diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4e0c364..2f0bb66 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 # windows build crap
 winlibs/
+dist/
 *.dll
 
 # windows crap i mean why the hell does it do this crap
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d3ae584..ec3eba7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,62 +2,83 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.4)
 project (iceball)
 
-#set(CMAKE_BINARY_DIR build)
 set(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR src)
-set(OUTDIR ../build)
 
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -fno-strict-aliasing -g -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-parameter")
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
-set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-
-IF(CMAKE_BUILD_TOOL MATCHES "(msdev|devenv|nmake)")
-	add_definitions(/W4)                                        # warning level
-	add_definitions(/TP)                                        # compile as c++
-ELSEIF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC OR CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-	add_definitions(-Wall -g)                                   # keep debugging symbols even in Release builds
-ENDIF()
+if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC OR CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+	add_definitions(-fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wextra -g) # keep debugging symbols even in Release builds
+endif ()
 
 include_directories(include)
 if (WIN32)
 	if (MSVC)
 		set_source_files_properties(filename.c PROPERTIES LANGUAGE CXX )
 	endif (MSVC)
-
-	include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/winlibs")
-	include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/winlibs/glew")
-	include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/winlibs/lua")
-	include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/winlibs/SDL")
-	include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/winlibs/zlib")
-	
-	link_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/winlibs")
-
 endif (WIN32)
 
-# here be sackit
-link_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/xlibinc")
-include_directories("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/xlibinc")
+if (MINGW)
+	set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "dist/mingw/enet;dist/mingw/sdl2;dist/mingw/lua51;dist/mingw/sackit;dist/mingw/zlib;dist/mingw/glew" CACHE PATH "" FORCE)
+elseif (MSVC)
+	set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "dist/msvc/enet;dist/msvc/sdl2;dist/msvc/lua51;dist/msvc/sackit;dist/msvc/zlib;dist/msvc/glew" CACHE PATH "" FORCE)
+endif ()
 
-# find the hidden treasures
 find_package(ENet REQUIRED)
-find_package(PNG REQUIRED)
 find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
 find_package(zlib REQUIRED)
 find_package(Lua REQUIRED)
+find_package(sackit REQUIRED)
 find_package(GLEW REQUIRED)
 find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
 
-# include the outcasts
 include_directories(
-    ${PNG_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-    ${ENet_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-    ${SACKIT_INCLUDE_DIR}
-    ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-    ${GLEW_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-    ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR}
-    ${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR}
+	${ENet_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+	${sackit_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+	${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+	${GLEW_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+	${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR}
+	${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
 
-add_subdirectory(src)
+file(GLOB LUA_FILES src/lua*)
+set(MAIN_FILES
+	src/dsp.c
+	src/img.c
+	src/json.c
+	src/logtxt.c
+	src/main.c
+	src/map.c
+	src/model.c
+	src/network.c
+	src/path.c
+	src/vecmath.c
+	src/wav.c
+	src/png.c
+)
+
+set(GL_FILES
+	src/gl/render.c
+	src/gl/render_img.c
+)
+
+source_group(gl FILES ${GL_FILES})
+
+source_group(lua FILES ${LUA_FILES})
+
+add_custom_command(TARGET iceball POST_BUILD           # Adds a post-build event to MyTest
+	COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different  # which executes "cmake - E copy_if_different..."
+	"${LUA_LIBRARY}"      # <--this is in-file
+	$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:MyTest>)                 # <--this is out-file path
+
+# iceball target
+add_executable(iceball ${MAIN_FILES} ${LUA_FILES} ${GL_FILES})
+message("${ENet_LIBRARIES}\n${sackit_LIBRARY}\n${LUA_LIBRARIES}\n${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}\n${GLEW_LIBRARIES}\n${SDL2_LIBRARIES}")
+target_link_libraries(iceball ${ENet_LIBRARIES} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${sackit_LIBRARY} ${LUA_LIBRARIES} ${SDL2_LIBRARIES} ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES} ${GLEW_LIBRARIES})
+
+set_target_properties(iceball PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "USE_OPENGL")
+
+# iceball-dedi target
+add_executable(iceball-dedi EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${MAIN_FILES} ${LUA_FILES})
+target_link_libraries(iceball-dedi ${ENet_LIBRARIES} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${LUA_LIBRARIES} ${SDL_LIBRARY})
+set_target_properties(iceball-dedi PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "DEDI")
+
diff --git a/cmake/FindENet.cmake b/cmake/FindENet.cmake
index 134711d..91c2527 100644
--- a/cmake/FindENet.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindENet.cmake
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ FIND_PATH(ENet_INCLUDE_DIRS enet/enet.h
     $ENV{ENETDIR}
     /usr/local
     /usr
-    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/winlibs"
     PATH_SUFFIXES include
     )
 
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ FIND_LIBRARY(ENet_LIBRARY
     $ENV{ENETDIR}
     /usr/local
     /usr
-    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/winlibs"
     PATH_SUFFIXES lib
     )
 
diff --git a/cmake/FindSDL2.cmake b/cmake/FindSDL2.cmake
index 58ef191..225ea45 100644
--- a/cmake/FindSDL2.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindSDL2.cmake
@@ -249,6 +249,15 @@ IF(SDL2_LIBRARY_TEMP)
     SET(SDL2_FOUND "YES")
 ENDIF(SDL2_LIBRARY_TEMP)
 
+IF(SDL2_FOUND)
+    IF(WIN32)
+        SET(WINDOWS_SDL2_DEPENDENCIES "user32;gdi32;winmm;imm32;ole32;oleaut32;version;uuid")
+        SET(SDL2_LIBRARIES ${SDL2_LIBRARY} ${WINDOWS_SDL2_DEPENDENCIES})
+    ELSE(WIN32)
+        SET(SDL2_LIBRARIES ${SDL2_LIBRARY})
+    ENDIF(WIN32)
+ENDIF (SDL2_FOUND)
+
 INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 
 FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(SDL2 REQUIRED_VARS SDL2_LIBRARY SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR)
diff --git a/cmake/Findsackit.cmake b/cmake/Findsackit.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f41c579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Findsackit.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# - Try to find sackit
+# Once done this will define
+#
+#  SACKIT_FOUND - system has sackit
+#  sackit_INCLUDE_DIRS - the sackit include directory
+#  sackit_LIBRARIES - the libraries needed to use sackit
+#
+# $SACKITDIR is an environment variable used for finding sackit.
+#
+
+FIND_PATH(sackit_INCLUDE_DIRS sackit.h
+    PATHS
+    $ENV{SACKITDIR}
+    /usr/local
+    /usr
+    PATH_SUFFIXES include
+    )
+
+FIND_LIBRARY(sackit_LIBRARY
+    NAMES sackit
+    PATHS
+    $ENV{SACKITDIR}
+    /usr/local
+    /usr
+    PATH_SUFFIXES lib
+    )
+
+# handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set SACKIT_FOUND to TRUE if
+# all listed variables are TRUE
+INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(sackit DEFAULT_MSG sackit_LIBRARY sackit_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+
+SET(sackit_LIBRARIES ${sackit_LIBRARY})
+
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(sackit_LIBRARY sackit_LIBRARIES sackit_INCLUDE_DIRS)
diff --git a/include/common.h b/include/common.h
index 5e4779b..c4a2647 100644
--- a/include/common.h
+++ b/include/common.h
@@ -44,6 +44,23 @@
 
 //define RENDER_FACE_COUNT 2
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+//#define close(x) closesocket(x)
+
+// TODO: remove?
+#if _MSC_VER_
+int bind(SOCKET s, void* name, int namelen)
+{
+	return bind(s, (const sockaddr*)name, namelen);
+}
+int setsockopt(SOCKET s, int level, int optname, void* optval, int optlen)
+{
+	return setsockopt(s, level, optname, (const char*)optval, optlen);
+}
+
+#endif
+#endif
+
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
 #define PACK_START
 #define PACK_END
@@ -58,7 +75,6 @@
 #endif
 #include <stdint.h>
 #else
-#define __attribute__(x)
 #define PACK_START __pragma( pack(push, 1) )
 #define PACK_END __pragma( pack(pop) )
 typedef signed __int8		int8_t;
@@ -69,11 +85,23 @@ typedef signed __int32		int32_t;
 typedef unsigned __int32	uint32_t;
 typedef signed __int64		int64_t;
 typedef unsigned __int64	uint64_t;
+#if (_MSC_VER != 1900)
 #define snprintf	sprintf_s
+#endif
 #define _USE_MATH_DEFINES	//M_PI and whatnot from math.h
 #pragma warning( disable: 4200 4244 4996)
 #endif
 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define ALIGNED_(x) __declspec(align(x))
+#else
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
+#define ALIGNED_(x) __attribute__ ((aligned(x)))
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#define ALIGNED_TYPE_(t,x) typedef t ALIGNED_(x)
+
 #ifdef _OPENMP
 #include <omp.h>
 #endif
@@ -183,28 +211,24 @@ enum
 #define SCREEN_BSWAP_32_ENDIAN
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __SSE__
-__attribute__((aligned(16)))
-#endif
-PACK_START
-typedef union vec4f
+#pragma pack(push, 1)
+ALIGNED_TYPE_(union, 16) vec4f
 {
-	struct { float x,y,z,w; } __attribute__((__packed__)) p;
+	struct { float x,y,z,w; } p;
 	float a[4];
-#ifdef __SSE__
+#if defined(__SSE__) && !defined(_MSC_VER)
 	float __attribute__ ((vector_size (16))) m;
 #endif
-} __attribute__((__packed__)) vec4f_t;
+} vec4f_t;
+#pragma pack(pop)
 
-#ifdef __SSE__
-__attribute__((aligned(16)))
-#endif
-typedef struct matrix
+#pragma pack(push, 1)
+ALIGNED_TYPE_(struct, 16) matrix
 {
 	//column-major!
 	vec4f_t c[4];
-} __attribute__((__packed__)) matrix_t;
-PACK_END
+} matrix_t;
+#pragma pack(pop)
 
 typedef struct camera
 {
@@ -215,14 +239,14 @@ typedef struct camera
 	float mpx,mpy,mpz,mppad;
 } camera_t;
 
-PACK_START
+#pragma pack(push, 1)
 typedef struct model_point
 {
 	uint16_t radius;
 	int16_t x,y,z;
 	uint8_t b,g,r,resv1;
-} __attribute__((__packed__)) model_point_t;
-PACK_END
+} model_point_t;
+#pragma pack(pop)
 
 typedef struct model model_t;
 typedef struct model_bone
@@ -293,8 +317,8 @@ typedef struct fbo
 } fbo_t;
 
 
-PACK_START
 // source: http://paulbourke.net/dataformats/tga/
+#pragma pack(push, 1)
 typedef struct img_tgahead
 {
 	uint8_t idlen;
@@ -309,8 +333,8 @@ typedef struct img_tgahead
 	uint16_t height;
 	uint8_t bpp;
 	uint8_t flags;
-} __attribute__((__packed__)) img_tgahead_t;
-PACK_END
+} img_tgahead_t;
+#pragma pack(pop)
 
 typedef struct img
 {
@@ -509,7 +533,7 @@ enum
 // dsp.c
 float interp_linear(float y0, float y1, float x);
 float interp_cubic(float y0, float y1, float y2, float y3, float x);
-float interp_hermite6p(float y0, float y1, float y2, float y3, 
+float interp_hermite6p(float y0, float y1, float y2, float y3,
 		float y4, float y5, float x);
 float frequency2wavelength(int rate, float frequency);
 float wavelength2frequency(int rate, float wavelength);
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a2524c..0000000
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#/src/CMakeLists.txt
-
-file(GLOB LUA_FILES lua*)
-set(MAIN_FILES dsp.c img.c json.c logtxt.c main.c map.c model.c network.c path.c vecmath.c wav.c png.c)
-
-set(GL_FILES gl/render.c gl/render_img.c)
-source_group(gl FILES ${GL_FILES})
-
-set(SOFT_FILES softgm/render.c softgm/render_img.c)
-source_group(softgm FILES ${SOFT_FILES})
-source_group(lua FILES ${LUA_FILES})
-
-# iceball target
-add_executable(iceball ${MAIN_FILES} ${LUA_FILES} ${GL_FILES})
-target_link_libraries(iceball ${PNG_LIBRARIES} ${ENet_LIBRARIES} sackit ${LUA_LIBRARIES} ${SDL2_LIBRARY} ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES} ${GLEW_LIBRARIES})
-set_target_properties(iceball PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "USE_OPENGL")
-
-# iceball-dedi target
-add_executable(iceball-dedi EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${MAIN_FILES} ${LUA_FILES})
-target_link_libraries(iceball-dedi ${PNG_LIBRARIES} ${ENet_LIBRARIES} ${LUA_LIBRARIES} ${SDL_LIBRARY})
-set_target_properties(iceball-dedi PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "DEDI")
diff --git a/src/gl/render.c b/src/gl/render.c
index 18b74ce..73dadb4 100644
--- a/src/gl/render.c
+++ b/src/gl/render.c
@@ -1730,7 +1730,7 @@ void render_vertex_array(uint32_t *pixels, int width, int height, int pitch, cam
 		{
 			glClientActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0 + i);
 			glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0 + i);
-			glTexCoordPointer(va->texcoord_size[i%va->texcoord_count], GL_FLOAT, sizeof(float)*va->stride, ((void *)0+sizeof(float)*va->texcoord_offs[i%va->texcoord_count]));
+			glTexCoordPointer(va->texcoord_size[i%va->texcoord_count], GL_FLOAT, sizeof(float)*va->stride, (void *)(sizeof(float)*va->texcoord_offs[i%va->texcoord_count]));
 		}
 
 		if(gl_shaders)
diff --git a/src/gl/render_img.c b/src/gl/render_img.c
index 53249da..082b6da 100644
--- a/src/gl/render_img.c
+++ b/src/gl/render_img.c
@@ -432,9 +432,13 @@ void render_blit_img_toimg(uint32_t *pixels, int width, int height, int pitch,
 				__m128i xmm_src1_alpha0 = _mm_unpackhi_epi16(xmm_src1_alpha,xmm_src1_alpha);
 				__m128i xmm_src1_alpha1 = _mm_unpacklo_epi16(xmm_src1_alpha,xmm_src1_alpha);
 				
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+				xmm_src0_alpha = _mm_castps_si128(_mm_shuffle_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(xmm_src0_alpha1),_mm_castsi128_ps(xmm_src0_alpha0),0xFF));
+				xmm_src1_alpha = _mm_castps_si128(_mm_shuffle_ps(_mm_castsi128_ps(xmm_src1_alpha1),_mm_castsi128_ps(xmm_src1_alpha0),0xFF));
+#else
 				xmm_src0_alpha = (__m128i)_mm_shuffle_ps((__m128)xmm_src0_alpha1,(__m128)xmm_src0_alpha0,0xFF);
 				xmm_src1_alpha = (__m128i)_mm_shuffle_ps((__m128)xmm_src1_alpha1,(__m128)xmm_src1_alpha0,0xFF);
-				
+#endif				
 				
 				// Found some instructions which should speed this up.
 				// NOTE: actually runs at the same damn speed... maybe even worse.
diff --git a/src/lua.c b/src/lua.c
index 11a06af..afa5992 100644
--- a/src/lua.c
+++ b/src/lua.c
@@ -148,16 +148,13 @@ int icelua_fn_client_mk_sys_execv(lua_State *L)
 #else
 	char *v = strdup("iceball.exe");
 	arglist[0] = v;
-	main_argv0 = v;
 #endif
 #endif
 	printf("argv0: [%s]\n", main_argv0);
 	fflush(stdout);
-#ifdef WIN32
-	execv(v, arglist);
-#else
+
 	execv(main_argv0, arglist);
-#endif
+
 	printf("WORK YOU FUCKASS: %s\n", strerror(errno));
 	fflush(stdout);
 
diff --git a/src/lua_glsl.h b/src/lua_glsl.h
index 24c4ec9..a7768d6 100644
--- a/src/lua_glsl.h
+++ b/src/lua_glsl.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ int icelua_fn_client_glsl_create(lua_State *L)
 
 	glGetShaderiv(sh_v, GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH, &len);
 	if (len > 0) {
-		char info[len];
+		char *info = alloca(len);
 		glGetShaderInfoLog(sh_v, len, NULL, info);
 		luaL_addstring(&b, "Vertex shader compile error:\n");
 		luaL_addstring(&b, info);
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ int icelua_fn_client_glsl_create(lua_State *L)
 
 	glGetShaderiv(sh_f, GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH, &len);
 	if (len > 0) {
-		char info[len];
+		char *info = alloca(len);
 		glGetShaderInfoLog(sh_f, len, NULL, info);
 		luaL_addstring(&b, "Fragment shader compile error:\n");
 		luaL_addstring(&b, info);
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int icelua_fn_client_glsl_create(lua_State *L)
 
 	glGetProgramiv(prog, GL_INFO_LOG_LENGTH, &len);
 	if (len > 0) {
-		char info[len];
+		char *info = alloca(len);
 		glGetProgramInfoLog(prog, len, NULL, info);
 		luaL_addstring(&b, "Link error:\n");
 		luaL_addstring(&b, info);
diff --git a/src/lua_tcp.h b/src/lua_tcp.h
index 72f9890..d72e857 100644
--- a/src/lua_tcp.h
+++ b/src/lua_tcp.h
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
     along with Iceball.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
 
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
 #include <unistd.h> //fixes some warning, some POSIX shit ~Dany0
+#endif
 
 int whitelist_validate(const char *name, int port);
 
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 0d74519..3d938ad 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -112,15 +112,62 @@ int platform_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static const char* get_gl_debug_type_name(GLenum type)
+{
+	switch (type) {
+	case GL_DEBUG_TYPE_ERROR:
+		return "ERROR";
+	case GL_DEBUG_TYPE_DEPRECATED_BEHAVIOR:
+		return "DEPRECATED_BEHAVIOR";
+	case GL_DEBUG_TYPE_UNDEFINED_BEHAVIOR:
+		return "UNDEFINED_BEHAVIOR";
+	case GL_DEBUG_TYPE_PORTABILITY:
+		return "PORTABILITY";
+	case GL_DEBUG_TYPE_PERFORMANCE:
+		return "PERFORMANCE";
+	case GL_DEBUG_TYPE_OTHER:
+		return "OTHER";
+	default:
+		return "<UNKNOWN>";
+	}
+}
+
+static const char* get_gl_debug_severity_name(GLenum severity)
+{
+	switch (severity) {
+	case GL_DEBUG_SEVERITY_LOW:
+		return "LOW";
+	case GL_DEBUG_SEVERITY_MEDIUM:
+		return "MEDIUM";
+	case GL_DEBUG_SEVERITY_HIGH:
+		return "HIGH";
+	default:
+		return "<UNKNOWN>";
+	}
+}
+
+void APIENTRY opengl_cb_fun(GLenum source, GLenum type, GLuint id, GLenum severity, GLsizei length, const GLchar* message, void* userParam)
+{
+	printf("---------------------opengl-callback-start------------\n");
+	printf("message: %s\n", message);
+	printf("type: %s\n", get_gl_debug_type_name(type));
+	printf("id: %d\n", id);
+	printf("severity: %s\n", get_gl_debug_severity_name(severity));
+	printf("---------------------opengl-callback-end--------------\n");
+}
+
 int video_init(void)
 {
 	SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_RED_SIZE, 8);
 	SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_GREEN_SIZE, 8);
 	SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_BLUE_SIZE, 8);
 	SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_DEPTH_SIZE, 24);
-
 	SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_STENCIL_SIZE, 8);
 
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+	SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_CONTEXT_FLAGS, SDL_GL_CONTEXT_DEBUG_FLAG);
+#endif
+
 	if (screen_antialiasing_level > 0)
 	{
 		SDL_GL_SetAttribute(SDL_GL_MULTISAMPLEBUFFERS, 1);
@@ -128,10 +175,10 @@ int video_init(void)
 	}
 
 	window = SDL_CreateWindow("iceball",
-							  SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
-							  SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
-							  screen_width,
-							  screen_height, SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL | (screen_fullscreen ? SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN : 0));
+		  SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
+		  SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
+		  screen_width,
+		  screen_height, SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL | (screen_fullscreen ? SDL_WINDOW_FULLSCREEN : 0));
 	if(window == NULL)
 		return error_sdl("SDL_CreateWindow");
 
@@ -154,6 +201,7 @@ int video_init(void)
 	//if(screen == NULL)
 	//	return error_sdl("SDL_GetWindowSurface");
 
+	glewExperimental = 1;
 	GLenum err_glew = glewInit();
 	if(err_glew != GLEW_OK)
 	{
@@ -169,6 +217,25 @@ int video_init(void)
 
 	glGetIntegerv(GL_MAX_TEXTURE_UNITS_ARB, &gl_max_texunits);
 
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+	if (glDebugMessageCallbackARB != NULL) {
+		glEnable(GL_DEBUG_OUTPUT_SYNCHRONOUS);
+		glDebugMessageCallback(opengl_cb_fun, NULL);
+		GLuint unusedIds = 0;
+		glDebugMessageControl(GL_DONT_CARE,
+			GL_DONT_CARE,
+			GL_DONT_CARE,
+			0,
+			&unusedIds,
+			1);
+
+		fprintf(stdout, "Registered ARB_debug_output callback\n");
+	}
+	else {
+		fprintf(stderr, "WARNING: Could not register ARB_debug_output callback\n");
+	}
+#endif
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -862,6 +929,7 @@ int main_dbghelper(int argc, char *argv[])
 	main_argv0 = argv[0];
 	main_oldcwd = NULL;
 
+/*
 #ifdef WIN32
 	// necessary for the server list to work, apparently
 	{
@@ -888,6 +956,7 @@ int main_dbghelper(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 #endif
+*/
 
 #ifdef DEDI
 	if(argc <= 1)
diff --git a/src/map.c b/src/map.c
index 187cca9..98792f9 100644
--- a/src/map.c
+++ b/src/map.c
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 */
 
 #include "common.h"
+
+#define PILLAR_SIZE 1028 // (256 + 1) * 4
+
 int map_parse_root(map_t *map, const char *dend, const char *data, int xlen, int ylen, int zlen, int wipe_lighting)
 {
 	// TODO: refactor a bit
@@ -41,7 +44,6 @@ int map_parse_root(map_t *map, const char *dend, const char *data, int xlen, int
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	const int PILLAR_SIZE = (256+1)*4;
 	uint8_t pillar_temp[PILLAR_SIZE];
 	int i,x,z,pi;
 
diff --git a/src/network.c b/src/network.c
index d2c4e6e..fb545bd 100644
--- a/src/network.c
+++ b/src/network.c
@@ -19,18 +19,6 @@
 
 #ifdef WIN32
 WSADATA wsaStartup;
-#define close(x)	closesocket(x)
-#if _MSC_VER
-int bind( SOCKET s, void* name, int namelen )
-{
-	return bind( s, (const sockaddr*)name, namelen );
-}
-int setsockopt( SOCKET s, int level, int optname,  void* optval, int optlen )
-{
-	return setsockopt( s, level, optname, (const char*)optval, optlen );
-}
-
-#endif
 #endif
 
 int server_sockfd_ipv4 = SOCKFD_NONE;
diff --git a/src/png.c b/src/png.c
index 790b7c6..084f3b7 100644
--- a/src/png.c
+++ b/src/png.c
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@
 
 #include "common.h"
 
+#pragma pack(push, 1)
 typedef struct pngheader {
 	uint32_t width, height;
 	uint8_t bpc, ctyp, cmpr, filt, inter;
-} __attribute__((__packed__)) pngheader_t;
+} pngheader_t;
+#pragma pack(pop)
 
 #ifndef DEDI
 void expandtex_gl(int *iw, int *ih);
@@ -524,8 +526,14 @@ void img_write_png(const char *fname, img_t *img)
 	size_t img_size = row_size * img->head.height;
 	size_t img_uncomp_len = (row_size - (gap-1)) * img->head.height;
 	uint8_t *img_uncomp = malloc(img_uncomp_len);
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+	// TODO: broken?
+	uint8_t **rowP = alloca(row_size * 1);
+	uint8_t **rowC = alloca(row_size * 5);
+#else
 	uint8_t rowP[1][row_size];
 	uint8_t rowC[5][row_size];
+#endif
 	uint8_t *src_pixels = (uint8_t *)(img->pixels);
 	int rowsel = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/vecmath.c b/src/vecmath.c
index f1917f3..1ccb95c 100644
--- a/src/vecmath.c
+++ b/src/vecmath.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ vec4f_t mtx_apply_vec(matrix_t *mtx, vec4f_t *vec)
 {
 	int i,j;
 
-#ifndef __SSE__
+#if !defined(__SSE__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
 
 	vec4f_t ret;
 
diff --git a/src/wav.c b/src/wav.c
index 4ee38fe..5d383b5 100644
--- a/src/wav.c
+++ b/src/wav.c
@@ -25,12 +25,14 @@ sackit_playback_t *icesackit_pb = NULL;
 float icesackit_vol = 1.0f;
 float icesackit_mvol = 1.0f;
 
+#pragma pack(push, 1)
 typedef struct wavfmt {
 	uint16_t codec, chns;
 	uint32_t freq;
 	uint32_t bytes_sec;
 	uint16_t blkalign, bps;
-} __attribute__((__packed__)) wavfmt_t;
+} wavfmt_t;
+#pragma pack(pop)
 
 // These 2 tables are from here: http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=IMA_ADPCM
 int ima_index_table[16] = {