--- sproton/libs/basis_universal/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2025-12-05 12:11:01.680012000 -0800
+++ sproton/libs/basis_universal/CMakeLists.txt	2025-12-05 12:11:01.722728000 -0800
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 set(BASIS_VERSION "v1_15_update2")
 set(BASIS_URL "https://github.com/BinomialLLC/basis_universal")
-if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.11)
+if(FALSE AND CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.11)
     include(FetchContent)
     FetchContent_Declare(
         basis
@@ -14,18 +14,21 @@
     )
     FetchContent_GetProperties(basis)
 else()
-    set(BASIS_BASE_PATH "${EXTERNALS_DIR}")
-    set(basis_POPULATED FALSE)
-    if(NOT EXISTS "${BASIS_BASE_PATH}/basis/CMakeLists.txt")
+    if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../SeriousProton/externals/basis/CMakeLists.txt")
+        set(basis_SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../SeriousProton/externals/basis")
+        set(basis_BINARY_DIR "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/externals/basis")
+        set(basis_POPULATED TRUE)
+    else()
+        set(BASIS_BASE_PATH "${EXTERNALS_DIR}")
+        set(basis_POPULATED FALSE)
         set(BASIS_ZIP "${DOWNLOADS_DIR}/basis.zip")
         file(DOWNLOAD "${BASIS_URL}/archive/refs/tags/${BASIS_VERSION}.zip" "${BASIS_ZIP}" TIMEOUT 60 TLS_VERIFY ON)
 
         file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${BASIS_BASE_PATH}/basis")
         execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E tar -xf "${BASIS_ZIP}" WORKING_DIRECTORY "${BASIS_BASE_PATH}")
+        set(basis_SOURCE_DIR "${BASIS_BASE_PATH}/basis")
+        set(basis_BINARY_DIR "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/externals/basis")
     endif()
-
-    set(basis_SOURCE_DIR "${BASIS_BASE_PATH}/basis")
-    set(basis_BINARY_DIR "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/externals/basis")
 endif()
 
 if(NOT basis_POPULATED)