diff --git a/config.lib b/config.lib
index 8d651c502b..2bcc643fba 100644
--- a/config.lib
+++ b/config.lib
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ set_default() {
 	enable_translator="0"
 	enable_unicode="1"
 	enable_console="1";
-	enable_assert="1"
-	enable_strip="0"
+	enable_assert="0"
+	enable_strip="1"
 	enable_universal="0"
 	enable_osx_g5="0"
 	enable_cocoa_quartz="1"
diff --git a/projects/openttd_vs140.vcxproj b/projects/openttd_vs140.vcxproj
index c5137a61d4..9a741f28df 100644
--- a/projects/openttd_vs140.vcxproj
+++ b/projects/openttd_vs140.vcxproj
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Size</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";WITH_ASSERT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Size</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;WITH_ASSERT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/projects/openttd_vs140.vcxproj.in b/projects/openttd_vs140.vcxproj.in
index 951f8b6048..8a9b9a8f97 100644
--- a/projects/openttd_vs140.vcxproj.in
+++ b/projects/openttd_vs140.vcxproj.in
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Size</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";WITH_ASSERT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Size</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;WITH_ASSERT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/projects/openttd_vs141.vcxproj b/projects/openttd_vs141.vcxproj
index 66974da28f..2cde5b1d86 100644
--- a/projects/openttd_vs141.vcxproj
+++ b/projects/openttd_vs141.vcxproj
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Size</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";WITH_ASSERT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Size</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;WITH_ASSERT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/projects/openttd_vs141.vcxproj.in b/projects/openttd_vs141.vcxproj.in
index d28f500f1c..57e153fc7d 100644
--- a/projects/openttd_vs141.vcxproj.in
+++ b/projects/openttd_vs141.vcxproj.in
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Size</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";WITH_ASSERT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Size</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;WITH_ASSERT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/projects/openttd_vs142.vcxproj b/projects/openttd_vs142.vcxproj
index f0a75ff827..5999d00d6c 100644
--- a/projects/openttd_vs142.vcxproj
+++ b/projects/openttd_vs142.vcxproj
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Size</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";WITH_ASSERT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Size</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;WITH_ASSERT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
diff --git a/projects/openttd_vs142.vcxproj.in b/projects/openttd_vs142.vcxproj.in
index 91689e8bde..7176fea58a 100644
--- a/projects/openttd_vs142.vcxproj.in
+++ b/projects/openttd_vs142.vcxproj.in
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Size</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";WITH_ASSERT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Size</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
       <OmitFramePointers>true</OmitFramePointers>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\objs\langs;..\objs\settings;..\src\3rdparty\squirrel\include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;WITH_ASSERT;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_XAUDIO2;WITH_SSE;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_LZO;WITH_LZMA;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;WITH_UNISCRIBE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_PERSONAL_DIR;PERSONAL_DIR="OpenTTD";_SQ64;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <ExceptionHandling>Sync</ExceptionHandling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>