diff --git a/3rdParty/Storm/Source/storm.h b/3rdParty/Storm/Source/storm.h
index 3b6c29ec8..3c9f3503e 100644
--- a/3rdParty/Storm/Source/storm.h
+++ b/3rdParty/Storm/Source/storm.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <limits>
 #include <string>
 namespace dvl {
@@ -351,6 +352,26 @@ BOOL SFileEnableDirectAccess(BOOL enable);
 
 #if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__cplusplus)
 }
+
+// Additions to Storm API:
+
+// Sets the file's 64-bit seek position.
+inline std::uint64_t SFileSetFilePointer(HANDLE hFile, std::int64_t offset, int whence)
+{
+    int high = static_cast<std::uint64_t>(offset) >> 32;
+    int low = static_cast<int>(offset);
+    low = SFileSetFilePointer(hFile, low, &high, whence);
+    return (static_cast<std::uint64_t>(high) << 32) | low;
+}
+
+// Returns the current 64-bit file seek position.
+inline std::uint64_t SFileGetFilePointer(HANDLE hFile)
+{
+    // We use `SFileSetFilePointer` with offset 0 to get the current position
+    // because there is no `SFileGetFilePointer`.
+    return SFileSetFilePointer(hFile, 0, DVL_FILE_CURRENT);
+}
+
 #endif
 
 } // namespace dvl
diff --git a/SourceX/storm/storm.cpp b/SourceX/storm/storm.cpp
index af54b51e7..651d06618 100644
--- a/SourceX/storm/storm.cpp
+++ b/SourceX/storm/storm.cpp
@@ -127,23 +127,6 @@ BOOL SFileOpenFile(const char *filename, HANDLE *phFile)
 	return result;
 }
 
-static std::uint64_t GetFilePointer(HANDLE hFile)
-{
-    // We use `SFileSetFilePointer` with offset 0 to get the current position
-    // because there is no `SFileGetFilePointer`.
-    int high = 0;
-    const std::uint32_t low = SFileSetFilePointer(hFile, 0, &high, DVL_FILE_CURRENT);
-    return (static_cast<std::uint64_t>(high) << 32) | low;
-}
-
-static std::uint64_t SetFilePointer(HANDLE hFile, std::int64_t offset, int whence)
-{
-    int high = static_cast<std::uint64_t>(offset) >> 32;
-    int low = static_cast<int>(offset);
-    low = SFileSetFilePointer(hFile, low, &high, whence);
-    return (static_cast<std::uint64_t>(high) << 32) | low;
-}
-
 BOOL SBmpLoadImage(const char *pszFileName, SDL_Color *pPalette, BYTE *pBuffer, DWORD dwBuffersize, DWORD *pdwWidth, DWORD *dwHeight, DWORD *pdwBpp)
 {
 	HANDLE hFile;
@@ -213,8 +196,8 @@ BOOL SBmpLoadImage(const char *pszFileName, SDL_Color *pPalette, BYTE *pBuffer,
 		SFileSetFilePointer(hFile, 0, NULL, DVL_FILE_END);
 		fileBuffer = NULL;
 	} else {
-		const auto pos = GetFilePointer(hFile);
-		size = SetFilePointer(hFile, 0, DVL_FILE_END) - SetFilePointer(hFile, pos, DVL_FILE_BEGIN);
+		const auto pos = SFileGetFilePointer(hFile);
+		size = SFileSetFilePointer(hFile, 0, DVL_FILE_END) - SFileSetFilePointer(hFile, pos, DVL_FILE_BEGIN);
 		fileBuffer = (BYTE *)malloc(size);
 	}
 
@@ -247,8 +230,12 @@ BOOL SBmpLoadImage(const char *pszFileName, SDL_Color *pPalette, BYTE *pBuffer,
 	}
 
 	if (pPalette && pcxhdr.BitsPerPixel == 8) {
-		SFileSetFilePointer(hFile, -768, NULL, DVL_FILE_CURRENT);
-		SFileReadFile(hFile, paldata, 768, 0, 0);
+		const auto pos = SFileSetFilePointer(hFile, -768, DVL_FILE_CURRENT);
+		if (pos == static_cast<std::uint64_t>(-1)) {
+			SDL_Log("SFileSetFilePointer error: %ud", (unsigned int)SErrGetLastError());
+		}
+		SFileReadFile(hFile, paldata, 768, 0, NULL);
+
 		for (int i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
 			pPalette[i].r = paldata[i][0];
 			pPalette[i].g = paldata[i][1];
diff --git a/SourceX/storm_sdl_rw.cpp b/SourceX/storm_sdl_rw.cpp
index a34f9ccd4..0a038d258 100644
--- a/SourceX/storm_sdl_rw.cpp
+++ b/SourceX/storm_sdl_rw.cpp
@@ -46,17 +46,11 @@ static int SFileRw_seek(struct SDL_RWops *context, int offset, int whence)
 	default:
 		return -1;
 	}
-	int high = static_cast<std::uint64_t>(offset) >> 32;
-	int low = static_cast<int>(offset);
-	low = SFileSetFilePointer(SFileRw_GetHandle(context), low, &high, swhence);
-	if (low == -1) {
+	const std::uint64_t pos = SFileSetFilePointer(SFileRw_GetHandle(context), offset, swhence);
+	if (pos == static_cast<std::uint64_t>(-1)) {
 		SDL_Log("SFileRw_seek error: %ud", (unsigned int)SErrGetLastError());
 	}
-#ifndef USE_SDL1
-	return (static_cast<std::uint64_t>(high) << 32) | low;
-#else
-	return low;
-#endif
+	return pos;
 }
 
 #ifndef USE_SDL1