diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
index 6185b6881..a3f321e26 100644
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ b/.appveyor.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ install:
   ############################################################################
   # Install custom LLVM
   ############################################################################
-  - set LLVM_URL="https://www.dropbox.com/s/8vz8ogsxjhhxoi2/LLVM-4.0.0svn-win64-athena.exe?dl=1"
+  - set LLVM_URL="https://axiodl.com/LLVM-6.0.0svn-win64.exe"
   - appveyor DownloadFile %LLVM_URL% -FileName llvm.exe
   - llvm.exe /S /D=C:\projects\deps\llvm
   - set PATH=C:\projects\deps\llvm\bin;%PATH%
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ notifications:
     incoming_webhook:
       secure: uoO0I0PWyCx0KLjBOG6d17aSVuEEvYztB/UiF8J0LmTb2O735mAdWcuZHTImDFUGZxeI34/qzOB2JKqF+h8dZA5yiprSTkWIookqQjUokAM=
   - provider: Webhook
-    url: https://discordapp.com/api/webhooks/345359672326356993/M8kBYpqr1JyVNhnAHBwNN5TnZmtWy9_msxAQoeOlaa73UhPn8gLU5uYZCjU1qsAi3sGN
+    url: https://skyhook.glitch.me/api/webhooks/345359672326356993/M8kBYpqr1JyVNhnAHBwNN5TnZmtWy9_msxAQoeOlaa73UhPn8gLU5uYZCjU1qsAi3sGN/appveyor
     method: POST
     on_build_success: true
     on_build_failure: true
diff --git a/DataSpec/SpecBase.cpp b/DataSpec/SpecBase.cpp
index 644605573..27ea56e9b 100644
--- a/DataSpec/SpecBase.cpp
+++ b/DataSpec/SpecBase.cpp
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ void SpecBase::backgroundIndexProc()
         athena::io::FileReader reader(tagCachePath.getAbsolutePath());
         if (reader.isOpen())
         {
-            Log.report(logvisor::Info, _S("Cache index of '%s' loading"), getOriginalSpec().m_name);
+            Log.report(logvisor::Info, _S("Cache index of '%s' loading"), getOriginalSpec().m_name.data());
             athena::io::YAMLDocReader cacheReader;
             if (cacheReader.parse(&reader))
             {
@@ -1212,12 +1212,12 @@ void SpecBase::backgroundIndexProc()
                 fprintf(stderr, "\n");
             }
             Log.report(logvisor::Info, _S("Cache index of '%s' loaded; %d tags"),
-                       getOriginalSpec().m_name, m_tagToPath.size());
+                       getOriginalSpec().m_name.data(), m_tagToPath.size());
 
             if (nameCachePath.isFile())
             {
                 /* Read in name cache */
-                Log.report(logvisor::Info, _S("Name index of '%s' loading"), getOriginalSpec().m_name);
+                Log.report(logvisor::Info, _S("Name index of '%s' loading"), getOriginalSpec().m_name.data());
                 athena::io::FileReader nreader(nameCachePath.getAbsolutePath());
                 athena::io::YAMLDocReader nameReader;
                 if (nameReader.parse(&nreader))
@@ -1240,7 +1240,7 @@ void SpecBase::backgroundIndexProc()
                     }
                 }
                 Log.report(logvisor::Info, _S("Name index of '%s' loaded; %d names"),
-                           getOriginalSpec().m_name, m_catalogNameToTag.size());
+                           getOriginalSpec().m_name.data(), m_catalogNameToTag.size());
             }
         }
     }
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ void SpecBase::backgroundIndexProc()
         m_catalogTagToName[oidsTag] = "MP1OriginalIDs";
     }
 
-    Log.report(logvisor::Info, _S("Background index of '%s' started"), getOriginalSpec().m_name);
+    Log.report(logvisor::Info, _S("Background index of '%s' started"), getOriginalSpec().m_name.data());
     backgroundIndexRecursiveProc(specRoot, cacheWriter, nameWriter, 0);
 
     tagCachePath.makeDirChain(false);
@@ -1266,7 +1266,7 @@ void SpecBase::backgroundIndexProc()
 
     m_backgroundBlender.shutdown();
     Log.report(logvisor::Info, _S("Background index of '%s' complete; %d tags, %d names"),
-               getOriginalSpec().m_name, m_tagToPath.size(), m_catalogNameToTag.size());
+               getOriginalSpec().m_name.data(), m_tagToPath.size(), m_catalogNameToTag.size());
     m_backgroundRunning = false;
 }
 
diff --git a/DataSpec/SpecMP1.cpp b/DataSpec/SpecMP1.cpp
index 3cce24530..fb42cdde7 100644
--- a/DataSpec/SpecMP1.cpp
+++ b/DataSpec/SpecMP1.cpp
@@ -419,11 +419,11 @@ struct SpecMP1 : SpecBase
                 progress(sysName.c_str(), _S(""), compIdx, 0.0);
             }
 
-            auto pakName = sysName.sys_str();
+            auto pakName = hecl::SystemString(sysName.sys_str());
             process.addLambdaTransaction([&, pakName](hecl::BlenderToken& btok) {
                 m_pakRouter.extractResources(pak, force, btok, [&](const hecl::SystemChar* substr, float factor) {
                     std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(msgLock);
-                    progress(pakName.data(), substr, compIdx, factor);
+                    progress(pakName.c_str(), substr, compIdx, factor);
                 });
             });
         }
diff --git a/DataSpec/SpecMP2.cpp b/DataSpec/SpecMP2.cpp
index 9ec8803ff..76fda8b6c 100644
--- a/DataSpec/SpecMP2.cpp
+++ b/DataSpec/SpecMP2.cpp
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ struct SpecMP2 : SpecBase
                 std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(msgLock);
                 progress(sysName.c_str(), _S(""), compIdx, 0.0);
             }
-            hecl::SystemString pakName = hecl::SystemString(sysName.sys_str());
+            auto pakName = hecl::SystemString(sysName.sys_str());
             process.addLambdaTransaction([&, pakName](hecl::BlenderToken& btok)
             {
                 m_pakRouter.extractResources(pak, force, btok,
diff --git a/DataSpec/SpecMP3.cpp b/DataSpec/SpecMP3.cpp
index 5db6f500a..01c63a25c 100644
--- a/DataSpec/SpecMP3.cpp
+++ b/DataSpec/SpecMP3.cpp
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ struct SpecMP3 : SpecBase
                     std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(msgLock);
                     progress(sysName.c_str(), _S(""), compIdx, 0.0);
                 }
-                hecl::SystemString pakName = hecl::SystemString(sysName.sys_str());
+                auto pakName = hecl::SystemString(sysName.sys_str());
                 process.addLambdaTransaction([&, pakName](hecl::BlenderToken& btok)
                 {
                     m_pakRouter.extractResources(pak, force, btok,
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2cc7100de..e4d3ec6e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ Everything else is much too experimental to make portable/stable release builds
 * [CMake 3+](https://cmake.org)
 * [Python 3+](https://python.org)
 * LLVM development package *(headers and libs)*
-    * [Specialized Windows Package](https://www.dropbox.com/s/8vz8ogsxjhhxoi2/LLVM-4.0.0svn-win64-athena.exe?dl=1)
-    * [macOS Package](http://llvm.org/releases/3.9.0/clang+llvm-3.9.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz)
-* **[Windows]** [Visual Studio 2015 and Windows SDK](https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx)
+    * [Specialized Windows Package](https://axiodl.com/LLVM-6.0.0svn-win64.exe)
+    * [macOS Package](http://releases.llvm.org/5.0.0/clang+llvm-5.0.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.xz)
+* **[Windows]** [Visual Studio 2017 and Windows SDK](https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx)
 * **[macOS]** [Xcode Tools](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/download/)
-* **[Linux]** recent development packages of `udev`, `x11`, `xcb`, `xinput`, `glx`, `asound`, `dmix`
+* **[Linux]** recent development packages of `udev`, `x11`, `xcb`, `xinput`, `glx`, `asound`
 
 ### Prep Directions
 
diff --git a/amuse b/amuse
index 03d597b0a..448b212ad 160000
--- a/amuse
+++ b/amuse
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 03d597b0ac1a09d3c1e8f4608d55401511cf6b32
+Subproject commit 448b212ad9c72506ad5d0301d3ba0768f1c70aa1
diff --git a/hecl b/hecl
index 38c511f5b..d64f9440d 160000
--- a/hecl
+++ b/hecl
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 38c511f5b53cbb161c89a1c3f2ac3ae4e9ac7c2d
+Subproject commit d64f9440db2e562214801f754a52a543232a4fe9
diff --git a/kabufuda b/kabufuda
index ffbe61508..c6fcf4554 160000
--- a/kabufuda
+++ b/kabufuda
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ffbe61508f3d6b277136a6cbeceb62c109ec9b18
+Subproject commit c6fcf4554621a381cd5a313bd8bf6bc9765cddf5
diff --git a/nod b/nod
index 69e96e3b3..58ceb47b2 160000
--- a/nod
+++ b/nod
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 69e96e3b3c069ea38fd315dac4af9c82d3b6774c
+Subproject commit 58ceb47b25f9062c74452202848e4cbaf79e859f