diff --git a/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj b/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj
index f5c306e0e..7789088ff 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj
+++ b/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj
@@ -1040,6 +1040,9 @@
     <Content Include="Content\UI\uiIcons.png">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
+    <Content Include="Content\UI\UI_Atlas.png">
+      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
+    </Content>
     <Content Include="Content\utg_4.mp4">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
diff --git a/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj.user b/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj.user
index 1782abafa..df35fcf91 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj.user
+++ b/Subsurface/Barotrauma.csproj.user
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <ErrorReportUrlHistory />
     <FallbackCulture>en-US</FallbackCulture>
     <VerifyUploadedFiles>false</VerifyUploadedFiles>
-    <ProjectView>ShowAllFiles</ProjectView>
+    <ProjectView>ProjectFiles</ProjectView>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup>
     <ReferencePath>
diff --git a/Subsurface/Content/UI/UI_Atlas.png b/Subsurface/Content/UI/UI_Atlas.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc7238ecf
Binary files /dev/null and b/Subsurface/Content/UI/UI_Atlas.png differ
diff --git a/Subsurface/Content/UI/style.xml b/Subsurface/Content/UI/style.xml
index 31ba04d98..de7703168 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Content/UI/style.xml
+++ b/Subsurface/Content/UI/style.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     
     outlinecolor="0.5, 0.57, 0.6, 1.0">
 
-    <Sprite texture="Content/UI/uiBackground.png" size="0.0, 0.0" sourcerect ="0.0, 90.0, 0.0, 100.0"/>
+    <Sprite texture="Content/UI/UI_Atlas.png" size="0.0, 0.0" sourcerect ="13, 6, 420, 647" slice="208,88,238,585"/>
   </GUIFrame>
 
   <GUIButton
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
     hovercolor="0.88, 0.25, 0.15, 1.0"
     selectedcolor="1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0">
 
-    <Sprite texture="Content/UI/uiButton.png" size="1.0, 1.0" tile="false" maintainaspectratio="false" sourcerect ="0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 71.0"/>
-
+    <Sprite texture="Content/UI/UI_Atlas.png" sourcerect ="13, 667, 220, 59" slice="27,673,226,718"/>
   </GUIButton>
 
   <GUITextBlock
diff --git a/Subsurface/Source/GUI/ComponentStyle.cs b/Subsurface/Source/GUI/ComponentStyle.cs
index d336cb812..850be1572 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Source/GUI/ComponentStyle.cs
+++ b/Subsurface/Source/GUI/ComponentStyle.cs
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             private set;
         }
 
+        public bool Slice
+        {
+            get;
+            set;
+        }
+
+        public Rectangle[] Slices
+        {
+            get;
+            set;
+        }
+
         public bool MaintainAspectRatio
         {
             get;
@@ -80,7 +92,40 @@ namespace Barotrauma
                         bool maintainAspect = ToolBox.GetAttributeBool(subElement, "maintainaspectratio",false);
                         bool tile = ToolBox.GetAttributeBool(subElement, "tile", true);
 
-                        Sprites.Add(new UISprite(sprite, tile, maintainAspect));
+                        UISprite newSprite = new UISprite(sprite, tile, maintainAspect);
+
+                        Vector4 sliceVec = ToolBox.GetAttributeVector4(subElement, "slice", Vector4.Zero);
+                        if (sliceVec != Vector4.Zero)
+                        {
+                            Rectangle slice = new Rectangle((int)sliceVec.X, (int)sliceVec.Y, (int)(sliceVec.Z - sliceVec.X), (int)(sliceVec.W - sliceVec.Y));
+
+                            newSprite.Slice = true;
+
+                            newSprite.Slices = new Rectangle[9];
+
+                            //top-left
+                            newSprite.Slices[0] = new Rectangle(newSprite.Sprite.SourceRect.Location, slice.Location - newSprite.Sprite.SourceRect.Location);
+                            //top-mid
+                            newSprite.Slices[1] = new Rectangle(slice.Location.X, newSprite.Slices[0].Y, slice.Width, newSprite.Slices[0].Height);
+                            //top-right
+                            newSprite.Slices[2] = new Rectangle(slice.Right, newSprite.Slices[0].Y, newSprite.Sprite.SourceRect.Right - slice.Right, newSprite.Slices[0].Height);
+
+                            //mid-left
+                            newSprite.Slices[3] = new Rectangle(newSprite.Slices[0].X, slice.Y, newSprite.Slices[0].Width, slice.Height);
+                            //center
+                            newSprite.Slices[4] = slice;
+                            //mid-right
+                            newSprite.Slices[5] = new Rectangle(newSprite.Slices[2].X, slice.Y, newSprite.Slices[2].Width, slice.Height);
+
+                            //bottom-left
+                            newSprite.Slices[6] = new Rectangle(newSprite.Slices[0].X, slice.Bottom, newSprite.Slices[0].Width, newSprite.Sprite.SourceRect.Bottom - slice.Bottom);
+                            //bottom-mid
+                            newSprite.Slices[7] = new Rectangle(newSprite.Slices[1].X, slice.Bottom, newSprite.Slices[1].Width, newSprite.Sprite.SourceRect.Bottom - slice.Bottom);
+                            //bottom-right
+                            newSprite.Slices[8] = new Rectangle(newSprite.Slices[2].X, slice.Bottom, newSprite.Slices[2].Width, newSprite.Sprite.SourceRect.Bottom - slice.Bottom);
+                        }
+
+                        Sprites.Add(newSprite);
                         break;
                 }
             }
diff --git a/Subsurface/Source/GUI/GUIComponent.cs b/Subsurface/Source/GUI/GUIComponent.cs
index 94e4b3d54..a3427608a 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Source/GUI/GUIComponent.cs
+++ b/Subsurface/Source/GUI/GUIComponent.cs
@@ -298,7 +298,36 @@ namespace Barotrauma
             {
                 foreach (UISprite uiSprite in sprites)
                 {
-                    if (uiSprite.Tile)
+                    if (uiSprite.Slice)
+                    {
+                        Vector2 pos = new Vector2(rect.X, rect.Y);
+
+                        int centerWidth = rect.Width - uiSprite.Slices[0].Width - uiSprite.Slices[2].Width;
+                        int centerHeight = rect.Height - uiSprite.Slices[0].Height - uiSprite.Slices[8].Height;
+
+                        for (int x = 0; x<3; x++)
+                        {
+                            int width = x == 1 ? centerWidth : uiSprite.Slices[x].Width;
+                            for (int y = 0; y<3; y++)
+                            {
+                                int height = y == 1 ? centerHeight : uiSprite.Slices[x + y * 3].Height;
+                                //GUI.DrawString(spriteBatch, pos, x + ", " + y, Color.White);
+
+                                uiSprite.Sprite.DrawTiled(
+                                    spriteBatch, 
+                                    pos, 
+                                    new Vector2(width, height), 
+                                    Vector2.Zero, 
+                                    uiSprite.Slices[x + y * 3],
+                                    currColor * (currColor.A / 255.0f));
+
+                                pos.Y += height;
+                            }
+                            pos.X += width;
+                            pos.Y = rect.Y;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    else if (uiSprite.Tile)
                     {
                         Vector2 startPos = new Vector2(rect.X, rect.Y);
                         Vector2 size = new Vector2(Math.Min(uiSprite.Sprite.SourceRect.Width, rect.Width), Math.Min(uiSprite.Sprite.SourceRect.Height, rect.Height));
diff --git a/Subsurface/Source/Sprite.cs b/Subsurface/Source/Sprite.cs
index 236a7b102..4369d2dbc 100644
--- a/Subsurface/Source/Sprite.cs
+++ b/Subsurface/Source/Sprite.cs
@@ -300,6 +300,11 @@ namespace Barotrauma
         }
 
         public void DrawTiled(SpriteBatch spriteBatch, Vector2 pos, Vector2 targetSize, Vector2 startOffset, Color color)
+        {
+            DrawTiled(spriteBatch, pos, targetSize, startOffset, sourceRect, color);
+        }
+        
+        public void DrawTiled(SpriteBatch spriteBatch, Vector2 pos, Vector2 targetSize, Vector2 startOffset, Rectangle sourceRect, Color color)
         {
             //pos.X = (int)pos.X;
             //pos.Y = (int)pos.Y;