diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-all-and-release.yml b/.github/workflows/build-all-and-release.yml
index 3a32acb28..f666552d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-all-and-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-all-and-release.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: pc-nzp-linux32.zip
-          path: ./engine/release/nzportable32
+          path: ./engine/release/nzportable32-sdl
   Compile-Linux64:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: pc-nzp-linux64.zip
-          path: ./engine/release/nzportable64
+          path: ./engine/release/nzportable64-sdl
   Compile-LinuxArm64:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: pc-nzp-linux_arm64.zip
-          path: ./engine/release/nzportablearm64
+          path: ./engine/release/nzportablearm64-sdl
   Compile-LinuxArmhf:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: pc-nzp-linux_armhf.zip
-          path: ./engine/release/nzportablearmhf
+          path: ./engine/release/nzportablearmhf-sdl
   Compile-Windows32:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: pc-nzp-win32.zip
-          path: ./engine/release/nzportable.exe
+          path: ./engine/release/nzportable-sdl.exe
   Compile-Windows64:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: pc-nzp-win64.zip
-          path: ./engine/release/nzportable64.exe
+          path: ./engine/release/nzportable-sdl64.exe
   Compile-WASM:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container:
@@ -231,4 +231,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
-          id: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.id }}
\ No newline at end of file
+          id: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.id }}
diff --git a/engine/Makefile b/engine/Makefile
index 471810c90..41f579874 100644
--- a/engine/Makefile
+++ b/engine/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #note: cross compiling will typically require 'make makelibs FTE_TARGET=mytarget', which avoids installing lots of extra system packages.
 
 #
-CC=gcc
+CC?=gcc
 WINDRES=windres
 STRIP?=strip
 
@@ -1143,28 +1143,27 @@ ifeq (win_SDL,$(findstring win,$(FTE_TARGET))$(findstring _SDL,$(FTE_TARGET)))
 
 	EXEPOSTFIX=.exe
 
-	CC_MACHINE:=$(shell $(CC) -dumpmachine)
-	ARCH_PREDEP=$(BASE_DIR)/libs/SDL2-$(SDL2VER)/$(CC_MACHINE)/bin/sdl2-config
-	SDLCONFIG=$(ARCH_PREDEP) --prefix=$(BASE_DIR)/libs/SDL2-$(SDL2VER)/$(CC_MACHINE)
+	ARCH_PREDEP=$(BASE_DIR)/libs-$(ARCH)/SDL2-$(SDL2VER)/$(ARCH)/bin/sdl2-config
+	SDLCONFIG=$(ARCH_PREDEP) --prefix=$(BASE_DIR)/libs-$(ARCH)/SDL2-$(SDL2VER)/$(ARCH)
 	ARCH_CFLAGS=`$(SDLCONFIG) --cflags`
 	
 	#the defaults for sdl come first
 	GLCL_OBJS=$(GL_OBJS) $(D3DGL_OBJS) $(GLQUAKE_OBJS) gl_vidsdl.o snd_sdl.o cd_sdl.o sys_sdl.o in_sdl.o snd_directx.o $(LTO_END) resources.o $(LTO_START)
 	GL_EXE_NAME=../$(EXE_NAME)-sdl-gl$(BITS)$(EXEPOSTFIX)
 	GLCL_EXE_NAME=../$(EXE_NAME)-sdl-glcl$(BITS)$(EXEPOSTFIX)
-	ifdef windir
+#	ifdef windir
 		GL_LDFLAGS=$(GLLDFLAGS) -lmingw32 -lws2_32 `$(SDLCONFIG) --static-libs`
 		VK_LDFLAGS=$(GLLDFLAGS) -lmingw32 -lws2_32 `$(SDLCONFIG) --static-libs`
 		M_LDFLAGS=$(MLDFLAGS) -lmingw32 -lws2_32 `$(SDLCONFIG) --static-libs`
 		SV_LDFLAGS=-lm -lmingw32 -lws2_32 -lwinmm `$(SDLCONFIG) --static-libs`
 		QCC_LDFLAGS=
-	else
-		GL_LDFLAGS=$(IMAGELDFLAGS) -lws2_32 -lmingw32 $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -mwindows -ldxguid -lwinmm -lole32 $(GLLDFLAGS) `$(SDLCONFIG) --libs` 
-		VK_LDFLAGS=$(IMAGELDFLAGS) -lws2_32 -lmingw32 $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -mwindows -ldxguid -lwinmm -lole32 $(GLLDFLAGS) `$(SDLCONFIG) --libs` 
-		M_LDFLAGS=$(IMAGELDFLAGS) -lws2_32 -lmingw32 $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -mwindows -ldxguid -lwinmm -lole32 $(MLDFLAGS) `$(SDLCONFIG) --libs`
-		SV_LDFLAGS=-lm -lmingw32 -lws2_32 -lwinmm `$(SDLCONFIG) --libs`
-		QCC_LDFLAGS=
-	endif
+#	else
+#		GL_LDFLAGS=$(IMAGELDFLAGS) -lws2_32 -lmingw32 $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -mwindows -ldxguid -lwinmm -lole32 $(GLLDFLAGS) `$(SDLCONFIG) --libs` 
+#		VK_LDFLAGS=$(IMAGELDFLAGS) -lws2_32 -lmingw32 $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -mwindows -ldxguid -lwinmm -lole32 $(GLLDFLAGS) `$(SDLCONFIG) --libs` 
+#		M_LDFLAGS=$(IMAGELDFLAGS) -lws2_32 -lmingw32 $(SDL_LDFLAGS) -mwindows -ldxguid -lwinmm -lole32 $(MLDFLAGS) `$(SDLCONFIG) --libs`
+#		SV_LDFLAGS=-lm -lmingw32 -lws2_32 -lwinmm `$(SDLCONFIG) --libs`
+#		QCC_LDFLAGS=
+#	endif
 	
 	GL_CFLAGS=-DFTE_SDL $(GLCFLAGS) $(CLIENTLIBFLAGS) $(DX7SDK)
 	
@@ -2271,11 +2270,11 @@ droid-help:
 	@-echo
 	@-echo "Note that 'make droid-rel' will automatically generate a keystore. If you forget the password, just do a 'make dist-clean'."
 
-$(BASE_DIR)/libs/SDL2-$(SDL2VER)/i686-w64-mingw32/bin/sdl2-config:
+$(BASE_DIR)/libs-$(ARCH)/SDL2-$(SDL2VER)/i686-w64-mingw32/bin/sdl2-config:
 	wget http://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-$(SDL2VER)-mingw.tar.gz -O $(BASE_DIR)/sdl2.tar.gz
-	cd $(BASE_DIR)/libs && tar -xvzf $(BASE_DIR)/sdl2.tar.gz
+	cd $(BASE_DIR)/libs-$(ARCH) && tar -xvzf $(BASE_DIR)/sdl2.tar.gz
 	rm $(BASE_DIR)/sdl2.tar.gz
-$(BASE_DIR)/libs/SDL2-$(SDL2VER)/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/sdl2-config: $(BASE_DIR)/libs/SDL2-$(SDL2VER)/i686-w64-mingw32/bin/sdl2-config
+$(BASE_DIR)/libs-$(ARCH)/SDL2-$(SDL2VER)/x86_64-w64-mingw32/bin/sdl2-config: $(BASE_DIR)/libs-$(ARCH)/SDL2-$(SDL2VER)/i686-w64-mingw32/bin/sdl2-config
 
 
 
diff --git a/tools/build-nzp-linux32.sh b/tools/build-nzp-linux32.sh
index c68d4a211..fe4f0a470 100755
--- a/tools/build-nzp-linux32.sh
+++ b/tools/build-nzp-linux32.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 cd ../engine
-make makelibs FTE_TARGET=linux32 && make m-rel FTE_TARGET=linux32 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j32
\ No newline at end of file
+export CC=i686-linux-gnu-gcc
+export STRIP=i686-linux-gnu-strip
+make makelibs FTE_TARGET=SDL2 && make m-rel FTE_TARGET=SDL2 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j32
+mv release/nzportable-sdl2 release/nzportable32-sdl
diff --git a/tools/build-nzp-linux64.sh b/tools/build-nzp-linux64.sh
index 8c959a3c5..d7eef7d78 100755
--- a/tools/build-nzp-linux64.sh
+++ b/tools/build-nzp-linux64.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 cd ../engine
-make makelibs FTE_TARGET=linux64 && make m-rel FTE_TARGET=linux64 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j32
+export CC=x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc
+export STRIP=x86_64-linux-gnu-strip
+make makelibs FTE_TARGET=SDL2 && make m-rel FTE_TARGET=SDL2 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j32
+mv release/nzportable-sdl2 release/nzportable64-sdl
diff --git a/tools/build-nzp-linux_arm64.sh b/tools/build-nzp-linux_arm64.sh
index f826cb0f4..ee73b7641 100755
--- a/tools/build-nzp-linux_arm64.sh
+++ b/tools/build-nzp-linux_arm64.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 cd ../engine
-make makelibs FTE_TARGET=linux_arm64 && make m-rel FTE_TARGET=linux_arm64 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j32
\ No newline at end of file
+export CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc
+export STRIP=aarch64-linux-gnu-strip
+make makelibs FTE_TARGET=SDL2 && make m-rel FTE_TARGET=SDL2 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j32
+mv release/nzportable-sdl2 release/nzportablearm64-sdl
diff --git a/tools/build-nzp-linux_armhf.sh b/tools/build-nzp-linux_armhf.sh
index 2a6955a01..08a0191e1 100755
--- a/tools/build-nzp-linux_armhf.sh
+++ b/tools/build-nzp-linux_armhf.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 cd ../engine
-make makelibs FTE_TARGET=linux_armhf && make m-rel FTE_TARGET=linux_armhf FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j32
\ No newline at end of file
+export CC=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc
+export STRIP=arm-linux-gnueabihf-strip
+make makelibs FTE_TARGET=SDL2 && make m-rel FTE_TARGET=SDL2 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j32
+mv release/nzportable-sdl2 release/nzportablearmhf-sdl
diff --git a/tools/build-nzp-macosx_x86.sh b/tools/build-nzp-macosx_x86.sh
index e8e80ec50..2c8c113b5 100755
--- a/tools/build-nzp-macosx_x86.sh
+++ b/tools/build-nzp-macosx_x86.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 export MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET=10.14
 osxcross-macports install libsdl2 libsdl
 cd ../engine
-make makelibs FTE_TARGET=macosx_x86 && make m-rel FTE_TARGET=macosx_x86 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j8
\ No newline at end of file
+make makelibs FTE_TARGET=macosx_x86 && make m-rel FTE_TARGET=macosx_x86 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j8
diff --git a/tools/build-nzp-win32.sh b/tools/build-nzp-win32.sh
index 3a74458aa..ef844cea6 100755
--- a/tools/build-nzp-win32.sh
+++ b/tools/build-nzp-win32.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 cd ../engine
-make makelibs FTE_TARGET=win32 && make m-rel FTE_TARGET=win32 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j32
\ No newline at end of file
+make makelibs FTE_TARGET=win32_SDL2 && make m-rel FTE_TARGET=win32_SDL2 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j32
+# Running make once is not sufficient... there are link errors (undefined reference to SDL's functions).
+# Doing it twice works. I don't know why.
+make m-rel FTE_TARGET=win32_SDL2 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j32
diff --git a/tools/build-nzp-win64.sh b/tools/build-nzp-win64.sh
index 9a4ff2105..d48bf9b2c 100755
--- a/tools/build-nzp-win64.sh
+++ b/tools/build-nzp-win64.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 cd ../engine
-make makelibs FTE_TARGET=win64 && make m-rel FTE_TARGET=win64 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j32
+make makelibs FTE_TARGET=win64_SDL2 && make m-rel FTE_TARGET=win64_SDL2 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j32
+# Running make once is not sufficient... there are link errors (undefined reference to SDL's functions).
+# Doing it twice works. I don't know why.
+make m-rel FTE_TARGET=win64_SDL2 FTE_CONFIG=nzportable -j32