-// important technical note:
-// fragment textures must have a width that is compatible with the fragment
-// update system, to get a compliant size, use R_CompatibleFragmentWidth
-int R_CompatibleFragmentWidth(int width, int textype, int flags);
+// add a texture to a pool and optionally precache (upload) it
+// (note: data == NULL is perfectly acceptable)
+// (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);