diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a700a49..12a4609 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 build/
 concept/
 packed/
+vcpkg_installed/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e7e35ec..71e15c1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,16 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.15)
+# at least some form of vcpkg detect...
+if(WIN32 AND DEFINED ENV{VCPKG_ROOT} AND NOT DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
+    set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "$ENV{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake"
+        CACHE STRING "Vcpkg toolchain file")
+endif()
+
 project(anm2ed C CXX)
 
+find_package(SDL3 REQUIRED CONFIG REQUIRED COMPONENTS SDL3-shared)
+find_package(GLEW REQUIRED)
+find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
+
 # Gather project sources
 file(GLOB SOURCES
     "include/imgui/imgui.cpp"
@@ -12,15 +22,26 @@ file(GLOB SOURCES
     "include/tinyxml2/tinyxml2.cpp"
     "include/inih/ini.c"
     "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/*.cpp"
+	"${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/*.h"
 )
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCES})
 
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE include include/imgui include/tinyxml2 include/inih src)
-
+if (NOT MSVC)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-g -O2 -std=c++23 -Wall -Wextra -pedantic -Wno-unused-variable -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-ignored-qualifiers -Wno-parentheses -Wno-missing-field-initializers -Wno-unused-function -Wno-class-memaccess -Wno-delete-incomplete")
+else()
+# /std:c++latest is required to make MSVC grant access to all the latest C++ stuff (C++23 is listed as preview even on dev previews of MSVC....)
+# /STACK allocation size change is a hack, a proper fix would be to remove all the instances of allocating gigantic objects on the stack :pleading_face:
+# /EHsc is probably also a hack, makes compile warnings about std::chrono go away
+set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "/std:c++latest /EHsc")
+target_link_options(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE "/STACK:0xffffff")
+endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE m GL GLEW SDL3)
+if(NOT MSVC)
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE m)
+endif()
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE OpenGL::GL GLEW::GLEW SDL3::SDL3)
 
 message("System: ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
 message("Project: ${PROJECT_NAME}")
diff --git a/src/COMMON.h b/src/COMMON.h
index a8cab4e..10b263e 100644
--- a/src/COMMON.h
+++ b/src/COMMON.h
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@
 
 #include "STRINGS.h"
 
+#ifndef PATH_MAX
+#define PATH_MAX 4096
+#endif
+
 typedef uint8_t u8;
 typedef uint16_t u16;
 typedef uint32_t u32;
diff --git a/src/state.h b/src/state.h
index 1334bb0..3598a13 100644
--- a/src/state.h
+++ b/src/state.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 #define WINDOW_WIDTH 1920
 #define WINDOW_HEIGHT 1080
-#define WINDOW_FLAGS SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE
+#define WINDOW_FLAGS SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE | SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL
 #define LINE_WIDTH 2.0f
 
 struct State
diff --git a/vcpkg-configuration.json b/vcpkg-configuration.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f3f891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg-configuration.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "default-registry": {
+    "kind": "git",
+    "baseline": "4f8fe05871555c1798dbcb1957d0d595e94f7b57",
+    "repository": "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg"
+  },
+  "registries": [
+    {
+      "kind": "artifact",
+      "location": "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg-ce-catalog/archive/refs/heads/main.zip",
+      "name": "microsoft"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b13cf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": [
+    "sdl3",
+    "glew"
+  ]
+}