diff --git a/engine/client/console.c b/engine/client/console.c
index 250c8c268..a7483fe95 100644
--- a/engine/client/console.c
+++ b/engine/client/console.c
@@ -1167,9 +1167,9 @@ void Con_DrawConsole (int lines, qboolean noback)
 		// draw it
 		y = con->vislines-22 + 8;
 		for (i = 0; i < strlen(dlbar); i++)
-			Draw_Character ( (i+1)<<3, y, dlbar[i]);
+			Draw_ColouredCharacter ( (i+1)<<3, y, (unsigned char)dlbar[i] | M_COLOR_WHITE);
 
-		Draw_Character ((n+1+x)*8, y, '\x83');
+		Draw_ColouredCharacter ((n+1+x)*8, y, (unsigned char)'\x83' | M_COLOR_WHITE);
 	}
 
 // draw the input prompt, user text, and cursor if desired
diff --git a/engine/client/m_master.c b/engine/client/m_master.c
index 7fd09fdff..8db729471 100644
--- a/engine/client/m_master.c
+++ b/engine/client/m_master.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static void NM_Print (int cx, int cy, qbyte *str)
 {
 	while (*str)
 	{
-		Draw_ColouredCharacter (cx, cy, (*str)|128);
+		Draw_ColouredCharacter (cx, cy, (*str)|128+M_COLOR_WHITE);
 		str++;
 		cx += 8;
 	}
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static void NM_PrintWhite (int cx, int cy, qbyte *str)
 {
 	while (*str)
 	{
-		Draw_ColouredCharacter (cx, cy, (*str));
+		Draw_ColouredCharacter (cx, cy, (*str)+M_COLOR_WHITE);
 		str++;
 		cx += 8;
 	}
@@ -293,9 +293,9 @@ void M_DrawServerList(void)
 		}
 		else
 			text = "No servers found";
-		NM_PrintColoured((vid.width-strlen(text)*8)/2, 8*5, 0, text);
-		NM_PrintColoured((vid.width-strlen(text2)*8)/2, 8*5+8, 0, text2);
-		NM_PrintColoured((vid.width-strlen(text3)*8)/2, 8*5+16, 0, text3);
+		NM_PrintColoured((vid.width-strlen(text)*8)/2, 8*5, COLOR_WHITE, text);
+		NM_PrintColoured((vid.width-strlen(text2)*8)/2, 8*5+8, COLOR_WHITE, text2);
+		NM_PrintColoured((vid.width-strlen(text3)*8)/2, 8*5+16, COLOR_WHITE, text3);
 
 		return;
 	}
@@ -362,17 +362,17 @@ void M_DrawServerList(void)
 		if (*server->name)
 		{
 			if (blink)
-				colour = 6;
+				colour = COLOR_CYAN;
 			else if (server->special & SS_FAVORITE)
-				colour = 2;
+				colour = COLOR_GREEN;
 			else if (server->special & SS_FTESERVER)
-				colour = 1;
+				colour = COLOR_RED;
 			else if (server->special & SS_QUAKE2)
-				colour = 3;
+				colour = COLOR_YELLOW;
 			else if (server->special & SS_NETQUAKE)
-				colour = 5;
+				colour = COLOR_MAGENTA;
 			else
-				colour = 0;
+				colour = COLOR_WHITE;
 
 			x = vid.width;
 
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ void M_DrawSources (void)
 			text = "All servers were filtered out\n";
 		else
 			text = "No sources were found\n";
-		NM_PrintColoured((vid.width-strlen(text)*8)/2, 8*5, 0, text);
+		NM_PrintColoured((vid.width-strlen(text)*8)/2, 8*5, COLOR_WHITE, text);
 
 		return;
 	}
@@ -461,15 +461,15 @@ void M_DrawSources (void)
 		if (blink)
 			NM_PrintColoured(46, y, 6, va("%s", mast->name));	//blinking.
 		else if (mast->type == MT_MASTERQW || mast->type == MT_MASTERQ2)
-			NM_PrintColoured(46, y, 0, va("%s", mast->name));	//white.
+			NM_PrintColoured(46, y, COLOR_WHITE, va("%s", mast->name));	//white.
 #ifdef NQPROT
 		else if (mast->type == MT_SINGLENQ)
-			NM_PrintColoured(46, y, 2, va("%s", mast->name));	//green.
+			NM_PrintColoured(46, y, COLOR_GREEN, va("%s", mast->name));	//green.
 #endif
 		else if (mast->type == MT_SINGLEQW || mast->type == MT_SINGLEQ2)
-			NM_PrintColoured(46, y, 2, va("%s", mast->name));	//green.
+			NM_PrintColoured(46, y, COLOR_GREEN, va("%s", mast->name));	//green.
 		else
-			NM_PrintColoured(46, y, 1, va("%s", mast->name));	//red.
+			NM_PrintColoured(46, y, COLOR_RED, va("%s", mast->name));	//red.
 		y+=8;
 		snum++;
 	}
@@ -512,9 +512,9 @@ void M_DrawSListOptions (void)
 	for (op = 0; op < NUMSLISTOPTIONS; op++)
 	{
 		if (slist_option == op && (int)(realtime*3)&1)
-			c = 6;	//cyan
+			c = COLOR_CYAN;	//cyan
 		else
-			c = options[op].cvar->value>0 || (*options[op].cvar->string && *options[op].cvar->string != '0');//red if on.
+			c = (options[op].cvar->value>0 || (*options[op].cvar->string && *options[op].cvar->string != '0'))?COLOR_RED:COLOR_WHITE;//red if on.
 		switch(options[op].type)
 		{
 		default:
@@ -599,12 +599,12 @@ void M_DrawServers(void)
 	lofs = width/2 - 7*4;
 	for (snum = 0; snum < NUMSLISTHEADERS; snum++)
 	{
-		NM_PrintColoured(width*snum+width/2 - strlen(titles[snum])*4, 0, slist_type==snum, titles[snum]);
+		NM_PrintColoured(width*snum+width/2 - strlen(titles[snum])*4, 0, slist_type==snum?COLOR_RED:COLOR_WHITE, titles[snum]);
 	}
-	NM_PrintColoured(8, 8, 0, "\35");
+	NM_PrintColoured(8, 8, COLOR_WHITE, "\35");
 	for (snum = 16; snum < vid.width-16; snum+=8)
-		NM_PrintColoured(snum, 8, 0, "\36");
-	NM_PrintColoured(snum, 8, 0, "\37");
+		NM_PrintColoured(snum, 8, COLOR_WHITE, "\36");
+	NM_PrintColoured(snum, 8, COLOR_WHITE, "\37");
 
 	switch(slist_type)
 	{
diff --git a/engine/common/console.h b/engine/common/console.h
index 46f811600..5dca25f28 100644
--- a/engine/common/console.h
+++ b/engine/common/console.h
@@ -36,23 +36,25 @@ extern consolecolours_t consolecolours[MAXCONCOLOURS];
 #define CON_BLINKTEXT		0x4000
 #define CON_2NDCHARSETTEXT	0x8000
 
-#define COLOR_WHITE		'0'
-#define COLOR_RED		'1'
-#define COLOR_GREEN		'2'
-#define COLOR_YELLOW	'3'
-#define COLOR_BLUE		'4'
-#define COLOR_CYAN		'5'
-#define COLOR_MAGENTA	'6'
-#define COLOR_BLACK		'7'
+#define COLOR_BLACK		0
+#define COLOR_RED		1
+#define COLOR_GREEN		2
+#define COLOR_YELLOW	3
+#define COLOR_BLUE		4
+#define COLOR_MAGENTA	5
+#define COLOR_CYAN		6
+#define COLOR_WHITE		7
 
-#define S_COLOR_WHITE	"^0"	//q3 uses 7. Fix some time?
+#define M_COLOR_WHITE	((COLOR_WHITE)<<8)
+
+#define S_COLOR_BLACK	"^0"
 #define S_COLOR_RED		"^1"
 #define S_COLOR_GREEN	"^2"
 #define S_COLOR_YELLOW	"^3"
 #define S_COLOR_BLUE	"^4"
-#define S_COLOR_CYAN	"^5"
-#define S_COLOR_MAGENTA	"^6"
-#define S_COLOR_BLACK	"^7"	//q3 uses 0
+#define S_COLOR_MAGENTA	"^5"
+#define S_COLOR_CYAN	"^6"
+#define S_COLOR_WHITE	"^7"
 
 #define		CON_TEXTSIZE	16384
 typedef struct
diff --git a/engine/ftequake/ftequake.dsp b/engine/ftequake/ftequake.dsp
index 8900f10ff..8ec26ef63 100644
--- a/engine/ftequake/ftequake.dsp
+++ b/engine/ftequake/ftequake.dsp
@@ -485,6 +485,7 @@ SOURCE=..\client\cl_cam.c
 # Begin Source File
 
 SOURCE=..\client\cl_cg.c
+# PROP Exclude_From_Build 1
 # End Source File
 # Begin Source File
 
@@ -841,6 +842,7 @@ SOURCE=..\client\clq2_ents.c
 # Begin Source File
 
 SOURCE=..\client\clq3_parse.c
+# PROP Exclude_From_Build 1
 # End Source File
 # Begin Source File