diff --git a/include/rua_internal.h b/include/rua_internal.h
index f80fe64e9..a134a49ad 100644
--- a/include/rua_internal.h
+++ b/include/rua_internal.h
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@
 #define __rua_internal_h
 
 #include "QF/quakeio.h"
-#define QFILE_MAX_HANDLES 20
-typedef struct {
-	QFile      *handles[QFILE_MAX_HANDLES];
-} qfile_resources_t;
 
 void RUA_Cbuf_Init (struct progs_s *pr, int secure);
 
@@ -54,6 +50,7 @@ void RUA_Obj_Init (struct progs_s *pr, int secure);
 
 void RUA_Plist_Init (struct progs_s *pr, int secure);
 
+void RUA_Script_Init (progs_t *pr, int secure);
 void RUA_String_Init (struct progs_s *pr, int secure);
 
 void RUA_QFile_Init (struct progs_s *pr, int secure);
diff --git a/libs/ruamoko/Makefile.am b/libs/ruamoko/Makefile.am
index c1a09a864..451cb3f0f 100644
--- a/libs/ruamoko/Makefile.am
+++ b/libs/ruamoko/Makefile.am
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ libQFruamoko_la_LDFLAGS=	-version-info 1:0:0 -no-undefined
 libQFruamoko_la_LIBADD=		$(top_builddir)/libs/gamecode/engine/libQFgamecode.la $(top_builddir)/libs/util/libQFutil.la
 libQFruamoko_la_SOURCES= \
 		rua_cbuf.c rua_cmd.c rua_cvar.c rua_file.c rua_hash.c rua_init.c \
-		rua_obj.c rua_plist.c rua_qfile.c rua_qfs.c rua_string.c \
-		rua_math.c
+		rua_math.c rua_obj.c rua_plist.c rua_qfile.c rua_qfs.c rua_script.c \
+		rua_string.c
diff --git a/libs/ruamoko/rua_init.c b/libs/ruamoko/rua_init.c
index 6fa0e9912..1b19772df 100644
--- a/libs/ruamoko/rua_init.c
+++ b/libs/ruamoko/rua_init.c
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ static void (*init_funcs[])(progs_t *, int) = {
 	RUA_Plist_Init,
 	RUA_QFile_Init,
 	RUA_QFS_Init,
+	RUA_Script_Init,
 	RUA_String_Init,
 };
 
diff --git a/libs/ruamoko/rua_script.c b/libs/ruamoko/rua_script.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bfcb821fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/ruamoko/rua_script.c
@@ -0,0 +1,222 @@
+/*
+	rua_script.c
+
+	Script api for ruamoko
+
+	Copyright (C) 2004 Bill Currie
+
+	Author: Bill Currie
+	Date: 2002/11/11
+
+	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+	as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+	of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+	This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+	but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+	MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+	See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+	You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+	along with this program; if not, write to:
+
+		Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+		59 Temple Place - Suite 330
+		Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA
+
+*/
+#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+# include "config.h"
+#endif
+
+static __attribute__ ((unused)) const char rcsid[] =
+	"$Id$";
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#ifdef HAVE_STRING_H
+# include <string.h>
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_STRINGS_H
+# include <strings.h>
+#endif
+
+#include "QF/progs.h"
+#include "QF/script.h"
+
+#include "rua_internal.h"
+
+typedef struct {
+	script_t    script;
+	string_t    dstr;
+	progs_t    *pr;
+	string_t    err_msg;
+} rua_script_t;
+
+typedef struct {
+	PR_RESMAP(rua_script_t) scripts;
+} script_resources_t;
+
+static rua_script_t *
+script_new (script_resources_t *res)
+{
+	PR_RESNEW (rua_script_t, res->scripts);
+}
+
+static void
+script_free (script_resources_t *res, rua_script_t *script)
+{
+	PR_RESFREE (rua_script_t, res->scripts, script);
+}
+
+static void
+script_reset (script_resources_t *res)
+{
+	PR_RESRESET (rua_script_t, res->scripts);
+}
+
+static inline rua_script_t *
+script_get (script_resources_t *res, int index)
+{
+	PR_RESGET(res->scripts, index);
+}
+
+static inline int
+script_index (script_resources_t *res, rua_script_t *script)
+{
+	PR_RESINDEX(res->scripts, script);
+}
+
+static void
+bi_script_clear (progs_t *pr, void *data)
+{
+	script_resources_t *res = (script_resources_t *) data;
+	script_reset (res);
+}
+
+static void
+bi_script_error (script_t *_script, const char *msg)
+{
+	rua_script_t *script = (rua_script_t *)_script;
+	script->err_msg = PR_SetString (script->pr, msg);
+}
+
+static void
+bi_Script_New (progs_t *pr)
+{
+	script_resources_t *res = PR_Resources_Find (pr, "Script");
+	rua_script_t *script = script_new (res);
+
+	if (!script)
+		PR_RunError (pr, "out of memory");
+
+	script->dstr = PR_NewMutableString (pr);
+	script->script.token = PR_GetMutableString (pr, script->dstr);
+	script->script.error = bi_script_error;
+	script->pr = pr;
+	R_INT (pr) = script_index (res, script);
+}
+
+static void
+bi_Script_Delete (progs_t *pr)
+{
+	script_resources_t *res = PR_Resources_Find (pr, "Script");
+	rua_script_t *script = script_get (res, P_INT (pr, 0));
+
+	if (!script)
+		PR_RunError (pr, "invalid script handle");
+	PR_FreeString (pr, script->dstr);
+	script_free (res, script);
+}
+
+static void
+bi_Script_Start (progs_t *pr)
+{
+	script_resources_t *res = PR_Resources_Find (pr, "Script");
+	rua_script_t *script = script_get (res, P_INT (pr, 0));
+
+	if (!script)
+		PR_RunError (pr, "invalid script handle");
+	Script_Start (&script->script, P_GSTRING (pr, 1), P_GSTRING (pr, 2));
+	R_STRING (pr) = script->dstr;
+}
+
+static void
+bi_Script_TokenAvailable (progs_t *pr)
+{
+	script_resources_t *res = PR_Resources_Find (pr, "Script");
+	rua_script_t *script = script_get (res, P_INT (pr, 0));
+
+	if (!script)
+		PR_RunError (pr, "invalid script handle");
+	R_INT (pr) = Script_TokenAvailable (&script->script, P_INT (pr, 1));
+}
+
+static void
+bi_Script_GetToken (progs_t *pr)
+{
+	script_resources_t *res = PR_Resources_Find (pr, "Script");
+	rua_script_t *script = script_get (res, P_INT (pr, 0));
+
+	if (!script)
+		PR_RunError (pr, "invalid script handle");
+	R_INT (pr) = Script_GetToken (&script->script, P_INT (pr, 1));
+}
+
+static void
+bi_Script_UngetToken (progs_t *pr)
+{
+	script_resources_t *res = PR_Resources_Find (pr, "Script");
+	rua_script_t *script = script_get (res, P_INT (pr, 0));
+
+	if (!script)
+		PR_RunError (pr, "invalid script handle");
+	Script_UngetToken (&script->script);
+}
+
+static void
+bi_Script_Error (progs_t *pr)
+{
+	script_resources_t *res = PR_Resources_Find (pr, "Script");
+	rua_script_t *script = script_get (res, P_INT (pr, 0));
+
+	if (!script)
+		PR_RunError (pr, "invalid script handle");
+	R_STRING (pr) = script->err_msg;
+	script->err_msg = 0;
+}
+
+static void
+bi_Script_NoQuoteLines (progs_t *pr)
+{
+	script_resources_t *res = PR_Resources_Find (pr, "Script");
+	rua_script_t *script = script_get (res, P_INT (pr, 0));
+
+	if (!script)
+		PR_RunError (pr, "invalid script handle");
+	R_INT (pr) = script->script.no_quote_lines;
+	script->script.no_quote_lines = P_INT (pr, 1);
+}
+
+static builtin_t builtins[] = {
+	{"Script_New",				bi_Script_New,				-1},
+	{"Script_Delete",			bi_Script_Delete,			-1},
+	{"Script_Start",			bi_Script_Start,			-1},
+	{"Script_TokenAvailable",	bi_Script_TokenAvailable,	-1},
+	{"Script_GetToken",			bi_Script_GetToken,			-1},
+	{"Script_UngetToken",		bi_Script_UngetToken,		-1},
+	{"Script_Error",			bi_Script_Error,			-1},
+	{"Script_NoQuoteLines",		bi_Script_NoQuoteLines,		-1},
+	{0}
+};
+
+void
+RUA_Script_Init (progs_t *pr, int secure)
+{
+	script_resources_t *res = calloc (1, sizeof (script_resources_t));
+
+	PR_Resources_Register (pr, "Script", res, bi_script_clear);
+
+	PR_RegisterBuiltins (pr, builtins);
+}
diff --git a/ruamoko/include/Makefile.am b/ruamoko/include/Makefile.am
index 1df02b09a..bd5534864 100644
--- a/ruamoko/include/Makefile.am
+++ b/ruamoko/include/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgincludedir=	$(includedir)/QF/ruamoko
 nobase_pkginclude_HEADERS= \
 	crudefile.h debug.h entities.h infokey.h math.h message.h nq_message.h \
 	physics.h qfile.h qfs.h qw_message.h qw_physics.h qw_sys.h server.h \
-	sound.h string.h system.h \
+	sound.h script.h string.h system.h \
 	\
 	draw.h key.h \
 	\
diff --git a/ruamoko/include/script.h b/ruamoko/include/script.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53b986639
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruamoko/include/script.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#ifndef __ruamoko_script_h
+#define __ruamoko_script_h
+
+typedef struct rua_script [] script_t;
+
+@extern script_t Script_New (void);
+@extern void Script_Delete (script_t script);
+// returns the token string
+@extern string Script_Start (script_t script, string file, string data);
+@extern integer Script_TokenAvailable (script_t script, integer crossline);
+@extern integer Script_GetToken (script_t script, integer crossline);
+@extern void Script_UngetToken (script_t script);
+@extern string Script_Error (script_t script);
+@extern integer Script_NoQuoteLines (script_t script);
+
+#endif//__ruamoko_script_h
diff --git a/ruamoko/lib/Entity.r b/ruamoko/lib/Entity.r
index 322d2bb01..15aaa563f 100644
--- a/ruamoko/lib/Entity.r
+++ b/ruamoko/lib/Entity.r
@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
 #include "Entity.h"
 
+#include "debug.h"
+#include "entities.h"
+#include "plist.h"
+#include "script.h"
+#include "string.h"
+
+typedef void () void_function;
+
+integer PR_SetField (entity ent, string field, string value) = #0;
+function PR_FindFunction (string func) = #0;
+
+@static void ParseEntities (string ent_data);
+
 @implementation Entity
 
+- (void) own
+{
+	own = 1;
+}
+
 - (id) init
 {
 	return [self initWithEntity: spawn ()];
@@ -14,15 +32,117 @@
 	return self;
 }
 
-- (void) free
+- (void) dealloc
 {
-	remove (ent);
-	[super free];
+	if (own)
+		remove (ent);
+	[super dealloc];
 }
 
 - (entity) ent
 {
-	return self.ent;
+	return ent;
+}
+
++ (void) load
+{
+	//XXX EntityParseFunction (ParseEntities);
+}
+
++ createFromPlist:(plitem_t) dict
+{
+	local string classname;
+	local Class class;
+	local entity ent;
+	local integer count;
+	local string field, value;
+	local plitem_t keys;
+	local function func;
+	local Entity e;
+
+	classname = PL_String (PL_ObjectForKey (dict, "classname"));
+	if (classname == "worldspawn")
+		ent = NIL;
+	else
+		ent = spawn ();
+	if ((class = obj_lookup_class (classname))) {
+		e = [[class alloc] initWithEntity:ent fromPlist:dict];
+	} else {
+		e = [[Entity alloc] initWithEntity:ent];
+		keys = PL_D_AllKeys (dict);
+		count = PL_A_NumObjects (keys);
+		while (count--) {
+			field = PL_String (PL_ObjectAtIndex (keys, count));
+			value = PL_String (PL_ObjectForKey (dict, field));
+			PR_SetField (ent, field, value);
+		}
+		PL_Free (keys);
+		if ((func = PR_FindFunction (classname))) {
+			//dprint ("calling " + classname + "\n");
+			@self = ent;
+			func ();
+		} else {
+			//dprint ("no spawn function for " + classname + "\n");
+		}
+	}
+	if (ent)
+		[e own];
 }
 
 @end
+
+@static void ParseEntities (string ent_data)
+{
+	local script_t script;
+	local plitem_t plist, ent, key, value;
+	local string token;
+	local integer anglehack, i, count;
+
+	script = Script_New ();
+	token = Script_Start (script, "ent data", ent_data);
+	if (Script_GetToken (script, 1)) {
+		if (token == "(") {
+			plist = PL_GetPropertyList (ent_data);
+		} else {
+			Script_UngetToken (script);
+			plist = PL_NewArray ();
+			while (Script_GetToken (script, 1)) {
+				if (token != "{")
+					return; // abort, bad ent data
+				ent = PL_NewDictionary ();
+				while (1) {
+					if (!Script_GetToken (script, 1))
+						return; // abort, bad ent data
+					if (token == "}")
+						break;
+					anglehack = 0;
+					if (token == "angle") {
+						key = PL_NewString ("angles");
+						anglehack = 1;
+					} else if (token == "light") {
+						key = PL_NewString ("light_lev");
+					} else {
+						key = PL_NewString (token);
+					}
+					if (!Script_GetToken (script, 0))
+						return; // abort, bad ent data
+					if (token == "}")
+						return; // abort, bad ent data
+					if (anglehack)
+						value = PL_NewString ("0 " + token + " 0");
+					else
+						value = PL_NewString (token);
+					PL_D_AddObject (ent, key, value);
+				}
+				PL_A_AddObject (plist, ent);
+			}
+		}
+		//dprint (PL_WritePropertyList (plist));
+		count = PL_A_NumObjects (plist);
+		for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+			ent = PL_ObjectAtIndex (plist, i);
+			[Entity createFromPlist:ent];
+		}
+	}
+	Script_Delete (script);
+}
diff --git a/ruamoko/lib/List.r b/ruamoko/lib/List.r
index 528e2dab0..6b32e5a2f 100644
--- a/ruamoko/lib/List.r
+++ b/ruamoko/lib/List.r
@@ -17,16 +17,16 @@ typedef struct list_bucket_s list_bucket_t;
 	return self;
 }
 
-- (void) free
+- (void) dealloc
 {
 	local list_bucket_t [] e, t = NIL; //FIXME t uninitialized
 
 	for (e = head; e; e = t) {
 		t = e.next;
-		[e.obj free];
+		[e.obj release];
 		obj_free (e);
 	}
-	[super free];
+	[super dealloc];
 }
 
 - (id) getItemAt: (integer) index
diff --git a/ruamoko/lib/script.r b/ruamoko/lib/script.r
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b88fb65e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ruamoko/lib/script.r
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include "script.h"
+
+script_t Script_New (void) = #0;
+void Script_Delete (script_t script) = #0;
+// returns the token string
+string Script_Start (script_t script, string file, string data) = #0;
+integer Script_TokenAvailable (script_t script, integer crossline) = #0;
+integer Script_GetToken (script_t script, integer crossline) = #0;
+void Script_UngetToken (script_t script) = #0;
+string Script_Error (script_t script) = #0;
+integer Script_NoQuoteLines (script_t script) = #0;
diff --git a/tools/qwaq/main.qc b/tools/qwaq/main.qc
index 39635c20e..112e69faa 100644
--- a/tools/qwaq/main.qc
+++ b/tools/qwaq/main.qc
@@ -1,3 +1,53 @@
+string read_file (string filename)
+{
+	local QFile file;
+	local string data = NIL, d;
+	file = Qopen (filename, "rtz");
+	if (!file) {
+		printf ("Can't open %s for reading."
+				" Probably a bad hardcoded filename:)\n");
+		return NIL;
+	}
+	while ((d = Qgetline (file)))
+		data = data + d;
+	//FIXME can't read to a string, can't convert a pointer to a string ...
+	//Qread (file, data, 1023);
+	Qclose (file);
+	d = str_new ();
+	str_copy (d, data);
+	return d;
+}
+
+void test_plist (void)
+{
+	local string data, l;
+	local plitem_t pl;
+
+	data = read_file ("/home/bill/.quakeforge.dir");
+	pl = PL_GetPropertyList ("{" + data + "}");
+	l = PL_WritePropertyList (pl);
+	printf ("%s", data);
+	printf ("%s", l);
+	PL_Free (pl);
+	str_free (data);
+}
+
+void test_script (void)
+{
+	local script_t script;
+	local string token;
+	local string data;
+
+	data = read_file ("progs.src");
+	script = Script_New ();
+	token = Script_Start (script, "progs.src", data);
+	while (Script_GetToken (script, 1)) {
+		printf ("%s\n", token);
+	}
+	Script_Delete (script);
+	str_free (data);
+}
+
 void () test_str =
 {
 	local string a,b,c,d;
@@ -47,5 +97,7 @@ integer (integer argc, string []argv) main =
 	} else
 		print ("did not find selector for `run:with:me:'\n");
 	test_str ();
+	test_script ();
+	test_plist ();
 	return 0;
 };