diff --git a/main/source/Natural_Selection.sln b/main/source/Natural_Selection.sln
index be1ad424..9f0b6902 100644
--- a/main/source/Natural_Selection.sln
+++ b/main/source/Natural_Selection.sln
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
-# Visual Studio Version 16
-VisualStudioVersion = 16.0.29911.84
+# Visual Studio Version 17
+VisualStudioVersion = 17.6.33712.159
 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "cl_dll.dll", "cl_dll\cl_dll.vcxproj", "{665C1DAF-9248-E06F-4E5C-A664BAFDE9D8}"
 	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "cl_dll.dll", "cl_dll\cl_dll
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "ns.dll", "dlls\hl.vcxproj", "{BC87A180-F17B-83FC-5D7D-470FAD003ABC}"
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+		{5AADD469-7488-4B34-A9FD-01CFAC5972FD} = {5AADD469-7488-4B34-A9FD-01CFAC5972FD}
+	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "particles", "particles\particles.vcxproj", "{5AADD469-7488-4B34-A9FD-01CFAC5972FD}"
 EndProject
diff --git a/main/source/cl_dll/cl_dll.vcxproj b/main/source/cl_dll/cl_dll.vcxproj
index d269081b..b7f8e491 100644
--- a/main/source/cl_dll/cl_dll.vcxproj
+++ b/main/source/cl_dll/cl_dll.vcxproj
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
     <UseOfAtl>false</UseOfAtl>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
diff --git a/main/source/dlls/hl.vcxproj b/main/source/dlls/hl.vcxproj
index 94307dd5..f996b1f8 100644
--- a/main/source/dlls/hl.vcxproj
+++ b/main/source/dlls/hl.vcxproj
@@ -32,23 +32,23 @@
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Playtest - balance disabled|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Playtest|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Developer - debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Developer - release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>DynamicLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <UseOfMfc>false</UseOfMfc>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;WIN32;_WINDOWS;QUIVER;VOXEL;QUAKE2;VALVE_DLL;AVH_SERVER;AVH_NO_NEXUS;SERVER;AVH_PLAYTEST_BUILD;USE_OLDAUTH</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
-      <MinimalRebuild>true</MinimalRebuild>
+      <MinimalRebuild>false</MinimalRebuild>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <RuntimeTypeInfo>true</RuntimeTypeInfo>
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@
       <AdditionalDependencies>winmm.lib;ws2_32.lib;particles.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <OutputFile>$(SolutionDir)..\dlls\ns.dll</OutputFile>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\includes\libcurl-7.50-nossl;$(SolutionDir)\particles\Release;U:\release;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(SolutionDir)\includes\libcurl-7.50-nossl;$(SolutionDir)\particles\Release;$(SolutionDir)\Release;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>gdi32.lib user32.lib;%(IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries)</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
       <ModuleDefinitionFile>.\hl.def</ModuleDefinitionFile>
       <ProgramDatabaseFile>
diff --git a/main/source/particles/particles.vcxproj b/main/source/particles/particles.vcxproj
index ec7c4963..54c836a8 100644
--- a/main/source/particles/particles.vcxproj
+++ b/main/source/particles/particles.vcxproj
@@ -15,19 +15,19 @@
     <Keyword>ManagedCProj</Keyword>
     <RootNamespace>particles</RootNamespace>
     <WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>10.0</WindowsTargetPlatformVersion>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.8.1</TargetFrameworkVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <CLRSupport>true</CLRSupport>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
     <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
     <CLRSupport>true</CLRSupport>
-    <PlatformToolset>v142</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">