diff --git a/platform/Windows/lib/32/libSDL2.lib b/platform/Windows/lib/32/libSDL2.lib
index 10735eea7..da3b4432b 100644
Binary files a/platform/Windows/lib/32/libSDL2.lib and b/platform/Windows/lib/32/libSDL2.lib differ
diff --git a/platform/Windows/lib/32/libSDL2main.lib b/platform/Windows/lib/32/libSDL2main.lib
index 7c08627c7..27b48de2a 100644
Binary files a/platform/Windows/lib/32/libSDL2main.lib and b/platform/Windows/lib/32/libSDL2main.lib differ
diff --git a/source/common/gamecontrol.cpp b/source/common/gamecontrol.cpp
index 4d3f8cac4..2fabae2d1 100644
--- a/source/common/gamecontrol.cpp
+++ b/source/common/gamecontrol.cpp
@@ -293,14 +293,15 @@ int CONFIG_Init()
 
 	// If the user has specified a file name, let's see if we know it.
 	//
-	if (userConfig.gamegrp)
+	if (userConfig.gamegrp.Len())
 	{
-		FString gamegrplower = userConfig.gamegrp.MakeLower();
+		FString gamegrplower = "/" + userConfig.gamegrp.MakeLower();
 
 		int g = 0;
 		for (auto& grp : groups)
 		{
 			auto grplower = grp.FileName.MakeLower();
+			grplower.Substitute("\\", "/");
 			if (grplower.LastIndexOf(gamegrplower) == grplower.Len() - gamegrplower.Len())
 			{
 				groupno = g;
diff --git a/source/sw/src/game.cpp b/source/sw/src/game.cpp
index f6c430054..080dae848 100644
--- a/source/sw/src/game.cpp
+++ b/source/sw/src/game.cpp
@@ -849,6 +849,9 @@ void InitGame()
             }
         }
     }
+#else
+	numplayers = 1; myconnectindex = 0;
+	connecthead = 0; connectpoint2[0] = -1;
 #endif
     initsynccrc();