diff -ur d1x.orig/main/inferno.c d1x/main/inferno.c
--- d1x.orig/main/inferno.c	2003-11-18 23:31:29.000000000 -0500
+++ d1x/main/inferno.c	2004-01-18 22:48:53.122566416 -0500
@@ -1144,6 +1144,11 @@
 	// Things to initialize before anything else
 	arch_init_start();
 
+	if ((t = FindArg( "-missiondir" )))
+		cfile_use_alternate_hogdir(Args[t+1]);
+        else
+                cfile_use_alternate_hogdir("");
+
 	load_text();
 
 //	set_exit_message("\n\n%s", TXT_THANKS);
@@ -1172,11 +1177,6 @@
          }
 //end this section addition - VR
 
-	if ((t = FindArg( "-missiondir" )))
-		cfile_use_alternate_hogdir(Args[t+1]);
-        else
-                cfile_use_alternate_hogdir("");
-
 	if ((t=FindArg("-tmap"))){
 		select_tmap(Args[t+1]);
 	}else