diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 08fb03f6..65a05115 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ endif()
 # We need to pass some options to minizip / unzip.
 add_definitions(-DNOUNCRYPT)
 
-if(NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux" OR NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Windows")
+if(NOT (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux") AND NOT (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Windows"))
 	add_definitions(-DIOAPI_NO_64)
 endif()
 
@@ -589,19 +589,18 @@ endif()
 # Main Quake 2 executable
 
 if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
-	add_executable(yquake2 ${Client-Source} ${Client-Header} ${Platform-Specific-Source}
+	add_executable(yquake2 WIN32 ${Client-Source} ${Client-Header} ${Platform-Specific-Source}
 			${Backends-Generic-Source})
 	set_target_properties(yquake2 PROPERTIES
 			RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/release
+			C_STANDARD 11
 			)
 	target_link_libraries(yquake2 ${yquake2LinkerFlags} ${yquake2ClientLinkerFlags}
 			${yquake2SDLLinkerFlags} ${yquake2ZLibLinkerFlags} ws2_32 winmm)
 
 	# Wrapper for the Windows binary
-	add_executable(quake2 ${Wrapper-Source})
-	set_target_properties(quake2 PROPERTIES
-			RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/release
-			)
+	add_executable(quake2 WIN32 ${Wrapper-Source})
+	set_target_properties(quake2 PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/release)
 else()
 	add_executable(quake2 ${Client-Source} ${Client-Header} ${Platform-Specific-Source}
 			${Backends-Generic-Source})
@@ -618,6 +617,7 @@ add_executable(q2ded ${Server-Source} ${Server-Header} ${Platform-Specific-Sourc
 set_target_properties(q2ded PROPERTIES
 	COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "DEDICATED_ONLY"
 	RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/release
+	C_STANDARD 11
 	)
 if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
 	target_link_libraries(q2ded ${yquake2LinkerFlags} ${yquake2SDLLinkerFlags} ${yquake2ZLibLinkerFlags} ws2_32 winmm)
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ set_target_properties(game PROPERTIES
 		LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/release/baseq2
 		RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/release/baseq2
 		SUFFIX ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
+		C_STANDARD 11
 		)
 target_link_libraries(game ${yquake2LinkerFlags})
 
@@ -642,6 +643,7 @@ set_target_properties(ref_gl1 PROPERTIES
 		LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/release
 		RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/release
 		SUFFIX ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
+		C_STANDARD 11
 		)
 target_link_libraries(ref_gl1 ${yquake2LinkerFlags} ${yquake2OpenGLLinkerFlags} ${yquake2SDLLinkerFlags})
 
@@ -652,6 +654,7 @@ set_target_properties(ref_gl3 PROPERTIES
 		LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/release
 		RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/release
 		SUFFIX ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
+		C_STANDARD 11
 		)
 target_link_libraries(ref_gl3 ${yquake2LinkerFlags} ${yquake2SDLLinkerFlags})
 
@@ -662,5 +665,6 @@ set_target_properties(ref_soft PROPERTIES
 		LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/release
 		RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/release
 		SUFFIX ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
+		C_STANDARD 11
 		)
 target_link_libraries(ref_soft ${yquake2LinkerFlags} ${yquake2SDLLinkerFlags})
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_main.c b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_main.c
index acd76a1f..83ebed0e 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_main.c
+++ b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_main.c
@@ -427,9 +427,10 @@ R_DrawParticles2(int num_particles, const particle_t particles[],
 	float scale;
 	YQ2_ALIGNAS_TYPE(unsigned) byte color[4];
 
-	GLfloat vtx[3*num_particles*3];
-	GLfloat tex[2*num_particles*3];
-	GLfloat clr[4*num_particles*3];
+	YQ2_VLA(GLfloat, vtx, 3 * num_particles * 3);
+	YQ2_VLA(GLfloat, tex, 2 * num_particles * 3);
+	YQ2_VLA(GLfloat, clr, 4 * num_particles * 3);
+
 	unsigned int index_vtx = 0;
 	unsigned int index_tex = 0;
 	unsigned int index_clr = 0;
@@ -511,6 +512,10 @@ R_DrawParticles2(int num_particles, const particle_t particles[],
 	glColor4f(1, 1, 1, 1);
 	glDepthMask(1); /* back to normal Z buffering */
 	R_TexEnv(GL_REPLACE);
+
+	YQ2_VLAFREE(vtx);
+	YQ2_VLAFREE(tex);
+	YQ2_VLAFREE(clr);
 }
 
 void
@@ -524,9 +529,10 @@ R_DrawParticles(void)
 		int i;
 		YQ2_ALIGNAS_TYPE(unsigned) byte color[4];
 		const particle_t *p;
+ 
+		YQ2_VLA(GLfloat, vtx, 3 * r_newrefdef.num_particles);
+		YQ2_VLA(GLfloat, clr, 4*r_newrefdef.num_particles);
 
-		GLfloat vtx[3*r_newrefdef.num_particles];
-		GLfloat clr[4*r_newrefdef.num_particles];
 		unsigned int index_vtx = 0;
 		unsigned int index_clr = 0;
 
@@ -564,6 +570,9 @@ R_DrawParticles(void)
 		glColor4f( 1, 1, 1, 1 );
 		glDepthMask(GL_TRUE);
 		glEnable(GL_TEXTURE_2D);
+
+		YQ2_VLAFREE(vtx);
+		YQ2_VLAFREE(clr);
 	}
 	else
 	{
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_mesh.c b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_mesh.c
index 69e06dbd..8bc3b512 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_mesh.c
+++ b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_mesh.c
@@ -176,9 +176,9 @@ R_DrawAliasFrameLerp(entity_t *currententity, dmdl_t *paliashdr, float backlerp)
 			}
 
 			total = count;
-			GLfloat vtx[3*total];
-			GLfloat tex[2*total];
-			GLfloat clr[4 * total];
+			YQ2_VLA(GLfloat, vtx, 3*total); // FIXME: alloca in loop is bad!
+			YQ2_VLA(GLfloat, tex, 2*total);
+			YQ2_VLA(GLfloat, clr, 4*total);
 			unsigned int index_vtx = 0;
 			unsigned int index_tex = 0;
 			unsigned int index_clr = 0;
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ R_DrawAliasFrameLerp(entity_t *currententity, dmdl_t *paliashdr, float backlerp)
 			glDisableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
 			glDisableClientState(GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY);
 			glDisableClientState(GL_COLOR_ARRAY);
+
+			YQ2_VLAFREE(vtx);
+			YQ2_VLAFREE(tex);
+			YQ2_VLAFREE(clr)
 		}
 
 	if (currententity->flags &
@@ -294,7 +298,8 @@ R_DrawAliasShadow(entity_t *currententity, dmdl_t *paliashdr, int posenum)
 		}
 
         total = count;
-        GLfloat vtx[3*total];
+		
+        YQ2_VLA(GLfloat, vtx, 3*total); // FIXME: alloca in loop is bad!
         unsigned int index_vtx = 0;
 
 		do
@@ -320,6 +325,7 @@ R_DrawAliasShadow(entity_t *currententity, dmdl_t *paliashdr, int posenum)
         glDrawArrays( type, 0, total );
 
         glDisableClientState( GL_VERTEX_ARRAY );
+		YQ2_VLAFREE(vtx);
 	}
 
 	/* stencilbuffer shadows */
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_misc.c b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_misc.c
index 05690378..4c4cf732 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_misc.c
+++ b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_misc.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ R_ScreenShot(void)
 	// so swap bottom rows with top rows
 	{
 		size_t bytesPerRow = 3*w;
-		byte rowBuffer[bytesPerRow];
+		YQ2_VLA(byte, rowBuffer, bytesPerRow);
 		byte *curRowL = buffer; // first byte of first row
 		byte *curRowH = buffer + bytesPerRow*(h-1); // first byte of last row
 		while(curRowL < curRowH)
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ R_ScreenShot(void)
 			curRowL += bytesPerRow;
 			curRowH -= bytesPerRow;
 		}
+		YQ2_VLAFREE(rowBuffer);
 	}
 
 	ri.Vid_WriteScreenshot(w, h, 3, buffer);
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_surf.c b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_surf.c
index 541693f3..4a1b4b42 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_surf.c
+++ b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_surf.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ R_DrawGLFlowingPoly(msurface_t *fa)
 		scroll = -64.0;
 	}
 
-    GLfloat tex[2*p->numverts];
+    YQ2_VLA(GLfloat, tex, 2*p->numverts);
     unsigned int index_tex = 0;
 
     v = p->verts [ 0 ];
@@ -122,6 +122,8 @@ R_DrawGLFlowingPoly(msurface_t *fa)
 
     glDisableClientState( GL_VERTEX_ARRAY );
     glDisableClientState( GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY );
+	
+	YQ2_VLAFREE(tex);
 }
 
 static void
@@ -210,7 +212,7 @@ R_DrawGLPolyChain(glpoly_t *p, float soffset, float toffset)
 
 			v = p->verts[0];
 
-            GLfloat tex[2*p->numverts];
+            YQ2_VLA(GLfloat, tex, 2*p->numverts); // FIXME: alloca in loop is bad!
             unsigned int index_tex = 0;
 
 			for ( j = 0; j < p->numverts; j++, v += VERTEXSIZE )
@@ -230,6 +232,8 @@ R_DrawGLPolyChain(glpoly_t *p, float soffset, float toffset)
 
             glDisableClientState( GL_VERTEX_ARRAY );
             glDisableClientState( GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY );
+
+			YQ2_VLAFREE(tex);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_warp.c b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_warp.c
index a940d75b..f695d35b 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_warp.c
+++ b/src/client/refresh/gl1/gl1_warp.c
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ R_EmitWaterPolys(msurface_t *fa)
 	{
 		p = bp;
 
-        GLfloat tex[2*p->numverts];
+        YQ2_VLA(GLfloat, tex, 2*p->numverts); // FIXME: alloca in loop is bad!
         unsigned int index_tex = 0;
 
 		for ( i = 0, v = p->verts [ 0 ]; i < p->numverts; i++, v += VERTEXSIZE )
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ R_EmitWaterPolys(msurface_t *fa)
 
         glDisableClientState( GL_VERTEX_ARRAY );
         glDisableClientState( GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY );
+
+		YQ2_VLAFREE(tex);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/gl3/gl3_main.c b/src/client/refresh/gl3/gl3_main.c
index 358f1535..9af7af14 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/gl3/gl3_main.c
+++ b/src/client/refresh/gl3/gl3_main.c
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ GL3_DrawParticles(void)
 		} part_vtx;
 		assert(sizeof(part_vtx)==9*sizeof(float)); // remember to update GL3_SurfInit() if this changes!
 
-		part_vtx buf[numParticles];
+		YQ2_VLA(part_vtx, buf, numParticles);
 
 		// TODO: viewOrg could be in UBO
 		vec3_t viewOrg;
@@ -962,6 +962,8 @@ GL3_DrawParticles(void)
 		glDisable(GL_BLEND);
 		glDepthMask(GL_TRUE);
 		glDisable(GL_PROGRAM_POINT_SIZE);
+
+		YQ2_VLAFREE(buf);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/gl3/gl3_misc.c b/src/client/refresh/gl3/gl3_misc.c
index e1e8684f..532790de 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/gl3/gl3_misc.c
+++ b/src/client/refresh/gl3/gl3_misc.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ GL3_ScreenShot(void)
 	// so swap bottom rows with top rows
 	{
 		size_t bytesPerRow = 3*w;
-		byte rowBuffer[bytesPerRow];
+		YQ2_VLA(byte, rowBuffer, bytesPerRow);
 		byte *curRowL = buffer; // first byte of first row
 		byte *curRowH = buffer + bytesPerRow*(h-1); // first byte of last row
 		while(curRowL < curRowH)
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ GL3_ScreenShot(void)
 			curRowL += bytesPerRow;
 			curRowH -= bytesPerRow;
 		}
+		YQ2_VLAFREE(rowBuffer);
 	}
 
 	ri.Vid_WriteScreenshot(w, h, 3, buffer);
diff --git a/src/client/refresh/ref_shared.h b/src/client/refresh/ref_shared.h
index 194b13c1..c220a3ed 100644
--- a/src/client/refresh/ref_shared.h
+++ b/src/client/refresh/ref_shared.h
@@ -29,6 +29,23 @@
 
 #include "../vid/header/ref.h"
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+
+  #include <malloc.h>
+
+  #define YQ2_VLA(TYPE, VARNAME, NUMELEMS) \
+	TYPE * VARNAME = (TYPE *) _malloca(sizeof(TYPE) * NUMELEMS)
+  #define YQ2_VLAFREE(VARNAME) \
+	_freea(VARNAME); VARNAME=NULL;
+
+#else // other compilers hopefully support C99 VLAs (gcc/mingw and clang do)
+
+  #define YQ2_VLA(TYPE, VARNAME, NUMELEMS) \
+	TYPE VARNAME[NUMELEMS]
+  #define YQ2_VLAFREE(VARNAME)
+
+#endif
+
 /*
  * skins will be outline flood filled and mip mapped
  * pics and sprites with alpha will be outline flood filled
@@ -58,7 +75,7 @@ typedef enum
 
 #define MAX_LBM_HEIGHT 480
 
-extern void R_Printf(int level, const char* msg, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+extern void R_Printf(int level, const char* msg, ...) PRINTF_ATTR(2, 3);
 
 extern void LoadPCX(char *origname, byte **pic, byte **palette, int *width, int *height);
 extern void GetPCXInfo(char *filename, int *width, int *height);
diff --git a/src/client/sound/sound.c b/src/client/sound/sound.c
index b42c421b..6804fada 100644
--- a/src/client/sound/sound.c
+++ b/src/client/sound/sound.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static qboolean
 S_IsSilencedMuzzleFlash(const wavinfo_t* info, const void* raw_data, const char* name)
 {
 	/* Skip the prefix. */
-	static const size_t base_sound_string_length = strlen("sound/");
+	static const size_t base_sound_string_length = 6; //strlen("sound/");
 	const char* base_name = name + base_sound_string_length;
 
 	/* Match to well-known muzzle flash sound names. */
diff --git a/src/client/vid/glimp_sdl.c b/src/client/vid/glimp_sdl.c
index c0cbfbb7..bc70d551 100755
--- a/src/client/vid/glimp_sdl.c
+++ b/src/client/vid/glimp_sdl.c
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ CreateSDLWindow(int flags, int w, int h)
 			Com_Printf("Likely SDL bug #4700, trying to work around it\n");
 
 			/* Mkay, try to hack around that. */
-			SDL_DisplayMode wanted_mode = {};
+			SDL_DisplayMode wanted_mode = {0};
 
 			wanted_mode.w = w;
 			wanted_mode.h = h;
diff --git a/src/client/vid/header/ref.h b/src/client/vid/header/ref.h
index 888351c6..edb284aa 100644
--- a/src/client/vid/header/ref.h
+++ b/src/client/vid/header/ref.h
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ typedef struct
 
 typedef struct
 {
-	YQ2_ATTR_NORETURN_FUNCPTR void	(IMPORT *Sys_Error) (int err_level, char *str, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+	YQ2_ATTR_NORETURN_FUNCPTR void	(IMPORT *Sys_Error) (int err_level, char *str, ...) PRINTF_ATTR(2, 3);
 
 	void	(IMPORT *Cmd_AddCommand) (char *name, void(*cmd)(void));
 	void	(IMPORT *Cmd_RemoveCommand) (char *name);
diff --git a/src/common/filesystem.c b/src/common/filesystem.c
index 6987fd0b..9cc87915 100644
--- a/src/common/filesystem.c
+++ b/src/common/filesystem.c
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@
  * =======================================================================
  */
 
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
 #include <libgen.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "header/common.h"
 #include "header/glob.h"
@@ -380,7 +382,7 @@ FS_FOpenFile(const char *rawname, fileHandle_t *f, qboolean gamedir_only)
 	// Remove self references and empty dirs from the requested path.
 	// ZIPs and PAKs don't support them, but they may be hardcoded in
 	// some custom maps or models.
-	char name[MAX_QPATH] = {};
+	char name[MAX_QPATH] = {0};
 	size_t namelen = strlen(rawname);
 	for (int input = 0, output = 0; input < namelen; input++)
 	{
@@ -1614,6 +1616,27 @@ FS_GetNextRawPath(const char* lastRawPath)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER // looks like MSVC/the Windows CRT doesn't have basename()
+// returns the last part of the given pathname, after last (back)slash
+// NOTE: this is not a fully compliant basename() implementation, as it doesn't
+//       handle trailing (back)slashes at all - because we don't need that.
+static char* basename( char* n )
+{
+	char* r1 = strrchr( n, '\\' );
+	char* r2 = strrchr( n, '/' );
+	if (r1 != NULL)
+	{
+		if (r2 != NULL)
+		{
+			return (r2 > r1) ? (r2 + 1) : (r1 + 1);
+		}
+		return r1 + 1;
+	}
+
+	return (r2 != NULL) ? (r2 + 1) : n;
+}
+#endif // _MSC_VER
+
 void
 FS_AddDirToSearchPath(char *dir, qboolean create) {
 	char *file;
@@ -1971,7 +1994,7 @@ static void FS_AddDirToRawPath (const char *rawdir, qboolean create, qboolean re
 	}
 
 	// Make sure that the dir doesn't end with a slash.
-	for (size_t s = strlen(dir) - 1; s >= 0; s--)
+	for (size_t s = strlen(dir) - 1; s > 0; s--)
 	{
 		if (dir[s] == '/')
 		{
diff --git a/src/common/header/common.h b/src/common/header/common.h
index 112071b8..33237655 100644
--- a/src/common/header/common.h
+++ b/src/common/header/common.h
@@ -711,11 +711,11 @@ void FS_CreatePath(char *path);
 
 void Com_BeginRedirect(int target, char *buffer, int buffersize, void (*flush)(int, char *));
 void Com_EndRedirect(void);
-void Com_Printf(char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
-void Com_DPrintf(char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
+void Com_Printf(char *fmt, ...) PRINTF_ATTR(1, 2);
+void Com_DPrintf(char *fmt, ...) PRINTF_ATTR(1, 2);
 void Com_VPrintf(int print_level, const char *fmt, va_list argptr); /* print_level is PRINT_ALL or PRINT_DEVELOPER */
-void Com_MDPrintf(char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
-YQ2_ATTR_NORETURN void Com_Error(int code, char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
+void Com_MDPrintf(char *fmt, ...) PRINTF_ATTR(1, 2);
+YQ2_ATTR_NORETURN void Com_Error(int code, char *fmt, ...) PRINTF_ATTR(2, 3);
 YQ2_ATTR_NORETURN void Com_Quit(void);
 
 /* Ugly work around for unsupported
diff --git a/src/common/header/shared.h b/src/common/header/shared.h
index 74b5088a..b5c30c74 100644
--- a/src/common/header/shared.h
+++ b/src/common/header/shared.h
@@ -65,8 +65,12 @@ typedef unsigned char byte;
 	// must be used as prefix (YQ2_ATTR_NORETURN void bla();)!
 	#define YQ2_ATTR_NORETURN       __attribute__ ((noreturn))
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER)
-	#define YQ2_ALIGNAS_SIZE(SIZE)  __declspec( align(SIZE) )
-	#define YQ2_ALIGNAS_TYPE(TYPE)  __declspec( align( __alignof(TYPE) ) )
+	#error "We only support MSVC in C11 mode (/std:c11) or higher, requires Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8 or higher"
+	// in that case, we should've used the #if __STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L case above
+
+	#define YQ2_ALIGNAS_SIZE( SIZE )  __declspec(align(SIZE))
+	// FIXME: for some reason, the following line doesn't work, which is why we require C11 support for MSVC
+	#define YQ2_ALIGNAS_TYPE( TYPE )  __declspec(align(__alignof(TYPE)))
 	// must be used as prefix (YQ2_ATTR_NORETURN void bla();)!
 	#define YQ2_ATTR_NORETURN       __declspec(noreturn)
 #else
@@ -133,6 +137,12 @@ typedef unsigned char byte;
  #define Q2_DLL_EXPORTED  __attribute__((__visibility__("default")))
 #endif
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+ #define PRINTF_ATTR(FMT, VARGS)
+#else // at least GCC/mingw and clang support this
+ #define PRINTF_ATTR(FMT, VARGS) __attribute__((format(printf, FMT , VARGS )));
+#endif
+
 /* per-level limits */
 #define MAX_CLIENTS 256             /* absolute limit */
 #define MAX_EDICTS 1024             /* must change protocol to increase more */
@@ -310,7 +320,7 @@ float BigFloat(float l);
 float LittleFloat(float l);
 
 void Swap_Init(void);
-char *va(char *format, ...)  __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
+char *va(char *format, ...)  PRINTF_ATTR(1, 2);
 
 /* ============================================= */
 
diff --git a/src/common/shared/shared.c b/src/common/shared/shared.c
index f7d8639e..260780af 100644
--- a/src/common/shared/shared.c
+++ b/src/common/shared/shared.c
@@ -1034,7 +1034,11 @@ Com_PageInMemory(byte *buffer, int size)
 int
 Q_stricmp(const char *s1, const char *s2)
 {
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+	return stricmp(s1, s2);
+#else
 	return strcasecmp(s1, s2);
+#endif
 }
 
 int