diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec1bceda4..fa8b2285c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ CMakeCache.txt
 Makefile
 cmake*.cmake
 openmw
+Ogre.log
+ogre.cfg
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 77d18f210..7fef2633a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/)
 # Local files
 set(BSA bsa/bsa_archive.cpp bsa/bsa_file.cpp)
 set(NIF nif/nif_file.cpp nifogre/ogre_nif_loader.cpp)
-set(TOOLS tools/stringops.cpp)
+set(TOOLS tools/stringops.cpp tools/fileops.cpp)
 set(MANGLE_VFS mangle/vfs/servers/ogre_vfs.cpp)
+set(OGRE ogre/renderer.cpp)
 set(GAME game/main.cpp game/esm_store/store.cpp game/cell_store.cpp)
 
 # Platform specific
@@ -26,5 +27,5 @@ include_directories("." ${OGRE_INCLUDE_DIR} ${PLATFORM_INCLUDE_DIR})
 link_directories(${OGRE_LIB_DIR})
 
 # Main executable
-add_executable(openmw ${BSA} ${TOOLS} ${GAME})
+add_executable(openmw ${BSA} ${TOOLS} ${OGRE} ${GAME})
 target_link_libraries(openmw ${OGRE_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/game/main.cpp b/game/main.cpp
index 5ee258664..97048e372 100644
--- a/game/main.cpp
+++ b/game/main.cpp
@@ -3,41 +3,30 @@
 #include "cell_store.hpp"
 #include "render/cell.hpp"
 #include "bsa/bsa_archive.hpp"
-#include <Ogre.h>
+#include "ogre/renderer.hpp"
+#include "tools/fileops.hpp"
 
 using namespace std;
 
-// Absolute minimal OGRE setup
-void ogre_setup()
+void maintest()
 {
-  using namespace Ogre;
+  const char* esmFile = "data/Morrowind.esm";
+  const char* bsaFile = "data/Morrowind.bsa";
 
-  // Disable Ogre logging
-  new LogManager;
-  Log *log = LogManager::getSingleton().createLog("");
-  log->setDebugOutputEnabled(false);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+  const char* plugCfg = "plugins.cfg.win32";
+#else
+  const char* plugCfg = "plugins.cfg.linux";
+#endif
 
-  // Set up Root.
-  new Root();
-}
-
-void main_setup(const char* bsaFile)
-{
   cout << "Hello, fellow traveler!\n";
 
   cout << "Initializing OGRE\n";
-  ogre_setup();
+  Render::OgreRenderer ogre;
+  ogre.configure(!isFile("ogre.cfg"), plugCfg, false);
 
   cout << "Adding " << bsaFile << endl;
   addBSA(bsaFile);
-}
-
-void maintest()
-{
-  const char* esmFile = "data/Morrowind.esm";
-  const char* bsaFile = "data/Morrowind.bsa";
-
-  main_setup(bsaFile);
 
   cout << "Loading ESM " << esmFile << "\n";
   ESM::ESMReader esm;
@@ -49,6 +38,8 @@ void maintest()
   store.load(esm);
   cell.loadInt("Beshara", store, esm);
 
+  ogre.createWindow("OpenMW");
+
   cout << "\nThat's all for now!\n";
 }
 
diff --git a/ogre/renderer.cpp b/ogre/renderer.cpp
index b231c46eb..d43109ff2 100644
--- a/ogre/renderer.cpp
+++ b/ogre/renderer.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
-#include "render.hpp"
+#include "renderer.hpp"
 
 using namespace Ogre;
+using namespace Render;
+
+void OgreRenderer::cleanup()
+{
+  if(mRoot)
+    delete mRoot;
+  mRoot = NULL;
+}
 
 bool OgreRenderer::configure(bool showConfig,
                              const std::string &pluginCfg,
-                             bool _logging);
+                             bool _logging)
 {
   // Set up logging first
   new LogManager;
@@ -18,7 +26,7 @@ bool OgreRenderer::configure(bool showConfig,
     // Disable logging
     log->setDebugOutputEnabled(false);
 
-  mRoot = new Root(plugincfg, "ogre.cfg", "");
+  mRoot = new Root(pluginCfg, "ogre.cfg", "");
 
   // Show the configuration dialog and initialise the system, if the
   // showConfig parameter is specified. The settings are stored in
@@ -32,3 +40,9 @@ bool OgreRenderer::configure(bool showConfig,
 
   return !result;
 }
+
+void OgreRenderer::createWindow(const std::string &title)
+{
+  // Initialize OGRE window
+  mWindow = mRoot->initialise(true, title, "");
+}
diff --git a/ogre/renderer.hpp b/ogre/renderer.hpp
index ab1654107..11eae2576 100644
--- a/ogre/renderer.hpp
+++ b/ogre/renderer.hpp
@@ -13,21 +13,28 @@ namespace Render
   class OgreRenderer
   {
     Ogre::Root *mRoot;
+    Ogre::RenderWindow *mWindow;
     bool logging;
 
   public:
     OgreRenderer()
       : mRoot(NULL) {}
+    ~OgreRenderer() { cleanup(); }
 
     /** Configure the renderer. This will load configuration files and
         set up the Root and logging classes. */
-
     bool configure(bool showConfig,     // Show config dialog box?
                    const std::string &pluginCfg, // plugin.cfg file
                    bool _logging);      // Enable or disable logging
 
+    /// Create a window with the given title
+    void createWindow(const std::string &title);
+
     /// Kill the renderer.
     void cleanup();
+
+    Ogre::Root *getRoot() { return mRoot; }
+    Ogre::RenderWindow *getWindow() { return mWindow; }
   };
 }
 
diff --git a/old_d_version/ogre/cpp_interface.cpp b/old_d_version/ogre/cpp_interface.cpp
index 5805b8736..b82f2277a 100644
--- a/old_d_version/ogre/cpp_interface.cpp
+++ b/old_d_version/ogre/cpp_interface.cpp
@@ -56,50 +56,7 @@ extern "C" void ogre_cleanup()
   mInputManager->destroyInputObject(mMouse);
   OIS::InputManager::destroyInputSystem(mInputManager);
 
-  // Kill OGRE
-  if (mRoot)
-    {
-      delete mRoot;
-      mRoot = 0;
-    }
-}
-
-extern "C" int32_t ogre_configure(
-                   int32_t showConfig, // Do we show the config dialogue?
-                   char *plugincfg,    // Name of 'plugin.cfg' file
-                   int32_t debugOut)   // Enable or disable logging
-{
-  // Set up logging first
-  new LogManager;
-  Log *log = LogManager::getSingleton().createLog("Ogre.log");
-
-  g_isDebug = debugOut;
-  if(debugOut)
-    // Full log detail
-    log->setLogDetail(LL_BOREME);
-  else
-    // Disable logging
-    log->setDebugOutputEnabled(false);
-
-  mRoot = new Root(plugincfg, "ogre.cfg", "");
-
-  // Add the BSA archive manager
-  ArchiveManager::getSingleton().addArchiveFactory( &mBSAFactory );
-
-  ResourceGroupManager::getSingleton().
-    addResourceLocation("internal", "BSA", "General");
-
-  // Show the configuration dialog and initialise the system, if the
-  // showConfig parameter is specified. The settings are stored in
-  // ogre.cfg. If showConfig is false, the settings are assumed to
-  // already exist in ogre.cfg.
-  int result;
-  if(showConfig)
-    result = mRoot->showConfigDialog();
-  else
-    result = mRoot->restoreConfig();
-
-  return !result;
+  // Code killing ogre has been ported already
 }
 
 // Initialize window. This will create and show the actual window.
diff --git a/old_d_version/plugins.cfg.linux b/plugins.cfg.linux
similarity index 100%
rename from old_d_version/plugins.cfg.linux
rename to plugins.cfg.linux
diff --git a/old_d_version/plugins.cfg.win32 b/plugins.cfg.win32
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 100%
rename from old_d_version/plugins.cfg.win32
rename to plugins.cfg.win32
diff --git a/tools/fileops.cpp b/tools/fileops.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..10436e719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/fileops.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#include "fileops.hpp"
+
+// Windows-specific implementation (NOT TESTED)
+#ifdef _WIN32
+
+#include <windows.h>
+
+bool isFile(const char *name)
+{
+  unsigned int stat = GetFileAttributes(name);
+  return (stat != 0xFFFFFFFF &&
+          (stat & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) == 0);
+}
+#endif // _WIN32
+
+// Linux implementations
+#ifdef __linux__
+
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+bool isFile(const char *name)
+{
+  // Does the file exist?
+  if(access(name,0) != 0)
+    return false;
+
+  struct stat st;
+  if(stat(name, &st)) return false;
+  return S_ISREG(st.st_mode);
+}
+#endif // __linux__
diff --git a/tools/fileops.hpp b/tools/fileops.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a5ad7c61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/fileops.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef __FILEOPS_H_
+#define __FILEOPS_H_
+
+/// Check if a given path is an existing file (not a directory)
+bool isFile(const char *name);
+
+#endif