Index: main.cpp
===================================================================
--- main.cpp	(revision 828)
+++ main.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <map>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iomanip>
+#include <locale>
 
 using namespace Horde3D;
 using namespace std;
@@ -85,6 +86,17 @@
 	return path;
 }
 
+std::wstring widen( const std::string& in, std::locale loc  = std::locale("") )
+{
+	std::wstring out( in.length(), 0 );
+	std::string::const_iterator i = in.begin(), ie = in.end();
+
+	for( std::wstring::iterator j = out.begin(); i!=ie; ++i, ++j )
+		*j = std::use_facet< std::ctype< wchar_t > >( loc ).widen( *i );
+
+	return out;
+}
+
 }  // namespace
 
 
@@ -227,13 +239,15 @@
 	while( res != 0 )
 	{
 		ifstream inf;
-		
+
 		// Loop over search paths and try to open files
 		for( unsigned int i = 0; i < dirs.size(); ++i )
 		{
 			string fileName = dirs[i] + resourcePaths[h3dGetResType( res )] + "/" + h3dGetResName( res );
+			wstring lcFileName = widen( fileName ); // support for local charsets
+			
 			inf.clear();
-			inf.open( fileName.c_str(), ios::binary );
+			inf.open( lcFileName.c_str(), ios::binary );
 			if( inf.good() ) break;
 		}