diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/HttpUtil.cs b/OpenRA.FileFormats/HttpUtil.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8cda8adc13
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+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/HttpUtil.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#region Copyright & License Information
+/*
+ * Copyright 2007-2010 The OpenRA Developers (see AUTHORS)
+ * This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made 
+ * available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information,
+ * see LICENSE.
+ */
+#endregion
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Sockets;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace OpenRA.FileFormats
+{
+	public static class HttpUtil
+	{
+		public static byte[] DownloadData(string url, Action<int, int> f, int chunkSize)
+		{
+			var uri = new Uri(url);
+			var ip = Dns.GetHostEntry(uri.DnsSafeHost).AddressList[0];
+
+			using (var s = new TcpClient())
+			{
+				s.Connect(new IPEndPoint(ip, uri.Port));
+				var ns = s.GetStream();
+				var sw = new StreamWriter(ns);
+
+				sw.Write("GET {0} HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:{1}\r\n\r\n", uri.PathAndQuery, uri.Host);
+				sw.Flush();
+
+				var br = new BinaryReader(ns);
+				var contentLength = 0;
+				var offset = 0;
+				for (; ; )
+				{
+					var result = br.ReadLine();
+					var kv = result.Split(new string[] { ": " }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
+
+					if (result == "")
+					{
+						/* data follows the blank line */
+
+						if (contentLength > 0)
+						{
+							if (f != null)
+								f(offset, contentLength);
+
+							var data = new byte[contentLength];
+							while (offset < contentLength)
+							{
+								var thisChunk = Math.Min(contentLength - offset, chunkSize);
+								br.Read(data, offset, thisChunk);
+								offset += thisChunk;
+								if (f != null)
+									f(offset, contentLength);
+							}
+							s.Close();
+							return data;
+						}
+						else
+						{
+							s.Close();
+							return new byte[] { };
+						}
+					}
+					else if (kv[0] == "Content-Length")
+						contentLength = int.Parse(kv[1]);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		public static byte[] DownloadData(string url, Action<int, int> f)
+		{
+			return DownloadData(url, f, 4096);
+		}
+
+		public static byte[] DownloadData(string url)
+		{
+			return DownloadData(url, null);
+		}
+
+		static string ReadLine(this BinaryReader br)
+		{
+			var sb = new StringBuilder();
+			char c;
+			while ((c = br.ReadChar()) != '\n')
+				if (c != '\r' && c != '\n')
+					sb.Append(c);
+
+			return sb.ToString();
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/OpenRA.FileFormats/OpenRA.FileFormats.csproj b/OpenRA.FileFormats/OpenRA.FileFormats.csproj
index e66101bab5..2dad5e6f3c 100644
--- a/OpenRA.FileFormats/OpenRA.FileFormats.csproj
+++ b/OpenRA.FileFormats/OpenRA.FileFormats.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="3.5">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Graphics\IGraphicsDevice.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Graphics\IInputHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Graphics\Vertex.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="HttpUtil.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Manifest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MiniYaml.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Mod.cs" />
@@ -117,7 +118,4 @@
   <Target Name="AfterBuild">
   </Target>
   -->
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Folder Include="Filesystem\" />
-  </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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