int WINAPI WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow ) {

    const HCURSOR hcurSave = ::SetCursor( LoadCursor( 0, IDC_WAIT ) );

    Sys_SetPhysicalWorkMemory( 192 << 20, 1024 << 20 );

    Sys_GetCurrentMemoryStatus( exeLaunchMemoryStats );

#if 0
    DWORD handler = (DWORD)_except_handler;
    __asm
    {                           // Build EXCEPTION_REGISTRATION record:
        push    handler         // Address of handler function
        push    FS:[0]          // Address of previous handler
        mov     FS:[0],ESP      // Install new EXECEPTION_REGISTRATION
    }
#endif

    win32.hInstance = hInstance;
    idStr::Copynz( sys_cmdline, lpCmdLine, sizeof( sys_cmdline ) );

    // done before Com/Sys_Init since we need this for error output
    Sys_CreateConsole();

    // no abort/retry/fail errors
    SetErrorMode( SEM_FAILCRITICALERRORS );

    for ( int i = 0; i < MAX_CRITICAL_SECTIONS; i++ ) {
        InitializeCriticalSection( &win32.criticalSections[i] );
    }

    // get the initial time base
    Sys_Milliseconds();

#ifdef DEBUG
    // disable the painfully slow MS heap check every 1024 allocs
    _CrtSetDbgFlag( 0 );
#endif

//  Sys_FPU_EnableExceptions( TEST_FPU_EXCEPTIONS );
    Sys_FPU_SetPrecision( FPU_PRECISION_DOUBLE_EXTENDED );

    common->Init( 0, NULL, lpCmdLine );

#if TEST_FPU_EXCEPTIONS != 0
    common->Printf( Sys_FPU_GetState() );
#endif

#ifndef ID_DEDICATED
    if ( win32.win_notaskkeys.GetInteger() ) {
        DisableTaskKeys( TRUE, FALSE, /*( win32.win_notaskkeys.GetInteger() == 2 )*/ FALSE );
    }
#endif

    Sys_StartAsyncThread();

    // hide or show the early console as necessary
    if ( win32.win_viewlog.GetInteger() || com_skipRenderer.GetBool() || idAsyncNetwork::serverDedicated.GetInteger() ) {
        Sys_ShowConsole( 1, true );
    } else {
        Sys_ShowConsole( 0, false );
    }

#ifdef SET_THREAD_AFFINITY
    // give the main thread an affinity for the first cpu
    SetThreadAffinityMask( GetCurrentThread(), 1 );
#endif

    ::SetCursor( hcurSave );

    // Launch the script debugger
    if ( strstr( lpCmdLine, "+debugger" ) ) {
        // DebuggerClientInit( lpCmdLine );
        return 0;
    }

    ::SetFocus( win32.hWnd );

    // main game loop
    while( 1 ) {

        Win_Frame();

#ifdef DEBUG
        Sys_MemFrame();
#endif

        // set exceptions, even if some crappy syscall changes them!
        Sys_FPU_EnableExceptions( TEST_FPU_EXCEPTIONS );

#ifdef ID_ALLOW_TOOLS
        if ( com_editors ) {
            if ( com_editors & EDITOR_GUI ) {
                // GUI editor
                GUIEditorRun();
            } else if ( com_editors & EDITOR_RADIANT ) {
                // Level Editor
                RadiantRun();
            }
            else if (com_editors & EDITOR_MATERIAL ) {
                //BSM Nerve: Add support for the material editor
                MaterialEditorRun();
            }
            else {
                if ( com_editors & EDITOR_LIGHT ) {
                    // in-game Light Editor
                    LightEditorRun();
                }
                if ( com_editors & EDITOR_SOUND ) {
                    // in-game Sound Editor
                    SoundEditorRun();
                }
                if ( com_editors & EDITOR_DECL ) {
                    // in-game Declaration Browser
                    DeclBrowserRun();
                }
                if ( com_editors & EDITOR_AF ) {
                    // in-game Articulated Figure Editor
                    AFEditorRun();
                }
                if ( com_editors & EDITOR_PARTICLE ) {
                    // in-game Particle Editor
                    ParticleEditorRun();
                }
                if ( com_editors & EDITOR_SCRIPT ) {
                    // in-game Script Editor
                    ScriptEditorRun();
                }
                if ( com_editors & EDITOR_PDA ) {
                    // in-game PDA Editor
                    PDAEditorRun();
                }
            }
        }
#endif
        // run the game
        common->Frame();
    }

    // never gets here
    return 0;
}