diff -r 8b51e7b887a5 lib/irrlicht/include/SceneParameters.h
--- a/lib/irrlicht/include/SceneParameters.h	Wed Sep 23 00:30:32 2009 +0200
+++ b/lib/irrlicht/include/SceneParameters.h	Wed Sep 23 01:01:28 2009 +0200
@@ -159,6 +159,21 @@ namespace scene
 	**/
 	const c8* const DEBUG_NORMAL_COLOR = "DEBUG_Normal_Color";
 
+	//! Name of the parameter for changing the texture path of the built-in b3d loader.
+	/** Use it like this:
+	\code
+	SceneManager->getParameters()->setAttribute(scene::B3D_TEXTURE_PATH, "path/to/your/textures");
+	\endcode
+	**/
+	const c8* const B3D_TEXTURE_PATH = "B3D_TexturePath";
+
+	//! Name of the parameter for changing the texture path of the built-in obj loader.
+	/** Use it like this:
+	\code
+	SceneManager->getParameters()->setAttribute(scene::OBJ_TEXTURE_PATH, "path/to/your/textures");
+	\endcode
+	**/
+	const c8* const OBJ_TEXTURE_PATH = "OBJ_TexturePath";
 
 } // end namespace scene
 } // end namespace irr
diff -r 8b51e7b887a5 lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/CB3DMeshFileLoader.cpp
--- a/lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/CB3DMeshFileLoader.cpp	Wed Sep 23 00:30:32 2009 +0200
+++ b/lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/CB3DMeshFileLoader.cpp	Wed Sep 23 01:01:28 2009 +0200
@@ -912,7 +912,15 @@ void CB3DMeshFileLoader::loadTextures(SB
 			{
 				video::ITexture* tex = 0;
 				io::IFileSystem* fs = SceneManager->getFileSystem();
-				if (fs->existFile(B3dTexture->TextureName))
+				io::path texnameWithUserPath( SceneManager->getParameters()->getAttributeAsString(B3D_TEXTURE_PATH) );
+				if ( texnameWithUserPath.size() )
+				{
+					texnameWithUserPath += '/';
+					texnameWithUserPath += B3dTexture->TextureName;
+				}
+				if (fs->existFile(texnameWithUserPath))
+					tex = SceneManager->getVideoDriver()->getTexture(texnameWithUserPath);
+				else if (fs->existFile(B3dTexture->TextureName))
 					tex = SceneManager->getVideoDriver()->getTexture(B3dTexture->TextureName);
 				else if (fs->existFile(fs->getFileDir(B3DFile->getFileName()) +"/"+ fs->getFileBasename(B3dTexture->TextureName)))
 					tex = SceneManager->getVideoDriver()->getTexture(fs->getFileDir(B3DFile->getFileName()) +"/"+ fs->getFileBasename(B3dTexture->TextureName));
diff -r 8b51e7b887a5 lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/COBJMeshFileLoader.cpp
--- a/lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/COBJMeshFileLoader.cpp	Wed Sep 23 00:30:32 2009 +0200
+++ b/lib/irrlicht/source/Irrlicht/COBJMeshFileLoader.cpp	Wed Sep 23 01:01:28 2009 +0200
@@ -425,7 +425,15 @@ const c8* COBJMeshFileLoader::readTextur
 	video::ITexture * texture = 0;
 	if (texname.size())
 	{
-		if (FileSystem->existFile(texname))
+		io::path texnameWithUserPath( SceneManager->getParameters()->getAttributeAsString(OBJ_TEXTURE_PATH) );
+		if ( texnameWithUserPath.size() )
+		{
+			texnameWithUserPath += '/';
+			texnameWithUserPath += texname;
+		}
+		if (FileSystem->existFile(texnameWithUserPath))
+			texture = SceneManager->getVideoDriver()->getTexture(texnameWithUserPath);
+		else if (FileSystem->existFile(texname))
 			texture = SceneManager->getVideoDriver()->getTexture(texname);
 		else
 			// try to read in the relative path, the .obj is loaded from