diff --git a/engine/client/cl_main.c b/engine/client/cl_main.c
index 4ebce8914..f1fcf389d 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_main.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_main.c
@@ -4802,6 +4802,8 @@ void CL_ExecInitialConfigs(char *resetcommand)
 	SCR_ShowPic_Clear(true);
 
 	Cbuf_AddText("unbindall\n", RESTRICT_LOCAL);
+	Cbuf_AddText("bind volup \"inc volume 0.1\"\n", RESTRICT_LOCAL);
+	Cbuf_AddText("bind voldown \"inc volume -0.1\"\n", RESTRICT_LOCAL);
 	Cbuf_AddText("cl_warncmd 0\n", RESTRICT_LOCAL);
 	Cbuf_AddText("cvar_purgedefaults\n", RESTRICT_LOCAL);	//reset cvar defaults to their engine-specified values. the tail end of 'exec default.cfg' will update non-cheat defaults to mod-specified values.
 	Cbuf_AddText("cvarreset *\n", RESTRICT_LOCAL);			//reset all cvars to their current (engine) defaults
@@ -4819,7 +4821,7 @@ void CL_ExecInitialConfigs(char *resetcommand)
 		Cbuf_AddText ("exec hexen.rc\n", RESTRICT_LOCAL);
 	else
 	{	//they didn't give us an rc file!
-		Cbuf_AddText ("bind ` toggleconsole\n", RESTRICT_LOCAL);	//in case default.cfg does not exist. :(
+	//	Cbuf_AddText ("bind ` toggleconsole\n", RESTRICT_LOCAL);	//in case default.cfg does not exist. :(
 		Cbuf_AddText ("exec default.cfg\n", RESTRICT_LOCAL);
 		if (COM_FCheckExists ("config.cfg"))
 			Cbuf_AddText ("exec config.cfg\n", RESTRICT_LOCAL);
diff --git a/engine/client/image.c b/engine/client/image.c
index e182295a9..0d323751a 100644
--- a/engine/client/image.c
+++ b/engine/client/image.c
@@ -2266,8 +2266,6 @@ void BoostGamma(qbyte *rgba, int width, int height)
 
 
 
-#if defined(GLQUAKE) || defined(D3DQUAKE)
-
 #ifndef GL_COMPRESSED_RGB_S3TC_DXT1_EXT
 #define GL_COMPRESSED_RGB_S3TC_DXT1_EXT                   0x83F0
 #define GL_COMPRESSED_RGBA_S3TC_DXT1_EXT                  0x83F1
@@ -3108,8 +3106,6 @@ texid_t R_LoadBumpmapTexture(const char *name, const char *subpath)
 	return r_nulltex;
 }
 
-#endif
-
 // ocrana led functions
 static int ledcolors[8][3] =
 {
diff --git a/engine/client/m_mp3.c b/engine/client/m_mp3.c
index e12554ce3..e8af7003a 100644
--- a/engine/client/m_mp3.c
+++ b/engine/client/m_mp3.c
@@ -4235,12 +4235,13 @@ typedef struct
 	qbyte srcdata[1];
 } mp3decoder_t;
 
-static void S_MP3_Abort(sfx_t *sfx)
+static void S_MP3_Purge(sfx_t *sfx)
 {
 	mp3decoder_t *dec = sfx->decoder.buf;
 
 	sfx->decoder.buf = NULL;
-	sfx->decoder.abort = NULL;
+	sfx->decoder.ended = NULL;
+	sfx->decoder.purge = NULL;
 	sfx->decoder.decodedata = NULL;
 
 	qacmStreamClose(dec->acm, 0);
@@ -4374,7 +4375,8 @@ qboolean S_LoadMP3Sound (sfx_t *s, qbyte *data, int datalen, int sndspeed)
 	memcpy(dec->srcdata, data, datalen);
 	dec->srclen = datalen;
 	s->decoder.buf = dec;
-	s->decoder.abort = S_MP3_Abort;
+	s->decoder.ended = S_MP3_Purge;
+	s->decoder.purge = S_MP3_Purge;
 	s->decoder.decodedata = S_MP3_Locate;
 	
 	dec->dstdata = NULL;
diff --git a/engine/client/menu.c b/engine/client/menu.c
index d42ad5148..f84a028e3 100644
--- a/engine/client/menu.c
+++ b/engine/client/menu.c
@@ -1409,19 +1409,18 @@ int M_GameType (void)
 
 	if (FS_Restarted(&cachedrestarts))
 	{
+		int q1 = COM_FDepthFile("gfx/sp_menu.lmp", true);
+		int h2 = COM_FDepthFile("gfx/menu/title2.lmp", true);
 #if defined(Q2CLIENT)
-		int q1, h2, q2;
-
-		q1 = COM_FDepthFile("gfx/sp_menu.lmp", true);
-		h2 = COM_FDepthFile("gfx/menu/title2.lmp", true);
-		q2 = COM_FDepthFile("pics/m_banner_game.pcx", true);
+		int q2 = COM_FDepthFile("pics/m_banner_game.pcx", true);
 
 		if (q2 < h2 && q2 < q1)
 			cached = MGT_QUAKE2;
-		else if (h2 < q1)
-			cached = MGT_HEXEN2;
 		else
 #endif
+			if (h2 < q1)
+			cached = MGT_HEXEN2;
+		else
 			cached = MGT_QUAKE1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/engine/client/snd_al.c b/engine/client/snd_al.c
index b8c3b81df..5baebcc87 100644
--- a/engine/client/snd_al.c
+++ b/engine/client/snd_al.c
@@ -572,10 +572,10 @@ static void OpenAL_ChannelUpdate(soundcardinfo_t *sc, channel_t *chan, unsigned
 				if (!sbuf.length && (chan->pos>>PITCHSHIFT) == sbuf.soundoffset)
 				{
 					chan->sfx = NULL;
-					if (sfx->decoder.abort)
+					if (sfx->decoder.ended)
 					{
 						if (!S_IsPlayingSomewhere(sfx))
-							sfx->decoder.abort(sfx);
+							sfx->decoder.ended(sfx);
 					}
 				}
 				sbuf.soundoffset = 0;
diff --git a/engine/client/snd_dma.c b/engine/client/snd_dma.c
index 58089c92c..36421e618 100644
--- a/engine/client/snd_dma.c
+++ b/engine/client/snd_dma.c
@@ -2067,8 +2067,10 @@ void S_Purge(qboolean retaintouched)
 			continue;
 
 		/*stop the decoder first*/
-		if (sfx->decoder.abort)
-			sfx->decoder.abort(sfx);
+		if (sfx->decoder.purge)
+			sfx->decoder.purge(sfx);
+		else if (sfx->decoder.ended)
+			sfx->decoder.ended(sfx);
 
 		/*if there's any data associated still, kill it. if present, it should be a single sfxcache_t (with data in same alloc)*/
 		if (sfx->decoder.buf)
@@ -2421,10 +2423,10 @@ void S_StopAllSounds(qboolean clear)
 			{
 				s = sc->channel[i].sfx;
 				sc->channel[i].sfx = NULL;
-				if (s->decoder.abort)
+				if (s->decoder.ended)
 				if (!S_IsPlayingSomewhere(s))	//if we aint playing it elsewhere, free it compleatly.
 				{
-					s->decoder.abort(s);
+					s->decoder.ended(s);
 				}
 				if (sc->ChannelUpdate)
 					sc->ChannelUpdate(sc, &sc->channel[i], true);
@@ -2540,14 +2542,8 @@ void S_Music_Clear(sfx_t *onlyifsample)
 			sc->channel[i].pos = 0;
 			sc->channel[i].sfx = NULL;
 
-			if (s)
-			if (s->decoder.abort)
-			if (!S_IsPlayingSomewhere(s))	//if we aint playing it elsewhere, free it compleatly.
-			{
-				s->decoder.abort(s);
-//				if (s->cache.data)
-//					Cache_Free(&s->cache);
-			}
+			if (s && s->decoder.ended && !S_IsPlayingSomewhere(s))	//if we aint playing it elsewhere, free it compleatly.
+				s->decoder.ended(s);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/engine/client/snd_mix.c b/engine/client/snd_mix.c
index 3a4763696..d087cb278 100644
--- a/engine/client/snd_mix.c
+++ b/engine/client/snd_mix.c
@@ -162,10 +162,10 @@ void S_PaintChannels(soundcardinfo_t *sc, int endtime)
 						else if (!ch->looping)
 						{
 							ch->sfx = NULL;
-							if (s->decoder.abort)
+							if (s->decoder.ended)
 							{
 								if (!S_IsPlayingSomewhere(s))
-									s->decoder.abort(s);
+									s->decoder.ended(s);
 							}
 						}
 					}
@@ -265,10 +265,10 @@ void S_PaintChannels(soundcardinfo_t *sc, int endtime)
 					else
 					{	// channel just stopped
 						ch->sfx = NULL;
-						if (s->decoder.abort)
+						if (s->decoder.ended)
 						{
 							if (!S_IsPlayingSomewhere(s))
-								s->decoder.abort(s);
+								s->decoder.ended(s);
 						}
 						break;
 					}
diff --git a/engine/client/snd_ov.c b/engine/client/snd_ov.c
index 862a2ee24..d3730b5d7 100644
--- a/engine/client/snd_ov.c
+++ b/engine/client/snd_ov.c
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ qboolean S_LoadOVSound (sfx_t *s, qbyte *data, int datalen, int sndspeed)
 	buffer->s = s;
 	s->decoder.buf = buffer;
 	s->decoder.decodedata = OV_DecodeSome;
-	s->decoder.abort = OV_CancelDecoder;
+	s->decoder.purge = OV_CancelDecoder;
+	s->decoder.ended = OV_CancelDecoder;
 
 	if (!OV_StartDecode(data, datalen, buffer))
 	{
@@ -248,7 +249,8 @@ void OV_CancelDecoder(sfx_t *s)
 
 	dec = s->decoder.buf;
 	s->decoder.buf = NULL;
-	s->decoder.abort = NULL;
+	s->decoder.purge = NULL;
+	s->decoder.ended = NULL;
 	s->decoder.decodedata = NULL;
 	p_ov_clear (&dec->vf);	//close the decoder
 
diff --git a/engine/client/sound.h b/engine/client/sound.h
index c40d5bb8c..92a8e2211 100644
--- a/engine/client/sound.h
+++ b/engine/client/sound.h
@@ -40,19 +40,22 @@ typedef struct
 
 typedef struct {
 	struct sfxcache_s *(*decodedata) (struct sfx_s *sfx, struct sfxcache_s *buf, int start, int length);	//retrurn true when done.
-	void (*abort) (struct sfx_s *sfx);	//it's not playing elsewhere. free entirly
+	void (*ended) (struct sfx_s *sfx);	//sound stopped playing and is now silent (allow rewinding or something).
+	void (*purge) (struct sfx_s *sfx);	//sound is being purged from memory. destroy everything.
 	void *buf;
 } sfxdecode_t;
 
 typedef struct sfx_s
 {
 	char 	name[MAX_OSPATH];
+	sfxdecode_t		decoder;
+
+	qboolean failedload:1; //no more super-spammy
+	qboolean touched:1; //if the sound is still relevent
+
 #ifdef AVAIL_OPENAL
 	unsigned int	openal_buffer;
 #endif
-	qboolean failedload:1; //no more super-spammy
-	qboolean touched:1; //if the sound is still relevent
-	sfxdecode_t		decoder;
 } sfx_t;
 
 // !!! if this is changed, it much be changed in asm_i386.h too !!!
diff --git a/engine/common/bothdefs.h b/engine/common/bothdefs.h
index a3c86e119..050be0d2f 100644
--- a/engine/common/bothdefs.h
+++ b/engine/common/bothdefs.h
@@ -438,13 +438,9 @@ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.
 #endif
 
 //remove any options that depend upon GL.
-#ifndef SERVERONLY
-	// undefine things not supported yet for D3D
-	#if defined(D3DQUAKE) && !defined(GLQUAKE)
-		#undef IMAGEFMT_DDS // this is dumb
-		#undef IMAGEFMT_BLP // this is dumb
-	#endif
-
+#if !defined(GLQUAKE)
+	#undef IMAGEFMT_DDS // this is dumb
+	#undef IMAGEFMT_BLP // this is dumb
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(Q3BSPS)
diff --git a/engine/common/plugin.c b/engine/common/plugin.c
index c01dffeb3..93357372c 100644
--- a/engine/common/plugin.c
+++ b/engine/common/plugin.c
@@ -780,6 +780,8 @@ static qintptr_t VARGS Plug_Net_TCPListen(void *offset, quintptr_t mask, const q
 	int maxcount = VM_LONG(arg[2]);
 
 	netadr_t a;
+	if (!currentplug)
+		return -3;	//streams depend upon current plugin context. which isn't valid in a thread.
 	if (!localip)
 		localip = "0.0.0.0";	//pass "[::]" for ipv6
 
@@ -840,7 +842,7 @@ static qintptr_t VARGS Plug_Net_Accept(void *offset, quintptr_t mask, const qint
 	int _true = 1;
 	char adr[MAX_ADR_SIZE];
 
-	if (handle < 0 || handle >= pluginstreamarraylen || pluginstreamarray[handle].plugin != currentplug || pluginstreamarray[handle].type != STREAM_SOCKET)
+	if (!currentplug || handle < 0 || handle >= pluginstreamarraylen || pluginstreamarray[handle].plugin != currentplug || pluginstreamarray[handle].type != STREAM_SOCKET)
 		return -2;
 	sock = pluginstreamarray[handle].socket;
 
@@ -880,7 +882,7 @@ qintptr_t VARGS Plug_Net_TCPConnect(void *offset, quintptr_t mask, const qintptr
 
 	int handle;
 	vfsfile_t *stream = FS_OpenTCP(remoteip, remoteport);
-	if (!stream)
+	if (!currentplug || !stream)
 		return -1;
 	handle = Plug_NewStreamHandle(STREAM_VFS);
 	pluginstreamarray[handle].vfs = stream;
@@ -938,6 +940,8 @@ qintptr_t VARGS Plug_FS_Open(void *offset, quintptr_t mask, const qintptr_t *arg
 
 	if (VM_OOB(arg[1], sizeof(int)))
 		return -2;
+	if (!currentplug)
+		return -3;	//streams depend upon current plugin context. which isn't valid in a thread.
 	ret = VM_POINTER(arg[1]);
 	*ret = -1;
 
diff --git a/engine/dotnet2005/ftequake.vcproj b/engine/dotnet2005/ftequake.vcproj
index 5ac545f3d..8d3692eda 100644
--- a/engine/dotnet2005/ftequake.vcproj
+++ b/engine/dotnet2005/ftequake.vcproj
@@ -771,6 +771,7 @@
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../libs/speex,..\client,../libs/freetype2/include,../common,../server,../gl,../sw,../qclib,../libs,../libs/dxsdk7/include,../d3d,../d3d9,../libs/dxsdk9/include"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG;GLQUAKE;WIN32;_WINDOWS;MULTITHREAD;USE_MSVCRT_DEBUG"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				SmallerTypeCheck="true"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
 				FloatingPointModel="2"
@@ -779,6 +780,7 @@
 				BrowseInformation="1"
 				WarningLevel="3"
 				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="true"
 				DebugInformationFormat="3"
 				DisableSpecificWarnings="4996"
 			/>
diff --git a/engine/gl/gl_shader.c b/engine/gl/gl_shader.c
index 5ea2685a2..f0f209bcc 100644
--- a/engine/gl/gl_shader.c
+++ b/engine/gl/gl_shader.c
@@ -4202,7 +4202,7 @@ char *Shader_DefaultBSPWater(shader_t *s, const char *shortname)
 		type = 3;
 	else
 		type = 0;
-	alpha = Shader_FloatArgument(s, "ALPHA");
+	alpha = Shader_FloatArgument(s, "#ALPHA");
 	if (alpha)
 		explicitalpha = true;
 	else
diff --git a/engine/server/pr_cmds.c b/engine/server/pr_cmds.c
index bbfff2d8f..4ec8b5362 100644
--- a/engine/server/pr_cmds.c
+++ b/engine/server/pr_cmds.c
@@ -10587,18 +10587,18 @@ void PR_DumpPlatform_f(void)
 		{"PFLAGS_FULLDYNAMIC",	"const float", QW|NQ, "When set in self.pflags, enables fully-customised dynamic lights. Custom rtlight information is not otherwise used.", PFLAGS_FULLDYNAMIC},
 
 		//including these for csqc stat types.
-//		{"EV_VOID",				"const float", QW|NQ, NULL, ev_void},
-		{"EV_STRING",			"const float", QW|NQ, NULL, ev_string},
-		{"EV_FLOAT",			"const float", QW|NQ, NULL, ev_float},
-		{"EV_VECTOR",			"const float", QW|NQ, NULL, ev_vector},
-		{"EV_ENTITY",			"const float", QW|NQ, NULL, ev_entity},
-//		{"EV_FIELD",			"const float", QW|NQ, NULL, ev_field},
-		{"EV_FUNCTION",			"const float", QW|NQ, NULL, ev_function},
-		{"EV_POINTER",			"const float", QW|NQ, NULL, ev_pointer},
-		{"EV_INTEGER",			"const float", QW|NQ, NULL, ev_integer},
-		{"EV_VARIANT",			"const float", QW|NQ, NULL, ev_variant},
-//		{"EV_STRUCT",			"const float", QW|NQ, NULL, ev_struct},
-//		{"EV_UNION",			"const float", QW|NQ, NULL, ev_union},
+//		{"EV_VOID",				"const float", QW|NQ|CS, NULL, ev_void},
+		{"EV_STRING",			"const float", QW|NQ|CS, NULL, ev_string},
+		{"EV_FLOAT",			"const float", QW|NQ|CS, NULL, ev_float},
+		{"EV_VECTOR",			"const float", QW|NQ|CS, NULL, ev_vector},
+		{"EV_ENTITY",			"const float", QW|NQ|CS, NULL, ev_entity},
+//		{"EV_FIELD",			"const float", QW|NQ|CS, NULL, ev_field},
+		{"EV_FUNCTION",			"const float", QW|NQ|CS, NULL, ev_function},
+		{"EV_POINTER",			"const float", QW|NQ|CS, NULL, ev_pointer},
+		{"EV_INTEGER",			"const float", QW|NQ|CS, NULL, ev_integer},
+		{"EV_VARIANT",			"const float", QW|NQ|CS, NULL, ev_variant},
+//		{"EV_STRUCT",			"const float", QW|NQ|CS, NULL, ev_struct},
+//		{"EV_UNION",			"const float", QW|NQ|CS, NULL, ev_union},
 
 		{"gamestate",			"hashtable", ALL, "Special hash table index for hash_add and hash_get. Entries in this table will persist over map changes (and doesn't need to be created/deleted).", 0},
 		{"HASH_REPLACE",		"const float", ALL, "Used with hash_add. Attempts to remove the old value instead of adding two values for a single key.", 256},