diff --git a/source/blood/src/db.cpp b/source/blood/src/db.cpp
index d61e246e2..64787d022 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/db.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/db.cpp
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@ void qinitspritelists(void) // Replace
         InsertSpriteStat(i, kMaxStatus);
     }
     memset(gStatCount, 0, sizeof(gStatCount));
+    Numsprites = 0;
 }
 
 int InsertSprite(int nSector, int nStat)
@@ -279,6 +280,8 @@ int InsertSprite(int nSector, int nStat)
     pSprite->index = nSprite;
     xvel[nSprite] = yvel[nSprite] = zvel[nSprite] = 0;
 
+    Numsprites++;
+
     return nSprite;
 }
 
@@ -299,6 +302,8 @@ int DeleteSprite(int nSprite)
     RemoveSpriteSect(nSprite);
     InsertSpriteStat(nSprite, kMaxStatus);
 
+    Numsprites--;
+
     return nSprite;
 }
 
@@ -1079,6 +1084,7 @@ int dbLoadMap(const char *pPath, int *pX, int *pY, int *pZ, short *pAngle, short
         }
         InsertSpriteSect(i, sprite[i].sectnum);
         InsertSpriteStat(i, sprite[i].statnum);
+        Numsprites++;
         sprite[i].index = i;
         qsprite_filler[i] = pSprite->blend;
         pSprite->blend = 0;
diff --git a/source/blood/src/screen.cpp b/source/blood/src/screen.cpp
index f6d9f0643..a6d34ce86 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/screen.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/screen.cpp
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ glblend_t const bloodglblend =
 
 void scrLoadPalette(void)
 {
+    initfastcolorlookup_scale(30, 59, 11);
+    initfastcolorlookup_gridvectors();
     paletteloaded = 0;
     initprintf("Loading palettes\n");
     for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
diff --git a/source/build/src/palette.cpp b/source/build/src/palette.cpp
index e5b928581..9d351d81f 100644
--- a/source/build/src/palette.cpp
+++ b/source/build/src/palette.cpp
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ void palettePostLoadTables(void)
     for (size_t i = 0; i<16; i++)
     {
         palette_t *edcol = (palette_t *) &vgapal16[4*i];
-        editorcolors[i] = getclosestcol_lim(edcol->b, edcol->g, edcol->r, 239);
+        editorcolors[i] = getclosestcol_lim(edcol->b, edcol->g, edcol->r, bloodhack ? 254 : 239);
     }
 
     // Bmemset(PaletteIndexFullbrights, 0, sizeof(PaletteIndexFullbrights));