-rtexture_t *R_LoadTexture1D(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, const char *identifier, int width, const unsigned char *data, textype_t textype, int flags, const unsigned int *palette);
-rtexture_t *R_LoadTexture2D(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, const char *identifier, int width, int height, const unsigned char *data, textype_t textype, int flags, const unsigned int *palette);
-rtexture_t *R_LoadTexture3D(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, const char *identifier, int width, int height, int depth, const unsigned char *data, textype_t textype, int flags, const unsigned int *palette);
-rtexture_t *R_LoadTextureCubeMap(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, const char *identifier, int width, const unsigned char *data, textype_t textype, int flags, const unsigned int *palette);
-rtexture_t *R_LoadTextureShadowMapRectangle(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, const char *identifier, int width, int height, qboolean filter);
-rtexture_t *R_LoadTextureShadowMap2D(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, const char *identifier, int width, int height, qboolean filter);
-rtexture_t *R_LoadTextureShadowMapCube(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, const char *identifier, int width, qboolean filter);
+rtexture_t *R_LoadTexture2D(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, const char *identifier, int width, int height, const unsigned char *data, textype_t textype, int flags, int miplevel, const unsigned int *palette);
+rtexture_t *R_LoadTexture3D(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, const char *identifier, int width, int height, int depth, const unsigned char *data, textype_t textype, int flags, int miplevel, const unsigned int *palette);
+rtexture_t *R_LoadTextureCubeMap(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, const char *identifier, int width, const unsigned char *data, textype_t textype, int flags, int miplevel, const unsigned int *palette);
+rtexture_t *R_LoadTextureShadowMap2D(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, const char *identifier, int width, int height, int precision, qboolean filter);
+rtexture_t *R_LoadTextureDDSFile(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, const char *filename, int flags, qboolean *hasalphaflag, float *avgcolor, int miplevel);
+
+// saves a texture to a DDS file
+int R_SaveTextureDDSFile(rtexture_t *rt, const char *filename, qboolean skipuncompressed, qboolean hasalpha);