diff --git a/core/GameConfigs.cpp b/core/GameConfigs.cpp
index 3811c3fa..cb96c655 100644
--- a/core/GameConfigs.cpp
+++ b/core/GameConfigs.cpp
@@ -508,14 +508,9 @@ bool CGameConfig::Reparse(char *error, size_t maxlength)
 	sm_trie_clear(m_pProps);
 	sm_trie_clear(m_pKeys);
 
-	if ((err=textparsers->ParseFile_SMC(path, this, NULL))
+	if ((err=textparsers->ParseSMCFile(path, this, NULL, error, maxlength))
 		!= SMCError_Okay)
 	{
-		if (error && (err != SMCError_Custom))
-		{
-			const char *str = textparsers->GetSMCErrorString(err);
-			snprintf(error, maxlength, "%s", str);
-		}
 		return false;
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/TextParsers.cpp b/core/TextParsers.cpp
index 51c23227..781ada22 100644
--- a/core/TextParsers.cpp
+++ b/core/TextParsers.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 #include <assert.h>
 #include "TextParsers.h"
 #include "ShareSys.h"
+#include "sm_stringutil.h"
+#include "LibrarySys.h"
 
 TextParsers g_TextParser;
 ITextParsers *textparsers = &g_TextParser;
@@ -155,6 +157,38 @@ SMCError TextParsers::ParseFile_SMC(const char *file, ITextListener_SMC *smc, SM
 	return result;
 }
 
+SMCError TextParsers::ParseSMCFile(const char *file,
+								   ITextListener_SMC *smc_listener,
+								   SMCStates *states,
+								   char *buffer,
+								   size_t maxsize)
+{
+	const char *errstr;
+	FILE *fp = fopen(file, "rt");
+
+	if (fp == NULL)
+	{
+		char error[256] = "unknown";
+		if (states != NULL)
+		{
+			states->line = 0;
+			states->col = 0;
+		}
+		g_LibSys.GetPlatformError(error, sizeof(error));
+		UTIL_Format(buffer, maxsize, "File could not be opened: %s", error);
+		return SMCError_StreamOpen;
+	}
+
+	SMCError result = ParseStream_SMC(fp, FileStreamReader, smc_listener, states);
+
+	fclose(fp);
+
+	errstr = GetSMCErrorString(result);
+	UTIL_Format(buffer, maxsize, "%s", errstr != NULL ? errstr : "Unknown error");
+
+	return result;
+}
+
 /** 
  * Raw parsing of streams with helper functions
  */
diff --git a/core/TextParsers.h b/core/TextParsers.h
index 6065b0cf..7762c263 100644
--- a/core/TextParsers.h
+++ b/core/TextParsers.h
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ public:
 		ITextListener_SMC *smc_listener, 
 		SMCStates *states);
 
+	SMCError ParseSMCFile(const char *file,
+			ITextListener_SMC *smc_listener,
+			SMCStates *states,
+			char *buffer,
+			size_t maxsize);
+
 	unsigned int GetUTF8CharBytes(const char *stream);
 
 	const char *GetSMCErrorString(SMCError err);
diff --git a/public/ITextParsers.h b/public/ITextParsers.h
index 85f675e3..6cbdac95 100644
--- a/public/ITextParsers.h
+++ b/public/ITextParsers.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace SourceMod
 {
 
 	#define SMINTERFACE_TEXTPARSERS_NAME		"ITextParsers"
-	#define SMINTERFACE_TEXTPARSERS_VERSION		2
+	#define SMINTERFACE_TEXTPARSERS_VERSION		3
 
 	/**
 	 * The INI file format is defined as:
@@ -390,6 +390,21 @@ namespace SourceMod
 		 * @return				True if first character is whitespace, false otherwise.
 		 */
 		virtual bool IsWhitespace(const char *stream) =0;
+
+		/**
+		 * @brief Same as ParseFile_SMC, but with an extended error buffer.
+		 *
+		 * @param file			Path to file.
+		 * @param smc_listener	Event handler for reading file.
+		 * @param states		Optional pointer to store last known states.
+		 * @param buffer		Error message buffer.
+		 * @param maxsize		Maximum size of the error buffer.
+		 */
+		virtual SMCError ParseSMCFile(const char *file,
+			ITextListener_SMC *smc_listener,
+			SMCStates *states,
+			char *buffer,
+			size_t maxsize) =0;
 	};
 
 	inline unsigned int _GetUTF8CharBytes(const char *stream)