diff --git a/hecl/blender/hecl/frme.py b/hecl/blender/hecl/frme.py
index b5d1b458e..d07c82cb9 100644
--- a/hecl/blender/hecl/frme.py
+++ b/hecl/blender/hecl/frme.py
@@ -264,7 +264,11 @@ def recursive_cook(buffer, obj, version, path_hasher, parent_name):
         angMtx[2][0], angMtx[2][1], angMtx[2][2],
         0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0, 0)
 
+    ch_list = []
     for ch in obj.children:
+        ch_list.append((ch.pass_index, ch.name))
+    for s_pair in sorted(ch_list):
+        ch = bpy.data.objects[s_pair[1]]
         if ch.retro_widget_type != 'RETRO_NONE':
             recursive_cook(buffer, ch, version, path_hasher, obj.name)
 
diff --git a/hecl/include/hecl/hecl.hpp b/hecl/include/hecl/hecl.hpp
index 779292d3e..be599cd57 100644
--- a/hecl/include/hecl/hecl.hpp
+++ b/hecl/include/hecl/hecl.hpp
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ static inline void MakeDir(const char* dir)
     HRESULT err;
     if (!CreateDirectoryA(dir, NULL))
         if ((err = GetLastError()) != ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS)
-            LogModule.report(logvisor::Fatal, _S("MakeDir(%s)"), dir);
+            LogModule.report(logvisor::Fatal, "MakeDir(%s)", dir);
 #else
     if (mkdir(dir, 0755))
         if (errno != EEXIST)
@@ -196,6 +196,8 @@ static inline void MakeDir(const wchar_t* dir)
 }
 #endif
 
+int RecursiveMakeDir(const SystemChar* dir);
+
 static inline const SystemChar* GetEnv(const SystemChar* name)
 {
 #if HECL_UCS2
diff --git a/hecl/lib/hecl.cpp b/hecl/lib/hecl.cpp
index 21fbf2a25..95e903818 100644
--- a/hecl/lib/hecl.cpp
+++ b/hecl/lib/hecl.cpp
@@ -645,4 +645,103 @@ std::wstring Char16ToWide(const std::u16string& src)
     return std::wstring(src.begin(), src.end());
 }
 
+/* recursive mkdir */
+#if _WIN32
+int RecursiveMakeDir(const SystemChar* dir) {
+    SystemChar tmp[1024];
+    SystemChar *p = nullptr;
+    Sstat sb;
+    size_t len;
+
+    /* copy path */
+    wcsncpy(tmp, dir, 1024);
+    len = wcslen(tmp);
+    if (len >= 1024) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* remove trailing slash */
+    if(tmp[len - 1] == '/' || tmp[len - 1] == '\\') {
+        tmp[len - 1] = 0;
+    }
+
+    /* recursive mkdir */
+    for(p = tmp + 1; *p; p++) {
+        if(*p == '/' || *p == '\\') {
+            *p = 0;
+            /* test path */
+            if (Stat(tmp, &sb) != 0) {
+                /* path does not exist - create directory */
+                if (!CreateDirectoryW(tmp, nullptr)) {
+                    return -1;
+                }
+            } else if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
+                /* not a directory */
+                return -1;
+            }
+            *p = '/';
+        }
+    }
+    /* test path */
+    if (Stat(tmp, &sb) != 0) {
+        /* path does not exist - create directory */
+        if (!CreateDirectoryW(tmp, nullptr)) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
+        /* not a directory */
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+#else
+int RecursiveMakeDir(const SystemChar* dir) {
+    SystemChar tmp[1024];
+    SystemChar *p = nullptr;
+    Sstat sb;
+    size_t len;
+
+    /* copy path */
+    strncpy(tmp, dir, 1024);
+    len = strlen(tmp);
+    if (len >= 1024) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* remove trailing slash */
+    if(tmp[len - 1] == '/') {
+        tmp[len - 1] = 0;
+    }
+
+    /* recursive mkdir */
+    for(p = tmp + 1; *p; p++) {
+        if(*p == '/') {
+            *p = 0;
+            /* test path */
+            if (Stat(tmp, &sb) != 0) {
+                /* path does not exist - create directory */
+                if (mkdir(tmp, 0755) < 0) {
+                    return -1;
+                }
+            } else if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
+                /* not a directory */
+                return -1;
+            }
+            *p = '/';
+        }
+    }
+    /* test path */
+    if (Stat(tmp, &sb) != 0) {
+        /* path does not exist - create directory */
+        if (mkdir(tmp, 0755) < 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else if (!S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
+        /* not a directory */
+        return -1;
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
 }