diff -abBdpuNPr --exclude='*.svn' irrlicht-svn-ss/trunk/include/IImage.h Irrlicht_starsonata/include/IImage.h
--- irrlicht-svn-ss/trunk/include/IImage.h	2007-07-26 02:11:22.000000000 +0200
+++ Irrlicht_starsonata/include/IImage.h	2008-05-08 00:58:34.000000000 +0200
@@ -104,6 +104,12 @@ public:
 	//! copies the image into the target, scaling the image to fit
 	virtual void copyToScaling(IImage* target) = 0;
 
+	//! copies this surface into another
+	virtual void copyTo(IImage* target, const core::position2d<s32>& pos=core::position2d<s32>(0,0)) = 0;
+
+	// starsonata, micha, needed this for padding d3d textures
+	//! copies this surface into another
+	virtual void copyTo(void* target, s32 width, s32 height, ECOLOR_FORMAT format, u32 pitch=0, const core::position2d<s32>& pos=core::position2d<s32>(0,0)) = 0;
 };
 
 } // end namespace video
diff -abBdpuNPr --exclude='*.svn' irrlicht-svn-ss/trunk/source/Irrlicht/CImage.cpp Irrlicht_starsonata/source/Irrlicht/CImage.cpp
--- irrlicht-svn-ss/trunk/source/Irrlicht/CImage.cpp	2007-07-26 02:11:08.000000000 +0200
+++ Irrlicht_starsonata/source/Irrlicht/CImage.cpp	2008-05-08 01:57:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -1267,6 +1267,49 @@ void CImage::drawLine(const core::positi
 	}
 }
 
+// starsonata, micha, needed this for padding d3d textures
+// Not yet much tested.
+//! copies this surface into another
+// note: slow
+void CImage::copyTo(void* target, s32 width, s32 height, ECOLOR_FORMAT format, u32 pitch, const core::position2d<s32>& pos)
+{
+	if (!target || !width || !height)
+		return;
+
+	const u32 bpp=getBitsPerPixelFromFormat(format)/8;
+	if (0==pitch)
+		pitch = width*bpp;
+
+	core::rect<s32> sourceRect(0,0, Size.Width, Size.Height);
+	if ( pos.X < 0 )
+		sourceRect.UpperLeftCorner.X -= pos.X;
+	if ( pos.Y < 0 )
+		sourceRect.UpperLeftCorner.Y -= pos.Y;
+	if ( sourceRect.LowerRightCorner.X + pos.X > width )
+		sourceRect.LowerRightCorner.X = width - pos.X;
+	if ( sourceRect.LowerRightCorner.Y + pos.Y > height )
+		sourceRect.LowerRightCorner.Y = height - pos.Y;
+
+	s32 syval=sourceRect.UpperLeftCorner.Y*Pitch;
+	s32 tyval=pos.Y*pitch;
+	for (s32 y=sourceRect.UpperLeftCorner.Y; y<sourceRect.LowerRightCorner.Y; ++y)
+	{
+		s32 txval = pos.X*bpp;
+		for (s32 x=sourceRect.UpperLeftCorner.X; x<sourceRect.LowerRightCorner.X; ++x)
+		{
+			CColorConverter::convert_viaFormat(
+				((u8*)Data)+ syval + x*BytesPerPixel, // const void* sP
+				Format,                               // ECOLOR_FORMAT sF
+				1,                                    // s32 sN
+				((u8*)target)+ tyval + txval,        // void* dP
+				format                                // ECOLOR_FORMAT dF
+				);
+			txval += bpp;
+		}
+		syval += Pitch;
+		tyval += pitch;
+	}
+}
 
 
 //! copies this surface into another, scaling it to the target image size
@@ -1339,6 +1382,7 @@ void CImage::copyToScaling(IImage* targe
 	}
 
 	copyToScaling(target->lock(), targetSize.Width, targetSize.Height, target->getColorFormat());
+
 	target->unlock();
 }
 
diff -abBdpuNPr --exclude='*.svn' irrlicht-svn-ss/trunk/source/Irrlicht/CImage.h Irrlicht_starsonata/source/Irrlicht/CImage.h
--- irrlicht-svn-ss/trunk/source/Irrlicht/CImage.h	2007-07-26 02:11:08.000000000 +0200
+++ Irrlicht_starsonata/source/Irrlicht/CImage.h	2008-05-08 00:58:42.000000000 +0200
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ public:
 	//! copies this surface into another, scaling it to fit.
 	void copyToScaling(void* target, s32 width, s32 height, ECOLOR_FORMAT format, u32 pitch=0);
 
+	// starsonata, micha, needed this for padding d3d textures
+	//! copies this surface into another
+	virtual void copyTo(void* target, s32 width, s32 height, ECOLOR_FORMAT format, u32 pitch=0, const core::position2d<s32>& pos=core::position2d<s32>(0,0));
+
 	//! copies this surface into another, scaling it to fit.
 	void copyToScaling(IImage* target);