diff --git a/build-mg.sh b/build-mg.sh
index 9e53eda9..b34562c0 100755
--- a/build-mg.sh
+++ b/build-mg.sh
@@ -17,13 +17,19 @@ CPU_COUNT=-1
 CMAKE_ONLY=0
 MAKE_ONLY=0
 CLANG_FORCED=0
+WANT_STATIC_LIBS="-DWANT_STATIC_LIBS=ON"
 
-while getopts "c:m:n:f:h" option; do
+while getopts "c:d:m:n:f:h" option; do
    case "${option}" in
         c) 
            CPU_COUNT=${OPTARG}
 #           echo "${option} value: ${OPTARG}"
         ;;
+        d) 
+           WANT_STATIC_LIBS="-DWANT_STATIC_LIBS=OFF"
+#           echo "${option} value: ${OPTARG}"
+        ;;
+
         m) 
            CMAKE_ONLY=${OPTARG}
 #           echo "${option} value: ${OPTARG}"
@@ -39,9 +45,10 @@ while getopts "c:m:n:f:h" option; do
         ;;
         h) 
                 echo "Usage: $0 <option>"
-                echo "       where <option> can be: -c=x, -m=1, -n=1, -f=1, -h"
+                echo "       where <option> can be: -c=x, -d=1, -f=1, -m=1, -n=1, -h"
                 echo "       option descriptions:"
                 echo "       -c=x : Force the cpu / cores count to x - example: -c=4"
+                echo "       -d=1 : Force DYNAMIC compile (do not want static libs)"
                 echo "       -m=1 : Force running CMAKE only to create Make files (do not compile)"
                 echo "       -n=1 : Force running MAKE only to compile (assume CMAKE already built make files)"
                 echo "       -f=1 : Force using CLANG compiler"
@@ -163,7 +170,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ $MAKE_ONLY = 0 ]; then 
         echo "Calling cmake with EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS = ${EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS}"
-        cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX='' -DWANT_DEV_OUTPATH=ON -DWANT_STATIC_LIBS=ON -DBUILD_MEGAGLEST_TESTS=ON -DBREAKPAD_ROOT=$BREAKPAD_ROOT $EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS ..
+        cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX='' -DWANT_DEV_OUTPATH=ON $WANT_STATIC_LIBS -DBUILD_MEGAGLEST_TESTS=ON -DBREAKPAD_ROOT=$BREAKPAD_ROOT $EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS ..
         if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
           echo 'ERROR: CMAKE failed.' >&2; exit 1
         fi
diff --git a/mk/cmake/Modules/FindLUA.cmake b/mk/cmake/Modules/FindLUA.cmake
index e2318654..da7b654f 100644
--- a/mk/cmake/Modules/FindLUA.cmake
+++ b/mk/cmake/Modules/FindLUA.cmake
@@ -20,17 +20,17 @@ ENDIF(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR AND LUA_LIBRARIES)
 
 FIND_PATH(LUA_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES lua.hpp 
 		PATHS 	/usr/include
-				/usr/include/lua
-                                /usr/include/lua5.2
-				/usr/include/lua5.1
+			/usr/include/lua
+                        /usr/include/lua5.2
+			/usr/include/lua5.1
 		IF(FreeBSD)
                 	SET(PATHS "/usr/local/include/lua51")
                 ENDIF()
-				$ENV{LUA_HOME}
+		$ENV{LUA_HOME}
 		)
 
 IF (LUA_STATIC AND NOT LUA_LIBRARIES)
-	FIND_LIBRARY(LUA_LIBRARIES NAMES liblua5.2.a liblua5.1.a liblua.a lua5.1 lua
+	FIND_LIBRARY(LUA_LIBRARIES NAMES liblua5.2.a liblua.a liblua5.1.a lua5.1 lua
 		PATHS 
                 IF(FreeBSD)
                        SET(PATHS "/usr/local/lib/lua51")
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ IF (LUA_STATIC AND NOT LUA_LIBRARIES)
                 $ENV{LUA_HOME})
 
 ELSE()
-	FIND_LIBRARY(LUA_LIBRARIES NAMES lua5.2 lua5.1 lua
+	FIND_LIBRARY(LUA_LIBRARIES NAMES lua5.2 lua lua5.1 
 		PATHS 
                 IF(FreeBSD)
                        SET(PATHS "/usr/local/lib/lua51")
diff --git a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
index 4df85195..ef3851e9 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/main/main.cpp
@@ -1428,6 +1428,7 @@ void setupLogging(Config &config, bool haveSpecialOutputCommandLineOption) {
     SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugUnitCommands).enabled  	= config.getBool("DebugUnitCommands","false");
     SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugPathFinder).enabled  	= config.getBool("DebugPathFinder","false");
     SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugLUA).enabled  			= config.getBool("DebugLUA","false");
+    LuaScript::setDebugModeEnabled(SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugLUA).enabled);
     SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugSound).enabled  		= config.getBool("DebugSound","false");
     SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugError).enabled  		= config.getBool("DebugError","true");
 
@@ -3925,7 +3926,7 @@ int glestMain(int argc, char** argv) {
     if(hasCommandArgument(argc, argv,GAME_ARGS[GAME_ARG_VERBOSE_MODE]) == true) {
         SystemFlags::VERBOSE_MODE_ENABLED  = true;
         Thread::setEnableVerboseMode(true);
-        LuaScript::setDebugModeEnabled(true);
+        //LuaScript::setDebugModeEnabled(true);
     }
     // DEbug testing threads
     //Thread::setEnableVerboseMode(true);
@@ -4614,6 +4615,12 @@ int glestMain(int argc, char** argv) {
 			MeshCallbackTeamColor::noTeamColors = true;
 		}
 
+
+		if(hasCommandArgument(argc, argv,GAME_ARGS[GAME_ARG_LUA_DEBUG]) == true) {
+			printf("Forcing LUA debugging enabled!\n");
+			config.setBool("DebugLUA","true", true);
+		}
+
         // Setup debug logging etc
 		setupLogging(config, haveSpecialOutputCommandLineOption);
 
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/include/platform/sdl/platform_main.h b/source/shared_lib/include/platform/sdl/platform_main.h
index cb6fdbc9..1849306d 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/include/platform/sdl/platform_main.h
+++ b/source/shared_lib/include/platform/sdl/platform_main.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const char  *GAME_ARGS[] = {
 	"--opengl-info",
 	"--sdl-info",
 	"--lua-info",
+	"--lua-debug",
 	"--curl-info",
 	"--xerces-info",
 
@@ -120,6 +121,7 @@ enum GAME_ARG_TYPE {
 	GAME_ARG_OPENGL_INFO,
 	GAME_ARG_SDL_INFO,
 	GAME_ARG_LUA_INFO,
+	GAME_ARG_LUA_DEBUG,
 	GAME_ARG_CURL_INFO,
 	GAME_ARG_XERCES_INFO,
 
@@ -252,6 +254,7 @@ void printParameterHelp(const char *argv0, bool foundInvalidArgs) {
 	printf("\n%s\t\t\tdisplays your video driver's OpenGL info.",GAME_ARGS[GAME_ARG_OPENGL_INFO]);
 	printf("\n%s\t\t\tdisplays your SDL version information.",GAME_ARGS[GAME_ARG_SDL_INFO]);
 	printf("\n%s\t\t\tdisplays your LUA version information.",GAME_ARGS[GAME_ARG_LUA_INFO]);
+	printf("\n%s\t\t\tdisplays LUA debug information.",GAME_ARGS[GAME_ARG_LUA_DEBUG]);
 	printf("\n%s\t\t\tdisplays your CURL version information.",GAME_ARGS[GAME_ARG_CURL_INFO]);
 	printf("\n%s\t\t\tdisplays your XERCES version information.",GAME_ARGS[GAME_ARG_XERCES_INFO]);
 
diff --git a/source/shared_lib/sources/lua/lua_script.cpp b/source/shared_lib/sources/lua/lua_script.cpp
index b03b8c88..f2fa2587 100644
--- a/source/shared_lib/sources/lua/lua_script.cpp
+++ b/source/shared_lib/sources/lua/lua_script.cpp
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ void LuaScript::DumpGlobals()
 void LuaScript::saveGame(XmlNode *rootNode) {
 	std::map<string,string> mapTagReplacements;
 
-	bool debugLuaDump = LuaScript::debugModeEnabled;
 	//try{
 	LuaHandle *L = luaState;
 	// push the first key (nil = beginning of table)
@@ -237,7 +236,7 @@ void LuaScript::saveGame(XmlNode *rootNode) {
 		int key_type = lua_type(L, -2);
 		int value_type = lua_type(L, -1);
 
-		if(debugLuaDump == true) printf("LUA save key_type = %d, value_type = %d for var [%s]\n",key_type,value_type,lua_tostring(L, -2));
+		if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled == true) printf("LUA save key_type = %d, value_type = %d for var [%s]\n",key_type,value_type,lua_tostring(L, -2));
 
 		// support only string keys
 		// globals aren't likely to have a non-string key, but just to be certain ...
@@ -258,7 +257,7 @@ void LuaScript::saveGame(XmlNode *rootNode) {
 		// get the key as a string
 		string key_string = lua_tostring(L, -2); // no copy required - we already know this is a string
 
-		if(debugLuaDump == true) printf("key_string [%s]\n",key_string.c_str());
+		if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled == true) printf("key_string [%s]\n",key_string.c_str());
 		// do not support variables that start with '_'
 		// lua has some predefined values like _VERSION. They all start with underscore
 
@@ -295,14 +294,14 @@ void LuaScript::saveGame(XmlNode *rootNode) {
 			break;
 		case LUA_TTABLE:
 			{
-			if(debugLuaDump == true) printf("LUA TABLE DETECTED - START\n");
+			if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled == true) printf("LUA TABLE DETECTED - START\n");
 			for (lua_pushnil(L); lua_next(L, -2) ;) {
-				if(debugLuaDump == true) printf("LUA TABLE loop A\n");
+				if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled == true) printf("LUA TABLE loop A\n");
 
 				int tableKeyType = lua_type(L, -2);
 				int tableValueType = lua_type(L, -1);
 
-				if(debugLuaDump == true) printf("LUA TABLE loop item type [%s] key: %d value type: %d\n",lua_typename(L, tableValueType),tableKeyType,tableValueType);
+				if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled == true) printf("LUA TABLE loop item type [%s] key: %d value type: %d\n",lua_typename(L, tableValueType),tableKeyType,tableValueType);
 
 				switch (tableValueType) {
 					case LUA_TSTRING:
@@ -317,11 +316,11 @@ void LuaScript::saveGame(XmlNode *rootNode) {
 					// Stack: value, key, table
 					std :: string value = "";
 					if(!lua_isnil(L, -1)) {
-						if(debugLuaDump == true) printf("LUA TABLE loop B\n");
+						if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled == true) printf("LUA TABLE loop B\n");
 
 						lua_pushvalue(L, -1);
 
-						if(debugLuaDump == true) printf("LUA TABLE loop C\n");
+						if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled == true) printf("LUA TABLE loop C\n");
 
 						if(tableValueType == LUA_TBOOLEAN ) {
 							value = lua_toboolean(L, -1) == 0 ? "false" : "true";
@@ -330,13 +329,13 @@ void LuaScript::saveGame(XmlNode *rootNode) {
 							value = lua_tostring (L, -1);
 						}
 
-						if(debugLuaDump == true) printf("LUA TABLE loop D\n");
+						if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled == true) printf("LUA TABLE loop D\n");
 
 						lua_pop (L, 1);
 					}
 					lua_pop (L, 1);
 
-					if(debugLuaDump == true) printf("LUA TABLE value [%s]\n",value.c_str());
+					if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled == true) printf("LUA TABLE value [%s]\n",value.c_str());
 
 					// Stack: key, table
 					lua_pushvalue(L, -1);
@@ -347,7 +346,7 @@ void LuaScript::saveGame(XmlNode *rootNode) {
 
 					// Stack: key, table
 					//std :: cout << key << "" << value << "\ n";
-					if(debugLuaDump == true) printf("[%s] [%s]\n",key.c_str(),value.c_str());
+					if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled == true) printf("[%s] [%s]\n",key.c_str(),value.c_str());
 
 					if(value_string != "") {
 						value_string += "|||";
@@ -359,6 +358,8 @@ void LuaScript::saveGame(XmlNode *rootNode) {
 					tableList.push_back(make_pair(make_pair(tableKeyType,key),make_pair(tableValueType,value)));
 				}
 				else {
+					if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled == true) printf("***WARNING*** SKIPPING LUA TABLE because it has an unsupported embedded type: %d [%s]\n",tableValueType, lua_typename(L, tableValueType));
+
 					lua_pop(L, 1);
 				}
 			}
@@ -372,7 +373,7 @@ void LuaScript::saveGame(XmlNode *rootNode) {
 		//}
 
 		if(skipTable == true) {
-			if(debugLuaDump == true) printf("#2 SKIPPING TABLE\n");
+			if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled == true) printf("#2 SKIPPING TABLE\n");
 		}
 		else {
 			//vector<pair<pair<int,string>, pair<int,string>> > tableList;
@@ -416,12 +417,11 @@ void LuaScript::saveGame(XmlNode *rootNode) {
 }
 
 void LuaScript::loadGame(const XmlNode *rootNode) {
-	bool debugLuaDump = LuaScript::debugModeEnabled;
-	if(debugLuaDump) printf("START [%s::%s] Line: %d\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__);
+	if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled) printf("START [%s::%s] Line: %d\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__);
 
 	vector<XmlNode *> luaScriptNodeList = rootNode->getChildList("LuaScript");
 
-	if(debugLuaDump) printf("luaScriptNodeList.size(): %d\n",(int)luaScriptNodeList.size());
+	if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled) printf("luaScriptNodeList.size(): %d\n",(int)luaScriptNodeList.size());
 
 	for(unsigned int i = 0; i < luaScriptNodeList.size(); ++i) {
 		XmlNode *node = luaScriptNodeList[i];
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ void LuaScript::loadGame(const XmlNode *rootNode) {
 		string variable = node->getAttribute("variable")->getValue();
 		int value_type = node->getAttribute("value_type")->getIntValue();
 
-		if(debugLuaDump) printf("i: %d [%s] [%d]\n",i,variable.c_str(),value_type);
+		if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled) printf("i: %d [%s] [%d]\n",i,variable.c_str(),value_type);
 
 		switch (value_type) {
 			case LUA_TSTRING:
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ void LuaScript::loadGame(const XmlNode *rootNode) {
 					lua_newtable(luaState);    /* We will pass a table */
 					vector<XmlNode *> luaScriptTableNode = node->getChildList("Table");
 
-					if(debugLuaDump) printf("luaScriptTableNode.size(): %d\n",(int)luaScriptTableNode.size());
+					if(LuaScript::debugModeEnabled) printf("luaScriptTableNode.size(): %d\n",(int)luaScriptTableNode.size());
 
 					for(unsigned int j = 0; j < luaScriptTableNode.size(); ++j) {
 						XmlNode *nodeTable = luaScriptTableNode[j];