diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 09efb2d3f..187c7e027 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ CMakeFiles
 CMakeCache.txt
 Makefile
 cmake*.cmake
-openmw
 Ogre.log
 ogre.cfg
 build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eed7eea42..0a640dab3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ set(OPENMW_LIBS_HEADER)
     
 # Platform specific
 if (WIN32)
-set(PLATFORM_INCLUDE_DIR "platform")
+    set(PLATFORM_INCLUDE_DIR "platform")
+    add_definitions(-DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB)
 else (WIN32)
 set(PLATFORM_INCLUDE_DIR "")
 endif (WIN32)
@@ -188,10 +189,11 @@ endif (WIN32)
 # Dependencies
 
 find_package(OGRE REQUIRED)
-find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system filesystem program_options)
+find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system filesystem program_options thread)
 find_package(OIS REQUIRED)
 include_directories("."
-    ${OGRE_INCLUDE_DIR} ${OIS_INCLUDE_DIR} ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    ${OGRE_INCLUDE_DIR} ${OGRE_INCLUDE_DIR}/Ogre
+    ${OIS_INCLUDE_DIR} ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}
     ${PLATFORM_INCLUDE_DIR}
     ${CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY}/extern/caelum/include)
 link_directories(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${OGRE_LIB_DIR})
diff --git a/apps/clientconsole/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/clientconsole/CMakeLists.txt
index f73610863..f030d9024 100644
--- a/apps/clientconsole/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/clientconsole/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-project(clientconsole)
-find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS system)
-link_directories(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+
 add_executable(clientconsole client.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(clientconsole ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index e9c9a7074..12f585833 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -66,15 +66,15 @@ void OMW::Engine::processCommands()
 
 OMW::Engine::Engine()
 : mDebug (false), mVerboseScripts (false), mNewGame (false), mScriptManager (0),
-  mScriptContext (0)
-{
-    mspCommandServer.reset(
-        new OMW::CommandServer::Server(&mCommandQueue, kCommandServerPort));
+  mScriptContext (0), mEnableCommandServer (false)
+{   
 }
 
 OMW::Engine::~Engine()
 {
-//    mspCommandServer->stop();
+    if (mspCommandServer.get())
+        mspCommandServer->stop();
+
     delete mEnvironment.mWorld;
     delete mEnvironment.mSoundManager;
     delete mEnvironment.mGlobalScripts;
@@ -142,6 +142,11 @@ void OMW::Engine::enableDebugMode()
 {
     mDebug = true;
 }
+
+void OMW::Engine::enableCommandServer()
+{
+    mEnableCommandServer = true;
+}
            
 void OMW::Engine::enableVerboseScripts()
 {
@@ -203,8 +208,14 @@ void OMW::Engine::go()
     MWInput::MWInputManager input(mOgre, mEnvironment.mWorld->getPlayerPos(), mDebug);
 
     // Launch the console server
-    std::cout << "Starting command server on port " << kCommandServerPort << std::endl;
-    mspCommandServer->start();
+    if (mEnableCommandServer)
+    {
+        std::cout << "Starting command server on port " << kCommandServerPort << std::endl;
+        mspCommandServer.reset(new OMW::CommandServer::Server(&mCommandQueue, kCommandServerPort));
+        mspCommandServer->start();
+    }
+    else
+        std::cout << "Command server disabled" << std::endl;
 
     std::cout << "\nStart! Press Q/ESC or close window to exit.\n";
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.hpp b/apps/openmw/engine.hpp
index f0b46c6ab..cf982ad0e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.hpp
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ namespace OMW
             bool mNewGame;
 
             TsDeque<OMW::Command>                     mCommandQueue;
+            bool                                      mEnableCommandServer;
             std::auto_ptr<OMW::CommandServer::Server> mspCommandServer;
 
             MWWorld::Environment mEnvironment;
@@ -98,6 +99,10 @@ namespace OMW
             /// - non-exclusive input
             void enableDebugMode();
 
+            /// Enable the command server so external apps can send commands to the console.
+            /// Must be set before go().
+            void enableCommandServer();
+
             /// Enable verbose script output
             void enableVerboseScripts();
             
diff --git a/apps/openmw/main.cpp b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
index 70530c2ef..63ea7e427 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/main.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/main.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ bool parseOptions (int argc, char**argv, OMW::Engine& engine)
         ( "debug", "debug mode" )
         ( "script-verbose", "verbose script output" )
         ( "new-game", "activate char gen/new game mechanics" )
+        ( "disable-command-server", "turn off the command server" )
         ;
   
     bpo::variables_map variables;
@@ -62,6 +63,9 @@ bool parseOptions (int argc, char**argv, OMW::Engine& engine)
 
     if (variables.count ("new-game"))
         engine.setNewGame();
+
+    if (variables.count("disable-command-server") == 0)
+        engine.enableCommandServer();
         
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
index d8a800597..31b351cb5 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace MWScript
     void InterpreterContext::setGlobalLong (const std::string& name, int value)
     {
         // a global long is internally a float.
-        float value2 = value;
+        float value2 = float(value);
 
          mEnvironment.mWorld->getGlobalVariable (name) =
             *reinterpret_cast<Interpreter::Type_Data *> (&value2);    
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/environment.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/environment.hpp
index 1d8a59c9e..fe0fa47e7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/environment.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/environment.hpp
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ namespace MWWorld
     class World;
 
     ///< Collection of script-accessable sub-systems
-    struct Environment
+    class Environment
     {   
-        Environment() : mWorld (0), mSoundManager (0), mGlobalScripts (0), mFrameDuration (0) {}
-    
+    public:
+        Environment() : mWorld (0), mSoundManager (0), mGlobalScripts (0), mFrameDuration (0)    {}
+
         World *mWorld;
         MWSound::SoundManager *mSoundManager;
         MWScript::GlobalScripts *mGlobalScripts;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
index 22bba6c53..01f03b641 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
@@ -166,8 +166,9 @@ namespace MWWorld
             iter->second->show();
 
         // Optionally enable the sky
-//        if (mEnableSky)
-//            mpSkyManager = MWRender::SkyManager::create(renderer.getWindow(), mScene.getCamera());
+        ///\todo FIXME
+        if (false)
+            mSkyManager = MWRender::SkyManager::create(renderer.getWindow(), mScene.getCamera());
         
     }
     
diff --git a/components/commandserver/server.cpp b/components/commandserver/server.cpp
index c8bf34bfa..53d7b2bf2 100755
--- a/components/commandserver/server.cpp
+++ b/components/commandserver/server.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-
 #include "server.hpp"
+#include "libs/platform/strings.h"
 
 using boost::asio::ip::tcp;
 
-#include <libs/mangle/tools/str_exception.hpp>
-
 //
 // Namespace for containing implementation details that the
 // rest of OpenMW doesn't need to worry about
@@ -55,6 +53,7 @@ namespace OMW { namespace CommandServer { namespace Detail {
     ///
     void Connection::stop()
     {
+        mSocket.shutdown(boost::asio::socket_base::shutdown_both);
         mSocket.close();
         mpThread->join();
     }
@@ -105,7 +104,7 @@ namespace OMW { namespace CommandServer { namespace Detail {
                         bDone = true;
                 }
                 else
-                    throw str_exception("Unexpected header!");
+                    throw std::runtime_error("Unexpected header!");
             }
             else
                 bDone = true;
@@ -120,12 +119,12 @@ namespace OMW { namespace CommandServer {
     using namespace Detail;
        
     Server::Server (Deque* pCommandQueue, const int port)
-        : mAcceptor      (mIOService, tcp::endpoint(tcp::v4(), port))
+        : mPort          (port)
+        , mAcceptor      (mIOService, tcp::endpoint(tcp::v4(), mPort))
         , mbStopping     (false)
         , mpCommandQueue (pCommandQueue)
     {       
     }
-       
 
     void Server::start()
     {
@@ -133,8 +132,41 @@ namespace OMW { namespace CommandServer {
         mpThread = new boost::thread(boost::bind(&Server::threadMain, this));
     }
 
+    //
+    // Helper function - see Server::stop()
+    //
+    static void connectAndDisconnect (int port)
+    {
+        char portString[64];
+        snprintf(portString, 64, "%d", port);
+
+        boost::asio::io_service ioService;
+        tcp::resolver resolver(ioService);
+        tcp::resolver::query query("localhost", portString);
+        tcp::resolver::iterator endpoint_iterator = resolver.resolve(query);
+        tcp::resolver::iterator end;
+
+        tcp::socket socket(ioService);
+        boost::system::error_code error = boost::asio::error::host_not_found;
+        while (error && endpoint_iterator != end)
+        {
+            socket.close();
+            socket.connect(*endpoint_iterator++, error);
+        }
+
+        socket.close();
+        ioService.stop();
+    }
+
     void Server::stop()
     {
+        // Boost.Asio doesn't have a way to cancel the blocking accept() call
+        // in the listening thread.  Therefore, set an internal flag to let 
+        // the server know it's stopping and then unblock it via a do-nothing
+        // connect/disconnect.
+        mbStopping = true;
+        connectAndDisconnect(mPort);
+
         // (1) Stop accepting new connections
         // (2) Wait for the listener thread to finish
         mAcceptor.close();
@@ -144,7 +176,6 @@ namespace OMW { namespace CommandServer {
         // open connections
         {
             boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(mConnectionsMutex);
-            mbStopping = true;
             for (ConnectionSet::iterator it = mConnections.begin(); 
                  it != mConnections.end();
                  ++it)
@@ -186,7 +217,7 @@ namespace OMW { namespace CommandServer {
             std::auto_ptr<Connection> spConnection(new Connection(mAcceptor.io_service(), this));
             boost::system::error_code ec;
             mAcceptor.accept(spConnection->socket(), ec);            
-            if (!ec)
+            if (!ec && !mbStopping)
             {
                 boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(mConnectionsMutex);
                 mConnections.insert(spConnection.get());
diff --git a/components/commandserver/server.hpp b/components/commandserver/server.hpp
index b53e0f23a..3d7665a14 100755
--- a/components/commandserver/server.hpp
+++ b/components/commandserver/server.hpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ namespace OMW { namespace CommandServer
         void threadMain();            
 
         // Objects used to set up the listening server
+        int                             mPort;
         boost::asio::io_service         mIOService;
         boost::asio::ip::tcp::acceptor  mAcceptor;
         boost::thread*                  mpThread;
diff --git a/components/esm/loadscpt.hpp b/components/esm/loadscpt.hpp
index 6025e528c..aa189c888 100644
--- a/components/esm/loadscpt.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/loadscpt.hpp
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ namespace ESM {
  * Script definitions
  */
 
-struct Script
+class Script
 {
+public:
   struct SCHDstruct
   {
     /* Script name.
diff --git a/components/esm_store/cell_store.hpp b/components/esm_store/cell_store.hpp
index 114a12e78..e1637b364 100644
--- a/components/esm_store/cell_store.hpp
+++ b/components/esm_store/cell_store.hpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace ESMS
     CellRefList<Ingredient, D>        ingreds;
     CellRefList<CreatureLevList, D>   creatureLists;
     CellRefList<ItemLevList, D>       itemLists;
-    CellRefList<Light, D>             lights;
+    CellRefList<ESM::Light, D>        lights;
     CellRefList<Tool, D>              lockpicks;
     CellRefList<Misc, D>              miscItems;
     CellRefList<NPC, D>               npcs;
diff --git a/extern/caelum/CMakeLists.txt b/extern/caelum/CMakeLists.txt
index 4226d8d4a..b95b3fd8c 100755
--- a/extern/caelum/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extern/caelum/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 project(Caelum)
 
+IF(MSVC)
+    add_definitions("-D_SCL_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /wd4305 /wd4244" )
+ENDIF(MSVC)
+
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DCAELUM_LIB)
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY}/extern/caelum/include )
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( 
+    ${CMAKE_HOME_DIRECTORY}/extern/caelum/include 
+    ${OGRE_INCLUDE_DIR}/Ogre
+    )    
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE CAELUM_SRC src/*)
 file(GLOB_RECURSE CAELUM_HDR include/*)