diff --git a/config/scontext.cfg b/config/scontext.cfg
index 9a1ab0b2..31782554 100644
--- a/config/scontext.cfg
+++ b/config/scontext.cfg
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ context_mdlcfg = 4 // mdl configs, same
 
 // set allowed commands for the map config context
 mapcfgidents = [ loadnotexture loadsky mapmodelreset mapmodel texturereset texture fog fogcolour mapsoundreset mapsound watercolour shadowyaw ]
-mdlcfgidents = [ md2anim md2emit md2tag md3anim md3emit md3link md3load md3skin mdlalphatest mdlcachelimit mdlcullface mdlscale mdlshadowdist mdltrans mdltranslucent mdlvertexlight]
+mdlcfgidents = [ md2anim md2emit md2tag md3anim md3emit md3link md3load md3skin mdlalphatest mdlalphablend mdlcachelimit mdlcullface mdlscale mdlshadowdist mdltrans mdltranslucent mdlvertexlight]
 loop i (listlen $mapcfgidents) [ scriptcontext $context_mapcfg (at $mapcfgidents $i) ]
 loop i (listlen $mdlcfgidents) [ scriptcontext $context_mdlcfg (at $mdlcfgidents $i) ]
 
diff --git a/packages/models/mapmodels/toca/doors/1/md3.cfg b/packages/models/mapmodels/toca/doors/1/md3.cfg
index 784ff0e5..0658cd88 100644
--- a/packages/models/mapmodels/toca/doors/1/md3.cfg
+++ b/packages/models/mapmodels/toca/doors/1/md3.cfg
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ mdlalphablend 1
 mdltranslucent 100
 //mdlalphatest 30
 //mdlalphatexture 1
+
diff --git a/source/src/model.h b/source/src/model.h
index 033fef5f..db4b42cc 100644
--- a/source/src/model.h
+++ b/source/src/model.h
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@ class dynent;
 
 struct model
 {
-    bool cullface, vertexlight;
+    bool cullface, vertexlight, alphablend;  //ALX Alpha channel models
     float alphatest, translucency, scale, radius, shadowdist;
     vec translate;
     int cachelimit, batch;
-
-    model() : cullface(true), vertexlight(false), alphatest(0.9f), translucency(0.25f), scale(1), radius(0), shadowdist(0), translate(0, 0, 0), cachelimit(8), batch(-1) {}
+    
+    //model() : cullface(true), vertexlight(false), alphatest(0.9f), translucency(0.25f), scale(1), radius(0), shadowdist(0), translate(0, 0, 0), cachelimit(8), batch(-1) {}
+    model() : cullface(true), vertexlight(false),  alphablend(false), alphatest(0.9f), translucency(0.25f), scale(1), radius(0), shadowdist(0), translate(0, 0, 0), cachelimit(8), batch(-1) {}
     virtual ~model() {}
 
     virtual bool load() = 0;
diff --git a/source/src/rendermodel.cpp b/source/src/rendermodel.cpp
index 7783d833..92985cb3 100644
--- a/source/src/rendermodel.cpp
+++ b/source/src/rendermodel.cpp
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ void mdlalphatest(int *alphatest)
 
 COMMAND(mdlalphatest, "i");
 
+void mdlalphablend(int *alphablend) //ALX Alpha channel models
+{ 	 
+    checkmdl;
+    loadingmodel->alphablend = *alphablend!=0;
+}
+COMMAND(mdlalphablend, "i");
+	 
 void mdlscale(int *percent)
 {
     checkmdl;
@@ -219,7 +226,8 @@ void renderbatchedmodel(model *m, batchedmodel &b)
 
     m->setskin(b.tex);
 
-    if(b.anim&ANIM_TRANSLUCENT)
+    //if(b.anim&ANIM_TRANSLUCENT)
+    if(b.anim&ANIM_TRANSLUCENT || m->alphablend) //ALX Alpha channel models
     {
         glColorMask(GL_FALSE, GL_FALSE, GL_FALSE, GL_FALSE);
         m->render(b.anim|ANIM_NOSKIN, b.varseed, b.speed, b.basetime, b.o, b.yaw, b.pitch, b.d, a, b.scale);
@@ -236,7 +244,8 @@ void renderbatchedmodel(model *m, batchedmodel &b)
 
     m->render(b.anim, b.varseed, b.speed, b.basetime, b.o, b.yaw, b.pitch, b.d, a, b.scale);
 
-    if(b.anim&ANIM_TRANSLUCENT)
+    //if(b.anim&ANIM_TRANSLUCENT)
+    if(b.anim&ANIM_TRANSLUCENT || m->alphablend) //ALX Alpha channel models
     {
         glDepthFunc(GL_LESS);
         glDisable(GL_BLEND);
@@ -304,7 +313,8 @@ void endmodelbatches(bool flush)
         loopvj(b.batched)
         {
             batchedmodel &bm = b.batched[j];
-            if(bm.anim&ANIM_TRANSLUCENT)
+            //if(bm.anim&ANIM_TRANSLUCENT)
+            if(bm.anim&ANIM_TRANSLUCENT || b.m->alphablend) //ALX Alpha channel models
             {
                 translucentmodel &tm = translucent.add();
                 tm.m = b.m;