Index: code/model/modelread.cpp
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--- code/model/modelread.cpp	(revision 7707)
+++ code/model/modelread.cpp	(working copy)
@@ -1753,6 +1753,11 @@
 						{
 							nprintf(( "Model", "Glow point bank %i nebula texture num is %d for '%s'\n", gpb, bank->glow_neb_bitmap, pm->filename));
 						}
+					} else {
+						// niffiwan: no "props" string found - ensure we don't have a random texture assigned!
+						bank->glow_bitmap = -1;
+						bank->glow_neb_bitmap = -1;
+						Warning( LOCATION, "No Glow point texture for bank '%d' referenced by model '%s'\n", gpb, pm->filename);
 					}
 
 					for (j = 0; j < bank->num_points; j++)