diff --git a/src/utils/mp_balancer/entry_point.cpp b/src/utils/mp_balancer/entry_point.cpp
index bd05916cc7b..8d320cefd71 100644
--- a/src/utils/mp_balancer/entry_point.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/mp_balancer/entry_point.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 void main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
-    Core._initialize("mp_ballancer", NULL, TRUE, "fsgame4mpu.ltx");
+    xrDebug::Initialize(false);
+    Core.Initialize("mp_ballancer", NULL, TRUE, "fsgame.ltx");
 
     SetConsoleOutputCP(1251);
 
diff --git a/src/utils/mp_balancer/mp_balancer.vcxproj b/src/utils/mp_balancer/mp_balancer.vcxproj
index a01e8e74bc5..ea6d078cc77 100644
--- a/src/utils/mp_balancer/mp_balancer.vcxproj
+++ b/src/utils/mp_balancer/mp_balancer.vcxproj
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
     <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
       <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
-    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <PlatformToolset>v141</PlatformToolset>
     <CharacterSet>MultiByte</CharacterSet>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
@@ -39,66 +39,20 @@
     <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
     <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)Common.props" />
   </ImportGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <_ProjectFileVersion>12.0.30501.0</_ProjectFileVersion>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
-    <OutDir>$(xrBinDir)</OutDir>
-    <IntDir>$(xrIntDir)$(ProjectName)\</IntDir>
-    <LinkIncremental>true</LinkIncremental>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
-    <OutDir>$(xrBinDir)</OutDir>
-    <IntDir>$(xrIntDir)$(ProjectName)\</IntDir>
-    <LinkIncremental>false</LinkIncremental>
-  </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
-      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(xrSdkDir)include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;DEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
-      <MinimalRebuild>true</MinimalRebuild>
-      <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
-      <SmallerTypeCheck>true</SmallerTypeCheck>
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
-      <FloatingPointModel>Fast</FloatingPointModel>
-      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeaderFile>pch.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
-      <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>EditAndContinue</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(xrSdkDir)libraries;$(xrLibDir);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
-      <TargetMachine>MachineX86</TargetMachine>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(xrSdkDir)include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
-      <ExceptionHandling />
-      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
-      <BufferSecurityCheck>false</BufferSecurityCheck>
-      <EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>StreamingSIMDExtensions</EnableEnhancedInstructionSet>
-      <FloatingPointModel>Fast</FloatingPointModel>
-      <PrecompiledHeader>Use</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeaderFile>pch.h</PrecompiledHeaderFile>
-      <WarningLevel>Level4</WarningLevel>
-      <DebugInformationFormat>ProgramDatabase</DebugInformationFormat>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(xrSdkDir)libraries;$(xrLibDir);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
-      <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
-      <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
-      <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
-      <TargetMachine>MachineX86</TargetMachine>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -108,18 +62,8 @@
       <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
     </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="statistics_collector.cpp">
-      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
-      </PrecompiledHeader>
-      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
-      </PrecompiledHeader>
-    </ClCompile>
-    <ClCompile Include="wpn_collection.cpp">
-      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
-      </PrecompiledHeader>
-      <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
-      </PrecompiledHeader>
-    </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="statistics_collector.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="wpn_collection.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="xr_ini_ex.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -130,6 +74,14 @@
     <ClInclude Include="wpn_collection.hpp" />
     <ClInclude Include="xr_ini_ex.h" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\xrCore\xrCore.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{a0f7d1fb-59a7-4717-a7e4-96f37e91998e}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\xrMisc\xrMisc.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{c964d17a-05a8-4bfa-b0a8-7af5c6b627ec}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
diff --git a/src/utils/mp_balancer/pch.h b/src/utils/mp_balancer/pch.h
index 492e1bf22f4..900d1326a06 100644
--- a/src/utils/mp_balancer/pch.h
+++ b/src/utils/mp_balancer/pch.h
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 #ifndef PCH_H_INCLUDED
 #define PCH_H_INCLUDED
 
-#include "../../xrCore/xrCore.h"
+#include "Common/Platform.hpp"
+#include "Common/Common.hpp"
+#include "Common/object_broker.h"
+#include "xrCore/xrCore.h"
+#include "xrCore/Containers/AssociativeVector.hpp"
+
 #include "xr_ini_ex.h"
 
-#include <stdio.h>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <conio.h>
-#include "iostreams_proxy.h"
-#include "tools.hpp"
-#include "../../xrServerEntities/object_broker.h"
-#include "../../xrServerEntities/associative_vector.h"
-
-#include <winnls.h>
 
 #endif // #define PCH_H_INCLUDED
diff --git a/src/utils/mp_balancer/statistics_collector.cpp b/src/utils/mp_balancer/statistics_collector.cpp
index 0efee966e5d..07d3229c885 100644
--- a/src/utils/mp_balancer/statistics_collector.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/mp_balancer/statistics_collector.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+#include "pch.h"
 #include "statistics_collector.hpp"
 #include "wpn_collection.hpp"
+#include "tools.hpp"
 
 statistics_collector::statistics_collector(weapon_collection* wpn_collection) { m_wpn_collection = wpn_collection; }
 statistics_collector::~statistics_collector() { delete_data(m_all_params); }
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ void statistics_collector::load_settings()
         if (m_wpn_collection->settings->r_line(CSV_SETTINGS, i, &key, &value) && key)
         {
             csv_files::iterator new_file_iter =
-                m_all_params.insert(std::make_pair(shared_str(key), xr_new<params_collection>())).first;
+                m_all_params.insert(std::make_pair(shared_str(key), new params_collection())).first;
             if (value)
             {
                 get_string_collection(value, *new_file_iter->second);
@@ -25,8 +27,10 @@ void statistics_collector::load_settings()
 
 void statistics_collector::save_files()
 {
-    std::for_each(m_all_params.begin(), m_all_params.end(),
-        std::bind1st(std::mem_fun<void, statistics_collector>(&statistics_collector::save_file), this));
+    //std::for_each(m_all_params.begin(), m_all_params.end(),
+    //    std::bind1st(std::mem_fun<void, statistics_collector>(&statistics_collector::save_file), this));
+    for (auto &it : m_all_params)
+        save_file(it);
 }
 
 statistics_collector::csv_files::const_iterator statistics_collector::get_most_acceptable_group(
diff --git a/src/utils/mp_balancer/statistics_collector.hpp b/src/utils/mp_balancer/statistics_collector.hpp
index 52c94d3cd75..1f8586d1226 100644
--- a/src/utils/mp_balancer/statistics_collector.hpp
+++ b/src/utils/mp_balancer/statistics_collector.hpp
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef STATISTICS_COLLECTOR
 #define STATISTICS_COLLECTOR
 
-#include "pch.h"
-
 class weapon_collection;
 
 class statistics_collector
@@ -10,7 +8,7 @@ class statistics_collector
 private:
     weapon_collection* m_wpn_collection;
     typedef xr_vector<shared_str> params_collection;
-    typedef associative_vector<shared_str, params_collection*> csv_files;
+    typedef AssociativeVector<shared_str, params_collection*> csv_files;
     csv_files m_all_params;
     void save_file(csv_files::value_type const& val);
     csv_files::const_iterator get_most_acceptable_group(shared_str const& section);
diff --git a/src/utils/mp_balancer/wpn_collection.cpp b/src/utils/mp_balancer/wpn_collection.cpp
index f01fce3fcaf..f068ca4c050 100644
--- a/src/utils/mp_balancer/wpn_collection.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/mp_balancer/wpn_collection.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "pch.h"
 #include "wpn_collection.hpp"
 
 weapon_collection::weapon_collection() {}
@@ -21,10 +22,10 @@ void weapon_collection::load_all_mp_weapons()
     string_path path_ltx;
 
     FS.update_path(path_ltx, "$patch_config$", "system.ltx");
-    patch_config = xr_new<CInifileEx>(path_ltx, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE);
+    patch_config = new CInifileEx(path_ltx, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE);
 
     FS.update_path(path_ltx, "$game_config$", "system.ltx");
-    priquel_config = xr_new<CInifileEx>(path_ltx, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE);
+    priquel_config = new CInifileEx(path_ltx, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE);
 
     /*FS.update_path			(path_ltx, "$game_config$", "mp\\weapons_mp\\weapons_mp_for_work.ltx");
     work_mp_weapons			= xr_new<CInifileEx>(path_ltx, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE);
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ void weapon_collection::load_all_mp_weapons()
     work_mp_outfits			= xr_new<CInifileEx>(path_ltx, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE);*/
 
     FS.update_path(path_ltx, "$app_data_root$", "export_settings.ltx");
-    settings = xr_new<CInifileEx>(path_ltx, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE);
+    settings = new CInifileEx(path_ltx, TRUE, TRUE, FALSE);
     load_settings();
 
     /*new_mp_weapons			= xr_new<CInifileEx>("new_weapons_mp.ltx", FALSE, FALSE, FALSE);
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ void weapon_collection::load_settings()
         const char* larg = NULL;
         settings->r_line(EXPORT_SETTINGS_SECT, param, &line, &larg);
         R_ASSERT(line);
-        extract_list.push_back(xr_new<tentity_extract_keys>());
+        extract_list.push_back(new tentity_extract_keys());
         extract_list.back()->first = line;
         new_config.insert(std::make_pair(shared_str(line), xr_vector<CInifileEx::Sect>()));
         if (larg)
diff --git a/src/utils/mp_balancer/xr_ini_ex.cpp b/src/utils/mp_balancer/xr_ini_ex.cpp
index 86658a1f421..f5b26277ad6 100644
--- a/src/utils/mp_balancer/xr_ini_ex.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/mp_balancer/xr_ini_ex.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ CInifileEx* pSettingsEx = NULL;
 
 CInifileEx* CInifileEx::Create(const char* szFileName, BOOL ReadOnly)
 {
-    return xr_new<CInifileEx>(szFileName, ReadOnly);
+    return new CInifileEx(szFileName, ReadOnly);
 }
 
 void CInifileEx::Destroy(CInifileEx* ini) { xr_delete(ini); }
@@ -244,10 +244,10 @@ void CInifileEx::Load(IReader* F, LPCSTR path)
                 // store previous section
                 RootIt I = std::lower_bound(DATA.begin(), DATA.end(), *Current->Name, sect_pred);
                 if ((I != DATA.end()) && ((*I)->Name == Current->Name))
-                    Debug.fatal(DEBUG_INFO, "Duplicate section '%s' found.", *Current->Name);
+                    FATAL(make_string("Duplicate section '%s' found.", *Current->Name.c_str()).c_str());
                 DATA.insert(I, Current);
             }
-            Current = xr_new<Sect>();
+            Current = new Sect();
             Current->Name = 0;
             // start new section
             R_ASSERT3(strchr(str, ']'), "Bad ini section found: ", str);
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void CInifileEx::Load(IReader* F, LPCSTR path)
     {
         RootIt I = std::lower_bound(DATA.begin(), DATA.end(), *Current->Name, sect_pred);
         if ((I != DATA.end()) && ((*I)->Name == Current->Name))
-            Debug.fatal(DEBUG_INFO, "Duplicate section '%s' found.", *Current->Name);
+            FATAL(make_string("Duplicate section '%s' found.", *Current->Name.c_str()).c_str());
         DATA.insert(I, Current);
     }
 }
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ CInifileEx::Sect& CInifileEx::r_section(LPCSTR S)
     strlwr(section);
     RootIt I = std::lower_bound(DATA.begin(), DATA.end(), section, sect_pred);
     if (!(I != DATA.end() && xr_strcmp(*(*I)->Name, section) == 0))
-        Debug.fatal(DEBUG_INFO, "Can't open section '%s'", S);
+        FATAL(make_string("Can't open section '%s'", S).c_str());
     return **I;
 }
 
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ LPCSTR CInifileEx::r_string(LPCSTR S, LPCSTR L)
     if (A != I.Data.end() && xr_strcmp(*A->first, L) == 0)
         return *A->second;
     else
-        Debug.fatal(DEBUG_INFO, "Can't find variable %s in [%s]", L, S);
+        FATAL(make_string("Can't find variable %s in [%s]", L, S).c_str());
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ void CInifileEx::w_string(LPCSTR S, LPCSTR L, LPCSTR V, LPCSTR comment)
     if (!section_exist(sect))
     {
         // create _new_ section
-        Sect* NEW = xr_new<Sect>();
+        Sect* NEW = new Sect();
         NEW->Name = sect;
         RootIt I = std::lower_bound(DATA.begin(), DATA.end(), sect, sect_pred);
         DATA.insert(I, NEW);