diff -r 1b984dab8cec -r 72d4c9314c72 src/texteff.cpp
--- a/src/texteff.cpp	Mon Jun 30 21:31:23 2008 +0000
+++ b/src/texteff.cpp	Wed Jul 09 13:32:13 2008 +0000
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@
 			_screen.height - _chatmsg_box.y - count * 13 - 2,
 			_chatmsg_box.x + _chatmsg_box.width - 1,
 			_screen.height - _chatmsg_box.y - 2,
-			PALETTE_TO_TRANSPARENT | (1 << USE_COLORTABLE) // black, but with some alpha for background
+			PALETTE_TO_TRANSPARENT, FILLRECT_RECOLOR // black, but with some alpha for background
 		);
 
 	/* Paint the chat messages starting with the lowest at the bottom */