diff --git a/CodeWalker.Shaders/BasicPS.hlsl b/CodeWalker.Shaders/BasicPS.hlsl
index ba3595c..51524c6 100644
--- a/CodeWalker.Shaders/BasicPS.hlsl
+++ b/CodeWalker.Shaders/BasicPS.hlsl
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Texture2D<float4> Bumpmap : register(t2);
 Texture2D<float4> Specmap : register(t3);
 Texture2D<float4> Detailmap : register(t4);
 Texture2D<float4> Colourmap2 : register(t5);
+Texture2D<float4> TintPalette : register(t6);
 SamplerState TextureSS : register(s0);
 
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ cbuffer PSSceneVars : register(b0)
 cbuffer PSGeomVars : register(b2)
 {
     uint EnableTexture;//1+=diffuse1, 2+=diffuse2
-    uint EnableTint;
+    uint EnableTint;//1=default, 2=weapons (use diffuse.a for tint lookup)
     uint EnableNormalMap;
     uint EnableSpecMap;
     uint EnableDetailMap;
@@ -80,6 +81,15 @@ float4 main(VS_OUTPUT input) : SV_TARGET
             float4 c2 = Colourmap2.Sample(TextureSS, input.Texcoord1);
             c = c2.a * c2 + (1 - c2.a) * c;
         }
+        if (EnableTint == 2)
+        {
+            //weapon tint
+            float tx = (round(c.a * 255.009995) - 32.0) * 0.007813; //okay R* this is just silly
+            float ty = 0.03125 * 0.5;// //1;//what to use for Y value? cb12[2].w in R* shader
+            float4 c3 = TintPalette.Sample(TextureSS, float2(tx, ty));
+            c.rgb *= c3.rgb;
+            c.a = 1;
+        }
 
         if (IsDistMap) c = float4(c.rgb*2, (c.r+c.g+c.b) - 1);
         if ((IsDecal == 0) && (c.a <= 0.33)) discard;
@@ -93,7 +103,7 @@ float4 main(VS_OUTPUT input) : SV_TARGET
 		}
         c.a = saturate(c.a*AlphaScale);
     }
-    if (EnableTint > 0)
+    if (EnableTint == 1)
     {
         c.rgb *= input.Tint.rgb;
     }
diff --git a/CodeWalker.Shaders/ShadowPS.hlsl b/CodeWalker.Shaders/ShadowPS.hlsl
index 705e6e1..da5639e 100644
--- a/CodeWalker.Shaders/ShadowPS.hlsl
+++ b/CodeWalker.Shaders/ShadowPS.hlsl
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ float4 main(VS_OUTPUT input) : SV_TARGET
     if (EnableTexture == 1)
     {
         float4 c = Colourmap.Sample(TextureSS, input.Texcoord);
+        if (EnableTint == 2) { c.a = 1; }
         if ((IsDecal == 0) && (c.a <= 0.33)) discard;
         if ((IsDecal == 1) && (c.a <= 0.0)) discard;
     }
diff --git a/Rendering/Shaders/BasicShader.cs b/Rendering/Shaders/BasicShader.cs
index 1e17935..3f81fb7 100644
--- a/Rendering/Shaders/BasicShader.cs
+++ b/Rendering/Shaders/BasicShader.cs
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ namespace CodeWalker.Rendering
                                 detltex = itex;
                                 break;
                             case ShaderParamNames.TintPaletteSampler:
+                            case ShaderParamNames.TextureSamplerDiffPal:
                                 tintpal = itex;
                                 if (tintpal.Key != null)
                                 {
@@ -649,6 +650,7 @@ namespace CodeWalker.Rendering
                                 isdistmap = true;
                                 break;
                             case ShaderParamNames.DiffuseSampler2:
+                            case ShaderParamNames.DiffuseExtraSampler:
                                 texture2 = itex;
                                 break;
                             case ShaderParamNames.heightSampler:
@@ -710,6 +712,14 @@ namespace CodeWalker.Rendering
                 case 1229591973://{trees_normal_spec_tnt.sps}
                     if (usetint) tintflag = 2; //use 2nd vertex colour channel for tint...
                     break;
+                case 3267631682: //weapon_normal_spec_detail_tnt.sps
+                case 14185869:   //weapon_normal_spec_tnt.sps
+                    break; //regular tinting?
+                case 231364109: //weapon_normal_spec_cutout_palette.sps
+                case 3294641629://weapon_normal_spec_detail_palette.sps
+                case 731050667: //weapon_normal_spec_palette.sps
+                    if (usetint) { tintflag = 0; pstintflag = 2; } //use diffuse sampler alpha for tint lookup!
+                    break;
                 case 3880384844://{decal_spec_only.sps}w
                 case 600733812://{decal_amb_only.sps}
                 case 2842248626://{spec_decal.sps}
@@ -799,6 +809,10 @@ namespace CodeWalker.Rendering
             {
                 tintpal.SetVSResource(context, 0);
             }
+            if (pstintflag == 2)
+            {
+                tintpal.SetPSResource(context, 6);
+            }
 
 
             if (geom.BoneTransforms != null)
diff --git a/Rendering/Shaders/ShadowShader.cs b/Rendering/Shaders/ShadowShader.cs
index 2474b99..bdf57fc 100644
--- a/Rendering/Shaders/ShadowShader.cs
+++ b/Rendering/Shaders/ShadowShader.cs
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ namespace CodeWalker.Rendering
 
 
             uint windflag = 0;
+            uint tintflag = 0;
             var shaderFile = geom.DrawableGeom.Shader.FileName;
             switch (shaderFile.Hash)
             {
@@ -335,13 +336,18 @@ namespace CodeWalker.Rendering
                 case 4265705004://{trees_normal_diffspec.sps}
                     windflag = 1;
                     break;
+                case 231364109: //weapon_normal_spec_cutout_palette.sps
+                case 3294641629://weapon_normal_spec_detail_palette.sps
+                case 731050667: //weapon_normal_spec_palette.sps
+                    tintflag = 2; //use diffuse sampler alpha for tint lookup! (ignore texture alpha in PS)
+                    break;
             }
 
 
 
 
             GeomVars.Vars.EnableTexture = usediff ? 1u : 0u;
-            GeomVars.Vars.EnableTint = 0u;// usetint ? 1u : 0u;
+            GeomVars.Vars.EnableTint = tintflag;// usetint ? 1u : 0u;
             GeomVars.Vars.IsDecal = 0u;// DecalMode ? 1u : 0u;
             GeomVars.Vars.EnableWind = windflag;
             GeomVars.Vars.WindOverrideParams = geom.WindOverrideParams;
diff --git a/Shaders/BasicPS.cso b/Shaders/BasicPS.cso
index b2a88f6..9a0122e 100644
Binary files a/Shaders/BasicPS.cso and b/Shaders/BasicPS.cso differ
diff --git a/Shaders/ShadowPS.cso b/Shaders/ShadowPS.cso
index 78ab5de..c71baf7 100644
Binary files a/Shaders/ShadowPS.cso and b/Shaders/ShadowPS.cso differ