diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/game.c b/polymer/eduke32/source/game.c
index a9ccc311b..eb44353dc 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/game.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/game.c
@@ -10405,10 +10405,8 @@ int32_t app_main(int32_t argc, const char **argv)
 
     Net_GetPackets();
 
-    G_Startup(); // a bunch of stuff including compiling cons
-
-    g_player[0].playerquitflag = 1;
-
+    // NOTE: Allocating the DukePlayer_t structs has to be before compiling scripts,
+    // because in Lunatic, the {pipe,trip}bomb* members are initialized.
     for (i=0; i<MAXPLAYERS; i++)
     {
         if (!g_player[i].ps) g_player[i].ps = (DukePlayer_t *)Bcalloc(1, sizeof(DukePlayer_t));
@@ -10418,6 +10416,10 @@ int32_t app_main(int32_t argc, const char **argv)
         if (!g_player[i].sync) g_player[i].sync = (input_t *)Bcalloc(1, sizeof(input_t));
     }
 
+    G_Startup(); // a bunch of stuff including compiling cons
+
+    g_player[0].playerquitflag = 1;
+
     g_player[myconnectindex].ps->palette = BASEPAL;
 
     i = 1;
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/gamevars.c b/polymer/eduke32/source/gamevars.c
index a9b2dee95..3479078e5 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/gamevars.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/gamevars.c
@@ -1271,7 +1271,20 @@ static void Gv_AddSystemVars(void)
         ADDWEAPONVAR(i, SelectSound);
         ADDWEAPONVAR(i, FlashColor);
     }
-#if !defined LUNATIC_ONLY
+#ifdef LUNATIC
+    for (i=0; i<MAXPLAYERS; i++)
+    {
+        DukePlayer_t *ps = g_player[i].ps;
+
+        ps->pipebombControl = NAM ? PIPEBOMB_TIMER : PIPEBOMB_REMOTE;
+        ps->pipebombLifetime = NAM_GRENADE_LIFETIME;
+        ps->pipebombLifetimeVar = NAM_GRENADE_LIFETIME_VAR;
+
+        ps->tripbombControl = TRIPBOMB_TRIPWIRE;
+        ps->tripbombLifetime = NAM_GRENADE_LIFETIME;
+        ps->tripbombLifetimeVar = NAM_GRENADE_LIFETIME_VAR;
+    }
+#else
     Gv_NewVar("GRENADE_LIFETIME", NAM_GRENADE_LIFETIME, GAMEVAR_PERPLAYER | GAMEVAR_SYSTEM);
     Gv_NewVar("GRENADE_LIFETIME_VAR", NAM_GRENADE_LIFETIME_VAR, GAMEVAR_PERPLAYER | GAMEVAR_SYSTEM);
 
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/defs.ilua b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/defs.ilua
index ba3b8b83f..945b0de86 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/defs.ilua
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/defs.ilua
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ local type = type
 -- NOTE: This exposes C library functions from e.g. the global C namespace, but
 -- without their declarations, they will be sitting there like a stone.
 local gv_ = {}
--- [key]=true forbids, [key]=<table> overrides
+-- [key]=<boolean> forbids, [key]=<non-boolean (e.g. table, function)> overrides
 local gv_access = {}
 
 -- This is for declarations of arrays or pointers which should not be
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@ local DUKEPLAYER_STRUCT = [[
 
     uint32_t interface_toggle_flag;
 
+    int32_t pipebombControl, pipebombLifetime, pipebombLifetimeVar;
+    int32_t tripbombControl, tripbombLifetime, tripbombLifetimeVar;
+
     int32_t zrange;
     int16_t angrange, autoaimang;
 
@@ -470,6 +473,13 @@ typedef struct {
 } user_defs;
 ]])
 
+-- EXTERNALLY EXPOSED GAME VARIABLES
+ffi.cdef[[
+const int32_t screenpeek;
+hudweapon_t hudweap;
+]]
+
+-- INTERNAL VARIABLES/FUNCTIONS
 decl[[
 const char *g_sizes_of_what[];
 int32_t g_sizes_of[];
@@ -484,11 +494,11 @@ tiledata_t g_tile[MAXTILES];
 char *ScriptQuotes[];
 
 const int32_t playerswhenstarted;
-const int32_t screenpeek;
 int32_t lastvisinc;
 int16_t g_spriteDeleteQueueSize;
 int16_t BlimpSpawnSprites[15];
 int32_t g_scriptVersion;
+const int32_t g_currentFrameRate;
 
 int32_t A_IncurDamage(int32_t sn);  // not bound-checked!
 void P_AddWeaponMaybeSwitch(DukePlayer_t *ps, int32_t weap);
@@ -513,7 +523,6 @@ int32_t S_CheckSoundPlaying(int32_t i, int32_t num);
 void S_StopEnvSound(int32_t num, int32_t i);
 ]]
 
--- functions
 decl[[
 int32_t kopen4loadfrommod(const char *filename, char searchfirst);
 int32_t kfilelength(int32_t handle);
@@ -879,6 +888,7 @@ local player_mt = {
 }
 ffi.metatype("DukePlayer_t", player_mt)
 
+--- CUSTOM "gv" VARIABLES
 local camera_mt = {
     -- TODO: "set position" method, which also updates the sectnum
     __index = ffiC.g_camera,
@@ -893,6 +903,23 @@ local camera_mt = {
 
 gv_access.cam = setmetatable({}, camera_mt)
 
+function gv_access._get_framerate()
+    return ffiC.g_currentFrameRate
+end
+
+function gv_access.currentEpisode()
+    return ffiC.ud.volume_number
+end
+
+function gv_access.currentLevel()
+    return ffiC.ud.level_number
+end
+
+function gv_access.currentRenderMode()
+    -- TODO: USE_OPENGL=0 build
+    return ffiC.rendmode
+end
+
 -- Declare all con_lang.labels constants in the global FFI namespace.
 for i=1,#con_lang.labels do
     local strbuf = {"enum {"}
@@ -1272,7 +1299,7 @@ local tmpmt = {
         if (gv_access[key] == nil) then
             return ffiC[key]
         end
-        if (type(gv_access[key])=="table") then
+        if (type(gv_access[key])~="boolean") then
             -- overridden...
             return gv_access[key]
         end
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/defs_common.lua b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/defs_common.lua
index 0025babf0..c36c0250f 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/defs_common.lua
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/defs_common.lua
@@ -200,10 +200,13 @@ ffi.cdef[[
 const int16_t numsectors, numwalls;
 const int32_t numyaxbunches;  // XXX
 const int32_t totalclock;
+int32_t randomseed;  // DEPRECATED
 const int32_t xdim, ydim;
+const int32_t windowx1, windowy1, windowx2, windowy2;
 ]]
 
 decl[[
+const int32_t rendmode;
 const int16_t headspritesect[MAXSECTORS+1], headspritestat[MAXSTATUS+1];
 const int16_t prevspritesect[MAXSPRITES], prevspritestat[MAXSPRITES];
 const int16_t nextspritesect[MAXSPRITES], nextspritestat[MAXSPRITES];
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/dynsymlist b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/dynsymlist
index a70aa3091..f304e507f 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/dynsymlist
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/dynsymlist
@@ -11,9 +11,15 @@ numsectors;
 numwalls;
 numyaxbunches;
 
+rendmode;
 totalclock;
+randomseed;
 xdim;
 ydim;
+windowx1;
+windowy1;
+windowx2;
+windowy2;
 
 yax_getbunch;
 
@@ -85,11 +91,13 @@ g_tile;
 ScriptQuotes;
 
 screenpeek;
+hudweap;
 playerswhenstarted;
 lastvisinc;
 g_spriteDeleteQueueSize;
 BlimpSpawnSprites;
 g_scriptVersion;
+g_currentFrameRate;
 
 luaJIT_BC_lunacon;
 luaJIT_BC_con_lang;
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/dynsymlist_m32 b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/dynsymlist_m32
index b4d7dfbe3..32b70a0fa 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/dynsymlist_m32
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/dynsymlist_m32
@@ -11,9 +11,15 @@ numsectors;
 numwalls;
 numyaxbunches;
 
+rendmode;
 totalclock;
+randomseed;
 xdim;
 ydim;
+windowx1;
+windowy1;
+windowx2;
+windowy2;
 
 yax_getbunch;
 
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/lunacon.lua b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/lunacon.lua
index e10bba47e..5c1c73908 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/lunacon.lua
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/lunatic/lunacon.lua
@@ -156,11 +156,22 @@ local function new_initial_gvartab()
 
         xdim = RO "_gv.xdim",
         ydim = RO "_gv.ydim",
+        windowx1 = RO "_gv.windowx1",
+        windowy1 = RO "_gv.windowy1",
+        windowx2 = RO "_gv.windowx2",
+        windowy2 = RO "_gv.windowy2",
 
         numsectors = RO "_gv.numsectors",
         NUMSECTORS = RO "_gv.numsectors",
         NUMWALLS = RO "_gv.numwalls",
 
+        randomseed = RW "_gv.randomseed",
+        totalclock = RO "_gv.totalclock",
+        framerate = RO "_gv._get_framerate()",
+        rendmode = RO "_gv.currentRenderMode()",
+
+        screenpeek = RO "_gv.screenpeek",
+
         camerax = RW "_gv.cam.pos.x",
         cameray = RW "_gv.cam.pos.y",
         cameraz = RW "_gv.cam.pos.z",
@@ -169,6 +180,30 @@ local function new_initial_gvartab()
         camerasect = RW "_gv.cam.sect",
         cameradist = RW "_gv.cam.dist",
         cameraclock = RW "_gv.cam.clock",
+
+        -- HUD weapon gamevars
+        currentweapon = RW "_gv.hudweap.cur",
+        weaponcount = RW "_gv.hudweap.count",
+        weapon_xoffset = RW "_gv.hudweap.gunposx",
+        looking_angSR1 = RW "_gv.hudweap.lookhalfang",
+        gun_pos = RW "_gv.hudweap.gunposy",
+        looking_arc = RW "_gv.hudweap.lookhoriz",
+        gs = RW "_gv.hudweap.shade",
+
+        -- Some per-player gamevars
+        ZRANGE = RW(PLS".zrange"),
+        ANGRANGE = RW(PLS".angrange"),
+        AUTOAIMANGLE = RW(PLS".autoaimang"),
+
+        PIPEBOMB_CONTROL = RW(PLS".pipebombControl"),
+        GRENADE_LIFETIME = RW(PLS".pipebombLifetime"),
+        GRENADE_LIFETIME_VAR = RW(PLS".pipebombLifetimeVar"),
+        TRIPBOMB_CONTROL = RW(PLS".tripbombControl"),
+        STICKYBOMB_LIFETIME = RW(PLS".tripbombLifetime"),
+        STICKYBOMB_LIFETIME_VAR = RW(PLS".tripbombLifetimeVar"),
+
+        VOLUME = RO "_gv.currentEpisode()",
+        LEVEL = RO "_gv.currentLevel()",
     }
 
     for w=0,MAX_WEAPONS-1 do
@@ -247,10 +282,14 @@ local function mangle_name(name, prefix)
     return prefix..name
 end
 
-local function on_state_begin(statename)
+local function on_state_begin_Cmt(_subj, _pos, statename)
+    -- We must register the state name early (Cmt) because otherwise, it won't
+    -- be found in a recursive state. XXX: The real issue seems to be the use
+    -- of "Cmt"s in other places, which messes up the sequence of running the
+    -- semantic actions.
     local ourname = mangle_name(statename, "F")
     g_funcname[statename] = ourname
-    return ourname
+    return true, ourname
 end
 
 local function on_state_end(funcname, codetab)
@@ -290,8 +329,8 @@ local function errprintf(fmt, ...)
         perrprintf(g_lastkwpos, fmt, ...)
     else
         printf("%s ???: error: "..fmt, g_filename, ...)
+        increment_numerrors()
     end
-    increment_numerrors()
 end
 
 local function pwarnprintf(pos, fmt, ...)
@@ -852,6 +891,10 @@ local tok =
 
     -- for definelevelname,
     time = lpeg.C(alphanum*alphanum^-1*":"*alphanum*alphanum^-1),
+
+    state_ends = Pat("ends")
+        + POS() * "else" * sp1 * "ends"
+        / function(pos) pwarnprintf(pos, "stray `else' at end of state") end,
 }
 
 
@@ -1760,7 +1803,7 @@ local common_actor_end = sp1 * lpeg.Ct(tok.define *
     )^-1)
 * sp1 * stmt_list_or_eps * "enda"
 
---== block delimiters (no recursion) ==--
+--== block delimiters (no syntactic recursion) ==--
 local Cblock = {
     -- actor (...)
     actor = lpeg.Cc(nil) * common_actor_end / on_actor_end,
@@ -1773,7 +1816,7 @@ local Cblock = {
     onevent = sp1 * tok.define * sp1 * stmt_list_or_eps * "endevent"
         / on_event_end,
 
-    state = sp1 * (tok.identifier/on_state_begin) * sp1 * stmt_list_or_eps * "ends"
+    state = sp1 * (lpeg.Cmt(tok.identifier, on_state_begin_Cmt)) * sp1 * stmt_list_or_eps * tok.state_ends
         / on_state_end,
 }
 
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/source/player.h b/polymer/eduke32/source/player.h
index be129801e..8a640da59 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/source/player.h
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/source/player.h
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ typedef struct {
 
     uint32_t interface_toggle_flag;
 #ifdef LUNATIC
+    int32_t pipebombControl, pipebombLifetime, pipebombLifetimeVar;
+    int32_t tripbombControl, tripbombLifetime, tripbombLifetimeVar;
+
     int32_t zrange;
     int16_t angrange, autoaimang;
 #endif