diff --git a/code/controllers/configuration.dm b/code/controllers/configuration.dm
index 02f8c521aa6..58dc3affe2a 100644
--- a/code/controllers/configuration.dm
+++ b/code/controllers/configuration.dm
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 	var/Ticklag = 0.9
 	var/Tickcomp = 0
 	var/socket_talk	= 0					// use socket_talk to communicate with other processes
+	var/list/resource_urls = null
 
 	var/list/mode_names = list()
 	var/list/modes = list()				// allowed modes
@@ -164,6 +165,9 @@
 
 		if(type == "config")
 			switch (name)
+				if ("resource_urls")
+					config.resource_urls = stringsplit(value, " ")
+			
 				if ("admin_legacy_system")
 					config.admin_legacy_system = 1
 
diff --git a/code/modules/client/client defines.dm b/code/modules/client/client defines.dm
index d93dbd6f595..c85ee0159c6 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/client defines.dm	
+++ b/code/modules/client/client defines.dm	
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@
 	var/player_age = "Requires database"	//So admins know why it isn't working - Used to determine how old the account is - in days.
 	var/related_accounts_ip = "Requires database"	//So admins know why it isn't working - Used to determine what other accounts previously logged in from this ip
 	var/related_accounts_cid = "Requires database"	//So admins know why it isn't working - Used to determine what other accounts previously logged in from this computer id
+
+	preload_rsc = 0 // This is 0 so we can set it to an URL once the player logs in and have them download the resources from a different server.
diff --git a/code/modules/client/client procs.dm b/code/modules/client/client procs.dm
index 16b0fbea6cb..b74355c2713 100644
--- a/code/modules/client/client procs.dm	
+++ b/code/modules/client/client procs.dm	
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@
 		del(src)
 		return
 
+	// Change the way they should download resources.
+	if(config.resource_urls)
+		src.preload_rsc = pick(config.resource_urls)
+	else src.preload_rsc = 1 // If config.resource_urls is not set, preload like normal.
+	
+	src << "\red If the title screen is black, resources are still downloading. Please be patient until the title screen appears."
+
+
 	clients += src
 	directory[ckey] = src
 
@@ -278,4 +286,4 @@
 		'icons/xenoarch_icons/chart2.jpg',
 		'icons/xenoarch_icons/chart3.jpg',
 		'icons/xenoarch_icons/chart4.jpg'
-		)
\ No newline at end of file
+		)
diff --git a/config/config.txt b/config/config.txt
index a98daab8423..e5bccd964c5 100644
--- a/config/config.txt
+++ b/config/config.txt
@@ -213,3 +213,7 @@ ALIEN_PLAYER_RATIO 0.2
 
 ##Remove the # to let ghosts spin chairs
 #GHOST_INTERACTION
+
+## Uncomment this to enable external .rsc downloads. URLs must be separated by no more than one space.
+## The linked .zip file should contain the required .rsc
+#resource_urls http://firstserver.org/myresource.zip http://secondserver.org/myresource.zip  http://10.22.11.1/myresource.zip