diff --git a/src/hardware/hw_md2.c b/src/hardware/hw_md2.c
index 0267770e..63ef8098 100644
--- a/src/hardware/hw_md2.c
+++ b/src/hardware/hw_md2.c
@@ -300,8 +300,12 @@ static md2_model_t *md2_readModel(const char *filename)
 	file = fopen(va("%s"PATHSEP"%s", srb2home, filename), "rb");
 	if (!file)
 	{
-		free(model);
-		return 0;
+		file = fopen(va("%s"PATHSEP"%s", srb2path, filename), "rb");
+		if (!file)
+		{
+			free(model);
+			return 0;
+		}
 	}
 
 	// initialize model and read header
@@ -500,8 +504,12 @@ static GrTextureFormat_t PNG_Load(const char *filename, int *w, int *h, GLPatch_
 	png_FILE = fopen(pngfilename, "rb");
 	if (!png_FILE)
 	{
+		pngfilename = va("%s"PATHSEP"md2"PATHSEP"%s", srb2path, filename);
+		FIL_ForceExtension(pngfilename, ".png");
+		png_FILE = fopen(pngfilename, "rb");
 		//CONS_Debug(DBG_RENDER, "M_SavePNG: Error on opening %s for loading\n", filename);
-		return 0;
+		if (!png_FILE)
+			return 0;
 	}
 
 	png_ptr = png_create_read_struct(PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING, NULL,
@@ -628,7 +636,13 @@ static GrTextureFormat_t PCX_Load(const char *filename, int *w, int *h,
 	FIL_ForceExtension(pcxfilename, ".pcx");
 	file = fopen(pcxfilename, "rb");
 	if (!file)
-		return 0;
+	{
+		pcxfilename = va("%s"PATHSEP"md2"PATHSEP"%s", srb2path, filename);
+		FIL_ForceExtension(pcxfilename, ".pcx");
+		file = fopen(pcxfilename, "rb");
+		if (!file)
+			return 0;
+	}
 
 	if (fread(&header, sizeof (PcxHeader), 1, file) != 1)
 	{
@@ -818,9 +832,13 @@ void HWR_InitMD2(void)
 
 	if (!f)
 	{
-		CONS_Printf("%s %s\n", M_GetText("Error while loading kmd2.dat:"), strerror(errno));
-		nomd2s = true;
-		return;
+		f = fopen(va("%s"PATHSEP"%s", srb2path, "kmd2.dat"), "rt");
+		if (!f)
+		{
+			CONS_Printf("%s %s\n", M_GetText("Error while loading kmd2.dat:"), strerror(errno));
+			nomd2s = true;
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 	while (fscanf(f, "%19s %31s %f %f", name, filename, &scale, &offset) == 4)
 	{
@@ -885,9 +903,13 @@ void HWR_AddPlayerMD2(int skin) // For MD2's that were added after startup
 
 	if (!f)
 	{
-		CONS_Printf("Error while loading kmd2.dat\n");
-		nomd2s = true;
-		return;
+		f = fopen(va("%s"PATHSEP"%s", srb2path, "kmd2.dat"), "rt");
+		if (!f)
+		{
+			CONS_Printf("%s %s\n", M_GetText("Error while loading kmd2.dat:"), strerror(errno));
+			nomd2s = true;
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Check for any MD2s that match the names of player skins!
@@ -931,9 +953,13 @@ void HWR_AddSpriteMD2(size_t spritenum) // For MD2s that were added after startu
 
 	if (!f)
 	{
-		CONS_Printf("Error while loading kmd2.dat\n");
-		nomd2s = true;
-		return;
+		f = fopen(va("%s"PATHSEP"%s", srb2path, "kmd2.dat"), "rt");
+		if (!f)
+		{
+			CONS_Printf("%s %s\n", M_GetText("Error while loading kmd2.dat:"), strerror(errno));
+			nomd2s = true;
+			return;
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Check for any MD2s that match the names of player skins!