diff --git a/src/plugins/gta3/std.asi/args_translator/translator_basic.hpp b/src/plugins/gta3/std.asi/args_translator/translator_basic.hpp
index 28756256..9645273a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gta3/std.asi/args_translator/translator_basic.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/gta3/std.asi/args_translator/translator_basic.hpp
@@ -401,14 +401,17 @@ struct path_translator_base
         // Gets the current working directory relative to the the game path
         // If working directory is not anywhere near the game path, return null
         // This is the manual version, where you send the current working directory (@fullpath) and game path (@gamepath)
-        static const char* GetCurrentDir(const char* fullpath, const char* gamePath, size_t max)
+        //
+        // Both strings MUST have the same character type, otherwise their comparison fails
+        template<class T>
+        static const T* GetCurrentDir(const T* fullpath, const T* gamePath, size_t max)
         {
-            const char* currdir = 0;
+            const T* currdir = 0;
             
             // Iterate on the game path comparing it with the current working dir
             for(size_t i = 0; i < max; ++i)
             {
-                if(gamePath[i] == 0)    // End of game path?
+                if(gamePath[i] == T(0))    // End of game path?
                 {
                     // Then here starts the relative part
                     currdir = &fullpath[i];
@@ -417,7 +420,7 @@ struct path_translator_base
                 else if(gamePath[i] != fullpath[i]) // Piece of gamepath not equal to the working dir? wow
                 {
                     // Let's calm down, if working directory ended and game path is ending, we're still 'equal'
-                    if(fullpath[i] == 0 && gamePath[i] == '\\' && gamePath[i+1] == 0)
+                    if(fullpath[i] == T(0) && gamePath[i] == T('\\') && gamePath[i+1] == T(0))
                     {
                         // Point current directory to "\0" part of fullpath
                         currdir = &fullpath[i];
@@ -429,6 +432,34 @@ struct path_translator_base
             return currdir;
         }
         
+        // The game path in the same character type as the translated argument.
+        // Mod Loader stores the game path as a narrow (ANSI) string, so wide arguments (which is what
+        // C++/STL based modules pass to GetFileAttributesW/CreateFileW/... ) need a converted copy;
+        // comparing them against the narrow game path can never match.
+        static const char* GetGamePathFor(const char*)
+        {
+            return plugin_ptr->loader->gamepath;
+        }
+        
+        static const wchar_t* GetGamePathFor(const wchar_t*)
+        {
+            static const std::wstring path = []() -> std::wstring
+            {
+                const char* narrow = plugin_ptr->loader->gamepath;
+                if(narrow == nullptr || narrow[0] == 0) return std::wstring();
+                
+                // CP_ACP: the same conversion the ANSI Win32 APIs perform on this path
+                int length = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, narrow, -1, nullptr, 0);  // count includes the terminator
+                if(length <= 1) return std::wstring();
+                
+                std::wstring wide(size_t(length) - 1, L'\0');
+                MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, narrow, -1, &wide[0], length);         // rewrites the terminator
+                return wide;
+            }();
+            
+            return path.c_str();
+        }
+        
         
     };
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/gta3/std.asi/args_translator/xtranslator_path.hpp b/src/plugins/gta3/std.asi/args_translator/xtranslator_path.hpp
index b8625f3a..0c07bdd9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/gta3/std.asi/args_translator/xtranslator_path.hpp
+++ b/src/plugins/gta3/std.asi/args_translator/xtranslator_path.hpp
@@ -53,13 +53,14 @@ inline bool  path_translator_base::CallInfo::GetCurrentDir(const T*& arg, char t
     if(this->bAbsolutePath) // This argument is an absolute path?
     {
         // Get current directory assuming argument is the fullpath
-        currdir = GetCurrentDir( (const char*) arg, plugin_ptr->loader->gamepath, -1);
+        //
+        const T* relative = GetCurrentDir(arg, GetGamePathFor(arg), -1);
 
         // If could get the currdir, set up some stuff and go ahead on the translation
         // For SetDir, if currdir is empty, that means it should chdir into base dir, so don't touch it
-        if(currdir && (!bSetDir || currdir[0] != 0))
+        if(relative && (!bSetDir || relative[0] != 0))
         {
-            arg = (T*) currdir;
+            arg = relative;
             currdir = 0;
             bCheckModules = true;
         }