diff --git a/source/blood/src/barf.cpp b/source/blood/src/barf.cpp
index 6308efc42..04a8e9eb3 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/barf.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/barf.cpp
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct define_t
 
 define_t gCmdDefines[kMaxCmdLineDefines];
 
-void sub_11DF0(char *pzScriptDir, char *fileName, char flags, int ID);
+void sub_11DF0(char *fileName, char flags, int ID);
 void sub_11C10(char *pzScriptDir, char *fileName, char flags, int ID);
 
 struct tag_t {
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ private:
     char _fileName[BMAX_PATH]; // [30]
 
 public:
-    void Open(const char *fileName);
+    int Open(const char *fileName);
     void Close();
     void Increment();
     void SkipBeyondValue(char value);
@@ -166,28 +166,33 @@ public:
     void UnsetMark();
 };
 
-void RFS::Open(const char *fileName)
+int RFS::Open(const char *fileName)
 {
     strcpy(_fileName, fileName);
 
-    int hFile = open(_fileName, O_BINARY);
-    if (hFile == -1) {
-        ThrowError("Error opening file %s", _fileName);
+    buildvfs_fd hFile = kopen4loadfrommod(fileName, 0);
+    if (hFile == buildvfs_fd_invalid) {
+        initprintf("BARF: Error opening file %s", _fileName);
+        return 1;
     }
 
     int fileSize = kfilelength(hFile);
     _ptr = (char*)Resource::Alloc(fileSize);
     if (_ptr == NULL) {
-        ThrowError("Not enough memory to read %s", _fileName);
+        initprintf("BARF: Not enough memory to read %s", _fileName);
+        kclose(hFile);
+        return 1;
     }
 
-    read(hFile, _ptr, fileSize);
-    close(hFile);
+    kread(hFile, _ptr, fileSize);
+    kclose(hFile);
 
     _curLine = 0;
     _pUnknown2 = _ptr;
     _curChar = '\n';
     _pEnd = &_ptr[fileSize - 1];
+
+    return 0;
 }
 
 void RFS::Close()
@@ -453,7 +458,7 @@ uint8_t RFS::GetNextTag()
     //	qAssert(1==0); // TODO - what to return here
 }
 
-void ParseScript(char *scriptFileName)
+void ParseScript(const char *scriptFileName)
 {
     char text[256];
     char char256_1[256];
@@ -462,12 +467,19 @@ void ParseScript(char *scriptFileName)
     char inp[BMAX_PATH];
     char zScriptDirectory[BMAX_PATH], zTemp1[BMAX_PATH], zTemp2[BMAX_PATH];
 
+    int const bakpathsearchmode = pathsearchmode;
+    pathsearchmode = 1;
+
     SplitPath(scriptFileName, zScriptDirectory, zTemp1, zTemp2);
 
     RFS rfs;
 
     // AddExtension(name, ".RFS");
-    rfs.Open(scriptFileName);
+    if (rfs.Open(scriptFileName))
+    {
+        pathsearchmode = bakpathsearchmode;
+        return;
+    }
 
     gParseLevel = 0;
     dword_44CE0[0] = 0;
@@ -489,7 +501,7 @@ void ParseScript(char *scriptFileName)
             }
             case kTagEnd:
             {
-                parsing = true;
+                parsing = false;
                 break;
             }
             case kTagComment:
@@ -870,7 +882,7 @@ void ParseScript(char *scriptFileName)
                 else
                 {
                     if (dword_44CE0[gParseLevel] == 0) {
-                        sub_11DF0(zScriptDirectory, fileName, nFlags, ID);
+                        sub_11DF0(fileName, nFlags, ID);
                     }
                 }
                 break;
@@ -880,6 +892,7 @@ void ParseScript(char *scriptFileName)
 
     //CreateHeader();
     rfs.Close();
+    pathsearchmode = bakpathsearchmode;
 }
 
 void sub_11C10(char *pzScriptDir, char *fileName, char flags, int ID)
@@ -925,33 +938,19 @@ void sub_11C10(char *pzScriptDir, char *fileName, char flags, int ID)
     }
 }
 
-void sub_11DF0(char* pzScriptDir, char *filePath, char flags, int ID)
+void sub_11DF0(char *filePath, char flags, int ID)
 {
     char zDirectory[BMAX_PATH];
     char zFilename[BMAX_PATH];
     char zType[BMAX_PATH];
-    char zFilePath[BMAX_PATH];
     buildvfs_fd handle;
 
-    ConcatPath(pzScriptDir, filePath, zFilePath);
-
-    handle = kopen4loadfrommod(zFilePath, 0);
-    if (handle == buildvfs_fd_invalid)
-    {
-        Bstrcpy(zFilePath, filePath);
-        handle = kopen4loadfrommod(zFilePath, 0);
-        if (handle == buildvfs_fd_invalid)
-            return;
-    }
-
-    kclose(handle);
-
-    SplitPath(zFilePath, zDirectory, zFilename, zType);
+    SplitPath(filePath, zDirectory, zFilename, zType);
 
     if (!Bstrcasecmp(zType, "RAW") || !Bstrcasecmp(zType, "SFX") || !Bstrcasecmp(zType, "MID") || !Bstrcasecmp(zType, "TMB"))
-        gSoundRes.AddExternalResource(zFilename, zType, ID, flags, zFilePath);
+        gSoundRes.AddFromBuffer(zFilename, zType, buffer, nBytes, ID, flags);
     else
-        gSysRes.AddExternalResource(zFilename, zType, ID, flags, zFilePath);
+        gSysRes.AddFromBuffer(zFilename, zType, buffer, nBytes, ID, flags);
 }
 
 END_BLD_NS
diff --git a/source/blood/src/barf.h b/source/blood/src/barf.h
index e93bcc7d3..a86744a1c 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/barf.h
+++ b/source/blood/src/barf.h
@@ -22,3 +22,4 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #pragma once
 
+void ParseScript(const char* scriptFileName);
diff --git a/source/blood/src/db.cpp b/source/blood/src/db.cpp
index 84baf093d..fd36ecebd 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/db.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/db.cpp
@@ -720,6 +720,10 @@ int dbLoadMap(const char *pPath, int *pX, int *pY, int *pZ, short *pAngle, short
 #ifdef USE_OPENGL
     Polymost_prepare_loadboard();
 #endif
+
+    int const bakpathsearchmode = pathsearchmode;
+    pathsearchmode = 1;
+
     {
         char name2[BMAX_PATH];
         Bstrncpy(name2, pPath, BMAX_PATH);
@@ -738,6 +742,9 @@ int dbLoadMap(const char *pPath, int *pX, int *pY, int *pZ, short *pAngle, short
         ChangeExtension(name2, "");
         pNode = gSysRes.Lookup(name2, "MAP");
     }
+
+    pathsearchmode = bakpathsearchmode;
+
     if (!pNode)
     {
         initprintf("Error opening map file %s", pPath);
diff --git a/source/blood/src/misc.cpp b/source/blood/src/misc.cpp
index 40a7bfd01..d494fc415 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/misc.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/misc.cpp
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ void ChangeExtension(char *pzFile, const char *pzExt)
 
 void SplitPath(const char *pzPath, char *pzDirectory, char *pzFile, char *pzType)
 {
-    int const nLength = Bstrlen(pzFile);
-    const char *pDirectory = pzFile+nLength;
+    int const nLength = Bstrlen(pzPath);
+    const char *pDirectory = pzPath+nLength;
     const char *pDot = NULL;
     for (int i = nLength-1; i >= 0; i--)
     {
-        if (pzFile[i] == '/' || pzFile[i] == '\\')
+        if (pzPath[i] == '/' || pzPath[i] == '\\')
         {
             Bstrncpy(pzDirectory, pzPath, i);
             pzDirectory[i] = 0;
@@ -171,14 +171,15 @@ void SplitPath(const char *pzPath, char *pzDirectory, char *pzFile, char *pzType
             else
             {
                 Bstrncpy(pzFile, pzPath+i+1, pDot-(pzPath+i+1));
+                pzFile[pDot-(pzPath+i+1)] = 0;
                 Bstrcpy(pzType, pDot+1);
             }
            
             return;
         }
-        else if (pzFile[i] == '.')
+        else if (pzPath[i] == '.')
         {
-            pDot = pzFile+i;
+            pDot = pzPath+i;
         }
     }
     Bstrcpy(pzDirectory, "/");
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ void SplitPath(const char *pzPath, char *pzDirectory, char *pzFile, char *pzType
     else
     {
         Bstrncpy(pzFile, pzPath, pDot-pzPath);
+        pzFile[pDot-pzPath] = 0;
         Bstrcpy(pzType, pDot+1);
     }
 }
@@ -208,7 +210,8 @@ void ConcatPath(const char *pzPath1, const char *pzPath2, char *pzConcatPath)
     }
     Bstrncpy(pzConcatPath, pzPath1, i);
     pzConcatPath[i] = 0;
-    Bstrcpy(pzConcatPath, pzPath2+j);
+    Bstrcat(pzConcatPath, "/");
+    Bstrcat(pzConcatPath, pzPath2+j);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/source/blood/src/resource.cpp b/source/blood/src/resource.cpp
index f9752af6c..15d920f1a 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/resource.cpp
+++ b/source/blood/src/resource.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ void Resource::Init(const char *filename)
                     dict[i].type[nTypeLength] = 0;
                     dict[i].name[nNameLength] = 0;
                     dict[i].id = B_LITTLE32(tdict[i].id);
+                    dict[i].buffer = NULL;
                 }
                 Free(tdict);
             }
@@ -433,7 +434,8 @@ void Resource::AddExternalResource(const char *name, const char *type, int id, i
         strcpy(node->path, path);
     }
     node->size = size;
-    node->flags |= DICT_EXTERNAL | flags;
+    node->flags = DICT_EXTERNAL | flags;
+    node->buffer = NULL;
     Flush(node);
     if (id >= 0)
     {
@@ -476,7 +478,103 @@ void Resource::AddExternalResource(const char *name, const char *type, int id, i
         strcpy(node->path, path);
         node->id = id;
         node->size = size;
-        node->flags |= DICT_EXTERNAL | flags;
+        node->flags = DICT_EXTERNAL | flags;
+        node->buffer = NULL;
+        Flush(node);
+    }
+}
+
+void Resource::AddFromBuffer(const char* name, const char* type, char* data, int size, int id, int flags)
+{
+    char name2[BMAX_PATH], type2[BMAX_PATH];
+
+    char *pHeapData = (char*)Alloc(size);
+    if (!pHeapData)
+        return;
+    Bmemcpy(pHeapData, data, size);
+    strcpy(name2, name);
+    strcpy(type2, type);
+    Bstrupr(name2);
+    Bstrupr(type2);
+    dassert(dict != NULL);
+    DICTNODE **index = Probe(name2, type2);
+    dassert(index != NULL);
+    DICTNODE *node = *index;
+    if (!node)
+    {
+        if (2 * count >= buffSize)
+        {
+            Grow();
+        }
+        node = &dict[count++];
+        index = Probe(name2, type2);
+        *index = node;
+        if (node->type)
+        {
+            Free(node->type);
+            node->type = NULL;
+        }
+        if (node->name)
+        {
+            Free(node->name);
+            node->name = NULL;
+        }
+        if (node->path)
+        {
+            Free(node->path);
+            node->path = NULL;
+        }
+        int nTypeLength = strlen(type2);
+        int nNameLength = strlen(name2);
+        node->type = (char*)Alloc(nTypeLength+1);
+        node->name = (char*)Alloc(nNameLength+1);
+        strcpy(node->type, type2);
+        strcpy(node->name, name2);
+    }
+    node->size = size;
+    node->flags = DICT_BUFFER | flags;
+    node->buffer = pHeapData;
+    Flush(node);
+    if (id >= 0)
+    {
+        index = Probe(id, type2);
+        dassert(index != NULL);
+        DICTNODE *node = *index;
+        if (!node)
+        {
+            if (2 * count >= buffSize)
+            {
+                Grow();
+            }
+            node = &dict[count++];
+            index = Probe(id, type2);
+            *index = node;
+        }
+        if (node->type)
+        {
+            Free(node->type);
+            node->type = NULL;
+        }
+        if (node->name)
+        {
+            Free(node->name);
+            node->name = NULL;
+        }
+        if (node->path)
+        {
+            Free(node->path);
+            node->path = NULL;
+        }
+        int nTypeLength = strlen(type2);
+        int nNameLength = strlen(name2);
+        node->type = (char*)Alloc(nTypeLength+1);
+        node->name = (char*)Alloc(nNameLength+1);
+        strcpy(node->type, type2);
+        strcpy(node->name, name2);
+        node->id = id;
+        node->size = size;
+        node->flags = DICT_BUFFER | flags;
+        node->buffer = pHeapData;
         Flush(node);
     }
 }
@@ -590,6 +688,10 @@ void Resource::Read(DICTNODE *n, void *p)
         }
         kclose(fhandle);
     }
+    else if (n->flags & DICT_BUFFER)
+    {
+        Bmemcpy(p, n->buffer, n->size);
+    }
     else
     {
         int r = klseek(handle, n->offset, SEEK_SET);
diff --git a/source/blood/src/resource.h b/source/blood/src/resource.h
index 5d2894aaa..23629eedf 100644
--- a/source/blood/src/resource.h
+++ b/source/blood/src/resource.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ enum DICTFLAGS {
     DICT_LOAD = 4,
     DICT_LOCK = 8,
     DICT_CRYPT = 16,
+    DICT_BUFFER = 32,
 };
 
 struct RFFHeader
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ struct DICTNODE : CACHENODE
     char *type;
     char *name;
     char *path;
+    char *buffer;
     unsigned int id;
 };
 
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ public:
     void Reindex(void);
     void Grow(void);
     void AddExternalResource(const char *name, const char *type, int id = 0, int flags = 0, const char* pzDirectory = NULL);
+    void AddFromBuffer(const char* name, const char* type, char *data, int size, int id = 0, int flags = 0);
     static void *Alloc(int nSize);
     static void Free(void *p);
     DICTNODE *Lookup(const char *name, const char *type);