diff --git a/engine/client/cl_game.c b/engine/client/cl_game.c
index 09b82230..d95b672d 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_game.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_game.c
@@ -308,10 +308,9 @@ void CL_CenterPrint( const char *text, float y )
 {
 	cl_font_t *font = Con_GetCurFont();
 
-	if( !COM_CheckString( text ))
+	if( !COM_CheckString( text ) || !font || !font->valid )
 		return;
 
-	clgame.centerPrint.lines = 1;
 	clgame.centerPrint.totalWidth = 0;
 	clgame.centerPrint.time = cl.mtime[0]; // allow pause for centerprint
 	Q_strncpy( clgame.centerPrint.message, text, sizeof( clgame.centerPrint.message ));
@@ -322,6 +321,10 @@ void CL_CenterPrint( const char *text, float y )
 		&clgame.centerPrint.totalHeight,
 		FONT_DRAW_HUD | FONT_DRAW_UTF8 );
 
+	if( font->charHeight )
+		clgame.centerPrint.lines = clgame.centerPrint.totalHeight / font->charHeight;
+	else clgame.centerPrint.lines = 1;
+
 	clgame.centerPrint.y = CL_AdjustYPos( y, clgame.centerPrint.totalHeight );
 }
 
diff --git a/engine/client/console.c b/engine/client/console.c
index 615142a0..07894d17 100644
--- a/engine/client/console.c
+++ b/engine/client/console.c
@@ -1732,30 +1732,37 @@ Custom debug messages
 */
 int Con_DrawDebugLines( void )
 {
+	notify_t *notify = con.notify;
 	int	i, count = 0;
 	int	defaultX;
 	int	y = 20;
+	int	fontTall;
+
+	if( !con.curFont || !con.curFont->valid )
+		return 0;
 
 	defaultX = refState.width / 4;
+	fontTall = con.curFont->charHeight + 1;
 
-	for( i = 0; i < MAX_DBG_NOTIFY; i++ )
+	for( i = 0; i < ARRAYSIZE( con.notify ); i++, notify++ )
 	{
-		if( host.realtime < con.notify[i].expire && con.notify[i].key_dest == cls.key_dest )
-		{
-			int	x, len;
-			int	fontTall = 0;
+		int x, len;
 
-			Con_DrawStringLen( con.notify[i].szNotify, &len, &fontTall );
-			x = refState.width - Q_max( defaultX, len ) - 10;
-			fontTall += 1;
+		if( host.realtime > notify->expire )
+			continue;
 
-			if( y + fontTall > refState.height - 20 )
-				return count;
+		if( notify->key_dest != cls.key_dest )
+			continue;
 
-			count++;
-			y = 20 + fontTall * i;
-			Con_DrawString( x, y, con.notify[i].szNotify, con.notify[i].color );
-		}
+		Con_DrawStringLen( notify->szNotify, &len, NULL );
+		x = refState.width - Q_max( defaultX, len ) - 10;
+
+		if( y + fontTall > refState.height - 20 )
+			return count;
+
+		count++;
+		y += fontTall;
+		CL_DrawString( x, y, notify->szNotify, notify->color, con.curFont, FONT_DRAW_UTF8 | FONT_DRAW_NOLF );
 	}
 
 	return count;
@@ -1784,7 +1791,7 @@ void Con_DrawDebug( void )
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		timeStart = Sys_DoubleTime();
+		timeStart = host.realtime;
 	}
 
 	if( !host.allow_console || Cvar_VariableInteger( "cl_background" ) || Cvar_VariableInteger( "sv_background" ))
diff --git a/engine/client/s_load.c b/engine/client/s_load.c
index 8a81af3d..17f1dd4e 100644
--- a/engine/client/s_load.c
+++ b/engine/client/s_load.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ void S_SoundList_f( void )
 
 			if( sc->loopStart >= 0 ) Con_Printf( "L" );
 			else Con_Printf( " " );
-			if( sfx->name[0] == '*' )
+			if( sfx->name[0] == '*' || !Q_strncmp( sfx->name, DEFAULT_SOUNDPATH, sizeof( DEFAULT_SOUNDPATH ) - 1 ))
 				Con_Printf( " (%2db) %s : %s\n", sc->width * 8, Q_memprint( sc->size ), sfx->name );
 			else Con_Printf( " (%2db) %s : " DEFAULT_SOUNDPATH "%s\n", sc->width * 8, Q_memprint( sc->size ), sfx->name );
 			totalSfx++;
diff --git a/engine/client/s_main.c b/engine/client/s_main.c
index 5a77e24f..3ba4ea13 100644
--- a/engine/client/s_main.c
+++ b/engine/client/s_main.c
@@ -197,6 +197,65 @@ qboolean SND_FStreamIsPlaying( sfx_t *sfx )
 	return false;
 }
 
+/*
+=================
+SND_GetChannelTimeLeft
+
+TODO: this function needs to be removed after whole sound subsystem rewrite
+=================
+*/
+static int SND_GetChannelTimeLeft( const channel_t *ch )
+{
+	int remaining;
+
+	if( ch->pMixer.finished || !ch->sfx || !ch->sfx->cache )
+		return 0;
+
+	if( ch->isSentence ) // sentences are special, count all remaining words
+	{
+		int i;
+
+		if( !ch->currentWord )
+			return 0;
+
+		// current word
+		remaining = ch->currentWord->forcedEndSample - ch->currentWord->sample;
+
+		// here we count all remaining words, stopping if no sfx or sound file is available
+		// see VOX_LoadWord
+		for( i = ch->wordIndex + 1; i < ARRAYSIZE( ch->words ); i++ )
+		{
+			wavdata_t *sc;
+			int end;
+
+			// don't continue with broken sentences
+			if( !ch->words[i].sfx )
+				break;
+
+			if( !( sc = S_LoadSound( ch->words[i].sfx )))
+				break;
+
+			end = ch->words[i].end;
+
+			if( end )
+				remaining += sc->samples * 0.01f * end;
+			else remaining += sc->samples;
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		int curpos;
+		int samples;
+
+		// handle position looping
+		samples = ch->sfx->cache->samples;
+		curpos = S_ConvertLoopedPosition( ch->sfx->cache, ch->pMixer.sample, ch->use_loop );
+		remaining = bound( 0, samples - curpos, samples );
+	}
+
+	return remaining;
+}
+
 /*
 =================
 SND_PickDynamicChannel
@@ -246,11 +305,7 @@ channel_t *SND_PickDynamicChannel( int entnum, int channel, sfx_t *sfx, qboolean
 			continue;
 
 		// try to pick the sound with the least amount of data left to play
-		timeleft = 0;
-		if( ch->sfx )
-		{
-			timeleft = 1; // ch->end - paintedtime
-		}
+		timeleft = SND_GetChannelTimeLeft( ch );
 
 		if( timeleft < life_left )
 		{
diff --git a/engine/client/sound.h b/engine/client/sound.h
index 19f9eead..d55ee533 100644
--- a/engine/client/sound.h
+++ b/engine/client/sound.h
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ void S_FadeMusicVolume( float fadePercent );
 //
 int S_ZeroCrossingAfter( wavdata_t *pWaveData, int sample );
 int S_ZeroCrossingBefore( wavdata_t *pWaveData, int sample );
+int S_ConvertLoopedPosition( wavdata_t *pSource, int samplePosition, qboolean use_loop );
 int S_GetOutputData( wavdata_t *pSource, void **pData, int samplePosition, int sampleCount, qboolean use_loop );
 void S_SetSampleStart( channel_t *pChan, wavdata_t *pSource, int newPosition );
 void S_SetSampleEnd( channel_t *pChan, wavdata_t *pSource, int newEndPosition );
diff --git a/engine/common/lib_common.c b/engine/common/lib_common.c
index c0ec5299..5b3673cb 100644
--- a/engine/common/lib_common.c
+++ b/engine/common/lib_common.c
@@ -410,11 +410,13 @@ char **COM_ConvertToLocalPlatform( EFunctionMangleType to, const char *from, siz
 
 		if( at ) len = (uint)( at - prev );
 		else len = (uint)Q_strlen( prev );
+
 		Q_strncpy( symbols[i], prev, Q_min( len + 1, sizeof( symbols[i] )));
-		prev = at + 1;
 
 		if( !at )
 			break;
+
+		prev = at + 1;
 	}
 
 	if( i == MAX_NESTED_NAMESPACES )
diff --git a/engine/common/mod_studio.c b/engine/common/mod_studio.c
index 251c9a0c..504ff415 100644
--- a/engine/common/mod_studio.c
+++ b/engine/common/mod_studio.c
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ static void Mod_StudioCalcRotations( int boneused[], int numbones, const byte *p
 	// add in programtic controllers
 	pbone = (mstudiobone_t *)((byte *)mod_studiohdr + mod_studiohdr->boneindex);
 
+	memset( adj, 0, sizeof( adj ));
 	Mod_StudioCalcBoneAdj( adj, pcontroller );
 
 	for( j = numbones - 1; j >= 0; j-- )
diff --git a/engine/server/sv_game.c b/engine/server/sv_game.c
index 9473d79e..0f3f85c7 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_game.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_game.c
@@ -2642,6 +2642,7 @@ void GAME_EXPORT pfnMessageEnd( void )
 {
 	const char	*name = "Unknown";
 	float		*org = NULL;
+	word realsize;
 
 	if( svgame.msg_name ) name = svgame.msg_name;
 	if( !svgame.msg_started ) Host_Error( "MessageEnd: called with no active message\n" );
@@ -2673,7 +2674,8 @@ void GAME_EXPORT pfnMessageEnd( void )
 				return;
 			}
 
-			*(word *)&sv.multicast.pData[svgame.msg_size_index] = svgame.msg_realsize;
+			realsize = svgame.msg_realsize;
+			memcpy( &sv.multicast.pData[svgame.msg_size_index], &realsize, sizeof( realsize ));
 		}
 	}
 	else if( svgame.msg[svgame.msg_index].size != -1 )
@@ -2705,7 +2707,8 @@ void GAME_EXPORT pfnMessageEnd( void )
 			return;
 		}
 
-		*(word *)&sv.multicast.pData[svgame.msg_size_index] = svgame.msg_realsize;
+		realsize = svgame.msg_realsize;
+		memcpy( &sv.multicast.pData[svgame.msg_size_index], &realsize, sizeof( realsize ));
 	}
 	else
 	{