diff --git a/source/common/engine/sc_man.cpp b/source/common/engine/sc_man.cpp
index b9f3cc882..96fd75ddc 100644
--- a/source/common/engine/sc_man.cpp
+++ b/source/common/engine/sc_man.cpp
@@ -300,6 +300,12 @@ void FScanner :: OpenLumpNum (int lump)
 
 void FScanner::PrepareScript ()
 {
+	// If the file got a UTF-8 byte order mark, remove that.
+	if (ScriptBuffer.Len() > 3 && ScriptBuffer[0] == (char)0xEF && ScriptBuffer[1] == (char)0xBB && ScriptBuffer[2] == (char)0xBF)
+	{
+		ScriptBuffer = ScriptBuffer.Mid(3);
+	}
+
 	// The scanner requires the file to end with a '\n', so add one if
 	// it doesn't already.
 	if (ScriptBuffer.Len() == 0 || ScriptBuffer.Back() != '\n')
diff --git a/source/common/engine/stringtable.h b/source/common/engine/stringtable.h
index f9f714f3e..6562834b5 100644
--- a/source/common/engine/stringtable.h
+++ b/source/common/engine/stringtable.h
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ public:
 	bool exists(const char *name);
 	void SetCallbacks(StringtableCallbacks* cb) { callbacks = cb; }
 
+	void InsertString(int lumpnum, int langid, FName label, const FString& string);
+
 private:
 
 	FString activeLanguage;
@@ -124,7 +126,6 @@ private:
 
 	bool LoadLanguageFromSpreadsheet(int lumpnum, const TArray<uint8_t> &buffer);
 	bool readMacros(int lumpnum);
-	void InsertString(int lumpnum, int langid, FName label, const FString &string);
 	void DeleteString(int langid, FName label);
 	void DeleteForLabel(int lumpnum, FName label);
 
diff --git a/source/core/gamecontrol.cpp b/source/core/gamecontrol.cpp
index 9984a033e..b09eac735 100644
--- a/source/core/gamecontrol.cpp
+++ b/source/core/gamecontrol.cpp
@@ -752,6 +752,83 @@ static TArray<GrpEntry> SetupGame()
 	return usedgroups;
 }
 
+//==========================================================================
+//
+// reads a Duke Nukem World Tour translation file.
+//
+//==========================================================================
+
+static void LoadLanguageWT(int lumpnum, TArray<uint8_t>& buffer, const char* langid)
+{
+	uint32_t activeMap;
+	FScanner sc;
+
+	if (stricmp(langid, "default") == 0) activeMap = FStringTable::default_table;
+	else activeMap = MAKE_ID(tolower(langid[0]), tolower(langid[1]), tolower(langid[2]), 0);
+
+	// Notes about the text files:
+	// The English text has a few lines where a period follows a quoted string, they are skipped over by the first check in the loop.
+	// The Russian text file contains a line starting with two quotation marks. 
+	// Unfortunately we need to get across that because important stuff comes afterward.
+	// The Japanese text also has a fatal error, but it comes after all the texts we actually need so it is easier to handle by just aborting the parse.
+
+	if (!stricmp(langid, "ru"))
+	{
+		for (unsigned i = 1; i < buffer.Size(); i++)
+		{
+			if (buffer[i] == '"' && buffer[i - 1] == '"')
+			{
+				buffer.Delete(i);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	sc.OpenMem(fileSystem.GetFileFullName(lumpnum), buffer);
+	while (sc.GetString())
+	{
+
+		if (sc.String[0] != '#') sc.MustGetString();// there's a few fucked up texts in the files.
+		if (sc.String[0] != '#') return;
+		FName strName(sc.String);
+		sc.MustGetString();
+		GStrings.InsertString(lumpnum, activeMap, strName, sc.String);
+	}
+}
+
+//==========================================================================
+//
+//
+//
+//==========================================================================
+
+void InitLanguages()
+{
+	GStrings.LoadStrings(language);
+	if (g_gameType & GAMEFLAG_DUKE)	// these are for World Tour but at this point we do not know yet, do just look for them anyway
+	{
+		static const struct wt_lang
+		{
+			const char* filename;
+			const char* langid;
+		} langfiles[] = {
+			{ "locale/english/strings.txt", "default" },
+			{ "locale/brazilian/brazilian.txt", "pt" },
+			{ "locale/french/french.txt", "fr" },
+			{ "locale/german/german.txt", "de" },
+			{ "locale/italian/italian.txt", "it" },
+			{ "locale/japanese/japanese.txt", "jp" },
+			{ "locale/russian/russian.txt", "ru" },
+			{ "locale/spanish/spanish.txt", "es" } };
+
+		for (const auto& li : langfiles)
+		{
+			auto buffer = fileSystem.LoadFile(li.filename, 1);
+			if (buffer.Size() > 0) LoadLanguageWT(fileSystem.FindFile(li.filename), buffer, li.langid);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 //==========================================================================
 //
 //
@@ -801,7 +878,8 @@ int RunGame()
 	G_ReadConfig(currentGame);
 
 	V_InitFontColors();
-	GStrings.LoadStrings(language);
+	InitLanguages();
+
 
 	CheckCPUID(&CPU);
 	CalculateCPUSpeed();
@@ -1260,7 +1338,7 @@ CVAR(Int, crosshairhealth, 2, CVAR_ARCHIVE);
 
 void ST_LoadCrosshair(int num, bool alwaysload)
 {
-	char name[16], size;
+	char name[16];
 
 	if (!alwaysload && CrosshairNum == num && CrosshairImage != NULL)
 	{ // No change.
diff --git a/wadsrc/static/engine/grpinfo.txt b/wadsrc/static/engine/grpinfo.txt
index e52fb0d07..7afbd86cd 100644
--- a/wadsrc/static/engine/grpinfo.txt
+++ b/wadsrc/static/engine/grpinfo.txt
@@ -84,6 +84,16 @@ grpinfo
 	dependency 0
 }
 
+grpinfo // another variant? I got this one, dated 2016-10-12
+{
+	name "Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition (WT)"
+	size 44486702
+	crc 0x89792E05
+	flags GAMEFLAG_DUKE
+	gamefilter "Duke.Duke"
+	dependency 0
+}
+
 grpinfo
 {
 	name "Duke Nukem 3D: Plutonium Pak"