diff --git a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GLWin.h b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GLWin.h
index ea5c7c8e12..ef093579e6 100644
--- a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GLWin.h
+++ b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GLWin.h
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ class GLWindow
 		u32 width, height, depth;
 
 	public:
+		char title[256];
+		
 		void SwapGLBuffers();
 		bool ReleaseContext();
 
diff --git a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GLWin32.cpp b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GLWin32.cpp
index 29e5d3149b..28fa88395e 100644
--- a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GLWin32.cpp
+++ b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GLWin32.cpp
@@ -122,7 +122,11 @@ bool GLWindow::CreateWindow(void *pDisplay)
 					hInstance,				// Instance
 					NULL);					// Don't Pass Anything To WM_CREATE
 
-	if (GShwnd == NULL) return false;
+	if (GShwnd == NULL) 
+	{
+		ZZLog::Error_Log("Failed to create window. Exiting...");
+		return false;
+	}
 
 	if (pDisplay != NULL) *(HWND*)pDisplay = GShwnd;
 
@@ -135,6 +139,7 @@ bool GLWindow::CreateWindow(void *pDisplay)
 
 	SetFocus(GShwnd);
 
+	if (pDisplay == NULL) ZZLog::Error_Log("Failed to create window. Exiting...");
 	return (pDisplay != NULL);
 }
 
@@ -195,6 +200,8 @@ bool GLWindow::DisplayWindow(int _width, int _height)
 	{
 		dwExStyle = WS_EX_APPWINDOW | WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE;
 		dwStyle = WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW;
+		nBackbufferWidth = _width;
+		nBackbufferHeight = _height;
 	}
 	dwStyle |= WS_CLIPSIBLINGS | WS_CLIPCHILDREN;
 
diff --git a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GLWinX11.cpp b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GLWinX11.cpp
index 8d1b65999d..4635b15aff 100644
--- a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GLWinX11.cpp
+++ b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GLWinX11.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ bool GLWindow::CreateWindow(void *pDisplay)
 	glDisplay = XOpenDisplay(0);
 	glScreen = DefaultScreen(glDisplay);
 
-	if (pDisplay == NULL) return false;
+	if (pDisplay == NULL) 
+	{
+		ZZLog::Error_Log("Failed to create window. Exiting...");
+		return false;
+	}
 
 	*(Display**)pDisplay = glDisplay;
 
@@ -251,6 +255,9 @@ void GLWindow::ToggleFullscreen()
 
 bool GLWindow::DisplayWindow(int _width, int _height)
 {
+	nBackbufferWidth = _width;
+	nBackbufferHeight = _height;
+	
 	if (!CreateVisual()) return false;
 	
 	/* create a GLX context */
diff --git a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GSmain.cpp b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GSmain.cpp
index 5179187088..d0e16c7388 100644
--- a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GSmain.cpp
+++ b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/GSmain.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ extern void SaveSnapshot(const char* filename);
 GLWindow GLWin;
 GSinternal gs;
 GSconf conf;
-char GStitle[256];
 
 int ppf, g_GSMultiThreaded, CurrentSavestate = 0;
 int g_LastCRC = 0, g_TransferredToGPU = 0, s_frameskipping = 0;
@@ -269,22 +268,23 @@ s32 CALLBACK GSinit()
 	return 0;
 }
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-
-#ifdef _DEBUG
+#if defined(_WIN32) && defined(_DEBUG)
 HANDLE g_hCurrentThread = NULL;
 #endif
 
-
-extern LRESULT WINAPI MsgProc(HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
-extern HINSTANCE hInst;
-#endif
+__forceinline void InitMisc()
+{
+	WriteBilinear();
+	WriteAA();
+	InitProfile();
+	InitPath();
+	ResetRegs();
+}
 
 s32 CALLBACK GSopen(void *pDsp, char *Title, int multithread)
 {
 	FUNCLOG
 
-	bool err = false;
 	g_GSMultiThreaded = multithread;
 
 	ZZLog::WriteLn("Calling GSopen.");
@@ -294,28 +294,16 @@ s32 CALLBACK GSopen(void *pDsp, char *Title, int multithread)
 #endif
 
 	LoadConfig();
-	strcpy(GStitle, Title);
+	strcpy(GLWin.title, Title);
 
 	ZZLog::GS_Log("Using %s:%d.%d.%d.", libraryName, zgsrevision, zgsbuild, zgsminor);
 	
-	err = GLWin.CreateWindow(pDsp);
-	if (!err)
-	{
-		ZZLog::Error_Log("Failed to create window. Exiting...");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	ZZLog::WriteLn("Creating ZZOgl window.");
-
-	if (!ZZCreate(conf.width, conf.height)) return -1;
+	if ((!GLWin.CreateWindow(pDsp)) || (!ZZCreate(conf.width, conf.height))) return -1;
 
 	ZZLog::WriteLn("Initialization successful.");
 
-	WriteBilinear();
-	WriteAA();
-	InitProfile();
-	InitPath();
-	ResetRegs();
+	InitMisc();
 	ZZLog::GS_Log("GSopen finished.");
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -336,26 +324,15 @@ s32 CALLBACK GSopen2( void* pDsp, INT32 flags )
 #endif
 
 	LoadConfig();
-	strcpy(GStitle, Title);
 	
-	err = GLWin.GetWindow(pDsp); // Needs to be added.
-	if (!err)
-	{
-		ZZLog::Error_Log("Failed to acquire window. Exiting...");
-		return -1;
-	}
-
 	ZZLog::GS_Log("Using %s:%d.%d.%d.", libraryName, zgsrevision, zgsbuild, zgsminor);
 
-	if (!ZZCreate2(conf.width, conf.height)) return -1; // Needs to be added.
+	ZZLog::WriteLn("Capturing ZZOgl window.");
+	if ((!GLWin.GetWindow(pDsp)) || (!ZZCreate2(conf.width, conf.height))) return -1;// Needs to be added.
 
 	ZZLog::WriteLn("Initialization successful.");
 
-	WriteBilinear();
-	WriteAA();
-	InitProfile();
-	InitPath();
-	ResetRegs();
+	InitMisc();
 	ZZLog::GS_Log("GSopen2 finished.");
 	return 0;
 	
diff --git a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/Linux/Conf.cpp b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/Linux/Conf.cpp
index 4c008e945f..b600421f83 100644
--- a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/Linux/Conf.cpp
+++ b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/Linux/Conf.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ void SaveConfig()
 
 	fprintf(f, "mrtdepth = %hhx\n", conf.mrtdepth);
 	fprintf(f, "zzoptions = %x\n", conf.zz_options._u32);
-	fprintf(f, "options = %x\n", conf.hacks);
+	fprintf(f, "options = %x\n", conf.hacks._u32);
 	fprintf(f, "bilinear  = %hhx\n", conf.bilinear);
 	fprintf(f, "aliasing = %hhx\n", conf.aa);
 	fprintf(f, "width = %x\n", conf.width);
diff --git a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/ZZLog.cpp b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/ZZLog.cpp
index dc0f4c07bb..191d81733d 100644
--- a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/ZZLog.cpp
+++ b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/ZZLog.cpp
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ void Dev_Log(const char *fmt, ...)
 
 void Debug_Log(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
-#if _DEBUG
+#ifdef _DEBUG
 	va_list list;
 
 	va_start(list, fmt);
diff --git a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/ZZoglCreate.cpp b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/ZZoglCreate.cpp
index 8a44c45db7..fae4fd316c 100644
--- a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/ZZoglCreate.cpp
+++ b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/ZZoglCreate.cpp
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ void (APIENTRY *zgsBlendFuncSeparateEXT)(GLenum, GLenum, GLenum, GLenum) = NULL;
 extern u8* s_lpShaderResources;
 
 // String's for shader file in developer mode
-#ifdef DEVBUILD
+#ifdef ZEROGS_DEVBUILD
 char* EFFECT_NAME = "";
 char* EFFECT_DIR = "";
 #endif
@@ -277,18 +277,21 @@ inline void CreateOtherCheck()
 #endif
 }
 
-// open shader file according to build target
 
-inline bool CreateOpenShadersFile()
+#ifdef _WIN32
+__forceinline bool LoadShadersFromRes()
 {
-#ifndef DEVBUILD
-#	ifdef _WIN32
 	HRSRC hShaderSrc = FindResource(hInst, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDR_SHADERS), RT_RCDATA);
 	assert(hShaderSrc != NULL);
 	HGLOBAL hShaderGlob = LoadResource(hInst, hShaderSrc);
 	assert(hShaderGlob != NULL);
 	s_lpShaderResources = (u8*)LockResource(hShaderGlob);
-#	else // not _WIN32
+	return true;
+}
+#else
+
+__forceinline bool LoadShadersFromDat()
+{
 	FILE* fres = fopen("ps2hw.dat", "rb");
 
 	if (fres == NULL)
@@ -309,9 +312,12 @@ inline bool CreateOpenShadersFile()
 	fseek(fres, 0, SEEK_SET);
 	fread(s_lpShaderResources, s, 1, fres);
 	s_lpShaderResources[s] = 0;
-#	endif // _WIN32
-#else // defined(ZEROGS_DEVBUILD)
-#	ifndef _WIN32 // NOT WINDOWS
+	
+	return true;
+}
+
+__forceinline bool LoadShadersFromFX()
+{
 	// test if ps2hw.fx exists
 	char tempstr[255];
 	char curwd[255];
@@ -339,58 +345,55 @@ inline bool CreateOpenShadersFile()
 
 	sprintf(EFFECT_DIR, "%s/%s", curwd, tempstr);
 	sprintf(EFFECT_NAME, "%sps2hw.fx", EFFECT_DIR);
+	
+	return true;
+}
+#endif
+
+
+// open shader file according to build target
+
+inline bool CreateOpenShadersFile()
+{
+#ifndef DEVBUILD
+#	ifdef _WIN32
+	return LoadShadersFromRes();
+#	else // not _WIN32
+	return LoadShadersFromDat();
+#	endif // _WIN32
+#else // defined(ZEROGS_DEVBUILD)
+#	ifndef _WIN32 // NOT WINDOWS
+	return LoadShadersFromFX();
+	
+	// No else clause?
 #endif
 #endif // !defined(ZEROGS_DEVBUILD)
-	return true;
 }
 
 // Read all extensions name and fill mapGLExtensions
 inline bool CreateFillExtensionsMap()
 {
-	// fill the opengl extension map
-	const char* ptoken = (const char*)glGetString(GL_EXTENSIONS);
+	int max_ext = 0;
+	glGetIntegerv(GL_NUM_EXTENSIONS, &max_ext);
+	
+	PFNGLGETSTRINGIPROC glGetStringi = 0;
+	glGetStringi = (PFNGLGETSTRINGIPROC)wglGetProcAddress("glGetStringi");
 
-	if (ptoken == NULL) return false;
-
-	int prevlog = conf.log;
-
-	conf.log = 1;
-
-	ZZLog::GS_Log("Supported OpenGL Extensions:\n%s\n", ptoken);	 // write to the log file
-
-	// Probably a better way to do it, but seems to crash.
-	/*int n;
-	glGetIntegerv(GL_NUM_EXTENSIONS, &n);
-	ZZLog::GS_Log("Supported OpenGL Extensions:\n");
-	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
+	string temp("");
+	for (GLint i = 0; i < max_ext; i++)
 	{
-		ZZLog::GS_Log("%s/n", (const char*)glGetStringi(GL_EXTENSIONS, i));
-	}*/
-
-	conf.log = prevlog;
-
-	// insert all exts into mapGLExtensions
-
-	const char* pend = NULL;
-
-	while (ptoken != NULL)
-	{
-		pend = strchr(ptoken, ' ');
-
-		if (pend != NULL)
-		{
-			mapGLExtensions[string(ptoken, pend-ptoken)];
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			mapGLExtensions[string(ptoken)];
-			break;
-		}
-
-		ptoken = pend;
-
-		while (*ptoken == ' ') ++ptoken;
+		string extension((const char*)glGetStringi(GL_EXTENSIONS, i));
+		mapGLExtensions[extension];
+		
+		temp = temp + extension;
+		if (i != (max_ext - 1)) temp += ", ";
 	}
+	
+	// Write the extension list to the log, but only write it to the screen on a debug build.
+#ifndef _DEBUG
+	ZZLog::Log("%d supported OpenGL Extensions: %s\n", max_ext, temp.c_str());
+#endif
+	ZZLog::Debug_Log("%d supported OpenGL Extensions: %s\n", max_ext, temp.c_str());
 
 	return true;
 }
@@ -434,14 +437,10 @@ bool ZZCreate(int _width, int _height)
 {
 	GLenum err = GL_NO_ERROR;
 	bool bSuccess = true;
-	int i;
 
 	ZZDestroy();
 	ZZGSStateReset();
 	
-	nBackbufferWidth = _width;
-	nBackbufferHeight = _height;
-
 	if (!GLWin.DisplayWindow(_width, _height)) return false;
 
 	conf.mrtdepth = 0; // for now
@@ -560,7 +559,7 @@ bool ZZCreate(int _width, int _height)
 	g_vboBuffers.resize(VB_NUMBUFFERS);
 	glGenBuffers((GLsizei)g_vboBuffers.size(), &g_vboBuffers[0]);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < (int)g_vboBuffers.size(); ++i)
+	for (int i = 0; i < (int)g_vboBuffers.size(); ++i)
 	{
 		glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, g_vboBuffers[i]);
 		glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0x100*sizeof(VertexGPU), NULL, GL_STREAM_DRAW);
@@ -676,7 +675,7 @@ bool ZZCreate(int _width, int _height)
 
 	vector<u32> conv16to32data(256*256);
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 256*256; ++i)
+	for (int i = 0; i < 256*256; ++i)
 	{
 		u32 tempcol = RGBA16to32(i);
 		// have to flip r and b
@@ -700,7 +699,7 @@ bool ZZCreate(int _width, int _height)
 
 	u32* dst = &conv32to16data[0];
 
-	for (i = 0; i < 32; ++i)
+	for (int i = 0; i < 32; ++i)
 	{
 		for (int j = 0; j < 32; ++j)
 		{
diff --git a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/zerogs.cpp b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/zerogs.cpp
index f7859d8bc6..a8a0721a9b 100644
--- a/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/zerogs.cpp
+++ b/plugins/zzogl-pg/opengl/zerogs.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ void ChangeDeviceSize(int nNewWidth, int nNewHeight)
 	{
 		ZZLog::Error_Log("Failed to recreate, changing to old device.");
 
-		if (ZZCreate(oldwidth, oldheight))
+		if (!ZZCreate(oldwidth, oldheight))
 		{
 			SysMessage("Failed to create device, exiting...");
 			exit(0);