diff --git a/src/Model/model.cxx b/src/Model/model.cxx index 84fdc229c..a71d6886d 100644 --- a/src/Model/model.cxx +++ b/src/Model/model.cxx @@ -229,9 +229,15 @@ fgLoad3DModel (const string &path) SGPropertyNode props; // Load the 3D aircraft object itself - SGPath xmlpath = globals->get_fg_root(); + SGPath xmlpath; SGPath modelpath = path; - xmlpath.append(modelpath.str()); + if ( path[ 0 ] == '/' || path[ 0 ] == '\\' || ( isalpha( path[ 0 ] ) && path[ 1 ] == ':' ) ) { + xmlpath = modelpath; + } + else { + xmlpath = globals->get_fg_root(); + xmlpath.append(modelpath.str()); + } // Check for an XML wrapper if (xmlpath.str().substr(xmlpath.str().size() - 4, 4) == ".xml") {