4 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/core/io/file_access.cpp b/core/io/file_access.cpp
index 8ed3d40c22..72c00bd678 100644
--- a/core/io/file_access.cpp
+++ b/core/io/file_access.cpp
@@ -115,6 +115,10 @@ FileAccess::CreateFunc FileAccess::get_create_func(AccessType p_access) {
 	return create_func[p_access];
 }
 
+FileAccess::AccessType FileAccess::get_access_type() const {
+	return _access_type;
+}
+
 String FileAccess::fix_path(const String &p_path) const {
 	//helper used by file accesses that use a single filesystem
 
diff --git a/core/io/file_access.h b/core/io/file_access.h
index 3386800686..fc0eb95d44 100644
--- a/core/io/file_access.h
+++ b/core/io/file_access.h
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public:
 	virtual Error _set_unix_permissions(const String &p_file, uint32_t p_permissions) = 0;
 
 protected:
+	AccessType get_access_type() const;
 	String fix_path(const String &p_path) const;
 	virtual Error _open(const String &p_path, int p_mode_flags) = 0; ///< open a file
 	virtual uint64_t _get_modified_time(const String &p_file) = 0;
diff --git a/core/io/image_loader.cpp b/core/io/image_loader.cpp
index 9cf7c9caba..d09697b951 100644
--- a/core/io/image_loader.cpp
+++ b/core/io/image_loader.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ bool ImageFormatLoader::recognize(const String &p_extension) const {
 	return false;
 }
 
-Error ImageLoader::load_image(String p_file, Ref<Image> p_image, Ref<FileAccess> p_custom, bool p_force_linear, float p_scale) {
+Error ImageLoader::load_image(String p_file, Ref<Image> p_image, Ref<FileAccess> p_custom, uint32_t p_flags, float p_scale) {
 	ERR_FAIL_COND_V_MSG(p_image.is_null(), ERR_INVALID_PARAMETER, "It's not a reference to a valid Image object.");
 
 	Ref<FileAccess> f = p_custom;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Error ImageLoader::load_image(String p_file, Ref<Image> p_image, Ref<FileAccess>
 		if (!loader[i]->recognize(extension)) {
 			continue;
 		}
-		Error err = loader[i]->load_image(p_image, f, p_force_linear, p_scale);
+		Error err = loader[i]->load_image(p_image, f, p_flags, p_scale);
 		if (err != OK) {
 			ERR_PRINT("Error loading image: " + p_file);
 		}
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ Ref<Resource> ResourceFormatLoaderImage::load(const String &p_path, const String
 	Ref<Image> image;
 	image.instantiate();
 
-	Error err = ImageLoader::loader[idx]->load_image(image, f, false, 1.0);
+	Error err = ImageLoader::loader[idx]->load_image(image, f);
 
 	if (err != OK) {
 		if (r_error) {
diff --git a/core/io/image_loader.h b/core/io/image_loader.h
index c91d382c25..cb64d2310e 100644
--- a/core/io/image_loader.h
+++ b/core/io/image_loader.h
@@ -44,11 +44,16 @@ class ImageFormatLoader {
 	friend class ResourceFormatLoaderImage;
 
 protected:
-	virtual Error load_image(Ref<Image> p_image, Ref<FileAccess> p_fileaccess, bool p_force_linear, float p_scale) = 0;
+	virtual Error load_image(Ref<Image> p_image, Ref<FileAccess> p_fileaccess, uint32_t p_flags = (uint32_t)FLAG_NONE, float p_scale = 1.0) = 0;
 	virtual void get_recognized_extensions(List<String> *p_extensions) const = 0;
 	bool recognize(const String &p_extension) const;
 
 public:
+	enum LoaderFlags {
+		FLAG_NONE = 0,
+		FLAG_FORCE_LINEAR = 1,
+	};
+
 	virtual ~ImageFormatLoader() {}
 };
 
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ class ImageLoader {
 
 protected:
 public:
-	static Error load_image(String p_file, Ref<Image> p_image, Ref<FileAccess> p_custom = Ref<FileAccess>(), bool p_force_linear = false, float p_scale = 1.0);
+	static Error load_image(String p_file, Ref<Image> p_image, Ref<FileAccess> p_custom = Ref<FileAccess>(), uint32_t p_flags = (uint32_t)ImageFormatLoader::FLAG_NONE, float p_scale = 1.0);
 	static void get_recognized_extensions(List<String> *p_extensions);
 	static ImageFormatLoader *recognize(const String &p_extension);