diff --git a/source/virtual/vgame.c b/source/virtual/vgame.c
index 305fb1f..4a4850b 100644
--- a/source/virtual/vgame.c
+++ b/source/virtual/vgame.c
@@ -550,6 +550,28 @@ int ReadVGameFile(const VirtualFile* vfile, u8* buffer, u32 offset, u32 count) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+bool FindVirtualFileInLv3Dir(VirtualFile* vfile, const VirtualDir* vdir, const char* name) {
+    vfile->name[0] = '\0';
+    vfile->flags = vdir->flags & ~VFLAG_DIR;
+    
+    RomFsLv3FileMeta* lv3file = GetLv3FileMeta(name, vdir->offset, &lv3idx);
+    if (lv3file) {
+        vfile->offset = ((u8*) lv3file) - ((u8*) lv3idx.filemeta);
+        vfile->size = lv3file->size_data;
+        return true;
+    }
+    
+    RomFsLv3DirMeta* lv3dir = GetLv3DirMeta(name, vdir->offset, &lv3idx);
+    if (lv3dir) {
+        vfile->offset = ((u8*) lv3dir) - ((u8*) lv3idx.dirmeta);
+        vfile->size = 0;
+        vfile->flags |= VFLAG_DIR;
+        return true;
+    }
+    
+    return false;
+}
+
 bool GetVGameLv3Filename(char* name, const VirtualFile* vfile, u32 n_chars) {
     if (!(vfile->flags & VFLAG_LV3))
         return false;
diff --git a/source/virtual/virtual.c b/source/virtual/virtual.c
index 3ea2946..11b2883 100644
--- a/source/virtual/virtual.c
+++ b/source/virtual/virtual.c
@@ -88,11 +88,16 @@ bool GetVirtualFile(VirtualFile* vfile, const char* path) {
     VirtualDir vdir;
     if (!OpenVirtualRoot(&vdir, virtual_src)) return false;
     for (name = strtok(lpath + 3, "/"); name && vdir.virtual_src; name = strtok(NULL, "/")) {
-        while (true) {
-            if (!ReadVirtualDir(vfile, &vdir)) return false;
-            if ((!(vfile->flags & VFLAG_LV3) && (strncasecmp(name, vfile->name, 32) == 0)) ||
-                ((vfile->flags & VFLAG_LV3) && MatchVGameLv3Filename(name, vfile, 256)))
-                break; // entry found
+        if (!(vdir.flags & VFLAG_LV3)) { // standard method
+            while (true) {
+                if (!ReadVirtualDir(vfile, &vdir)) return false;
+                if ((!(vfile->flags & VFLAG_LV3) && (strncasecmp(name, vfile->name, 32) == 0)) ||
+                    ((vfile->flags & VFLAG_LV3) && MatchVGameLv3Filename(name, vfile, 256)))
+                    break; // entry found
+            }
+        } else { // use lv3 hashes for quicker search
+            if (!FindVirtualFileInLv3Dir(vfile, &vdir, name))
+                return false;
         }
         if (!OpenVirtualDir(&vdir, vfile))
             vdir.virtual_src = 0;