diff --git a/mods/handle_schematics/place_buildings.lua b/mods/handle_schematics/place_buildings.lua
index 6207060..03a235e 100755
--- a/mods/handle_schematics/place_buildings.lua
+++ b/mods/handle_schematics/place_buildings.lua
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ local function generate_building(pos, minp, maxp, data, param2_data, a, extranod
 
 
 	if( not( pos.no_plotmarker )) then
-		generate_building_plotmarker( pos, minp, maxp, data, param2_data, a, cid, building_nr_in_bpos, village_id, binfo.scm );
+		--generate_building_plotmarker( pos, minp, maxp, data, param2_data, a, cid, building_nr_in_bpos, village_id, binfo.scm );
 	end
 
 	-- skip building if it is not located at least partly in the area that is currently beeing generated
diff --git a/mods/mg_villages/config.lua b/mods/mg_villages/config.lua
index ce7f5b5..c996c45 100755
--- a/mods/mg_villages/config.lua
+++ b/mods/mg_villages/config.lua
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ mg_villages.ENABLE_VILLAGES = true;
 mg_villages.INVERSE_HOUSE_DENSITY = 0;
 
 -- cover some villages with artificial snow; probability: 1/mg_villages.artificial_snow_probability
-mg_villages.artificial_snow_probability = 10;
+mg_villages.artificial_snow_probability = 0;
 
 -- if set to true, soil around villaes will get special soil-snow instead of plant + snow cover
 mg_villages.use_soil_snow = false;
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ mg_villages.VILLAGE_DETECT_RANGE = 400;
 mg_villages.REQUIRE_PRIV_FOR_TELEPORT = true;
 
 -- if set to true, players cannot modify spawned villages without buying the house from the village first
-mg_villages.ENABLE_PROTECTION = true;
+mg_villages.ENABLE_PROTECTION = false;
 
 -- the first village - the one the player spawns in - will be of this type
-mg_villages.FIRST_VILLAGE_TYPE = 'medieval';
+mg_villages.FIRST_VILLAGE_TYPE = 'nore';
 
 -- choose the debug level you want
 mg_villages.DEBUG_LEVEL = mg_villages.DEBUG_LEVEL_NONE
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ mg_villages.prices = {
 -- know exactly what you are doing.
 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- if set to false, villages will not be integrated into the terrain - which looks very bad
-mg_villages.ENABLE_TERRAIN_BLEND = true;
+mg_villages.ENABLE_TERRAIN_BLEND = false;
 -- if set to false, holes digged by cavegen and mudflow inside the village will not be repaired; houses will be destroyed
 mg_villages.UNDO_CAVEGEN_AND_MUDFLOW = true;
 
diff --git a/mods/mobs/spawner.lua b/mods/mobs/spawner.lua
index 2916e91..d35b22a 100755
--- a/mods/mobs/spawner.lua
+++ b/mods/mobs/spawner.lua
@@ -136,8 +136,14 @@ local numNPCs = math.random(0,1)
 						mob = mob:get_luaentity()
 						local newHP = mob.hp_min + math.floor( mob.hp_max * distance_rating )
 						mob.object:set_hp( newHP )
-						local metatable = {  fields = { entity = barbarian, active_objects = 6 } }
+						--local metatable = {  fields = { entity = barbarian, active_objects = 6 } }
 						--table.insert(extranodes, {node={name="mobs:spawner",param1=0, param2=0}, pos=spawnerpos,mob="barbarian"})
+						minetest.set_node(spawnerpos,{name="mobs:spawner"})
+						local meta = minetest.get_meta(spawnerpos)
+						meta:set_string("entity","barbarian")
+						meta:set_string("infotext","barbarian")
+						meta:set_int("active_objects",6)
+						meta:set_int("active_objects_wider",8)
 					end
 				else
 					
@@ -147,8 +153,14 @@ local numNPCs = math.random(0,1)
 					if mob then
 						mob = mob:get_luaentity()
 						local p = mob.object:getpos()
-						--math.randomseed( ( p.x * p.y * p.z ) )
-						local metatable = {  fields = { entity = npc, active_objects = 6 } }
+						math.randomseed( ( p.x * p.y * p.z ) )
+						
+						minetest.set_node(spawnerpos,{name="mobs:spawner"})
+						local meta = minetest.get_meta(spawnerpos)
+						meta:set_string("entity","npc")
+						meta:set_string("infotext","npc")
+						meta:set_int("active_objects",6)
+						meta:set_int("active_objects_wider",8)
 						--table.insert(extranodes, {node={name="mobs:spawner",param1=0, param2=0}, pos=spawnerpos, mob="npc"})
 					end
 				end