Howard, All I can think of where multiple files with the same name are concerned is to pop up a list of all the possibilities and let the user choose one or "NO_MAP". If the user has taken the time to put their textures in some sort of sane order, they ought to be able to tell which is the correct one by seeing the path. ;) Thanks for making this effort. It will be appreciated by many. I can't use it until it can look in a user-defined directory as it's search root and insert the new location as a full path. Phoenix