diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index da2f1d79a..e88ce405a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 *.pro.user
 *.pro.user.*
 *.swp
+*.h.gch
 *~
 /CMakeLists.txt.user
 CMakeCache.txt
diff --git a/AI/BattleAI/BattleAI.cbp b/AI/BattleAI/BattleAI.cbp
index 4a63bd1df..e03979724 100644
--- a/AI/BattleAI/BattleAI.cbp
+++ b/AI/BattleAI/BattleAI.cbp
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 		</Build>
 		<Compiler>
 			<Add option="-pedantic" />
+			<Add option="-std=c++11" />
 			<Add option="-Wextra" />
 			<Add option="-Wall" />
 			<Add option="-fexceptions" />
diff --git a/AI/EmptyAI/EmptyAI.cbp b/AI/EmptyAI/EmptyAI.cbp
index c6468ad05..f6405f935 100644
--- a/AI/EmptyAI/EmptyAI.cbp
+++ b/AI/EmptyAI/EmptyAI.cbp
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 			</Target>
 		</Build>
 		<Compiler>
+			<Add option="-std=c++11" />
 			<Add option="-Wextra" />
 			<Add option="-Wall" />
 			<Add option="-fexceptions" />
diff --git a/AI/FuzzyLite/FuzzyLite.cbp b/AI/FuzzyLite/FuzzyLite.cbp
index 31693f4a4..e099fb7e8 100644
--- a/AI/FuzzyLite/FuzzyLite.cbp
+++ b/AI/FuzzyLite/FuzzyLite.cbp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 			</Target>
 		</Build>
 		<Compiler>
+			<Add option="-std=c++11" />
 			<Add option="-Wextra" />
 			<Add option="-Wall" />
 			<Add option="-fexceptions" />
diff --git a/AI/StupidAI/StupidAI.cbp b/AI/StupidAI/StupidAI.cbp
index 870810f3c..200d74a69 100644
--- a/AI/StupidAI/StupidAI.cbp
+++ b/AI/StupidAI/StupidAI.cbp
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 		</Build>
 		<Compiler>
 			<Add option="-pedantic" />
+			<Add option="-std=c++11" />
 			<Add option="-Wextra" />
 			<Add option="-Wall" />
 			<Add option="-fexceptions" />
diff --git a/AI/VCAI/VCAI.cbp b/AI/VCAI/VCAI.cbp
index 1e9f0aa5c..8c4bc10ea 100644
--- a/AI/VCAI/VCAI.cbp
+++ b/AI/VCAI/VCAI.cbp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<FileVersion major="1" minor="6" />
 	<Project>
 		<Option title="VCAI" />
-		<Option pch_mode="2" />
+		<Option pch_mode="0" />
 		<Option compiler="gcc" />
 		<Build>
 			<Target title="Debug-win32">
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 		</Build>
 		<Compiler>
 			<Add option="-pedantic" />
+			<Add option="-std=c++11" />
 			<Add option="-Wextra" />
 			<Add option="-Wall" />
 			<Add option="-fexceptions" />
@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@
 		<Unit filename="Goals.cpp" />
 		<Unit filename="Goals.h" />
 		<Unit filename="StdInc.h">
+			<Option compile="1" />
 			<Option weight="0" />
 		</Unit>
 		<Unit filename="VCAI.cpp" />
diff --git a/client/VCMI_client.cbp b/client/VCMI_client.cbp
index 6d4619b44..ff7bdc05d 100644
--- a/client/VCMI_client.cbp
+++ b/client/VCMI_client.cbp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 	<FileVersion major="1" minor="6" />
 	<Project>
 		<Option title="VCMI_client" />
-		<Option pch_mode="2" />
+		<Option pch_mode="0" />
 		<Option compiler="gcc" />
 		<Build>
 			<Target title="Debug-win32">
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 			</Target>
 		</Build>
 		<Compiler>
+			<Add option="-std=c++11" />
 			<Add option="-Wextra" />
 			<Add option="-Wall" />
 			<Add option="-fexceptions" />
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@
 			<Add option="-fpermissive" />
 			<Add option="-DBOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB" />
 			<Add option="-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501" />
+			<Add option="-D_WIN32" />
 			<Add directory="$(#boost.include)" />
 			<Add directory="../include" />
 			<Add directory="../client" />
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@
 		<Unit filename="NetPacksClient.cpp" />
 		<Unit filename="SDLMain.h" />
 		<Unit filename="StdInc.h">
+			<Option compile="1" />
 			<Option weight="0" />
 		</Unit>
 		<Unit filename="VCMI_client.rc">
diff --git a/launcher/StdInc.h b/launcher/StdInc.h
index aa3a6b8fe..0803302d5 100644
--- a/launcher/StdInc.h
+++ b/launcher/StdInc.h
@@ -17,4 +17,13 @@ inline QString pathToQString(const boost::filesystem::path & path)
 #else
 	return QString::fromStdString(path.string());
 #endif
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+inline boost::filesystem::path qstringToPath(const QString & path)
+{
+#ifdef VCMI_WINDOWS
+	return boost::filesystem::path(path.toStdWString());
+#else
+	return boost::filesystem::path(filename.toUtf8().data());
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/launcher/jsonutils.cpp b/launcher/jsonutils.cpp
index 7168d4cab..983c6b284 100644
--- a/launcher/jsonutils.cpp
+++ b/launcher/jsonutils.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "StdInc.h"
 #include "jsonutils.h"
+#include "../lib/filesystem/FileStream.h"
 
 static QVariantMap JsonToMap(const JsonMap & json)
 {
@@ -96,7 +97,11 @@ JsonNode toJson(QVariant object)
 
 void JsonToFile(QString filename, QVariant object)
 {
-	std::ofstream file(filename.toUtf8().data(), std::ofstream::binary);
+	#ifdef _WIN32
+	FileStream file(boost::filesystem::path(filename.toStdWString()), std::ios::out | std::ios_base::binary);
+	#else
+	FileStream file(boost::filesystem::path(filename.toUtf8().data()), std::ios::out | std::ios_base::binary);
+	#endif
 
 	file << toJson(object);
 }
diff --git a/launcher/modManager/cmodlist.h b/launcher/modManager/cmodlist.h
index 38b1eeeda..9ce97bdd2 100644
--- a/launcher/modManager/cmodlist.h
+++ b/launcher/modManager/cmodlist.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <QVariantMap>
 #include <QVariant>
+#include <QVector>
 
 class JsonNode;
 
diff --git a/launcher/modManager/cmodlistview_moc.h b/launcher/modManager/cmodlistview_moc.h
index 4c638046a..f273e2343 100644
--- a/launcher/modManager/cmodlistview_moc.h
+++ b/launcher/modManager/cmodlistview_moc.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include "../../Global.h"
+#include "StdInc.h"
 #include "../../lib/CConfigHandler.h"
 
 namespace Ui {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class CModListView : public QWidget
 public:
 	explicit CModListView(QWidget *parent = 0);
 	~CModListView();
-	
+
 	void showModInfo();
 	void hideModInfo();
 	void loadScreenshots();
diff --git a/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.cpp b/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.cpp
index 40f00dcb4..eda5d65ff 100644
--- a/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.cpp
+++ b/launcher/modManager/cmodmanager.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 static QString detectModArchive(QString path, QString modName)
 {
-	auto files = ZipArchive::listFiles(path.toUtf8().data());
+	auto files = ZipArchive::listFiles(qstringToPath(path));
 
 	QString modDirName;
 
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ void CModManager::loadMods()
 		ResourceID resID(CModInfo::getModFile(modname));
 		if (CResourceHandler::get()->existsResource(resID))
 		{
-			std::string name = *CResourceHandler::get()->getResourceName(resID);
-			auto mod = JsonUtils::JsonFromFile(QString::fromUtf8(name.c_str()));
+			boost::filesystem::path name = *CResourceHandler::get()->getResourceName(resID);
+			auto mod = JsonUtils::JsonFromFile(QString::fromUtf8(name.string().c_str()));
 			localMods.insert(QString::fromUtf8(modname.c_str()).toLower(), mod);
 		}
 	}
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ bool CModManager::doInstallMod(QString modname, QString archivePath)
 	if (!modDirName.size())
 		return addError(modname, "Mod archive is invalid or corrupted");
 
-	if (!ZipArchive::extract(archivePath.toUtf8().data(), destDir.toUtf8().data()))
+	if (!ZipArchive::extract(qstringToPath(archivePath), qstringToPath(destDir)))
 	{
 		QDir(destDir + modDirName).removeRecursively();
 		return addError(modname, "Failed to extract mod data");
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ bool CModManager::doUninstallMod(QString modname)
 {
 	ResourceID resID(std::string("Mods/") + modname.toUtf8().data(), EResType::DIRECTORY);
 	// Get location of the mod, in case-insensitive way
-	QString modDir = QString::fromUtf8(CResourceHandler::get()->getResourceName(resID)->c_str());
+	QString modDir = QString::fromUtf8((*CResourceHandler::get()->getResourceName(resID)).c_str());
 
 	if (!QDir(modDir).exists())
 		return addError(modname, "Data with this mod was not found");
diff --git a/launcher/settingsView/csettingsview_moc.h b/launcher/settingsView/csettingsview_moc.h
index 4936392b1..0e79259a9 100644
--- a/launcher/settingsView/csettingsview_moc.h
+++ b/launcher/settingsView/csettingsview_moc.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include "StdInc.h"
+
 namespace Ui {
 	class CSettingsView;
 }
@@ -7,13 +9,13 @@ namespace Ui {
 class CSettingsView : public QWidget
 {
 	Q_OBJECT
-	
+
 public:
 	explicit CSettingsView(QWidget *parent = 0);
 	~CSettingsView();
 
 	void loadSettings();
-	
+
 private slots:
 	void on_comboBoxResolution_currentIndexChanged(const QString &arg1);
 
diff --git a/lib/VCMI_lib.cbp b/lib/VCMI_lib.cbp
index 1fb794a0c..63bc6e794 100644
--- a/lib/VCMI_lib.cbp
+++ b/lib/VCMI_lib.cbp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	<Project>
 		<Option title="VCMI_lib" />
 		<Option execution_dir="D:/projects/vcmi/engine/VCMI_lib/" />
-		<Option pch_mode="2" />
+		<Option pch_mode="0" />
 		<Option compiler="gcc" />
 		<Build>
 			<Target title="Debug-win32">
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 				<Option run_host_application_in_terminal="1" />
 				<Option createStaticLib="1" />
 				<Compiler>
-					<Add option="-Og" />
 					<Add option="-g" />
+					<Add option="-Og" />
 					<Add directory="$(#zlib.include)" />
 				</Compiler>
 				<Linker>
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 					<Add option="-liconv" />
 					<Add option="-ldbghelp" />
 					<Add directory="$(#sdl2.lib)" />
-					<Add directory="$(#boost.lib32)" />
+					<Add directory="$(#boost.lib)" />
 					<Add directory="$(#zlib.lib)" />
 				</Linker>
 			</Target>
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 					<Add option="-lboost_locale$(#boost.libsuffix)" />
 					<Add option="-lboost_date_time$(#boost.libsuffix)" />
 					<Add option="-liconv" />
-					<Add option="-ldbghelp" />
 					<Add directory="$(#sdl2.lib)" />
 					<Add directory="$(#boost.lib32)" />
 					<Add directory="$(#zlib.lib)" />
@@ -101,6 +100,7 @@
 			</Target>
 		</Build>
 		<Compiler>
+			<Add option="-std=c++11" />
 			<Add option="-Wextra" />
 			<Add option="-Wall" />
 			<Add option="-fexceptions" />
@@ -110,9 +110,13 @@
 			<Add option="-Wno-unused-parameter" />
 			<Add option="-Wno-overloaded-virtual" />
 			<Add option="-Wno-unused-local-typedefs" />
+			<Add option="-Winvalid-pch" />
+			<Add option="-msse2" />
 			<Add option="-DVCMI_DLL" />
 			<Add option="-DBOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB" />
+			<Add option="-DBOOST_SYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED" />
 			<Add option="-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501" />
+			<Add option="-D_WIN32" />
 			<Add directory="$(#boost.include)" />
 			<Add directory="../include" />
 			<Add directory="../lib" />
@@ -199,8 +203,8 @@
 		<Unit filename="ScopeGuard.h" />
 		<Unit filename="StartInfo.h" />
 		<Unit filename="StdInc.h">
+			<Option compile="1" />
 			<Option weight="0" />
-			<Option target="Debug-win64" />
 		</Unit>
 		<Unit filename="StringConstants.h" />
 		<Unit filename="UnlockGuard.h" />
@@ -227,9 +231,12 @@
 		<Unit filename="filesystem/CMemoryStream.h" />
 		<Unit filename="filesystem/CZipLoader.cpp" />
 		<Unit filename="filesystem/CZipLoader.h" />
+		<Unit filename="filesystem/FileStream.cpp" />
+		<Unit filename="filesystem/FileStream.h" />
 		<Unit filename="filesystem/Filesystem.cpp" />
 		<Unit filename="filesystem/Filesystem.h" />
 		<Unit filename="filesystem/ISimpleResourceLoader.h" />
+		<Unit filename="filesystem/MinizipExtensions.h" />
 		<Unit filename="filesystem/ResourceID.cpp" />
 		<Unit filename="filesystem/ResourceID.h" />
 		<Unit filename="int3.h" />
diff --git a/lib/filesystem/CFileInputStream.h b/lib/filesystem/CFileInputStream.h
index 31e57f069..02d53b5f9 100644
--- a/lib/filesystem/CFileInputStream.h
+++ b/lib/filesystem/CFileInputStream.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "CInputStream.h"
+#include "FileStream.h"
 
 class CFileInfo;
 
@@ -94,5 +95,5 @@ private:
 	si64 dataSize;
 
 	/** Native c++ input file stream object. */
-	boost::filesystem::ifstream fileStream;
+	FileStream fileStream;
 };
diff --git a/lib/filesystem/CZipLoader.cpp b/lib/filesystem/CZipLoader.cpp
index 3b8676de0..44b139d40 100644
--- a/lib/filesystem/CZipLoader.cpp
+++ b/lib/filesystem/CZipLoader.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "StdInc.h"
-#include "../../Global.h"
+//#include "../../Global.h"
 #include "CZipLoader.h"
+#include "FileStream.h"
 
 #include "../ScopeGuard.h"
 
@@ -140,24 +141,24 @@ static bool extractCurrent(unzFile file, std::ostream & where)
 	return false;
 }
 
-std::vector<std::string> ZipArchive::listFiles(std::string filename)
+std::vector<std::string> ZipArchive::listFiles(boost::filesystem::path filename)
 {
 	std::vector<std::string> ret;
 
-	unzFile file = unzOpen(filename.c_str());
+	unzFile file = unzOpen2_64(filename.c_str(), FileStream::GetMinizipFilefunc());
 
 	if (unzGoToFirstFile(file) == UNZ_OK)
 	{
 		do
 		{
-			unz_file_info info;
+			unz_file_info64 info;
 			std::vector<char> filename;
 
-			unzGetCurrentFileInfo (file, &info, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0);
+			unzGetCurrentFileInfo64 (file, &info, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0);
 
 			filename.resize(info.size_filename);
 			// Get name of current file. Contrary to docs "info" parameter can't be null
-			unzGetCurrentFileInfo (file, &info, filename.data(), filename.size(), nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0);
+			unzGetCurrentFileInfo64 (file, &info, filename.data(), filename.size(), nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0);
 
 			ret.push_back(std::string(filename.data(), filename.size()));
 		}
@@ -168,29 +169,29 @@ std::vector<std::string> ZipArchive::listFiles(std::string filename)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-bool ZipArchive::extract(std::string from, std::string where)
+bool ZipArchive::extract(boost::filesystem::path from, boost::filesystem::path where)
 {
 	// Note: may not be fast enough for large archives (should NOT happen with mods)
 	// because locating each file by name may be slow. Unlikely slower than decompression though
 	return extract(from, where, listFiles(from));
 }
 
-bool ZipArchive::extract(std::string from, std::string where, std::vector<std::string> what)
+bool ZipArchive::extract(boost::filesystem::path from, boost::filesystem::path where, std::vector<std::string> what)
 {
-	unzFile archive = unzOpen(from.c_str());
+	unzFile archive = unzOpen2_64(from.c_str(), FileStream::GetMinizipFilefunc());
 
 	auto onExit = vstd::makeScopeGuard([&]()
 	{
 		unzClose(archive);
 	});
 
-	for (std::string & file : what)
+	for (const std::string & file : what)
 	{
 		if (unzLocateFile(archive, file.c_str(), 1) != UNZ_OK)
 			return false;
 
-		std::string fullName = where + '/' + file;
-		std::string fullPath = fullName.substr(0, fullName.find_last_of("/"));
+		const boost::filesystem::path fullName = where / file;
+		const boost::filesystem::path fullPath = fullName.parent_path();
 
 		boost::filesystem::create_directories(fullPath);
 		// directory. No file to extract
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ bool ZipArchive::extract(std::string from, std::string where, std::vector<std::s
 		if (boost::algorithm::ends_with(file, "/"))
 			continue;
 
-		std::ofstream destFile(fullName, std::ofstream::binary);
+		FileStream destFile(fullName, std::ios::out | std::ios::binary);
 		if (!destFile.good())
 			return false;
 
diff --git a/lib/filesystem/CZipLoader.h b/lib/filesystem/CZipLoader.h
index cccab7007..dea0f4b63 100644
--- a/lib/filesystem/CZipLoader.h
+++ b/lib/filesystem/CZipLoader.h
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@ public:
 namespace ZipArchive
 {
 	/// List all files present in archive
-	std::vector<std::string> DLL_LINKAGE listFiles(std::string filename);
+	std::vector<std::string> DLL_LINKAGE listFiles(boost::filesystem::path filename);
 
 	/// extracts all files from archive "from" into destination directory "where". Directory must exist
-	bool DLL_LINKAGE extract(std::string from, std::string where);
+	bool DLL_LINKAGE extract(boost::filesystem::path from, boost::filesystem::path where);
 
 	///same as above, but extracts only files mentioned in "what" list
-	bool DLL_LINKAGE extract(std::string from, std::string where, std::vector<std::string> what);
+	bool DLL_LINKAGE extract(boost::filesystem::path from, boost::filesystem::path where, std::vector<std::string> what);
 }
diff --git a/server/VCMI_server.cbp b/server/VCMI_server.cbp
index c415ad917..a582f9c96 100644
--- a/server/VCMI_server.cbp
+++ b/server/VCMI_server.cbp
@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 	<FileVersion major="1" minor="6" />
 	<Project>
 		<Option title="VCMI_server" />
-		<Option pch_mode="2" />
+		<Option pch_mode="0" />
 		<Option compiler="gcc" />
 		<Build>
 			<Target title="Debug-win32">
 				<Option platforms="Windows;" />
 				<Option output="../VCMI_server" prefix_auto="1" extension_auto="1" />
-				<Option object_output="../obj/Debug/Server" />
+				<Option working_dir="../" />
+				<Option object_output="../obj/Server/Debug/x86" />
 				<Option type="1" />
 				<Option compiler="gcc" />
 				<Option use_console_runner="0" />
@@ -25,7 +26,8 @@
 			<Target title="Release-win32">
 				<Option platforms="Windows;" />
 				<Option output="../VCMI_server" prefix_auto="1" extension_auto="1" />
-				<Option object_output="../obj/Release/Server" />
+				<Option working_dir="../" />
+				<Option object_output="../obj/Server/Release/x86" />
 				<Option type="1" />
 				<Option compiler="gcc" />
 				<Option use_console_runner="0" />
@@ -42,7 +44,8 @@
 			<Target title="Debug-win64">
 				<Option platforms="Windows;" />
 				<Option output="../VCMI_server" prefix_auto="1" extension_auto="1" />
-				<Option object_output="../obj/Debug/Server" />
+				<Option working_dir="../" />
+				<Option object_output="../obj/Server/Debug/x86" />
 				<Option type="1" />
 				<Option compiler="gnu_gcc_compiler_x64" />
 				<Option use_console_runner="0" />
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@
 			</Target>
 		</Build>
 		<Compiler>
+			<Add option="-std=c++11" />
 			<Add option="-Wextra" />
 			<Add option="-Wall" />
 			<Add option="-fexceptions" />
@@ -67,6 +71,8 @@
 			<Add option="-Wno-overloaded-virtual" />
 			<Add option="-D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501" />
 			<Add option="-DBOOST_THREAD_USE_LIB" />
+			<Add option="-DBOOST_SYSTEM_NO_DEPRECATED" />
+			<Add option="-D_WIN32" />
 			<Add directory="$(#boost.include)" />
 			<Add directory="../include" />
 			<Add directory="$(#sdl2.include)" />
@@ -92,6 +98,7 @@
 		<Unit filename="CVCMIServer.h" />
 		<Unit filename="NetPacksServer.cpp" />
 		<Unit filename="StdInc.h">
+			<Option compile="1" />
 			<Option weight="0" />
 		</Unit>
 		<Extensions>
diff --git a/vcmi.workspace b/vcmi.workspace
index 674989792..539655b1d 100644
--- a/vcmi.workspace
+++ b/vcmi.workspace
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@
 		<Project filename="scripting/erm/ERM.cbp">
 			<Depends filename="lib/VCMI_lib.cbp" />
 		</Project>
+		<Project filename="launcher/VCMI_launcher.cbp" />
 	</Workspace>
 </CodeBlocks_workspace_file>