diff -abBdpuNPr --exclude='*.svn' irrlicht-svn-ss/trunk/include/IGUISpriteBank.h Irrlicht_starsonata/include/IGUISpriteBank.h
--- irrlicht-svn-ss/trunk/include/IGUISpriteBank.h	2007-07-26 02:11:22.000000000 +0200
+++ Irrlicht_starsonata/include/IGUISpriteBank.h	2008-04-11 11:40:44.000000000 +0200
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@ public:
 	//! Destructor
 	virtual ~IGUISpriteBank() {};
 
+	//! clears sprites, rectangles and textures
+	virtual void clear() = 0;
+
+	//! Use the whole texture as one non-animated sprite
+	//! The texture and the corresponding rectangle and sprite will all be added to the end of each array.
+	//! returns the index of the sprite or -1 on failure
+	virtual s32 addTextureAsSprite(video::ITexture* texture) = 0;
+
 	//! Returns the list of rectangles held by the sprite bank
 	virtual core::array< core::rect<s32> >& getPositions() = 0;
 
diff -abBdpuNPr --exclude='*.svn' irrlicht-svn-ss/trunk/source/Irrlicht/CGUISpriteBank.cpp Irrlicht_starsonata/source/Irrlicht/CGUISpriteBank.cpp
--- irrlicht-svn-ss/trunk/source/Irrlicht/CGUISpriteBank.cpp	2007-07-26 02:11:08.000000000 +0200
+++ Irrlicht_starsonata/source/Irrlicht/CGUISpriteBank.cpp	2008-05-07 01:41:04.000000000 +0200
@@ -32,6 +32,42 @@ CGUISpriteBank::~CGUISpriteBank()
 		Driver->drop();
 }
 
+//! clear everything 
+void CGUISpriteBank::clear()
+{
+	// drop textures
+	for (u32 i=0; i<Textures.size(); ++i)
+		if (Textures[i])
+			Textures[i]->drop();
+	Textures.clear();
+	Sprites.clear();
+	Rectangles.clear();
+}
+
+s32 CGUISpriteBank::addTextureAsSprite(video::ITexture* texture)
+{
+	if ( !texture )
+		return -1;
+
+	addTexture(texture);
+	u32 textureIndex = getTextureCount() - 1;
+
+	u32 rectangleIndex = Rectangles.size();
+	Rectangles.push_back( core::rect<s32>(0,0, texture->getOriginalSize().Width, texture->getOriginalSize().Height) ); 
+
+	SGUISprite sprite;
+	sprite.frameTime = 0;
+
+	SGUISpriteFrame frame;
+	frame.textureNumber = textureIndex;
+	frame.rectNumber = rectangleIndex;
+	sprite.Frames.push_back( frame );
+
+	Sprites.push_back( sprite );
+
+	return Sprites.size() - 1;
+}
+
 core::array< core::rect<s32> >& CGUISpriteBank::getPositions()
 {
 	return Rectangles;
diff -abBdpuNPr --exclude='*.svn' irrlicht-svn-ss/trunk/source/Irrlicht/CGUISpriteBank.h Irrlicht_starsonata/source/Irrlicht/CGUISpriteBank.h
--- irrlicht-svn-ss/trunk/source/Irrlicht/CGUISpriteBank.h	2007-07-26 02:11:08.000000000 +0200
+++ Irrlicht_starsonata/source/Irrlicht/CGUISpriteBank.h	2008-04-11 11:40:28.000000000 +0200
@@ -26,6 +26,14 @@ public:
 	CGUISpriteBank(IGUIEnvironment* env);
 	virtual ~CGUISpriteBank();
 
+	//! clears sprites, rectangles and textures
+	virtual void clear();
+
+	//! Use the whole texture as one non-animated sprite
+	//! The texture and the corresponding rectangle and sprite will all be added to the end of each array.
+	//! returns the index of the sprite or -1 on failure
+	virtual s32 addTextureAsSprite(video::ITexture* texture);
+
 	virtual core::array< core::rect<s32> >& getPositions();
 	virtual core::array< SGUISprite >& getSprites();