diff --git a/engine/client/r_2d.c b/engine/client/r_2d.c
index 4292bb3e2..b554c054e 100644
--- a/engine/client/r_2d.c
+++ b/engine/client/r_2d.c
@@ -1231,7 +1231,10 @@ void R2D_Font_Changed(void)
 #endif
 	}
 
-	font_menu = Font_LoadFont("qfont?fmt=r", 20, 1, r_font_postprocess_outline.ival);
+	if (COM_FCheckExists("fonts/qfont.kfont"))
+		font_menu = Font_LoadFont("qfont", 20, 1, r_font_postprocess_outline.ival);
+	else
+		font_menu = NULL;
 
 	font_default = Font_LoadFont(gl_font.string, 8, 1, r_font_postprocess_outline.ival);
 	if (!font_default && *gl_font.string)
diff --git a/engine/common/com_mesh.c b/engine/common/com_mesh.c
index 8b49e519c..d844f12a3 100644
--- a/engine/common/com_mesh.c
+++ b/engine/common/com_mesh.c
@@ -9261,6 +9261,10 @@ static galiasinfo_t *Mod_ParseMD5MeshModel(model_t *mod, char *buffer, char *mod
 			Alias_BuildGPUWeights(mod, inf, vnum, trans, true);
 			Z_Free(trans);
 
+
+			for (i = 0; i < inf->numverts; i++)
+				AddPointToBounds(inf->ofs_skel_xyz[i], mod->mins, mod->maxs);
+
 			if (firstweightlist)
 				Z_Free(firstweightlist);
 			if (numweightslist)
diff --git a/engine/common/translate.c b/engine/common/translate.c
index 18e64b3e2..9e56d2d73 100644
--- a/engine/common/translate.c
+++ b/engine/common/translate.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ static void QDECL TL_LanguageChanged(struct cvar_s *var, char *oldvalue)
 	com_language = TL_FindLanguage(var->string);
 }
 
-cvar_t language = CVARAFC("lang", sys_language, "prvm_language", CVAR_USERINFO, TL_LanguageChanged);
+cvar_t language = CVARAFC("lang", sys_language, "prvm_language", CVAR_USERINFO|CVAR_NORESET/*otherwise gamedir switches will be annoying*/, TL_LanguageChanged);
 
 void TranslateInit(void)
 {
diff --git a/engine/gl/gl_font.c b/engine/gl/gl_font.c
index ff378fb8a..6de43bade 100644
--- a/engine/gl/gl_font.c
+++ b/engine/gl/gl_font.c
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ enum fontfmt_e
 	FMT_WINDOWS1252,//variation of latin-1 with extra glyphs
 	FMT_KOI8U,		//image is 16*16 koi8-u codepage.
 	FMT_HORIZONTAL,	//unicode, charcount=width/(height-2). single strip of chars, like halflife.
-	FMT_RERELEASE,	//fonts/foo.kfont specifies a texture and a series of glyph positions within it.
 };
 
 typedef struct fontface_s
@@ -1025,7 +1024,6 @@ static struct charcache_s *Font_TryLoadGlyphRaster(font_t *f, fontface_t *qface,
 	{
 	safedefault:
 	case FMT_AUTO:		//shouldn't happen.
-	case FMT_RERELEASE:	//shouldn't happen.
 	case FMT_ISO88591:	//all identity.
 	case FMT_HORIZONTAL: //erk...
 		c1tab = NULL;
@@ -2219,6 +2217,7 @@ struct font_s *Font_LoadFont(const char *fontfilename, float vheight, float scal
 	struct charcache_s *c;
 	float aspect = 1;
 	enum fontfmt_e fmt = FMT_AUTO;
+	qboolean explicit;
 
 	Q_strncpyz(facename, fontfilename, sizeof(facename));
 
@@ -2278,8 +2277,6 @@ struct font_s *Font_LoadFont(const char *fontfilename, float vheight, float scal
 					fmt = FMT_KOI8U;
 				else if (*t == 'h')
 					fmt = FMT_HORIZONTAL;
-				else if (*t == 'r')
-					fmt = FMT_RERELEASE;
 			}
 			if (!strncmp(parms, "aspect=", 7))
 			{
@@ -2462,6 +2459,7 @@ struct font_s *Font_LoadFont(const char *fontfilename, float vheight, float scal
 		}
 	}
 
+	explicit = false;	//singletexture is some weird custom layout and not to be trusted.
 	{
 		const char *start;
 		qboolean success;
@@ -2472,9 +2470,9 @@ struct font_s *Font_LoadFont(const char *fontfilename, float vheight, float scal
 			if (end)
 				*end = 0;
 
-			if (fmt == FMT_RERELEASE)
-				success = Font_LoadKexFont(f, height, start);
-			if (fmt == FMT_HORIZONTAL)
+			if (fmt == FMT_AUTO && *start && Font_LoadKexFont(f, height, start))
+				success = explicit = true;
+			else if (fmt == FMT_HORIZONTAL)
 				success = Font_LoadHorizontalFont(f, height, start);
 #ifdef AVAIL_FREETYPE
 			else if (fmt == FMT_AUTO && Font_LoadFreeTypeFont(f, height, start))
@@ -2507,7 +2505,7 @@ struct font_s *Font_LoadFont(const char *fontfilename, float vheight, float scal
 		Font_LoadFontLump(f, "conchars");
 
 	defaultplane = INVALIDPLANE;/*assume the bitmap plane - don't use the fallback as people don't think to use com_parseutf8*/
-	if (TEXLOADED(f->singletexture))
+	if (!explicit && TEXLOADED(f->singletexture))
 		defaultplane = BITMAPPLANE;
 	else if (TEXLOADED(fontplanes.defaultfont))
 		defaultplane = DEFAULTPLANE;
diff --git a/engine/gl/gl_model.c b/engine/gl/gl_model.c
index 2847bf46c..4bfdaac2b 100644
--- a/engine/gl/gl_model.c
+++ b/engine/gl/gl_model.c
@@ -1094,6 +1094,7 @@ static void Mod_LoadModelWorker (void *ctx, void *data, size_t a, size_t b)
 	unsigned int magic, i;
 	size_t filesize;
 	char ext[8];
+	int basedepth;
 
 	if (!*mod->publicname)
 	{
@@ -1182,7 +1183,12 @@ static void Mod_LoadModelWorker (void *ctx, void *data, size_t a, size_t b)
 
 	// gl_load24bit 0 disables all replacements
 	if (!gl_load24bit.value)
+	{
 		replstr = "";
+		basedepth = FDEPTH_MISSING;
+	}
+	else
+		basedepth = COM_FDepthFile(mod->publicname, true);
 
 	COM_StripExtension(mod->publicname, mdlbase, sizeof(mdlbase));
 
@@ -1195,6 +1201,10 @@ static void Mod_LoadModelWorker (void *ctx, void *data, size_t a, size_t b)
 		{
 			char altname[MAX_QPATH];
 			Q_snprintfz(altname, sizeof(altname), "%s.%s", mdlbase, token);
+
+			if (COM_FDepthFile(altname, true) > basedepth)
+				continue;
+
 			TRACE(("Mod_LoadModel: Trying to load (replacement) model \"%s\"\n", altname));
 			buf = (unsigned *)FS_LoadMallocGroupFile(NULL, altname, &filesize, true);