diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 07ec08d8ba..c9d6d04e1e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -268,14 +268,7 @@ ENDIAN_CHECK=endian_check$(EXE)
 STRGEN=strgen/strgen$(EXE)
 OSXAPP="OpenTTD.app"
 
-ifdef RELEASE
-REV:=$(RELEASE)
-else
-ifeq ($(shell if test -d .svn; then echo 1; fi), 1)
-REV_MODIFIED := $(shell svnversion . | sed -n 's/.*\(M\).*/\1/p' )
-REV := $(shell LC_ALL=C svn info | awk '/^URL:.*branch/ { BRANCH="-"a[split($$2, a, "/")] } /^Last Changed Rev:/ { REV="r"$$4"$(REV_MODIFIED)" } END { print REV BRANCH }')
-endif
-endif
+REV := 0.5.0
 
 # define flag to use for -lrt (some OSes overwrites this later for compatibility)
 ifndef LRT
diff --git a/network.c b/network.c
index d8bf3c233f..f8ef778b93 100644
--- a/network.c
+++ b/network.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 	extern const char _openttd_revision[];
 #elif defined(WITH_REV_HACK)
 	#define WITH_REV
-	const char _openttd_revision[] = WITH_REV_HACK;
+	const char _openttd_revision[] = "0.5.0";
 #else
 	const char _openttd_revision[] = NOREV_STRING;
 #endif
diff --git a/openttd.vcproj b/openttd.vcproj
index c044a60eed..ca8229cd76 100644
--- a/openttd.vcproj
+++ b/openttd.vcproj
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 				FavorSizeOrSpeed="2"
 				OmitFramePointers="TRUE"
 				OptimizeForProcessor="1"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_EXCEPTION_TRACKER;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;ENABLE_NETWORK"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_EXCEPTION_TRACKER;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_REV_HACK"
 				StringPooling="TRUE"
 				ExceptionHandling="TRUE"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;ENABLE_NETWORK"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_REV_HACK"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="2"
diff --git a/openttd_vs80.vcproj b/openttd_vs80.vcproj
index 77e91ecffe..02c4ac6bbe 100644
--- a/openttd_vs80.vcproj
+++ b/openttd_vs80.vcproj
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
 				FavorSizeOrSpeed="2"
 				OmitFramePointers="true"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_EXCEPTION_TRACKER;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;ENABLE_NETWORK"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_EXCEPTION_TRACKER;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_REV_HACK"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				ExceptionHandling="1"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
 				FavorSizeOrSpeed="2"
 				OmitFramePointers="true"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_EXCEPTION_TRACKER;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;ENABLE_NETWORK"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_EXCEPTION_TRACKER;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_REV_HACK"
 				StringPooling="true"
 				ExceptionHandling="1"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;ENABLE_NETWORK"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_REV_HACK"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;ENABLE_NETWORK"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;WIN32_ENABLE_DIRECTMUSIC_SUPPORT;WITH_ZLIB;WITH_PNG;WITH_FREETYPE;ENABLE_NETWORK;WITH_REV_HACK"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
diff --git a/ottdres.rc b/ottdres.rc
index e4922a5201..333a21df7f 100644
--- a/ottdres.rc
+++ b/ottdres.rc
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "Comments", "This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License.\0"
             VALUE "CompanyName", "OpenTTD Development Team\0"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "OpenTTD\0"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "Development Version\0"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "0.5.0 (r8924)\0"
             VALUE "InternalName", "openttd\0"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © OpenTTD Developers 2002-2007. All Rights Reserved.\0"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "\0"