diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5041138e36..45f710ec22 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ project(GZDoom)
 
 list( APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} )
 include( CreateLaunchers )
+include( FindPackageHandleStandardArgs )
 
 # Generator expression are available some time in CMake 2.8. Due to
 # cmake_minimum_required, we can assume a minor version of > 7 implies major >= 2
@@ -72,6 +73,13 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
 find_package( BZip2 )
 find_package( JPEG )
 find_package( ZLIB )
+# GME
+find_path( GME_INCLUDE_DIR gme.h )
+find_library( GME_LIBRARIES gme )
+mark_as_advanced( GME_INCLUDE_DIR GME_LIBRARIES )
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS( GME
+	REQUIRED_VARS GME_LIBRARIES GME_INCLUDE_DIR
+)
 
 if( MSVC )
 	# Eliminate unreferenced functions and data
@@ -126,6 +134,7 @@ set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} ${DEB_C_FLAGS} -D_DEBUG" )
 option(FORCE_INTERNAL_ZLIB "Use internal zlib")
 option(FORCE_INTERNAL_JPEG "Use internal jpeg")
 option(FORCE_INTERNAL_BZIP2 "Use internal bzip2")
+option(FORCE_INTERNAL_GME "Use internal gme" ON)
 
 if( ZLIB_FOUND AND NOT FORCE_INTERNAL_ZLIB )
 	message( STATUS "Using system zlib" )
@@ -157,11 +166,19 @@ else( BZIP2_FOUND AND NOT FORCE_INTERNAL_BZIP2 )
 	set( BZIP2_LIBRARY bz2 )
 endif( BZIP2_FOUND AND NOT FORCE_INTERNAL_BZIP2 )
 
+if( GME_FOUND AND NOT FORCE_INTERNAL_GME )
+	message( STATUS "Using system gme library ${GME_INCLUDE_DIR}" )
+else( GME_FOUND AND NOT FORCE_INTERNAL_GME )
+	message( STATUS "Using internal gme library" )
+	add_subdirectory( game-music-emu )
+	set( GME_INCLUDE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/game-music-emu" )
+	set( GME_LIBRARIES gme )
+endif( GME_FOUND AND NOT FORCE_INTERNAL_GME )
+
 set( LZMA_INCLUDE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lzma/C" )
 
 add_subdirectory( lzma )
 add_subdirectory( tools )
-add_subdirectory( game-music-emu )
 add_subdirectory( dumb )
 add_subdirectory( gdtoa )
 add_subdirectory( wadsrc )
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 84b13ddb01..c5d662e9b9 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -534,8 +534,8 @@ add_custom_target( revision_check ALL
 # Libraries ZDoom needs
 
 message( STATUS "Fluid synth libs: ${FLUIDSYNTH_LIBRARIES}" )
-set( ZDOOM_LIBS ${ZDOOM_LIBS} "${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}" "${JPEG_LIBRARIES}" "${BZIP2_LIBRARIES}" "${FMOD_LIBRARY}" )
-include_directories( "${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${FMOD_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${BZIP2_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${LZMA_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIR}" )
+set( ZDOOM_LIBS ${ZDOOM_LIBS} "${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}" "${JPEG_LIBRARIES}" "${BZIP2_LIBRARIES}" "${GME_LIBRARIES}" "${FMOD_LIBRARY}" )
+include_directories( "${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${FMOD_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${BZIP2_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${LZMA_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${GME_INCLUDE_DIR}" )
 
 if( FLUIDSYNTH_FOUND )
   if( NOT DYN_FLUIDSYNTH)
@@ -1179,7 +1179,7 @@ if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "SunOS")
 	set( ZDOOM_LIBS ${ZDOOM_LIBS} nsl socket)
 endif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "SunOS")
 
-target_link_libraries( zdoom ${ZDOOM_LIBS} gme gdtoa dumb lzma )
+target_link_libraries( zdoom ${ZDOOM_LIBS} gdtoa dumb lzma )
 include_directories( .
 	g_doom
 	g_heretic
@@ -1193,7 +1193,6 @@ include_directories( .
 	thingdef
 	timidity
 	xlat
-	../game-music-emu/gme
 	../gdtoa
 	../dumb/include
 	${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gdtoa
diff --git a/src/d_net.cpp b/src/d_net.cpp
index 0ea8e58c5d..9c4bf14dd3 100644
--- a/src/d_net.cpp
+++ b/src/d_net.cpp
@@ -704,8 +704,6 @@ void GetPackets (void)
 			}
 			continue;			// extra setup packet
 		}
-
-		lastglobalrecvtime = I_GetTime (false); //Update the last time a packet was recieved
 						
 		netnode = doomcom.remotenode;
 		netconsole = playerfornode[netnode] & ~PL_DRONE;
@@ -1827,30 +1825,39 @@ void TryRunTics (void)
 			I_Error ("TryRunTics: lowtic < gametic");
 
 		// [Ed850] Check to see the last time a packet was recieved.
-		// If it's longer then 3 seconds, a node has likely stalled. Check which one and re-request its last packet.
+		// If it's longer then 3 seconds, a node has likely stalled.
 		if(I_GetTime(false) - lastglobalrecvtime >= TICRATE*3)
 		{
-			int latenode = 0; // Node 0 is the local player, and should always be the highest
 			lastglobalrecvtime = I_GetTime(false); //Bump the count
 
 			if(NetMode == NET_PeerToPeer || consoleplayer == Net_Arbitrator)
 			{
+				//Keep the local node in the for loop so we can still log any cases where the local node is /somehow/ late.
+				//However, we don't send a resend request for sanity reasons.
 				for (i = 0; i < doomcom.numnodes; i++)
-					if (nodeingame[i] && nettics[i] < nettics[latenode])
-						latenode = i;
+				{
+					if (nodeingame[i] && nettics[i] < gametic + counts)
+					{
+						if (debugfile)
+							fprintf (debugfile, "%i is slow (%i to %i)\n",
+								i, nettics[i], gametic+counts);
+						//Send resend request to the late node. Also mark the node as waiting to display it in the hud.
+						if(i != 0)
+							remoteresend[i] = players[playerfornode[i]].waiting = hadlate = true;
+					}
+					else
+						players[playerfornode[i]].waiting = false;
+				}
 			}
-			else if (nodeingame[nodeforplayer[Net_Arbitrator]] && 
-				nettics[nodeforplayer[Net_Arbitrator]] < nettics[0])
-			{	// Likely a packet server game. Only check the packet host.
-				latenode = Net_Arbitrator;
+			else
+			{	//Send a resend request to the Arbitrator, as it's obvious we are stuck here.
+				if (debugfile)
+					fprintf (debugfile, "Arbitrator is slow (%i to %i)\n",
+						Net_Arbitrator, nettics[Net_Arbitrator], gametic+counts);
+				//Send resend request to the Arbitrator. Also mark the Arbitrator as waiting to display it in the hud.
+				if(i != 0)
+					remoteresend[Net_Arbitrator] = players[playerfornode[Net_Arbitrator]].waiting = hadlate = true;
 			}
-
-			if (debugfile)
-				fprintf (debugfile, "lost tics from %i (%i to %i)\n",
-						 latenode, nettics[latenode], gametic);
-
-			if(latenode != 0) // Send resend request to late node (if not yourself... somehow). Also mark the node as waiting to display it in the hud.
-				remoteresend[latenode] = players[playerfornode[latenode]].waiting = hadlate = true;
 		}
 
 		// don't stay in here forever -- give the menu a chance to work
@@ -1862,12 +1869,11 @@ void TryRunTics (void)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (hadlate)
-	{
-		hadlate = false;
-		for (i = 0; i < MAXPLAYERS; i++)
-			players[i].waiting = false;
-	}
+	//Tic lowtic is high enough to process this gametic. Clear all possible waiting info
+	hadlate = false;
+	for (i = 0; i < MAXPLAYERS; i++)
+		players[i].waiting = false;
+	lastglobalrecvtime = I_GetTime (false); //Update the last time the game tic'd over
 
 	// run the count tics
 	if (counts > 0)
diff --git a/src/sdl/i_system.cpp b/src/sdl/i_system.cpp
index ba126bf541..03cbd74bf0 100644
--- a/src/sdl/i_system.cpp
+++ b/src/sdl/i_system.cpp
@@ -422,7 +422,27 @@ void I_SetIWADInfo ()
 
 void I_PrintStr (const char *cp)
 {
-	fputs (cp, stdout);
+	// Strip out any color escape sequences before writing to the log file
+	char * copy = new char[strlen(cp)+1];
+	const char * srcp = cp;
+	char * dstp = copy;
+
+	while (*srcp != 0)
+	{
+		if (*srcp!=0x1c && *srcp!=0x1d && *srcp!=0x1e && *srcp!=0x1f)
+		{
+			*dstp++=*srcp++;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			if (srcp[1]!=0) srcp+=2;
+			else break;
+		}
+	}
+	*dstp=0;
+
+	fputs (copy, stdout);
+	delete [] copy;
 	fflush (stdout);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/sound/music_gme.cpp b/src/sound/music_gme.cpp
index 0c3d8c8c39..7f017b7d2c 100644
--- a/src/sound/music_gme.cpp
+++ b/src/sound/music_gme.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #include "i_musicinterns.h"
 #include "c_cvars.h"
 #include "critsec.h"
-#include "gme.h"
+#include <gme/gme.h>
 #include "v_text.h"
 
 // MACROS ------------------------------------------------------------------