--- game2/gameSource/features.cpp
+++ game2/gameSource/features.cpp
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 
 
 void initializeFeatures() {
-    FILE *featuresFile = fopen( "features.txt", "r" );
+    FILE *featuresFile = fopen( "@GENTOO_DATADIR@/features.txt", "r" );
 
     char stringBuffer[100];
     int switchValue;
--- game2/gameSource/game.cpp
+++ game2/gameSource/game.cpp
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@
       mStartTimeSeconds( time( NULL ) ),
       mPaused( false ),
       mMaxFrameRate( 400 ),  // don't limit frame rate
-      mPrintFrameRate( true ),
+      mPrintFrameRate( false ),
       mNumFrames( 0 ), mFrameBatchSize( 100 ),
       mFrameBatchStartTimeSeconds( time( NULL ) ),
       mFrameBatchStartTimeMilliseconds( 0 ),
@@ -902,7 +902,7 @@
     // load font image
     TGAImageConverter tga;
 
-    File fontFile( NULL, "font.tga" );
+    File fontFile( NULL, "@GENTOO_DATADIR@/font.tga" );
     FileInputStream fontInput( &fontFile );
 
     Image *fontImage = tga.deformatImage( &fontInput );
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@
     mCurrentTipStoredItem = -1;
     
     // translation language for tool tips
-    File languageNameFile( NULL, "language.txt" );
+    File languageNameFile( NULL, "@GENTOO_DATADIR@/language.txt" );
 
     if( languageNameFile.exists() ) {
         char *languageNameText = languageNameFile.readFileContents();
--- minorGems/util/TranslationManager.cpp
+++ minorGems/util/TranslationManager.cpp
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
       mNaturalLanguageStrings( NULL ) {
 
     // default
-    setDirectoryAndLanguage( "languages", "English" );
+    setDirectoryAndLanguage( "@GENTOO_DATADIR@/languages", "English" );
     }