Okay, the reason it might hang is it's looking for high-res V4 maps.  I thought I removed those reference calls, but evidently I missed something.   Sorry about that.

As for not taking textures, I have found that they take textures just fine.  I'm not sure what the problem is there.  There is no change to UV's, so the only thing I can tell you is that the area is small and I wouldn't expect texturing to make a dramatic effect.

-WTB