i figured since it was a "bundled" graphic it'd be okay :]
photoshop only lets you RLE compress at 8-bit sadly. never figured out why. if i can find a small exporter that'll compress 'em and it doesn't look like shite, i'd probably give that a go.
since dx8 supports jpeg, what we should prolly do is have that just be a jpeg.
come to think of it, with most graphics i've been able to just rename the extention and dx8 realizes it's a jpg and acts accordingly. praps that'd sort things out.