diff --git a/source/src/protos.h b/source/src/protos.h
index b61fa73d..1d95318c 100644
--- a/source/src/protos.h
+++ b/source/src/protos.h
@@ -267,13 +267,14 @@ struct Texture
 {
     char *name;
     int xs, ys, bpp, clamp;
+    bool mipmap, canreduce;
     GLuint id;
 };
 extern Texture *notexture, *noworldtexture;
 
 extern void scaletexture(uchar *src, uint sw, uint sh, uint bpp, uchar *dst, uint dw, uint dh);
-extern void createtexture(int tnum, int w, int h, void *pixels, int clamp, bool mipmap, GLenum format);
-extern Texture *textureload(const char *name, int clamp = 0);
+extern void createtexture(int tnum, int w, int h, void *pixels, int clamp, bool mipmap, bool canreduce, GLenum format);
+extern Texture *textureload(const char *name, int clamp = 0, bool mipmap = true, bool canreduce = false);
 extern Texture *lookuptexture(int tex, Texture *failtex = notexture);
 extern bool reloadtexture(Texture &t);
 extern bool reloadtexture(const char *name);
diff --git a/source/src/rendergl.cpp b/source/src/rendergl.cpp
index 3c3fb4d7..b3109390 100644
--- a/source/src/rendergl.cpp
+++ b/source/src/rendergl.cpp
@@ -593,12 +593,12 @@ void drawreflection(float hf, int w, int h, float changelod, bool refract)
         if(!reflecttex)
         {
             glGenTextures(1, &reflecttex);
-            createtexture(reflecttex, size, size, NULL, 3, false, GL_RGB);
+            createtexture(reflecttex, size, size, NULL, 3, false, false, GL_RGB);
         }
         if(!refracttex)
         {
             glGenTextures(1, &refracttex);
-            createtexture(refracttex, size, size, NULL, 3, false, GL_RGB);
+            createtexture(refracttex, size, size, NULL, 3, false, false, GL_RGB);
         }
         reflectlastsize = size;
     }
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@ void drawminimap(int w, int h)
     if(!minimaptex)
     {
         glGenTextures(1, &minimaptex);
-        createtexture(minimaptex, size, size, NULL, 3, false, GL_RGB);
+        createtexture(minimaptex, size, size, NULL, 3, false, false, GL_RGB);
         minimaplastsize = size;
     }
 
diff --git a/source/src/renderparticles.cpp b/source/src/renderparticles.cpp
index b1b85c1e..f8b373ae 100644
--- a/source/src/renderparticles.cpp
+++ b/source/src/renderparticles.cpp
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ GLuint createexpmodtex(int size, float minval)
     }
     GLuint tex = 0;
     glGenTextures(1, &tex);
-    createtexture(tex, size, size, data, 3, true, GL_ALPHA);
+    createtexture(tex, size, size, data, 3, true, false, GL_ALPHA);
     delete[] data;
     return tex;
 }
diff --git a/source/src/texture.cpp b/source/src/texture.cpp
index 54cba4e9..eb370167 100644
--- a/source/src/texture.cpp
+++ b/source/src/texture.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ hashtable<char *, Texture> textures;
 
 VAR(hwtexsize, 1, 0, 0);
 VARFP(maxtexsize, 0, 0, 1<<12, initwarning("texture quality", INIT_LOAD));
+VARFP(texreduce, 0, 0, 3, initwarning("texture quality", INIT_LOAD));
 VARFP(trilinear, 0, 1, 1, initwarning("texture filtering", INIT_LOAD));
 VARFP(bilinear, 0, 1, 1, initwarning("texture filtering", INIT_LOAD));
 
@@ -83,10 +84,15 @@ int formatsize(GLenum format)
     }
 }
 
-void resizetexture(int w, int h, bool mipmap, GLenum target, int &tw, int &th)
+void resizetexture(int w, int h, bool mipmap, bool canreduce, GLenum target, int &tw, int &th)
 {
     int hwlimit = hwtexsize,
         sizelimit = mipmap && maxtexsize ? min(maxtexsize, hwlimit) : hwlimit;
+    if(canreduce) loopi(texreduce)
+    {
+        if(w > 1) w /= 2;
+        if(h > 1) h /= 2;
+    }
     w = min(w, sizelimit);
     h = min(h, sizelimit);
     if(mipmap || w&(w-1) || h&(h-1))
@@ -127,7 +133,7 @@ void uploadtexture(GLenum target, GLenum internal, int tw, int th, GLenum format
     if(buf) delete[] buf;
 }
 
-void createtexture(int tnum, int w, int h, void *pixels, int clamp, bool mipmap, GLenum format)
+void createtexture(int tnum, int w, int h, void *pixels, int clamp, bool mipmap, bool canreduce, GLenum format)
 {
     glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, tnum);
     glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT, 1);
@@ -142,7 +148,7 @@ void createtexture(int tnum, int w, int h, void *pixels, int clamp, bool mipmap,
             (bilinear ? GL_LINEAR : GL_NEAREST));
 
     int tw = w, th = h;
-    if(pixels) resizetexture(w, h, mipmap, GL_TEXTURE_2D, tw, th);
+    if(pixels) resizetexture(w, h, mipmap, canreduce, GL_TEXTURE_2D, tw, th);
     uploadtexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, format, tw, th, format, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, pixels, w, h, mipmap);
 }
 
@@ -173,7 +179,7 @@ SDL_Surface *texdecal(SDL_Surface *s)
     return m;
 }
 
-GLuint loadsurface(const char *texname, int &xs, int &ys, int &bpp, int clamp)
+GLuint loadsurface(const char *texname, int &xs, int &ys, int &bpp, int clamp = 0, bool mipmap = true, bool canreduce = false)
 {
     const char *file = texname;
     if(texname[0]=='<')
@@ -208,7 +214,7 @@ GLuint loadsurface(const char *texname, int &xs, int &ys, int &bpp, int clamp)
 
     GLuint tnum;
     glGenTextures(1, &tnum);
-    createtexture(tnum, s->w, s->h, s->pixels, clamp, true, format);
+    createtexture(tnum, s->w, s->h, s->pixels, clamp, mipmap, canreduce, format);
     xs = s->w;
     ys = s->h;
     bpp = s->format->BitsPerPixel;
@@ -220,7 +226,7 @@ GLuint loadsurface(const char *texname, int &xs, int &ys, int &bpp, int clamp)
 // each texture slot can have multople texture frames, of which currently only the first is used
 // additional frames can be used for various shaders
 
-Texture *textureload(const char *name, int clamp)
+Texture *textureload(const char *name, int clamp, bool mipmap, bool canreduce)
 {
     string pname;
     s_strcpy(pname, name);
@@ -228,7 +234,7 @@ Texture *textureload(const char *name, int clamp)
     Texture *t = textures.access(pname);
     if(t) return t;
     int xs, ys, bpp;
-    GLuint id = loadsurface(pname, xs, ys, bpp, clamp);
+    GLuint id = loadsurface(pname, xs, ys, bpp, clamp, mipmap, canreduce);
     if(!id) return notexture;
     char *key = newstring(pname);
     t = &textures[key];
@@ -237,6 +243,8 @@ Texture *textureload(const char *name, int clamp)
     t->ys = ys;
     t->bpp = bpp;
     t->clamp = clamp;
+    t->mipmap = mipmap;
+    t->canreduce = canreduce;
     t->id = id;
     return t;
 }
@@ -273,7 +281,7 @@ Texture *lookuptexture(int tex, Texture *failtex)
         if(!s.loaded)
         {
             s_sprintfd(pname)("packages/textures/%s", s.name);
-            s.tex = textureload(pname);
+            s.tex = textureload(pname, 0, true, true);
             if(s.tex==notexture) s.tex = failtex;
             s.loaded = true;
         }
@@ -293,7 +301,7 @@ bool reloadtexture(Texture &t)
 {
     if(t.id) return true;
     int xs = 1, ys = 1, bpp = 0;
-    t.id = loadsurface(t.name, xs, ys, bpp, t.clamp);
+    t.id = loadsurface(t.name, xs, ys, bpp, t.clamp, t.mipmap, t.canreduce);
     t.xs = xs;
     t.ys = ys;
     t.bpp = bpp;
diff --git a/source/src/vertmodel.h b/source/src/vertmodel.h
index d70a1b8e..ec7b1d4d 100644
--- a/source/src/vertmodel.h
+++ b/source/src/vertmodel.h
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ struct vertmodel : model
             int texsize = min(aasize, 1<<dynshadowsize);
             blurshadow(pixels, &pixels[texsize*texsize], texsize);
             if(f) gzwrite(f, &pixels[texsize*texsize], texsize*texsize);
-            createtexture(shadows[frame], texsize, texsize, &pixels[texsize*texsize], 3, true, GL_ALPHA);
+            createtexture(shadows[frame], texsize, texsize, &pixels[texsize*texsize], 3, true, false, GL_ALPHA);
 
             delete[] pixels;
         }
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ struct vertmodel : model
             shadows = new GLuint[hdr.frames];
             glGenTextures(hdr.frames, shadows);
 
-            loopi(hdr.frames) createtexture(shadows[i], hdr.size, hdr.size, &buf[i*hdr.size*hdr.size], 3, true, GL_ALPHA);
+            loopi(hdr.frames) createtexture(shadows[i], hdr.size, hdr.size, &buf[i*hdr.size*hdr.size], 3, true, false, GL_ALPHA);
             
             delete[] buf;