Ah, alright. I finally figured out the issue with the colors in Orchandville - they were saved in Paint. I'm using Paint.NET now, and those issues are gone forever! Guns no longer have those annoying "transparent" spots, and now backdrops and badguys will be displayed in glorious, true, 256 COLORS! WOO!

EDIT: Alright, I got some before/after screenshots to show the differences.


This is what the HUD originally looked like, as well as the coloring on the enemy and pistol... ew!


This is the new and improved version - actual 256 colors... rather than... whatever the hell Paint was doing to the colors! Also, notice that fancy new font!

*NOTE: The first screenshot was ingame, and the second was a battle test (the rain is still in that part of the game)


Also, does anyone know how to include a special font in a game? I just replaced the ones in my Windows/Fonts folder, but for people on other computers would I simply just leave them in the main game folder?