--- deliantra/server/utils/cfutil.in	2007/08/27 02:43:38	1.60
+++ deliantra/server/utils/cfutil.in	2007/08/30 07:13:17	1.61
@@ -496,9 +496,17 @@
          my $data;
          aio_load "$dir/$file", $data;
 
+
          my $meta = load_cached "$dir/meta", sub { JSON::XS->new->utf8->relaxed->decode (shift) };
 
-         next if $meta && !exists $meta->{$file};
+         utf8::decode $dir;
+         utf8::decode $file;
+
+         # a meta file for resources is now mandatory
+         unless (exists $meta->{$file}) {
+            warn "skipping $dir/$file\n" if $VERBOSE >= 3;
+            next;
+         }
 
          $meta = {
             %{ $meta->{""   } || {} },