diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsPluginManager.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsPluginManager.cs
index 7130a3e171..376369660f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsPluginManager.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/PhysicsPluginManager.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Manager
             if (_MeshPlugins.ContainsKey(meshEngineName))
             {
                 m_log.Info("[PHYSICS]: creating meshing engine " + meshEngineName);
-                meshEngine = _MeshPlugins[meshEngineName].GetMesher();
+                meshEngine = _MeshPlugins[meshEngineName].GetMesher(config);
             }
             else
             {
@@ -234,6 +234,6 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Manager
     public interface IMeshingPlugin
     {
         string GetName();
-        IMesher GetMesher();
+        IMesher GetMesher(IConfigSource config);
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/ZeroMesher.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/ZeroMesher.cs
index e6e75f964b..ba19db6c18 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/ZeroMesher.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Manager/ZeroMesher.cs
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 using System;
 using OpenSim.Framework;
 using OpenMetaverse;
+using Nini.Config;
 
 /*
  * This is the zero mesher.
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Manager
             return "ZeroMesher";
         }
 
-        public IMesher GetMesher()
+        public IMesher GetMesher(IConfigSource config)
         {
             return new ZeroMesher();
         }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Meshmerizer.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Meshmerizer.cs
index fded95e4bb..62f947c1cc 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Meshmerizer.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/Meshing/Meshmerizer.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ using System.Drawing;
 using System.Drawing.Imaging;
 using PrimMesher;
 using log4net;
+using Nini.Config;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.IO;
 
@@ -51,9 +52,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Meshing
             return "Meshmerizer";
         }
 
-        public IMesher GetMesher()
+        public IMesher GetMesher(IConfigSource config)
         {
-            return new Meshmerizer();
+            return new Meshmerizer(config);
         }
     }
 
@@ -70,14 +71,18 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.Meshing
 #endif
 
         private bool cacheSculptMaps = true;
-        private string decodedScultMapPath = "j2kDecodeCache";
+        private string decodedScultMapPath = null;
 
         private float minSizeForComplexMesh = 0.2f; // prims with all dimensions smaller than this will have a bounding box mesh
 
         private Dictionary<ulong, Mesh> m_uniqueMeshes = new Dictionary<ulong, Mesh>();
 
-        public Meshmerizer()
+        public Meshmerizer(IConfigSource config)
         {
+            IConfig start_config = config.Configs["Startup"];
+
+            decodedScultMapPath = start_config.GetString("DecodedSculpMapPath","j2kDecodeCache");
+
             try
             {
                 if (!Directory.Exists(decodedScultMapPath))
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/OdePlugin/Tests/ODETestClass.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/OdePlugin/Tests/ODETestClass.cs
index 69e2d03482..ab8f8bf05f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/OdePlugin/Tests/ODETestClass.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/OdePlugin/Tests/ODETestClass.cs
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.OdePlugin
         [SetUp]
         public void Initialize()
         {
+            IConfigSource TopConfig = new IniConfigSource();
+            IConfig config = TopConfig.AddConfig("Startup");
+            config.Set("DecodedSculpMapPath","j2kDecodeCache");
+
             // Loading ODEPlugin
             cbt = new OdePlugin();
             // Loading Zero Mesher
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.OdePlugin
             // Getting Physics Scene
             ps = cbt.GetScene("test");
             // Initializing Physics Scene.
-            ps.Initialise(imp.GetMesher(),null);
+            ps.Initialise(imp.GetMesher(TopConfig),null);
             float[] _heightmap = new float[(int)Constants.RegionSize * (int)Constants.RegionSize];
             for (int i = 0; i < ((int)Constants.RegionSize * (int)Constants.RegionSize); i++)
             {
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Interfaces/IScriptEngine.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Interfaces/IScriptEngine.cs
index 02d15118f7..581a9a9443 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Interfaces/IScriptEngine.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Interfaces/IScriptEngine.cs
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Interfaces
         IConfig Config { get; }
         IConfigSource ConfigSource { get; }
         string ScriptEngineName { get; }
+        string ScriptEnginePath { get; }
         IScriptApi GetApi(UUID itemID, string name);
     }
 }
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/AssemblyResolver.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/AssemblyResolver.cs
index ade192475e..130e197841 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/AssemblyResolver.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/AssemblyResolver.cs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ using System.Reflection;
 namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared
 {
     [Serializable]
-    public class AssemblyResolver
+    public class AssemblyResolver : MarshalByRefObject
     {
         public static Assembly OnAssemblyResolve(object sender,
                 ResolveEventArgs args)
@@ -42,9 +42,10 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared
 
             AppDomain myDomain = (AppDomain)sender;
             string dirName = myDomain.FriendlyName;
+            string ScriptEnginesPath = myDomain.SetupInformation.PrivateBinPath;
 
-            string[] pathList = new string[] {"bin", "ScriptEngines",
-                                              Path.Combine("ScriptEngines", dirName)};
+            string[] pathList = new string[] {"bin", ScriptEnginesPath,
+                                              Path.Combine(ScriptEnginesPath, dirName)};
 
             string assemblyName = args.Name;
             if (assemblyName.IndexOf(",") != -1)
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/CodeTools/Compiler.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/CodeTools/Compiler.cs
index cd8c67e601..49d6abec07 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/CodeTools/Compiler.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/Shared/CodeTools/Compiler.cs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.CodeTools
         private Dictionary<string, enumCompileType> LanguageMapping = new Dictionary<string, enumCompileType>(StringComparer.CurrentCultureIgnoreCase);
 
         private string FilePrefix;
-        private string ScriptEnginesPath = "ScriptEngines";
+        private string ScriptEnginesPath = null;
         // mapping between LSL and C# line/column numbers
         private ICodeConverter LSL_Converter;
 
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.Shared.CodeTools
 
         public Compiler(IScriptEngine scriptEngine)
         {
-            m_scriptEngine = scriptEngine;
+            m_scriptEngine = scriptEngine;;
+            ScriptEnginesPath = scriptEngine.ScriptEnginePath;
             ReadConfig();
         }
 
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
index e82d297ab5..c0ec0e8e46 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/ScriptEngine/XEngine/XEngine.cs
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
         private IXmlRpcRouter m_XmlRpcRouter;
         private int m_EventLimit;
         private bool m_KillTimedOutScripts;
+        private string m_ScriptEnginesPath = null;
 
         private static List<XEngine> m_ScriptEngines =
                 new List<XEngine>();
@@ -224,6 +225,11 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
             get { return m_ScriptConfig; }
         }
 
+        public string ScriptEnginePath
+        {
+            get { return m_ScriptEnginesPath; }
+        }
+
         public IConfigSource ConfigSource
         {
             get { return m_ConfigSource; }
@@ -281,6 +287,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
             m_EventLimit = m_ScriptConfig.GetInt("EventLimit", 30);
             m_KillTimedOutScripts = m_ScriptConfig.GetBoolean("KillTimedOutScripts", false);
             m_SaveTime = m_ScriptConfig.GetInt("SaveInterval", 120) * 1000;
+            m_ScriptEnginesPath = m_ScriptConfig.GetString("ScriptEnginesPath", "ScriptEngines");
 
             m_Prio = ThreadPriority.BelowNormal;
             switch (priority)
@@ -478,7 +485,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
             return 0;
         }
 
-        public Type ReplaceableInterface 
+        public Type ReplaceableInterface
         {
             get { return null; }
         }
@@ -1040,7 +1047,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
             startInfo.IdleTimeout = idleTimeout*1000; // convert to seconds as stated in .ini
             startInfo.MaxWorkerThreads = maxThreads;
             startInfo.MinWorkerThreads = minThreads;
-            startInfo.ThreadPriority = threadPriority;
+            startInfo.ThreadPriority = threadPriority;;
             startInfo.StackSize = stackSize;
             startInfo.StartSuspended = true;
 
@@ -1186,8 +1193,8 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
             if (!(sender is System.AppDomain))
                 return null;
 
-            string[] pathList = new string[] {"bin", "ScriptEngines",
-                                              Path.Combine("ScriptEngines",
+            string[] pathList = new string[] {"bin", m_ScriptEnginesPath,
+                                              Path.Combine(m_ScriptEnginesPath,
                                                            m_Scene.RegionInfo.RegionID.ToString())};
 
             string assemblyName = args.Name;
@@ -1564,7 +1571,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
                 string fn = assemE.GetAttribute("Filename");
                 string base64 = assemE.InnerText;
 
-                string path = Path.Combine("ScriptEngines", World.RegionInfo.RegionID.ToString());
+                string path = Path.Combine(m_ScriptEnginesPath, World.RegionInfo.RegionID.ToString());
                 path = Path.Combine(path, fn);
 
                 if (!File.Exists(path))
@@ -1604,7 +1611,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
                 }
             }
 
-            string statepath = Path.Combine("ScriptEngines", World.RegionInfo.RegionID.ToString());
+            string statepath = Path.Combine(m_ScriptEnginesPath, World.RegionInfo.RegionID.ToString());
             statepath = Path.Combine(statepath, itemID.ToString() + ".state");
 
             try
@@ -1630,7 +1637,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.ScriptEngine.XEngine
             {
                 XmlElement mapE = (XmlElement)mapL[0];
 
-                string mappath = Path.Combine("ScriptEngines", World.RegionInfo.RegionID.ToString());
+                string mappath = Path.Combine(m_ScriptEnginesPath, World.RegionInfo.RegionID.ToString());
                 mappath = Path.Combine(mappath, mapE.GetAttribute("Filename"));
 
                 try
diff --git a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
index 109e0aa55e..2b78014968 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
+++ b/bin/OpenSim.ini.example
@@ -546,6 +546,10 @@
     ;; prims
     ; DisableUndergroundMovement = true
 
+    ;; Path to script engine assemblies
+    ;; Default is ./bin/ScriptEngines
+    ; ScriptEnginesPath = "ScriptEngines"
+
 [MRM]
     ;; Enables the Mini Region Modules Script Engine.
     ;; default is false
diff --git a/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini b/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
index e78f25b81f..4c579c9f8e 100644
--- a/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
+++ b/bin/OpenSimDefaults.ini
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@
 
     meshing = Meshmerizer
     ;meshing = ZeroMesher
+    
+    ;; Path to decoded sculpty maps
+    ;; Defaults to "j2kDecodeCache
+    ;DecodedSculpMapPath = "j2kDecodeCache"
 
     ; Choose one of the physics engines below
     ; OpenDynamicsEngine is by some distance the most developed physics engine
@@ -1000,6 +1004,8 @@
     ; prims
     ; DisableUndergroundMovement = true
 
+    ;; Path to script assemblies 
+    ; ScriptEnginesPath = "ScriptEngines"
 
 [OpenGridProtocol]
     ;These are the settings for the Open Grid Protocol..  the Agent Domain, Region Domain,   you know..