byte *dest;

		num = width * height;

		sprite = (Sprite *)AllocSprite(sizeof(*sprite) + num);

		sc->ptr = sprite;

		sprite->height = height;

		sprite->width  = width;

		sprite->x_offs = FioReadWord();

		sprite->y_offs = FioReadWord();

		dest = sprite->data;

		while (num > 0) {

			int8 i = FioReadByte();

			if (i >= 0) {

				num -= i;

				for (; i > 0; --i) *dest++ = FioReadByte();

			} else {

				const byte *rel = dest - (((i & 7) << 8) | FioReadByte());

				i = -(i >> 3);

				num -= i;

				for (; i > 0; --i) *dest++ = *rel++;

			}

		}

		return sc->ptr;

	}

	assert(sprite_type == ST_NORMAL || sprite_type == ST_FONT);

	SpriteLoaderGrf sprite_loader;

	SpriteLoader::Sprite sprite;

	if (!sprite_loader.LoadSprite(&sprite, file_slot, file_pos, sprite_type)) {

		if (id == SPR_IMG_QUERY) usererror("Okay... something went horribly wrong. I couldn't load the fallback sprite. What should I do?");

		return (void*)GetRawSprite(SPR_IMG_QUERY, ST_NORMAL);

	}

	sc->ptr = BlitterFactoryBase::GetCurrentBlitter()->Encode(&sprite, &AllocSprite);

	return sc->ptr;

}

bool LoadNextSprite(int load_index, byte file_slot, uint file_sprite_id)

{

	size_t file_pos = FioGetPos();

	SpriteType type = ReadSpriteHeaderSkipData();