diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 22de66b..bcfe084 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 supertuxkart-0.6.2-src.tar.bz2
 addon0.6.1-1.zip
 /supertuxkart-0.7-src.tar.bz2
+/supertuxkart-0.7.3-src.tar.bz2
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 9e25d7a..7ef26cd 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2806f271e4d37fee5ad8ca166e1ad489  supertuxkart-0.7-src.tar.bz2
+502664b2ec9ad5ab88b1882fef4c074d  supertuxkart-0.7.3-src.tar.bz2
diff --git a/supertuxkart-0.7.3-desktop.patch b/supertuxkart-0.7.3-desktop.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..878acc6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supertuxkart-0.7.3-desktop.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- data/supertuxkart_desktop.template~	2011-11-01 19:03:50.000000000 -0500
++++ data/supertuxkart_desktop.template	2012-08-23 18:29:02.885310967 -0500
+@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
+ [Desktop Entry]
+-Encoding=UTF-8
+ Name=SuperTuxKart
+-Version=VERSION
+-Icon=PREFIX/share/pixmaps/supertuxkart_64.xpm
++Icon=supertuxkart
+ GenericName=A kart racing game
+ GenericName[de_DE]=Ein Kart-Rennspiel
+ GenericName[fr_FR]=Un jeu de karting
+ GenericName[gl]=Xogo de carreiras con karts
+ GenericName[ro_RO]=Un joc de curse cu carturi
+-Exec=PREFIX/games/supertuxkart --log=file
++Exec=supertuxkart-wrapper --log=file
+ Terminal=false
+ StartupNotify=false
+ Type=Application
+-TryExec=PREFIX/games/supertuxkart
+-Categories=Game;ArcadeGame;
+\ No newline at end of file
++Categories=Game;ActionGame;ArcadeGame;
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/supertuxkart-0.7.3-irrlicht.patch b/supertuxkart-0.7.3-irrlicht.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ad35d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supertuxkart-0.7.3-irrlicht.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+--- configure~	2011-11-13 17:46:46.000000000 -0600
++++ configure	2012-08-23 19:10:30.455255469 -0500
+@@ -5810,12 +5810,13 @@
+ # ==================
+ 
+ # Check whether --with-irrlicht was given.
+-if test "${with_irrlicht+set}" = set; then :
+-  withval=$with_irrlicht;
+-fi
+-
+-if test "x$with_irrlicht" != "x" ; then
+-   CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I $with_irrlicht/include -I $with_irrlicht/include/irrlicht"
++#if test "${with_irrlicht+set}" = set; then :
++#  withval=$with_irrlicht;
++#fi
++
++#if test "x$with_irrlicht" != "x" ; then
++if 1==1 ; then
++   CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I /usr/include -I /usr/include/irrlicht18"
+    ac_fn_cxx_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "irrlicht.h" "ac_cv_header_irrlicht_h" "$ac_includes_default"
+ if test "x$ac_cv_header_irrlicht_h" = xyes; then :
+   have_irrlicht_hdr=yes
+@@ -5831,7 +5832,7 @@
+    # check in /usr
+    echo " in /usr/ : "
+ 
+-   CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS_Save} -I/usr/include/irrlicht"
++   CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS_Save} -I/usr/include/irrlicht18"
+    ac_fn_cxx_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "irrlicht.h" "ac_cv_header_irrlicht_h" "$ac_includes_default"
+ if test "x$ac_cv_header_irrlicht_h" = xyes; then :
+   irrlicht_found_in_usr=yes
+@@ -5877,7 +5878,7 @@
+ 
+ case "${host}" in
+ *-*-linux* )
+-  irrlicht_LIBS="-L/$with_irrlicht/lib/Linux -L/$with_irrlicht/lib -lIrrlicht -lX11"
++  irrlicht_LIBS="-L/$with_irrlicht/lib/Linux -L/$with_irrlicht/lib -lIrrlicht18 -lX11"
+   ;;
+ *darwin*|*macosx*)
+   irrlicht_LIBS="-L/$with_irrlicht/lib/ -lIrrlicht -framework Cocoa"
+--- configure~	2012-08-23 19:12:12.000000000 -0500
++++ configure	2012-08-23 19:14:53.395249598 -0500
+@@ -5944,9 +5944,9 @@
+      }
+ 
+ _ACEOF
+-if ac_fn_cxx_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
+-  works_with_Xxf86vm="true"
+-fi
++#if ac_fn_cxx_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
++#  works_with_Xxf86vm="true"
++#fi
+ rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
+   conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
+ fi
+--- configure~	2012-08-23 19:14:53.000000000 -0500
++++ configure	2012-08-23 19:16:05.701247989 -0500
+@@ -5960,9 +5960,9 @@
+   ;;
+ esac
+ 
+-if test x$irrlicht_sample_built_fine = xfalse; then
+-as_fn_error $? "Cann not build test irrLicht program. Check config.log to see the errors" "$LINENO" 5
+-fi
++#if test x$irrlicht_sample_built_fine = xfalse; then
++#as_fn_error $? "Cann not build test irrLicht program. Check config.log to see the errors" "$LINENO" 5
++#fi
+ 
+ # ---- Check we have the minimum required irrLicht version
+ echo -n "checking irrlicht version is recent enough... "
+--- configure~	2012-08-23 19:16:05.000000000 -0500
++++ configure	2012-08-23 19:16:46.565247075 -0500
+@@ -5967,7 +5967,7 @@
+ # ---- Check we have the minimum required irrLicht version
+ echo -n "checking irrlicht version is recent enough... "
+ 
+-irrlicht_min_version_met="false"
++irrlicht_min_version_met="true"
+ 
+ # Note that irrlicht 1.8 potentially needs additional flags (-lXcursor, or
+ # undefine _IRR_LINUX_XCURSOR_ # in IrrCompileConfig.h). Since there might
+--- configure~	2012-08-23 19:16:46.000000000 -0500
++++ configure	2012-08-23 19:17:35.146245990 -0500
+@@ -6005,13 +6005,13 @@
+ fi
+ 
+ 
+-if test x$irrlicht_min_version_met = xfalse; then
+-    as_fn_error $? "Your irrLicht is too old, please update irrLicht.
+-You need irrlicht 1.8.
+-While irrlicht 1.8 is not released, we recommend using version 3843 from irrlicht SVN trunk." "$LINENO" 5
+-else
+-    echo "yes"
+-fi
++#if test x$irrlicht_min_version_met = xfalse; then
++#    as_fn_error $? "Your irrLicht is too old, please update irrLicht.
++#You need irrlicht 1.8.
++#While irrlicht 1.8 is not released, we recommend using version 3843 from irrlicht SVN trunk." "$LINENO" 5
++#else
++echo "yes"
++#fi
+ 
+ LIBS=$save_LIBS
+ 
+--- configure~	2012-08-23 19:17:35.000000000 -0500
++++ configure	2012-08-23 19:21:07.266241262 -0500
+@@ -5872,7 +5872,7 @@
+        fi
+    fi
+ 
+-   CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS_Save} -I ${with_irrlicht}/include/irrlicht"
++   CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS_Save} -I ${with_irrlicht}/include/irrlicht18"
+ 
+ fi
+ 
diff --git a/supertuxkart.spec b/supertuxkart.spec
index 09a09e3..cec16a6 100644
--- a/supertuxkart.spec
+++ b/supertuxkart.spec
@@ -1,22 +1,20 @@
 Name:           supertuxkart
-Version:        0.7
-Release:        6%{?dist}
+Version:        0.7.3
+Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        Kids 3D go-kart racing game featuring Tux
 Group:          Amusements/Games
 License:        GPLv2+ and GPLv3 and CC-BY-SA
 URL:            http://supertuxkart.sourceforge.net/
 Source0:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/%{name}-%{version}-src.tar.bz2
 Source1:        %{name}.6
-#Source2:	http://downloads.sourceforge.net/%{name}/addon0.6.1-1.zip
 Patch0:         supertuxkart-fhs.patch
-Patch1:         supertuxkart-0.3-desktop.patch
-#Patch2:         supertuxkart-0.7-default-fs.patch
-#Patch3:		supertuxkart-0.7-dsolink-irrlicht.patch
+Patch1:         supertuxkart-0.7.3-desktop.patch
+Patch2:         supertuxkart-0.7.3-irrlicht.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 BuildRequires:  plib-devel SDL-devel mikmod-devel
 BuildRequires:  libvorbis-devel freeglut-devel desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:  openal-soft-devel freealut-devel >= 1.1.0-10
-BuildRequires:	irrlicht-devel
+BuildRequires:	irrlicht18-devel
 Requires:       hicolor-icon-theme opengl-games-utils
 # Provide so that yum install tuxkart will work, obsolete for auto upgrade
 Provides:       tuxkart = 0.4.0-6
@@ -37,14 +35,13 @@ Requires:	%{name} = %{version}
 BuildArch:	noarch
 
 %description data
-This package contains the data files for SuperTuxKart, as well as the add-on pack.
+This package contains the data files for SuperTuxKart.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p0 -z .fhs
-%patch1 -p1 -z .desktop
-#%patch2 -p1 -z .fs
-#%patch3 -p0 -z .dsoir
+%patch1 -p0 -z .desktop
+%patch2 -p0 -z .irrlicht
 # some cleanups
 chmod -x AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog README TODO
 chmod -x `find -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.hpp"`
@@ -52,26 +49,19 @@ rm -fr data/karts/*/.svn data/karts/.svn
 # stop automake from rerunning because of our patches above
 touch src/Makefile.in
 
-#unzip %{SOURCE2} -d data/ -x karts/mriceblock*
-
 %build
+CPPFLAGS="${CPPFLAGS} -I $with_irrlicht/include -I $with_irrlicht/include/irrlicht18"
 %configure
-make %{?_smp_mflags} LDFLAGS=-lGLU irrlicht_LIBS="-lIrrlicht -lIrrXML"
+make %{?_smp_mflags} LDFLAGS=-lGLU irrlicht_LIBS="-lIrrlicht18 -lIrrXML18"
 
 
 %install
 rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
-# easier then patching all the Makefile's
+# easier then patching all the Makefiles
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
 mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_prefix}/games/%{name} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}
 mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/games/%{name} $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}
-mv $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/%{name}/data/po $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/locale
-rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/locale/*.po
-rm $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/locale/%{name}.pot
-ln -s ../../locale $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_datadir}/%{name}/data/po
-
-%find_lang %{name}
 
 ln -s opengl-game-wrapper.sh $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_bindir}/%{name}-wrapper
 
@@ -121,7 +111,7 @@ if [ -x %{_bindir}/gtk-update-icon-cache ]; then
 fi
 
 
-%files -f %{name}.lang
+%files
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog README TODO
 %{_bindir}/%{name}*
@@ -132,10 +122,12 @@ fi
 %files data
 %defattr(-,root,root,-)
 %{_datadir}/%{name}
-%ghost %{_datadir}/%{name}/data/po
 
 
 %changelog
+* Thu Aug 23 2012 Jon Ciesla <limburgher@gmail.com> - 0.7.3-1
+- Latest upstream, using irrlicht snapshot subpackage.  BZ 697169.
+
 * Sat Jul 21 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.7-6
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild