diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c630ffbf..b526d9ac 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,42 @@
-# http://docs.travis-ci.com/user/build-configuration/
+# https://docs.travis-ci.com/user/customizing-the-build/
 language: cpp
 
+sudo: required
+
+os:
+  - linux
+  - osx
+
 compiler:
   - gcc
   - clang
 
+env:
+  - GCC_VERSION="5"
+  - GCC_VERSION="native"
+  - LLVM_VERSION="3.7"
+  - LLVM_VERSION="native"
+
 matrix:
-  #include:
-  #  - compiler: gcc
-  #  - compiler: clang
-  allow_failures:
+  exclude:
+    - compiler: gcc
+      env: LLVM_VERSION="3.7"
+    - compiler: gcc
+      env: LLVM_VERSION="native"
     - compiler: clang
+      env: GCC_VERSION="5"
+    - compiler: clang
+      env: GCC_VERSION="native"
+    - os: linux
+      compiler: clang
+      env: LLVM_VERSION="native" # broken compiler
+    - os: osx
+      compiler: gcc # unsupported compiler
+    - os: osx
+      compiler: clang
+      env: LLVM_VERSION="3.7" # missing compiler by brew
+  #allow_failures:
+  #  - os: osx
 
 git:
   submodules: false
@@ -20,15 +46,30 @@ git:
 #    - master
 
 before_install:
-  - sudo apt-get update -qq # UPDATE REPOS
-  #- sudo apt-get upgrade -qq # UPGRADE SYSTEM TO LATEST PATCH LEVEL
-  - sudo apt-get install -y -qq
-  - sudo ./.travis-before_install.sh
-  - sudo mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh --quiet # INSTALL OUR DEPENDENCIES
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ] && [ "$GCC_VERSION" != "native" ]; then sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test; fi
+  # https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-toolchain-r/+archive/ubuntu/test
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ] && [ "$CXX" == "clang++" ] && [ "$LLVM_VERSION" != "native" ]; then sudo add-apt-repository --yes 'deb http://llvm.org/apt/precise/ llvm-toolchain-precise main'; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ] && [ "$CXX" == "clang++" ] && [ "$LLVM_VERSION" != "native" ]; then sudo add-apt-repository --yes "deb http://llvm.org/apt/precise/ llvm-toolchain-precise-${LLVM_VERSION} main"; fi
+  # http://llvm.org/apt/
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ] && [ "$CXX" == "clang++" ] && [ "$LLVM_VERSION" != "native" ]; then wget -O - http://llvm.org/apt/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key | sudo apt-key add -; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then sudo apt-get update -qq; fi # UPDATE REPOS
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then brew update; fi
+  #- if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then sudo apt-get upgrade -qq; fi # UPGRADE SYSTEM TO LATEST PATCH LEVEL
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then sudo apt-get install -y -qq; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ] && [ "$CXX" = "g++" ] && [ "$GCC_VERSION" != "native" ]; then sudo apt-get install -qq gcc-${GCC_VERSION} g++-${GCC_VERSION}; fi
+  - if [ "$CXX" = "g++" ] && [ "$GCC_VERSION" != "native" ]; then export CXX="g++-${GCC_VERSION}" CC="gcc-${GCC_VERSION}"; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ] && [ "$CXX" == "clang++" ] && [ "$LLVM_VERSION" != "native" ]; then sudo apt-get --allow-unauthenticated -qq install clang-${LLVM_VERSION}; fi
+  - if [ "$CXX" == "clang++" ] && [ "$LLVM_VERSION" != "native" ]; then export CXX="clang++-${LLVM_VERSION}" CC="clang-${LLVM_VERSION}"; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then sudo mk/linux/setupBuildDeps.sh --quiet; fi # INSTALL OUR DEPENDENCIES
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then brew install sdl2 lua freetype ftgl libogg glew libvorbis cppunit glib fribidi miniupnpc wxmac; fi
+  - $CXX --version
+  - cmake --version
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then sudo ./.travis-before_install.sh; fi
 
 script:
 # ALL THE BUILD COMMANDS HERE
-  - mk/linux/build-mg.sh -c 4
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "linux" ]; then mk/linux/build-mg.sh -c 4; fi
+  - if [ "$TRAVIS_OS_NAME" = "osx" ]; then mk/macosx/build-mg.sh -c 4; fi
 
 notifications:
   irc:
diff --git a/mk/linux/git_update.sh b/mk/linux/git_update.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..281981c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mk/linux/git_update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+LANG=en_US.utf-8
+
+cd "$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))"
+
+echo STAGE 1/3 - GIT PULL
+echo
+echo Entering ../..
+git pull
+echo
+git submodule foreach 'git pull; echo'
+
+echo
+echo
+echo STAGE 2/3 - GIT BRANCH
+echo
+echo Entering ../..
+git branch
+echo
+git submodule foreach 'git branch; echo'
+
+echo
+echo STAGE 3/3 - GIT STATUS
+echo
+echo Entering ../..
+git status
+echo
+git submodule foreach 'git status; echo'
diff --git a/mk/linux/mg_git.sh b/mk/linux/mg_git.sh
index 3ed8271a..d59e3d31 100755
--- a/mk/linux/mg_git.sh
+++ b/mk/linux/mg_git.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ usage() {
 
 case $1 in 
 
-  pull ) 
+  pull|status|branch ) 
     echo '==> Running "git '"$1"'" on main repository...'
     cd $(dirname $0)
     git $1
diff --git a/source/glest_game/network/network_interface.cpp b/source/glest_game/network/network_interface.cpp
index 36fd7b90..561e2af8 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/network/network_interface.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/network/network_interface.cpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace Glest{ namespace Game{
 //	class NetworkInterface
 // =====================================================
 
-const int NetworkInterface::readyWaitTimeout= 180000;	// 3 minutes
+const int NetworkInterface::readyWaitTimeout= 99000;	// 99 seconds to 0 looks good on the screen
 
 bool NetworkInterface::allowGameDataSynchCheck  = false;
 bool NetworkInterface::allowDownloadDataSynch   = false;
@@ -168,19 +168,19 @@ NetworkMessageType NetworkInterface::getNextMessageType(int waitMilliseconds) {
         ((waitMilliseconds <= 0 && socket->hasDataToRead() == true) ||
          (waitMilliseconds > 0 && socket->hasDataToReadWithWait(waitMilliseconds) == true))) {
         //peek message type
-		int dataSize = socket->getDataToRead();
-		if(dataSize >= (int)sizeof(messageType)) {
-			if(SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugNetwork).enabled) SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugNetwork,"In [%s::%s Line: %d] socket->getDataToRead() dataSize = %d\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,dataSize);
+		//int dataSize = socket->getDataToRead();
+		//if(dataSize >= (int)sizeof(messageType)) {
+		//	if(SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugNetwork).enabled) SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugNetwork,"In [%s::%s Line: %d] socket->getDataToRead() dataSize = %d\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,dataSize);
 
 			//int iPeek = socket->peek(&messageType, sizeof(messageType));
 			//if(SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugNetwork).enabled) SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugNetwork,"In [%s::%s Line: %d] socket->getDataToRead() iPeek = %d, messageType = %d [size = %d]\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,iPeek,messageType,sizeof(messageType));
 
 			int bytesReceived = socket->receive(&messageType, sizeof(messageType), true);
 			if(SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugNetwork).enabled) SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugNetwork,"In [%s::%s Line: %d] socket->getDataToRead() iPeek = %d, messageType = %d [size = %d]\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,bytesReceived,messageType,sizeof(messageType));
-    	}
-		else {
-			if(SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugNetwork).enabled) SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugNetwork,"In [%s::%s Line: %d] PEEK WARNING, socket->getDataToRead() messageType = %d [size = %d], dataSize = %d\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,messageType,sizeof(messageType),dataSize);
-		}
+    	//}
+		//else {
+		//	if(SystemFlags::getSystemSettingType(SystemFlags::debugNetwork).enabled) SystemFlags::OutputDebug(SystemFlags::debugNetwork,"In [%s::%s Line: %d] PEEK WARNING, socket->getDataToRead() messageType = %d [size = %d], dataSize = %d\n",extractFileFromDirectoryPath(__FILE__).c_str(),__FUNCTION__,__LINE__,messageType,sizeof(messageType),dataSize);
+		//}
 
         //sanity check new message type
         if(messageType < 0 || messageType >= nmtCount) {