--- Irrlicht.old/CImageLoaderDDS.h	2005-12-22 11:39:22.086264785 +0100
+++ Irrlicht/CImageLoaderDDS.h	2005-12-20 20:45:22.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#ifndef __C_IMAGE_LOADER_DDS_H_INCLUDED__
+#define __C_IMAGE_LOADER_DDS_H_INCLUDED__
+
+#include "IImageLoader.h"
+
+
+namespace irr
+{
+namespace video
+{
+
+	// byte-align structures
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#	pragma pack( push, packing )
+#	pragma pack( 1 )
+#	define PACK_STRUCT
+#elif defined( __GNUC__ )
+#	define PACK_STRUCT	__attribute__((packed))
+#else
+#	error compiler not supported
+#endif
+
+struct ddsHeader{
+	unsigned Magic;
+	unsigned HeaderSize;
+	unsigned DDSFlags;
+	unsigned Height;
+	unsigned Width;
+	unsigned Size;
+	unsigned Depth;
+	unsigned MipMapCount;
+	unsigned Reserved[11];
+
+	unsigned PFSize;
+	unsigned PFFlags;
+	unsigned FourCC;
+	unsigned RGBBitCount;
+	unsigned RBitMask;
+	unsigned GBitMask;
+	unsigned BBitMask;
+	unsigned AlphaBitMask;
+    
+	unsigned Caps1;
+	unsigned Caps2;
+	unsigned DDSX;
+	unsigned Whatever[2];
+};
+
+
+// Default alignment
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#	pragma pack( pop, packing )
+#endif
+
+#undef PACK_STRUCT
+
+
+/*!
+	Surface Loader for Microsoft DDS bitmaps
+*/
+class CImageLoaderDDS : public IImageLoader
+{
+public:
+
+	//! constructor
+	CImageLoaderDDS();
+
+	//! destructor
+	virtual ~CImageLoaderDDS();
+
+	//! returns true if the file maybe is able to be loaded by this class
+	//! based on the file extension (e.g. ".tga")
+	virtual bool isALoadableFileExtension(const c8* fileName);
+
+	//! returns true if the file maybe is able to be loaded by this class
+	virtual bool isALoadableFileFormat(irr::io::IReadFile* file);
+
+	//! creates a surface from the file
+	virtual IImage* loadImage(irr::io::IReadFile* file);
+
+private:
+	c8* DDSData;
+};
+
+
+} // end namespace video
+} // end namespace irr
+
+
+#endif
+
--- Irrlicht.old/CImageLoaderDDS.cpp	2005-12-22 11:39:24.442931589 +0100
+++ Irrlicht/CImageLoaderDDS.cpp	2005-12-21 08:38:52.000000000 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Nikolaus Gebhardt
+// This file is part of the "Irrlicht Engine".
+// For conditions of distribution and use, see copyright notice in irrlicht.h
+
+#include "CImageLoaderDDS.h"
+#include <string.h>
+#include "SColor.h"
+#include "CColorConverter.h"
+#include "CImage.h"
+#include "os.h"
+
+namespace irr
+{
+namespace video
+{
+
+
+//! constructor
+CImageLoaderDDS::CImageLoaderDDS()
+: DDSData(0)
+{
+	#ifdef _DEBUG
+	setDebugName("CImageLoaderDDS");
+	#endif
+}
+
+//! destructor
+CImageLoaderDDS::~CImageLoaderDDS()
+{
+	if (DDSData)delete [] DDSData;
+}
+
+//! returns true if the file maybe is able to be loaded by this class
+//! based on the file extension (e.g. ".tga")
+bool CImageLoaderDDS::isALoadableFileExtension(const c8* fileName)
+{
+	return strstr(fileName, ".dds") != 0;
+}
+
+//! returns true if the file maybe is able to be loaded by this class
+bool CImageLoaderDDS::isALoadableFileFormat(irr::io::IReadFile* file)
+{
+	u32 headerID;
+	file->read(&headerID, sizeof(u32));
+	return headerID == 0x20534444;
+}
+
+//! creates a surface from the file
+IImage* CImageLoaderDDS::loadImage(irr::io::IReadFile* file)
+{
+	ddsHeader header;
+	file->read(&header, sizeof(header));
+
+	EIMAGE_TYPE type = EIT_IMAGE_2D;
+	if (header.Magic != 0x20534444)	return 0;
+	if (header.MipMapCount>1) header.Size<<=1;
+	if (header.Caps2) {
+		header.Size*=6;
+		type=EIT_CUBE_MAP;
+	}
+
+	ECOLOR_FORMAT fmt = ECF_BGRA8;
+	switch(header.FourCC) {
+		case 0x31545844: fmt = ECF_DXT1; break;
+		case 0x33545844: fmt = ECF_DXT3; break;
+		case 0x35545844: fmt = ECF_DXT5; break;
+	}
+
+	IImage* image = new CImage(fmt, core::dimension2d<s32>(header.Width, header.Height), 
+				header.Size, header.MipMapCount, type);
+	file->read(image->lock(), header.Size);
+	image->unlock();
+	return image;
+}
+
+
+//! creates a loader which is able to load windows bitmaps
+IImageLoader* createImageLoaderDDS()
+{
+	return new CImageLoaderDDS;
+}
+
+
+} // end namespace video
+} // end namespace irr
--- Irrlicht.old/CNullDriver.cpp	2005-11-27 12:01:00.000000000 +0100
+++ Irrlicht/CNullDriver.cpp	2005-12-21 08:45:32.000000000 +0100
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 IImageLoader* createImageLoaderPCX();
 //! creates a loader which is able to load png images
 IImageLoader* createImageLoaderPNG();
+//! creates a loader which is able to load dds images
+IImageLoader* createImageLoaderDDS();
 
 
 
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@
 	SurfaceLoader.push_back(video::createImageLoaderPSD());
 	SurfaceLoader.push_back(video::createImageLoaderPCX());
 	SurfaceLoader.push_back(video::createImageLoaderPNG());	
+	SurfaceLoader.push_back(video::createImageLoaderDDS());
 
 	// set ExposedData to 0
 	memset(&ExposedData, 0, sizeof(ExposedData));