That has been fixed in the entity_changes/entity_update branches. I think we are very close to merging those into master.
Also, I mentioned this in another thread, but it isn't fully relevant to your question. In the future, instead of passing 3/4 integer values directly, you will pass a
Color instance:
http://wiki.sourcepython.com/pages/basetypes#Color
There is also a colors module which provides base colors:
http://wiki.sourcepython.com/pages/colors
To get a new alpha value for any of the base colors, use their
with_alpha method:
http://wiki.sourcepython.com/pages/basetypes#with_alpha