diff --git a/src/r_draw.cpp b/src/r_draw.cpp
index 03515c8a1..6b68cf81b 100644
--- a/src/r_draw.cpp
+++ b/src/r_draw.cpp
@@ -2689,16 +2689,19 @@ ESPSResult R_SetPatchStyle (FRenderStyle style, fixed_t alpha, int translation,
 		alpha = clamp<fixed_t> (alpha, 0, OPAQUE);
 	}
 
-	dc_translation = NULL;
-	if (translation != 0)
+	if (translation != -1)
 	{
-		FRemapTable *table = TranslationToTable(translation);
-		if (table != NULL && !table->Inactive)
+		dc_translation = NULL;
+		if (translation != 0)
 		{
-			if (r_swtruecolor)
-				dc_translation = (BYTE*)table->Palette;
-			else
-				dc_translation = table->Remap;
+			FRemapTable *table = TranslationToTable(translation);
+			if (table != NULL && !table->Inactive)
+			{
+				if (r_swtruecolor)
+					dc_translation = (BYTE*)table->Palette;
+				else
+					dc_translation = table->Remap;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	basecolormapsave = basecolormap;
@@ -2801,10 +2804,11 @@ bool R_GetTransMaskDrawers (fixed_t (**tmvline1)(), void (**tmvline4)())
 
 void R_SetTranslationMap(lighttable_t *translation)
 {
-	dc_fcolormap = nullptr;
-	dc_colormap = translation;
 	if (r_swtruecolor)
 	{
+		dc_fcolormap = nullptr;
+		dc_colormap = nullptr;
+		dc_translation = translation;
 		dc_shade_constants.light_red = 256;
 		dc_shade_constants.light_green = 256;
 		dc_shade_constants.light_blue = 256;
@@ -2817,6 +2821,11 @@ void R_SetTranslationMap(lighttable_t *translation)
 		dc_shade_constants.simple_shade = true;
 		dc_light = 0;
 	}
+	else
+	{
+		dc_fcolormap = nullptr;
+		dc_colormap = translation;
+	}
 }
 
 void R_SetColorMapLight(FSWColormap *base_colormap, float light, int shade)
diff --git a/src/v_draw.cpp b/src/v_draw.cpp
index a89a0865d..921896296 100644
--- a/src/v_draw.cpp
+++ b/src/v_draw.cpp
@@ -169,13 +169,19 @@ void DCanvas::DrawTextureParms(FTexture *img, DrawParms &parms)
 			parms.colorOverlay = PalEntry(parms.colorOverlay).InverseColor();
 		}
 		// Note that this overrides DTA_Translation in software, but not in hardware.
-		FDynamicColormap *colormap = GetSpecialLights(MAKERGB(255,255,255),
-			parms.colorOverlay & MAKEARGB(0,255,255,255), 0);
-		translation = &colormap->Maps[(APART(parms.colorOverlay)*NUMCOLORMAPS/255)*256];
+		if (!r_swtruecolor)
+		{
+			FDynamicColormap *colormap = GetSpecialLights(MAKERGB(255, 255, 255),
+				parms.colorOverlay & MAKEARGB(0, 255, 255, 255), 0);
+			translation = &colormap->Maps[(APART(parms.colorOverlay)*NUMCOLORMAPS / 255) * 256];
+		}
 	}
 	else if (parms.remap != NULL)
 	{
-		translation = parms.remap->Remap;
+		if (r_swtruecolor)
+			translation = (const BYTE*)parms.remap->Palette;
+		else
+			translation = parms.remap->Remap;
 	}
 
 	if (translation != NULL)
@@ -184,11 +190,18 @@ void DCanvas::DrawTextureParms(FTexture *img, DrawParms &parms)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		R_SetTranslationMap(identitymap);
+		if (r_swtruecolor)
+			R_SetTranslationMap(nullptr);
+		else
+			R_SetTranslationMap(identitymap);
 	}
 
 	fixedcolormap = dc_fcolormap;
-	ESPSResult mode = R_SetPatchStyle (parms.style, parms.Alpha, 0, parms.fillcolor);
+	ESPSResult mode;
+	if (r_swtruecolor)
+		mode = R_SetPatchStyle(parms.style, parms.Alpha, -1, parms.fillcolor);
+	else
+		mode = R_SetPatchStyle(parms.style, parms.Alpha, 0, parms.fillcolor);
 
 	BYTE *destorgsave = dc_destorg;
 	dc_destorg = screen->GetBuffer();