Index: trunk/src/engine/image_manager.cc
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--- trunk/src/engine/image_manager.cc	(revision 501)
+++ trunk/src/engine/image_manager.cc	(revision 504)
@@ -12,12 +12,37 @@
 using namespace nv;
 
+void nv::image_manager::add_base_path( const string_view& path )
+{
+	m_paths.emplace_back( path );
+}
+
 bool image_manager::load_resource( const string_view& filename )
 {
 	png_loader loader;
 	c_file_system fs;
-	stream* file = fs.open( filename );
-	image_data* result = loader.load( *file );
-	delete file;
-	add( filename, result );
+	image_data* result = nullptr;
+	if ( fs.exists( filename ) )
+	{
+		stream* file = fs.open( filename );
+		result = loader.load( *file );
+		delete file;
+	}
+	else if ( m_paths.size() > 0 )
+	{
+		for ( const auto& path : m_paths )
+		{
+			string128 fpath = path;
+			fpath.append( filename );
+			if ( fs.exists( fpath ) )
+			{
+				stream* file = fs.open( fpath );
+				result = loader.load( *file );
+				delete file;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if ( result ) 
+		add( filename, result );
 	return result != nullptr;
 }