diff --git a/metamod/src/conf_meta.cpp b/metamod/src/conf_meta.cpp
index 8a5058f..44bea7a 100644
--- a/metamod/src/conf_meta.cpp
+++ b/metamod/src/conf_meta.cpp
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ void MConfig::set_directory()
 	}
 #endif
 
-	normalize_pathname(m_directory);
+	NormalizePath(m_directory);
 
 	// get directory
 	char *dir = Q_strrchr(m_directory, '/');
diff --git a/metamod/src/game_support.cpp b/metamod/src/game_support.cpp
index ecdfa12..513034a 100644
--- a/metamod/src/game_support.cpp
+++ b/metamod/src/game_support.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ bool setup_gamedll(gamedll_t *gamedll)
 
 		// If the path is relative, the gamedll file will be missing and
 		// it might be found in the cache file.
-		if (!is_absolute_path(gamedll->pathname))
+		if (!IsAbsolutePath(gamedll->pathname))
 		{
 			char szInstallPath[MAX_PATH];
 			Q_snprintf(szInstallPath, sizeof(szInstallPath), "%s/%s", gamedll->gamedir, gamedll->pathname);
diff --git a/metamod/src/metamod.cpp b/metamod/src/metamod.cpp
index f541ea7..12793a5 100644
--- a/metamod/src/metamod.cpp
+++ b/metamod/src/metamod.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ void metamod_startup()
 	{
 		META_LOG("Configfile specified via localinfo: %s", cp);
 
-		if (valid_gamedir_file(cp))
+		if (FileExistsInGameDir(cp))
 		{
 			Q_strncpy(configFile, cp, sizeof configFile - 1);
 			configFile[sizeof configFile - 1] = '\0';
@@ -91,11 +91,27 @@ void metamod_startup()
 			META_ERROR("Empty/missing config.ini file: %s; falling back to %s", cp, configFile);
 	}
 
+	if (!FileExistsInGameDir(configFile))
+	{
+		Q_strncpy(configFile, g_config->directory(), sizeof configFile - 1);
+		configFile[sizeof configFile - 1] = '\0';
+
+		// Get out of sub directory and check
+		char *dir = Q_strrchr(configFile, '/');
+		if (dir) {
+			*dir = '\0';
+		}
+
+		Q_strcat(configFile, "/" CONFIG_INI);
+		if (!FileExistsInGameDir(configFile))
+		{
+			META_DEBUG(2, "No config.ini file found: %s", CONFIG_INI);
+		}
+	}
+
 	// Load config file
-	if (valid_gamedir_file(configFile))
+	if (FileExistsInGameDir(configFile))
 		g_config->load(configFile);
-	else
-		META_DEBUG(2, "No config.ini file found: %s", CONFIG_INI);
 
 	// Now, override config options with localinfo commandline options.
 	if ((cp = LOCALINFO("mm_debug")) && *cp != '\0')
@@ -164,13 +180,30 @@ void metamod_startup()
 	// gamedll calls engine functions during GiveFnptrsToDll (like hpb_bot
 	// does) then it needs to be non-null so META_ENGINE_HANDLE won't crash.
 	//
-	// However, having replaced valid_file with valid_gamedir_file, we need
+	// However, having replaced valid_file with FileExistsInGameDir, we need
 	// to at least initialize the gameDLL to include the gamedir, before
 	// looking for plugins.ini.
 	//
 	// In fact, we need gamedir even earlier, so moved up above.
 
-	// Fall back to old plugins filename, if configured one isn't found.
+	// Load plugins file
+	if (!FileExistsInGameDir(pluginFile))
+	{
+		Q_strncpy(pluginFile, g_config->directory(), sizeof pluginFile - 1);
+		pluginFile[sizeof pluginFile - 1] = '\0';
+
+		// Get out of sub directory and check
+		char *dir = Q_strrchr(pluginFile, '/');
+		if (dir) {
+			*dir = '\0';
+		}
+
+		Q_strcat(pluginFile, "/" PLUGINS_INI);
+		if (!FileExistsInGameDir(pluginFile))
+		{
+			META_DEBUG(2, "No plugins.ini file found: %s", PLUGINS_INI);
+		}
+	}
 
 	g_plugins = new MPluginList(pluginFile);
 
@@ -200,7 +233,7 @@ void metamod_startup()
 		execFile[sizeof execFile - 1] = '\0';
 	}
 
-	if (valid_gamedir_file(execFile))
+	if (FileExistsInGameDir(execFile))
 	{
 		if (execFile[0] == '/')
 			META_ERROR("Cannot exec absolute pathnames: %s", execFile);
@@ -225,8 +258,8 @@ bool meta_init_gamedll(void)
 	Q_memset(&g_GameDLL, 0, sizeof g_GameDLL);
 
 	GET_GAME_DIR(gamedir);
-	normalize_pathname(gamedir);
-	//
+	NormalizePath(gamedir);
+
 	// As of 1.1.1.1, the engine routine GET_GAME_DIR no longer returns a
 	// full-pathname, but rather just the path specified as the argument to
 	// "-game".
@@ -237,7 +270,7 @@ bool meta_init_gamedll(void)
 	// Note: the code has always assumed the server op wouldn't do:
 	//    hlds -game other/firearms
 	//
-	if (is_absolute_path(gamedir))
+	if (IsAbsolutePath(gamedir))
 	{
 		// Old style; GET_GAME_DIR returned full pathname.  Copy this into
 		// our gamedir, and truncate to get the game name.
diff --git a/metamod/src/metamod_rehlds_api.cpp b/metamod/src/metamod_rehlds_api.cpp
index dcbb135..4256e71 100644
--- a/metamod/src/metamod_rehlds_api.cpp
+++ b/metamod/src/metamod_rehlds_api.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ bool rehlds_api_try_init(CSysModule* engineModule, char* failureReason)
 	return true;
 }
 
-
 bool meta_init_rehlds_api() {
 	char failReason[2048];
 
diff --git a/metamod/src/mlist.cpp b/metamod/src/mlist.cpp
index 17ba869..5f103c5 100644
--- a/metamod/src/mlist.cpp
+++ b/metamod/src/mlist.cpp
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ MPlugin* MPluginList::add(MPlugin* padd)
 	// copy pathname
 	Q_strncpy(iplug->m_pathname, padd->m_pathname, sizeof iplug->m_pathname - 1);
 	iplug->m_pathname[sizeof iplug->m_pathname - 1] = '\0';
-	normalize_pathname(iplug->m_pathname);
+	NormalizePath(iplug->m_pathname);
 
 	iplug->m_source = padd->m_source;
 	iplug->m_status = padd->m_status;
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ bool MPluginList::ini_startup()
 	int n, ln;
 	MPlugin *pmatch;
 
-	if (!valid_gamedir_file(m_inifile))
+	if (!FileExistsInGameDir(m_inifile))
 	{
 		META_ERROR("ini: Metamod plugins file empty or missing: %s", m_inifile);
 		return false;
diff --git a/metamod/src/mplugin.cpp b/metamod/src/mplugin.cpp
index dcd9a64..da9269f 100644
--- a/metamod/src/mplugin.cpp
+++ b/metamod/src/mplugin.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ bool MPlugin::ini_parseline(char *_line)
 
 	Q_strncpy(m_filename, token, sizeof m_filename - 1);
 	m_filename[sizeof m_filename - 1] = '\0';
-	normalize_pathname(m_filename);
+	NormalizePath(m_filename);
 
 	// Store name of just the actual _file_, without dir components.
 	char* cp = Q_strrchr(m_filename, '/');
@@ -135,8 +135,7 @@ bool MPlugin::plugin_parseline(const char *fname, int loader_index)
 
 	Q_strncpy(m_filename, fname, sizeof m_filename - 1);
 	m_filename[sizeof m_filename - 1] = '\0';
-
-	normalize_pathname(m_filename);
+	NormalizePath(m_filename);
 
 	//store just name of the actual _file, without path
 	cp = Q_strrchr(m_filename, '/');
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ bool MPlugin::cmd_parseline(const char *line)
 
 	Q_strncpy(m_filename, token, sizeof m_filename - 1);
 	m_filename[sizeof m_filename - 1] = '\0';
-	normalize_pathname(m_filename);
+	NormalizePath(m_filename);
 
 	// store name of just the actual _file_, without dir components
 	cp = Q_strrchr(m_filename, '/');
@@ -263,7 +262,7 @@ bool MPlugin::resolve(void)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if (is_absolute_path(m_filename))
+	if (IsAbsolutePath(m_filename))
 		found = resolve_prefix(m_filename);
 	else
 		found = resolve_dirs(m_filename);
diff --git a/metamod/src/support_meta.cpp b/metamod/src/support_meta.cpp
index 88741e7..e88d68b 100644
--- a/metamod/src/support_meta.cpp
+++ b/metamod/src/support_meta.cpp
@@ -13,18 +13,18 @@ void __declspec(noreturn) do_exit(int exitval)
 // Also, formerly named just "valid_file".
 //
 // Special-case-recognize "/dev/null" as a valid file.
-int valid_gamedir_file(const char* path)
+bool FileExistsInGameDir(const char *path)
 {
 	struct stat st;
 	char buf[PATH_MAX];
 	
 	if (!path)
-		return FALSE;
+		return false;
 
 	if (!Q_strcmp(path, "/dev/null"))
-		return TRUE;
+		return true;
 
-	if (is_absolute_path(path))
+	if (IsAbsolutePath(path))
 	{
 		Q_strncpy(buf, path, sizeof buf);
 		buf[sizeof buf - 1] = '\0';
@@ -36,32 +36,32 @@ int valid_gamedir_file(const char* path)
 	if (ret != 0)
 	{
 		META_DEBUG(5, "Unable to stat '%s': %s", buf, strerror(errno));
-		return FALSE;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	int reg = S_ISREG(st.st_mode);
 	if (!reg)
 	{
 		META_DEBUG(5, "Not a regular file: %s", buf);
-		return FALSE;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	if (!st.st_size)
 	{
 		META_DEBUG(5, "Empty file: %s", buf);
-		return FALSE;
+		return false;
 	}
 
 	if (ret == 0 && reg)
-		return TRUE;
+		return true;
 
-	return FALSE;
+	return false;
 }
 
 // Turns path into a full path:
 //  - if not absolute, prepends gamedir
 //  - calls realpath() to collapse ".." and such
-//  - calls normalize_pathname() to fix backslashes, etc
+//  - calls NormalizePath() to fix backslashes, etc
 //
 // Much like realpath, buffer pointed to by fullpath is assumed to be
 // able to store a string of PATH_MAX length.
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ char* full_gamedir_path(const char* path, char* fullpath)
 	char buf[PATH_MAX];
 
 	// Build pathname from filename, plus gamedir if relative path.
-	if (is_absolute_path(path))
+	if (IsAbsolutePath(path))
 	{
 		Q_strncpy(buf, path, sizeof buf - 1);
 		buf[sizeof buf - 1] = '\0';
@@ -86,6 +86,6 @@ char* full_gamedir_path(const char* path, char* fullpath)
 	}
 
 	// Replace backslashes, etc.
-	normalize_pathname(fullpath);
+	NormalizePath(fullpath);
 	return fullpath;
 }
diff --git a/metamod/src/support_meta.h b/metamod/src/support_meta.h
index 3a675a7..8242794 100644
--- a/metamod/src/support_meta.h
+++ b/metamod/src/support_meta.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 void __declspec(noreturn) do_exit(int exitval);
 
-int valid_gamedir_file(const char *path);
+bool FileExistsInGameDir(const char *path);
 char *full_gamedir_path(const char *path, char *fullpath);
 
 // Turn a variable/function name into the corresponding string, optionally
diff --git a/metamod/src/utils.cpp b/metamod/src/utils.cpp
index 11e23fc..a91ca60 100644
--- a/metamod/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/metamod/src/utils.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ char *mm_strtok_r(char *s, const char *delim, char **ptrptr)
 }
 #endif // _WIN32
 
-char* trimbuf(char *str)
+char *trimbuf(char *str)
 {
 	char *ibuf;
 
@@ -119,19 +119,22 @@ char* trimbuf(char *str)
 	return str;
 }
 
-void normalize_pathname(char *path)
+void NormalizePath(char *path)
 {
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	char *cp;
+	for (cp = path; *cp; cp++)
+	{
+		if (isupper(*cp))
+			*cp = tolower(*cp);
 
-	for (cp = path; *cp; cp++) {
-		if (isupper(*cp)) *cp = tolower(*cp);
-		if (*cp == '\\') *cp = '/';
+		if (*cp == '\\')
+			*cp = '/';
 	}
 #endif
 }
 
-bool is_absolute_path(const char *path)
+bool IsAbsolutePath(const char *path)
 {
 	if (path[0] == '/') return true;
 #ifdef _WIN32
@@ -161,7 +164,7 @@ char *realpath(const char *file_name, char *resolved_name)
 		}
 
 		FindClose(handle);
-		normalize_pathname(resolved_name);
+		NormalizePath(resolved_name);
 		return resolved_name;
 	}
 
diff --git a/metamod/src/utils.h b/metamod/src/utils.h
index d5f22ae..2913d07 100644
--- a/metamod/src/utils.h
+++ b/metamod/src/utils.h
@@ -54,5 +54,5 @@ char *realpath(const char *file_name, char *resolved_name);
 #endif // _WIN32
 
 char* trimbuf(char *str);
-void normalize_pathname(char *path);
-bool is_absolute_path(const char *path);
+void NormalizePath(char *path);
+bool IsAbsolutePath(const char *path);