diff --git a/BBGE/FmodOpenALBridge.cpp b/BBGE/FmodOpenALBridge.cpp
index 1ab51b4..6db0855 100644
--- a/BBGE/FmodOpenALBridge.cpp
+++ b/BBGE/FmodOpenALBridge.cpp
@@ -568,6 +568,9 @@ namespace FMOD {
     #define SANITY_CHECK_OPENAL_CALL()
 #endif
 
+// HACK: works fairly well without it. Annoying to be thrown into the debugger because all channels are full.
+#undef SANITY_CHECK_OPENAL_CALL
+#define SANITY_CHECK_OPENAL_CALL()
 
 // simply nasty.
 #define ALBRIDGE(cls,method,params,args) \
diff --git a/win/vc90/Aquaria.vcproj b/win/vc90/Aquaria.vcproj
index ccd1d17..94efbb1 100644
--- a/win/vc90/Aquaria.vcproj
+++ b/win/vc90/Aquaria.vcproj
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\freetype2\include\freetype\config";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\gl";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\glpng\zlib";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\glpng\png";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\libogg-1.3.0\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\libvorbis-1.3.2\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\freetype2\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\FTGL\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\SDL12\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\AL\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\BBGE";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\lua-5.1.4\src";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\lvpa\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\lvpa";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\ttvfs";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs""
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;GL_GLEXT_LEGACY=1;TIXML_USE_STL=1;HAVE_PUTENV=1;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;BBGE_BUILD_WINDOWS=1"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
-				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				BasicRuntimeChecks="0"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
diff --git a/win/vc90/BBGE.vcproj b/win/vc90/BBGE.vcproj
index f7e90a1..57b7aaa 100644
--- a/win/vc90/BBGE.vcproj
+++ b/win/vc90/BBGE.vcproj
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\freetype2\include\freetype\config";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\gl";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\glpng\zlib";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\glpng\png";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\libogg-1.3.0\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\libvorbis-1.3.2\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\freetype2\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\FTGL\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\SDL12\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\AL\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\ttvfs";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\lvpa";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\lvpa\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs""
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;GL_GLEXT_LEGACY=1;TIXML_USE_STL=1;HAVE_PUTENV=1;FTGL_LIBRARY_STATIC;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;BBGE_BUILD_WINDOWS=1"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
-				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				BasicRuntimeChecks="0"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
diff --git a/win/vc90/external.vcproj b/win/vc90/external.vcproj
index f44df45..2f78936 100644
--- a/win/vc90/external.vcproj
+++ b/win/vc90/external.vcproj
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories=""$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\freetype2\include\freetype\config";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\gl";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\glpng\zlib";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\glpng\png";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\libogg-1.3.0\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\libvorbis-1.3.2\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\freetype2\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\FTGL\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\SDL12\include";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\ttvfs";"$(SolutionDir)\..\ExternalLibs\""
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;HAVE_FCNTL_H;FT_CONFIG_OPTION_SYSTEM_ZLIB;FTGL_LIBRARY_STATIC;FT2_BUILD_LIBRARY;GL_GLEXT_LEGACY=1;TIXML_USE_STL=1;HAVE_PUTENV=1;BBGE_BUILD_VFS=1"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
-				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				BasicRuntimeChecks="0"
 				RuntimeLibrary="1"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"