diff --git a/minetest.vcproj b/minetest.vcproj
index 34536e0..8d49d2c 100644
--- a/minetest.vcproj
+++ b/minetest.vcproj
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="&quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Include&quot;;&quot;..\jthread\jthread-1.2.1\src&quot;;&quot;..\irrlicht\irrlicht-1.7.1\include&quot;"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="&quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Include&quot;;&quot;..\jthread\jthread-1.2.1\src&quot;;&quot;..\irrlicht\irrlicht-1.7.1\include&quot;;&quot;..\zlib\zlib-1.2.5&quot;"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;RUN_IN_PLACE"
 				BufferSecurityCheck="true"
 				EnableEnhancedInstructionSet="1"
 				FloatingPointModel="2"
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
-				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="&quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Lib&quot;;&quot;..\jthread\jthread-1.2.1\Release&quot;;&quot;..\irrlicht\irrlicht-1.7.1\lib\Win32-visualstudio&quot;"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="&quot;..\irrlicht\irrlicht-1.7.1\lib\Win32-visualstudio&quot;;..\zlib125dll\dll32"
 				IgnoreAllDefaultLibraries="false"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
 			/>
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
-				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="&quot;C:\Program Files\Microsoft Platform SDK for Windows Server 2003 R2\Lib&quot;;&quot;..\irrlicht\irrlicht-1.7.1\lib\Win32-visualstudio&quot;;..\zlib125dll\dll32"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="&quot;..\irrlicht\irrlicht-1.7.1\lib\Win32-visualstudio&quot;;..\zlib125dll\dll32"
 				IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="libcmtd.dll"
 				GenerateDebugInformation="false"
 				LinkTimeCodeGeneration="1"
diff --git a/src/debug.cpp b/src/debug.cpp
index f267790..ec23235 100644
--- a/src/debug.cpp
+++ b/src/debug.cpp
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ DebugStacker::~DebugStacker()
 
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
+#if CATCH_UNHANDLED_EXCEPTIONS == 1
 void se_trans_func(unsigned int u, EXCEPTION_POINTERS* pExp)
 {
 	dstream<<"In trans_func.\n";
@@ -223,6 +224,7 @@ void se_trans_func(unsigned int u, EXCEPTION_POINTERS* pExp)
 	}
 }
 #endif
+#endif
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/irrlichtwrapper.cpp b/src/irrlichtwrapper.cpp
index a1d37f4..4ad6471 100644
--- a/src/irrlichtwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/irrlichtwrapper.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,16 @@ video::ITexture* IrrlichtWrapper::getTextureDirect(const TextureSpec &spec)
 			std::string path = porting::getDataPath(name.c_str());
 			dstream<<"getTextureDirect(): Loading path \""<<path
 					<<"\""<<std::endl;
+			
+			// DEBUG
+			/*{
+				dstream<<"DEBUG CODE: Loading base image "
+						"directly to texture"<<std::endl;
+				t = driver->getTexture(path.c_str());
+				driver->renameTexture(t, texture_name.c_str());
+				return t;
+			}*/
+			
 			video::IImage *image = driver->createImageFromFile(path.c_str());
 
 			if(image == NULL)
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index e1d8492..74c93a7 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ FIXME: Some network errors on Windows that cause local game to not work
        - See siggjen's emails.
 	   - Is this the famous "windows 7 problem"?
        - Apparently there might be other errors too
-	   - There is some problem with the menu system, something like the
-	     .Parent of guiPauseMenu to end up being 0xfeeefeee
 
 Networking and serialization:
 -----------------------------
@@ -1626,8 +1624,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	video::E_DRIVER_TYPE driverType;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-	//driverType = video::EDT_DIRECT3D9;
-	driverType = video::EDT_OPENGL;
+	driverType = video::EDT_DIRECT3D9;
+	//driverType = video::EDT_OPENGL;
 #else
 	driverType = video::EDT_OPENGL;
 	//driverType = video::EDT_BURNINGSVIDEO; // Best software renderer
@@ -1914,7 +1912,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	Address connect_address(0,0,0,0, port);
 	try{
 		if(address == "")
-			connect_address.Resolve("localhost");
+			//connect_address.Resolve("localhost");
+			connect_address.setAddress(127,0,0,1);
 		else
 			connect_address.Resolve(address.c_str());
 	}
diff --git a/src/socket.cpp b/src/socket.cpp
index 499ee50..b159fa1 100644
--- a/src/socket.cpp
+++ b/src/socket.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@ with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 #include "utility.h"
 
 // Debug printing options
+// Set to 1 for debug output
 #define DP 0
+// This is prepended to everything printed here
 #define DPS ""
 
 bool g_sockets_initialized = false;
@@ -108,6 +110,12 @@ void Address::setAddress(unsigned int address)
 	m_address = address;
 }
 
+void Address::setAddress(unsigned int a, unsigned int b,
+		unsigned int c, unsigned int d)
+{
+	m_address = (a<<24) | (b<<16) | ( c<<8) | d;
+}
+
 void Address::setPort(unsigned short port)
 {
 	m_port = port;
diff --git a/src/socket.h b/src/socket.h
index b6b5800..a56715d 100644
--- a/src/socket.h
+++ b/src/socket.h
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ public:
 	unsigned int getAddress() const;
 	unsigned short getPort() const;
 	void setAddress(unsigned int address);
+	void setAddress(unsigned int a, unsigned int b,
+			unsigned int c, unsigned int d);
 	void setPort(unsigned short port);
 	void print(std::ostream *s) const;
 	void print() const;