-rtexture_t *R_LoadTexture(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, char *identifier, int width, int height, qbyte *data, int textype, int flags);
-rtexture_t *R_LoadTexture1D(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, char *identifier, int width, qbyte *data, int textype, int flags);
-rtexture_t *R_LoadTexture2D(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, char *identifier, int width, int height, qbyte *data, int textype, int flags);
-rtexture_t *R_LoadTexture3D(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, char *identifier, int width, int height, int depth, qbyte *data, int textype, int flags);
-rtexture_t *R_LoadTextureCubeMap(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, char *identifier, int width, qbyte *data, int textype, int flags);
+// (note: palette must not be NULL if using TEXTYPE_PALETTE)
+rtexture_t *R_LoadTexture1D(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, const char *identifier, int width, const unsigned char *data, int 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, int 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, int textype, int flags, const unsigned int *palette);
+rtexture_t *R_LoadTextureCubeMap(rtexturepool_t *rtexturepool, const char *identifier, int width, const unsigned char *data, int textype, int flags, const unsigned int *palette);