diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_draw.c b/src/hardware/hw_draw.c
index ada2a6bf8..8c307bd9f 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_draw.c
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_draw.c
@@ -1333,6 +1333,7 @@ void HWR_DrawFill(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 w, INT32 h, INT32 color)
 	FOutVector v[4];
 	FSurfaceInfo Surf;
 	float fx, fy, fw, fh;
+	UINT8 alphalevel = ((color & V_ALPHAMASK) >> V_ALPHASHIFT);
 
 	UINT8 perplayershuffle = 0;
 
@@ -1499,8 +1500,16 @@ void HWR_DrawFill(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 w, INT32 h, INT32 color)
 
 	Surf.PolyColor = V_GetColor(color);
 
+	if (alphalevel)
+	{
+		if (alphalevel == 10) Surf.PolyColor.s.alpha = softwaretranstogl_lo[st_translucency]; // V_HUDTRANSHALF
+		else if (alphalevel == 11) Surf.PolyColor.s.alpha = softwaretranstogl[st_translucency]; // V_HUDTRANS
+		else if (alphalevel == 12) Surf.PolyColor.s.alpha = softwaretranstogl_hi[st_translucency]; // V_HUDTRANSDOUBLE
+		else Surf.PolyColor.s.alpha = softwaretranstogl[10-alphalevel];
+	}
+
 	HWD.pfnDrawPolygon(&Surf, v, 4,
-		PF_Modulated|PF_NoTexture|PF_NoDepthTest);
+		PF_Modulated|PF_NoTexture|PF_NoDepthTest|PF_Translucent);
 }
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PNG
diff --git a/src/v_video.c b/src/v_video.c
index 84d7978cb..82d603b5f 100644
--- a/src/v_video.c
+++ b/src/v_video.c
@@ -1187,12 +1187,33 @@ void V_DrawFill(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 w, INT32 h, INT32 c)
 {
 	UINT8 *dest;
 	const UINT8 *deststop;
+	UINT32 alphalevel = ((c & V_ALPHAMASK) >> V_ALPHASHIFT);
+	UINT32 blendmode = ((c & V_BLENDMASK) >> V_BLENDSHIFT);
+	INT32 u;
 
 	UINT8 perplayershuffle = 0;
 
 	if (rendermode == render_none)
 		return;
 
+	v_translevel = NULL;
+	if (alphalevel || blendmode)
+	{
+		if (alphalevel == 10) // V_HUDTRANSHALF
+			alphalevel = hudminusalpha[st_translucency];
+		else if (alphalevel == 11) // V_HUDTRANS
+			alphalevel = 10 - st_translucency;
+		else if (alphalevel == 12) // V_HUDTRANSDOUBLE
+			alphalevel = hudplusalpha[st_translucency];
+
+		if (alphalevel >= 10)
+			return; // invis
+
+		if (alphalevel || blendmode)
+			v_translevel = R_GetBlendTable(blendmode+1, alphalevel);
+	}
+
+
 #ifdef HWRENDER
 	//if (rendermode != render_soft && !con_startup)		// Not this again
 	if (rendermode == render_opengl)
@@ -1202,6 +1223,8 @@ void V_DrawFill(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 w, INT32 h, INT32 c)
 	}
 #endif
 
+	
+
 	if (splitscreen && (c & V_PERPLAYER))
 	{
 		fixed_t adjusty = ((c & V_NOSCALESTART) ? vid.height : BASEVIDHEIGHT)>>1;
@@ -1338,8 +1361,21 @@ void V_DrawFill(INT32 x, INT32 y, INT32 w, INT32 h, INT32 c)
 
 	c &= 255;
 
-	for (;(--h >= 0) && dest < deststop; dest += vid.width)
-		memset(dest, c, w * vid.bpp);
+	// borrowing this from jimitia's new hud drawing functions rq
+	if (alphalevel)
+	{
+		v_translevel += c<<8;
+		for (;(--h >= 0) && dest < deststop; dest += vid.width)
+		{
+			for (x = 0; x < w; x++)
+				dest[x] = v_translevel[dest[x]];
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		for (;(--h >= 0) && dest < deststop; dest += vid.width)
+			memset(dest, c, w * vid.bpp);
+	}
 }
 
 #ifdef HWRENDER