--- engine/rendergl.cpp	2005-08-15 00:56:12.000000000 +0200
+++ engine/rendergl.cpp	2005-11-05 15:57:31.000000000 +0100
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
 Texture *textureload(char *name, int rot, bool clamp, bool mipit, bool msg)
 {
     string rname, tname;
+    name = addfullpath(name);
     strcpy_s(tname, name);
     strcpy_s(rname, path(tname));
     if(rot) { sprintf_sd(rnum)("_%d", rot); strcat_s(rname, rnum); };
--- shared/tools.cpp	2005-08-07 01:23:22.000000000 +0200
+++ shared/tools.cpp	2005-11-05 15:55:14.000000000 +0100
@@ -5,8 +5,19 @@
 
 ///////////////////////// misc tools ///////////////////////
 
+char *addfullpath(char *s) {
+    static char ret[256];      // choose a reasonable max buffer size
+    if (s[0] == '/') { return s; }
+        int slen = strlen(s);
+        memset(ret, 0x00, 256);
+        memcpy(ret, GAMES_DATADIR, GAMES_DATADIR_LEN);
+        memcpy(ret+GAMES_DATADIR_LEN, s, slen);
+        return ret;
+    }
+
 char *path(char *s)
 {
+    s = addfullpath(s);
     for(char *t = s; t = strpbrk(t, "/\\"); *t++ = PATHDIV);
     return s;
 };
--- shared/tools.h	2005-08-14 23:08:02.000000000 +0200
+++ shared/tools.h	2005-11-05 15:59:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@
 #endif
 
 
+extern char *addfullpath(char *s);
 extern char *path(char *s);
 extern char *loadfile(char *fn, int *size);
 extern void endianswap(void *, int, int);