diff --git a/MMLaunch/ModUtil.fs b/MMLaunch/ModUtil.fs
index 5510b422..320e5733 100644
--- a/MMLaunch/ModUtil.fs
+++ b/MMLaunch/ModUtil.fs
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ module DdsUtil =
 
     type HeaderInfo = { FourCC : string; HasDX10 : bool }
 
-    let PathToTexCli = [ "TPlib"; "..\\TPLib"; "..\\..\\TPLib"; "..\\..\\..\\TPLib";  ]
-    let PathToSnapshotProfiles = [ "SnapshotProfiles"; "..\\SnapshotProfiles"; "..\\..\\SnapshotProfiles"; "..\\..\\..\\SnapshotProfiles" ]
+    let PathToTexCli = [ "TPlib"; "ModelMod\\TPLib"; "..\\TPLib"; "..\\..\\TPLib"; "..\\..\\..\\TPLib";  ]
+    let PathToSnapshotProfiles = [ "SnapshotProfiles"; "ModelMod\\SnapshotProfiles"; "..\\SnapshotProfiles"; "..\\..\\SnapshotProfiles"; "..\\..\\..\\SnapshotProfiles" ]
     let SnapTexFormatFile = "TexFormat.txt"
     let TexConvName = "texconv.exe"
 
diff --git a/Native/d3dx/src/d3dx.rs b/Native/d3dx/src/d3dx.rs
index e4aef40f..e74dd4b5 100644
--- a/Native/d3dx/src/d3dx.rs
+++ b/Native/d3dx/src/d3dx.rs
@@ -71,14 +71,26 @@ pub fn load_lib(mm_root: &Option<String>, device: &DevicePointer) -> Result<D3DX
         },
         DevicePointer::D3D11(_device) => {
             let base_names = vec!["d3dx11_43.dll", "d3dx11_42.dll"];
-            // just try loading it first from the system
-            let mut handle = base_names.iter().find_map(|base_name| {
-                match util::load_lib(base_name) {
-                    Ok(handle) => Some(handle),
-                    Err(_) => None,
-                }
-            });
+            
+            let mut handle:Option<HMODULE> = None;
+
+            let load_from_sys = || {
+                base_names.iter().find_map(|base_name| {
+                    match util::load_lib(base_name) {
+                        Ok(handle) => Some(handle),
+                        Err(_) => None,
+                    }
+                })
+            };
+            
             let mut searched:Vec<String> = vec![];
+
+            // on actual windows try load from sys first; don't do this on wine because it will load, but 
+            // we'll get wine's partially implemented version of the associated functions (on wine 
+            // prefer the copy stored in TPLib)
+            if !util::is_wine() {
+                handle = load_from_sys();
+            }
             if handle.is_none() {
                 // not found so look into tplib dir, try looking for arch specific folder
                 // or file with an _arch suffix in tplib
@@ -116,9 +128,18 @@ pub fn load_lib(mm_root: &Option<String>, device: &DevicePointer) -> Result<D3DX
                 }
             }
 
+            // final (or first if we skipped it earlier) try from sys
+            if handle.is_none() {
+                handle = load_from_sys();
+            }
             match handle {
                 None => return Err(HookError::LoadLibFailed(format!("D3DX11 not found in system or {:?}", searched))),
                 Some(handle) => {
+                    // Log exactly which d3dx11 DLL the loader resolved.
+                    match util::get_module_path(handle) {
+                        Ok(path) => write_log_file(&format!("loaded d3dx11 from: {}", path)),
+                        Err(e) => write_log_file(&format!("loaded d3dx11 (path unavailable: {:?})", e)),
+                    }
                     unsafe {
                         Ok(D3DXFn::DX11(D3DX11Fn {
                             D3DX11SaveTextureToFileW: std::mem::transmute(util::get_proc_address(
diff --git a/Native/hook_snapshot/src/hook_snapshot.rs b/Native/hook_snapshot/src/hook_snapshot.rs
index e03dc1c5..7e1bb9ba 100644
--- a/Native/hook_snapshot/src/hook_snapshot.rs
+++ b/Native/hook_snapshot/src/hook_snapshot.rs
@@ -278,6 +278,27 @@ pub unsafe fn take(devptr:&mut DevicePointer, sd:&mut types::interop::SnapshotDa
     }
 }
 
+/// Human-readable name for the DXGI formats we care about when logging texture snapshots.
+/// Covers the block-compressed range, plus a few common uncompressed ones; anything else is reported as "?".
+fn dxgi_format_name(fmt: DXGI_FORMAT) -> &'static str {
+    match fmt {
+        0 => "UNKNOWN",
+        2 => "R32G32B32A32_FLOAT",
+        10 => "R16G16B16A16_FLOAT",
+        28 => "R8G8B8A8_UNORM",
+        29 => "R8G8B8A8_UNORM_SRGB",
+        70 => "BC1_TYPELESS",  71 => "BC1_UNORM", 72 => "BC1_UNORM_SRGB",
+        73 => "BC2_TYPELESS",  74 => "BC2_UNORM", 75 => "BC2_UNORM_SRGB",
+        76 => "BC3_TYPELESS",  77 => "BC3_UNORM", 78 => "BC3_UNORM_SRGB",
+        79 => "BC4_TYPELESS",  80 => "BC4_UNORM", 81 => "BC4_SNORM",
+        82 => "BC5_TYPELESS",  83 => "BC5_UNORM", 84 => "BC5_SNORM",
+        87 => "B8G8R8A8_UNORM", 88 => "B8G8R8X8_UNORM", 91 => "B8G8R8A8_UNORM_SRGB",
+        94 => "BC6H_TYPELESS", 95 => "BC6H_UF16", 96 => "BC6H_SF16",
+        97 => "BC7_TYPELESS",  98 => "BC7_UNORM", 99 => "BC7_UNORM_SRGB",
+        _ => "?",
+    }
+}
+
 unsafe fn save_textures(devtr:&mut DevicePointer, buffers:&Box<dyn SnapDeviceBuffers>, snap_dir:&str, snap_prefix:&str) -> Result<()> {
     // in d3d9 the managed code already did this
     let device = match devtr {
@@ -345,12 +366,20 @@ unsafe fn save_textures(devtr:&mut DevicePointer, buffers:&Box<dyn SnapDeviceBuf
                 idx, heightwidth_format, desc.Usage, desc.CPUAccessFlags, desc.BindFlags, desc.MiscFlags, desc.Format));
 
             let out = format!("{}/{}_texture{}.dds", snap_dir, snap_prefix, idx);
-            let out = util::to_wide_str(&out);
+            let outw = util::to_wide_str(&out);
             const D3DX11_IFF_DDS: u32 = 4;
-            let hr = (d3dx_fn.D3DX11SaveTextureToFileW)(context, resptr, D3DX11_IFF_DDS, out.as_ptr());
+            const E_NOTIMPL: i32 = 0x80004001u32 as i32;
+            let hr = (d3dx_fn.D3DX11SaveTextureToFileW)(context, resptr, D3DX11_IFF_DDS, outw.as_ptr());
             if hr != 0 {
-                // write out an error but keep going to see if we can get others
-                write_log_file(&format!("failed to save texture from srv {}: {}", idx, hr));
+                // write out an error but keep going to see if we can get others.
+                // print the HRESULT in hex (easier to recognize than signed decimal) and the format.
+                let extra = if hr == E_NOTIMPL {
+                    " -- E_NOTIMPL: this d3dx11 does not implement the save; under Proton this is likely Wine's built-in stub (see 'loaded d3dx11 from' line above)"
+                } else {
+                    ""
+                };
+                write_log_file(&format!("failed to save texture from srv {}: {:#010x} (format {} {}){}",
+                    idx, hr as u32, desc.Format, dxgi_format_name(desc.Format), extra));
             } else {
                 num_saved += 1;
             }
diff --git a/Native/util/src/util.rs b/Native/util/src/util.rs
index 0f1eba89..6a586c7b 100644
--- a/Native/util/src/util.rs
+++ b/Native/util/src/util.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@ use std::sync::MutexGuard;
 
 use shared_dx::error::*;
 
+use winapi::um::libloaderapi::{GetModuleHandleA};
+
+pub fn is_wine() -> bool {
+    unsafe {
+        let ntdll = GetModuleHandleA(b"ntdll.dll\0".as_ptr() as *const i8);
+        if ntdll.is_null() {
+            return false;
+        }
+        !GetProcAddress(ntdll, b"wine_get_version\0".as_ptr() as *const i8).is_null()
+    }
+}
+
 pub unsafe fn protect_memory(
     target: *mut winapi::ctypes::c_void,
     size: usize,
@@ -327,14 +339,23 @@ pub fn to_wide_str(s: &str) -> Vec<u16> {
 }
 
 pub fn get_module_name() -> Result<String> {
-    use std::os::windows::prelude::*;
     use winapi::um::libloaderapi::*;
 
+    let handle = unsafe { GetModuleHandleW(std::ptr::null_mut()) };
+    get_module_path(handle)
+}
+
+/// Return the on-disk path for a loaded module handle (as returned by `load_lib`).
+/// Useful for logging exactly which DLL the OS loader resolved for a given name,
+/// which can differ between the system copy and a game- or app-local copy.
+pub fn get_module_path(handle: HMODULE) -> Result<String> {
+    use std::os::windows::prelude::*;
+    use winapi::um::libloaderapi::GetModuleFileNameW;
+
     unsafe {
         let ssize = 65535;
         let mut mpath: Vec<u16> = Vec::with_capacity(ssize);
 
-        let handle = GetModuleHandleW(std::ptr::null_mut());
         let r = GetModuleFileNameW(handle, mpath.as_mut_ptr(), ssize as DWORD);
         if r == 0 {
             return Err(HookError::ModuleNameError(format!(