);
+			CONS_Printf(M_GetText("Screen shot %s saved in %s\n"), freename, pathname);
 	}
 	else
 	{
 		if (freename)
-			CONS_Printf(M_GetText("Couldn't create screen shot %s in %s\n"), freename, pathname);
+			CONS_Alert(CONS_ERROR, M_GetText("Couldn't create screen shot %s in %s\n"), freename, pathname);
 		else
-			CONS_Printf(M_GetText("Couldn't create screen shot (all 10000 slots used!) in %s\n"), pathname);
+			CONS_Alert(CONS_ERROR, M_GetText("Couldn't create screen shot in %s (all 10000 slots used!)\n"), pathname);
 
 		if (moviemode == MM_SCREENSHOT)
 			M_StopMovie();
diff --git a/src/st_stuff.c b/src/st_stuff.c
index 1f8dbbf6..287aea13 100644
--- a/src/st_stuff.c
+++ b/src/st_stuff.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ void ST_Ticker(void)
 }
 
 // 0 is default, any others are special palettes.
-static INT32 st_palette = 0;
+INT32 st_palette = 0;
 
 void ST_doPaletteStuff(void)
 {
diff --git a/src/st_stuff.h b/src/st_stuff.h
index 6c4140ce..6f05bbf3 100644
--- a/src/st_stuff.h
+++ b/src/st_stuff.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ boolean ST_SameTeam(player_t *a, player_t *b);
 //--------------------
 
 extern boolean st_overlay; // sb overlay on or off when fullscreen
+extern INT32 st_palette; // 0 is default, any others are special palettes.
 
 extern lumpnum_t st_borderpatchnum;
 // patches, also used in intermission