--- tools.cpp
+++ tools.cpp
@@ -100,8 +100,19 @@
 
 ///////////////////////// 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;
 };
--- rendergl.cpp.origin	2005-08-30 17:07:30.000000000 +0200
+++ rendergl.cpp	2005-08-30 17:12:52.000000000 +0200
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 
 bool installtex(int tnum, char *texname, int &xs, int &ys, bool clamp)
 {
+    texname = addfullpath(texname);
     SDL_Surface *s = IMG_Load(texname);
     if(!s) { conoutf("couldn't load texture %s", texname); return false; };
     if(s->format->BitsPerPixel!=24) { conoutf("texture must be 24bpp: %s", texname); return false; };
--- tools.h
+++ tools.h
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
 
 
 
+extern char *addfullpath(char *s);
 extern char *path(char *s);
 extern char *loadfile(char *fn, int *size);
 extern void endianswap(void *, int, int);