diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/dynsymlist_m32 b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/dynsymlist_m32
index 51527c704..78815cdfa 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/dynsymlist_m32
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/dynsymlist_m32
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ g_argv;
 
 
 _getnumber16;
+getstring_simple;
 listsearchpath;
 LM_Register;
 LM_Clear;
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/engine.lua b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/engine.lua
index e6ef2e29c..158efda83 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/engine.lua
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/engine.lua
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ int32_t setpalookup(int32_t palnum, const uint8_t *shtab);
 if (ismapster32) then
     ffi.cdef[[
 int32_t _getnumber16(const char *namestart, int32_t num, int32_t maxnumber, char sign, const char *(func)(int32_t));
+const char *getstring_simple(const char *querystr, const char *defaultstr, int32_t maxlen, int32_t completion);
 
 typedef const char *(*luamenufunc_t)(void);
 void LM_Register(const char *name, luamenufunc_t funcptr);
@@ -298,7 +299,7 @@ if (ismapster32) then
         return blendnumtab, blendptrtab
     end
 
-    -- ok, errmsg = engine.savePaletteDat(filename [, palnum [, blendnum [, moreblends]]])
+    -- ok, errmsg, nummoreblends = engine.savePaletteDat(filename [, palnum [, blendnum [, moreblends]]])
     function engine.savePaletteDat(filename, palnum, blendnum, moreblends)
         local sht = engine.getshadetab(palnum or 0)
         local tab = engine.getblendtab(blendnum or 0)
@@ -340,7 +341,7 @@ if (ismapster32) then
 
         f:close()
 
-        return true
+        return true, nil, (blendnumtab ~= nil) and #blendnumtab or 0
     end
 
     -- ok, errmsg = engine.saveLookupDat(filename, lookups)
@@ -474,7 +475,15 @@ if (ismapster32) then
             error("invalid argument #1: must be a string", 2)
         end
 
-        return C._getnumber16(namestart, num, maxnumber, flags, nil)
+        return C._getnumber16(namestart, num, maxnumber, flags or 8, nil)  -- RET_M1_ON_CANCEL
+    end
+
+    function engine.getstring(querystr)
+        if (type(querystr) ~= "string") then
+            error("invalid argument #2: must be a string", 2)
+        end
+        local cstr = C.getstring_simple(querystr, nil, 0, 0)
+        return cstr~=nil and ffi.string(cstr) or nil
     end
 end
 
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/test/shadexfog.lua b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/test/shadexfog.lua
index 69eb3dd24..65f045cc5 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/test/shadexfog.lua
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/test/shadexfog.lua
@@ -268,14 +268,14 @@ end
 if (gv.LUNATIC_CLIENT == gv.LUNATIC_CLIENT_MAPSTER32) then
     -- Wrapper around engine.savePaletteDat() that errors on unexpected events.
     function shadexfog.save(filename, palnum, blendnum, moreblends)
-        local ok, errmsg = engine.savePaletteDat(filename, palnum, blendnum, moreblends)
+        local ok, errmsg, nummoreblends = engine.savePaletteDat(filename, palnum, blendnum, moreblends)
         if (not ok) then
             error(errmsg)
         end
 
         printf('Wrote base palette, shade and translucency tables to "%s".', filename)
-        if (moreblends ~= nil) then
-            printf("  Also wrote additional translucency tables.")
+        if (nummoreblends > 0) then
+            printf("  Also wrote %d additional translucency tables.", nummoreblends)
         end
     end
 
@@ -525,14 +525,14 @@ engine.registerMenuFunc(
 engine.registerMenuFunc(
     "Create c.index remapping",
     function()
-        local palnum = getnumber16("Pal number: ", 100, MAXUSERPALOOKUP, df)
+        local palnum = getnumber16("Pal number: ", 100, MAXUSERPALOOKUP)
         if (palnum < 0) then return end
 
         local remaptab = {}
         while (true) do
-            local srchex = getnumber16("Source hexadecatuple (0: finish): ", 0, 14, df)
+            local srchex = getnumber16("Source hexadecatuple (0: finish): ", 0, 14)
             if (srchex < 0) then return end
-            local dsthex = getnumber16("Destn. hexadecatuple (0: finish): ", 0, 14, df)
+            local dsthex = getnumber16("Destn. hexadecatuple (0: finish): ", 0, 14)
             if (dsthex < 0) then return end
 
             if (srchex == 0 and dsthex == 0) then
@@ -546,6 +546,53 @@ engine.registerMenuFunc(
     end
 )
 
+engine.registerMenuFunc(
+    "Save pal+sh+trans DAT f.",
+    function()
+        local filename = engine.getstring("File name: ")
+        if (filename == nil) then return end
+
+        local palnum = getnumber16("Pal number of base shade table: ", 0, MAXUSERPALOOKUP)
+        if (palnum < 0) then return end
+        local blendnum = getnumber16("Blendnum of base transluc. table: ", 0, 255)
+        if (blendnum < 0) then return end
+
+        local str = engine.getstring("Additional blend numbers (e.g. '64,100-131,255'): ")
+        if (str == nil or str=="") then return end
+
+        if (not str:find("^[%d,%-]+$")) then
+            error("Additional blending numbers string must contain only digits or ',' or '-'", 2)
+        end
+
+        local moreblends = {}
+        local didnumstr = {}
+
+        for n1, n2 in str:gmatch("(%d+)%-(%d+)") do  -- parse number ranges
+            moreblends[#moreblends+1] = { tonumber(n1), tonumber(n2) }
+            didnumstr[n1] = true
+            didnumstr[n2] = true
+        end
+
+        for n in str:gmatch("%d+") do  -- parse single numbers
+            if (not didnumstr[n]) then
+                moreblends[#moreblends+1] = tonumber(n)
+            end
+        end
+
+        shadexfog.save(filename, palnum, blendnum, moreblends)
+    end
+)
+
+engine.registerMenuFunc(
+    "Save lookups DAT file",
+    function()
+        local filename = engine.getstring("File name: ")
+        if (filename ~= nil and filename ~= "") then
+            shadexfog.saveLookupDat(filename)
+        end
+    end
+)
+
 engine.registerMenuFunc("_________DEBUG_________", function() end)
 engine.registerMenuFunc("Setup dbg. water basepal", engine.setupDebugBasePal)
 engine.registerMenuFunc("Linearize default basep.", engine.linearizeBasePal)