diff --git a/Loading Screen.cpp b/Loading Screen.cpp
index 2ed5e7ef..7d3ca448 100644
--- a/Loading Screen.cpp	
+++ b/Loading Screen.cpp	
@@ -391,6 +391,8 @@ void DisplayLoadScreenWithID( UINT8 ubLoadScreenID )
 
 					if (fAlternate && (Random(2) > 0))
 					{
+						if(gSectorLoadscreens[i].szImageFormatAlt != NULL)
+							imageFormat = gSectorLoadscreens[i].szImageFormatAlt;
 						switch (ubLoadScreenID)
 						{
 							case DAY:
diff --git a/Loading Screen.h b/Loading Screen.h
index fe4476df..fa5bc658 100644
--- a/Loading Screen.h	
+++ b/Loading Screen.h	
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ typedef struct
 	CHAR8		szNight[MAX_IMAGE_PATH_CHARS];
 	CHAR8		szDayAlt[MAX_IMAGE_PATH_CHARS];
 	CHAR8		szNightAlt[MAX_IMAGE_PATH_CHARS];
+	CHAR8		szImageFormatAlt[MAX_IMAGE_FORMAT_CHARS];
 } SECTOR_LOADSCREENS;
 
 extern SECTOR_LOADSCREENS gSectorLoadscreens[MAX_SECTOR_LOADSCREENS];
diff --git a/Tactical/XML_SectorLoadscreens.cpp b/Tactical/XML_SectorLoadscreens.cpp
index 92471b1a..36115eb9 100644
--- a/Tactical/XML_SectorLoadscreens.cpp
+++ b/Tactical/XML_SectorLoadscreens.cpp
@@ -228,6 +228,25 @@ sectorLoadscreensEndElementHandle(void *userData, const XML_Char *name)
 				//DebugMsg (TOPIC_JA2,DBG_LEVEL_3,String("itemEndElementHandle: szNightAlt[%d] = %s, temp = %s",i,&pData->curSectorLoadscreens.szNightAlt[i],&temp));
 			}
 		}
+		else if (strcmp(name, "szImageFormatAlt") == 0)
+		{
+			pData->curElement = ELEMENT;
+
+			if (MAX_IMAGE_FORMAT_CHARS >= strlen(pData->szCharData))
+				strcpy(pData->curSectorLoadscreens.szImageFormatAlt, pData->szCharData);
+			else
+			{
+				strncpy(pData->curSectorLoadscreens.szImageFormatAlt, pData->szCharData, MAX_IMAGE_FORMAT_CHARS);
+				pData->curSectorLoadscreens.szImageFormatAlt[MAX_IMAGE_FORMAT_CHARS - 1] = '\0';
+			}
+
+			for (int i = 0; i < min((int)strlen(pData->szCharData), MAX_IMAGE_FORMAT_CHARS); i++)
+			{
+				temp = pData->szCharData[i];
+				pData->curSectorLoadscreens.szImageFormatAlt[i] = temp;
+				//DebugMsg (TOPIC_JA2,DBG_LEVEL_3,String("itemEndElementHandle: szImageFormatAlt[%d] = %s, temp = %s",i,&pData->curSectorLoadscreens.szImageFormatAlt[i],&temp));
+			}
+		}
 
 		pData->maxReadDepth--;
 	}
@@ -328,6 +347,7 @@ BOOLEAN WriteSectorLoadscreensStats(SECTOR_LOADSCREENS *pSectorLoadscreens, STR
 			FilePrintf(hFile,"\t\t<szNight>%d</szNight>\r\n", pSectorLoadscreens[cnt].szNight);
 			FilePrintf(hFile,"\t\t<szDayAlt>%d</szDayAlt>\r\n", pSectorLoadscreens[cnt].szDayAlt);
 			FilePrintf(hFile,"\t\t<szNightAlt>%d</szNightAlt>\r\n", pSectorLoadscreens[cnt].szNightAlt);
+			FilePrintf(hFile,"\t\t<szImageFormatAlt>%d</szImageFormatAlt>\r\n", pSectorLoadscreens[cnt].szImageFormatAlt);
 
 			FilePrintf(hFile,"\t</SECTOR>\r\n");
 		}