diff --git a/mk/linux/makedata.sh b/mk/linux/makedata.sh
index 6deaa156..4bdcf194 100755
--- a/mk/linux/makedata.sh
+++ b/mk/linux/makedata.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ find glest.ini \( -name "*" \) -exec cp -p "{}" $RELEASEDIR/glest_linux.ini ';'
 find glestkeys.ini \( -name "*" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR ';'
 find configuration.xml \( -name "*" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR ';'
 
+find commondata/ \( -name "*" \) -not \( -name .svn -prune \) -not \( -name "*~" -prune \) -not \( -name "*.bak" -prune \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR ';'
 find data/ \( -name "*" \) -not \( -name .svn -prune \) -not \( -name "*~" -prune \) -not \( -name "*.bak" -prune \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR ';'
 find docs/ \( -name "*" \) -not \( -name .svn -prune \) -not \( -name "*~" -prune \) -not \( -name "*.bak" -prune \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR ';'
 find maps/ \( -name "*" \) -not \( -name .svn -prune \) -not \( -name "*~" -prune \) -not \( -name "*.bak" -prune \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR ';'
diff --git a/mk/linux/makerelease.sh b/mk/linux/makerelease.sh
index 5e1d0e3f..19336aa7 100755
--- a/mk/linux/makerelease.sh
+++ b/mk/linux/makerelease.sh
@@ -1,50 +1,39 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-VERSION=`./mg-version.sh --version`
+VERSION=$(./mg-version.sh --version)
 RELEASENAME=megaglest-source
-#RELEASEDIR="`pwd`/release/$RELEASENAME-$VERSION"
-RELEASEDIR="`pwd`/release/$RELEASENAME-$VERSION/megaglest-$VERSION"
+PACKAGE="$RELEASENAME-$VERSION.tar.xz"
+CURRENTDIR="$(dirname $(readlink -f $0))"
+RELEASEDIR="$CURRENTDIR/release/$RELEASENAME-$VERSION/megaglest-$VERSION"
+SOURCEDIR="$CURRENTDIR/../../source/"
 
 echo "Creating source package in $RELEASEDIR"
 
-rm -rf $RELEASEDIR
-mkdir -p $RELEASEDIR
-mkdir -p $RELEASEDIR/source
-# copy sources
-pushd "`pwd`/../../source"
-find glest_game/ \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h" -o -name "*.c" -o -name "CMake*" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR/source ';'
-find shared_lib/ \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h" -o -name "*.c" -o -name "CMake*" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR/source ';'
-find glest_map_editor/ \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h" -o -name "*.xpm" -o -name "*.c" -o -name "CMake*" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR/source ';'
-find g3d_viewer/ \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h" -o -name "*.c" -o -name "CMake*" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR/source ';'
-find configurator/ \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h" -o -name "*.c" -o -name "CMake*" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR/source ';'
-find masterserver/ \( -name "*.php" -o -name "*.sql" -o -name "CMake*" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR/source ';'
-find tools/ \( -name "*.cpp" -o -name "*.h" -o -name "*.c" -o -name "*.pl" -o -name "*.sh" -o -name "*.css" -o -name "*.html" -o -name "*.ini" -o -name "*.ico" -o -name "*.txt" -o -name "*.dtd" -o -name "*.png" -o -name "*.py" -o -name "README" -o -name "INSTALL" -o -name "COPYING" -o -name "CMake*" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR/source ';'
+[[ -d "$RELEASEDIR" ]] && rm -rf "$RELEASEDIR"
+mkdir -p "$RELEASEDIR"
 
-pushd "../"
-find mk/cmake/ \( -name "*.cmake" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR ';'
-find mk/macosx/ \( -name "*.txt" -o -name "*.plist" -o -name "*.icns" -o -name "PkgInfo" \) -exec cp -p --parents "{}" $RELEASEDIR ';'
-popd
+svn export --force "$SOURCEDIR" "$RELEASEDIR/source"
 
-popd
+#cp -r "$CURRENTDIR/../cmake/" "$RELEASEDIR"
+#cp -r "$CURRENTDIR/../macosx/" "$RELEASEDIR"
+#cp -r "$CURRENTDIR/../../docs" $RELEASEDIR
+#cp "$CURRENTDIR/"*.ini $RELEASEDIR
+#cp "$CURRENTDIR/glest.ico" $RELEASEDIR
+#cp "$CURRENTDIR/megaglest.png" $RELEASEDIR
+#cp "$CURRENTDIR/megaglest.desktop" $RELEASEDIR
+#cp "$CURRENTDIR/start_megaglest"* $RELEASEDIR
+#cp "$CURRENTDIR/../../CMake"* $RELEASEDIR
+mkdir -p "$RELEASEDIR/mk/cmake/"
+svn export --force "$CURRENTDIR/../cmake/" "$RELEASEDIR/mk/cmake/"
+mkdir -p "$RELEASEDIR/mk/macosx/"
+svn export --force "$CURRENTDIR/../macosx/" "$RELEASEDIR/mk/macosx/"
+svn export --force "$CURRENTDIR/../../docs" $RELEASEDIR
+cp "$CURRENTDIR/"*.ini $RELEASEDIR
+cp "$CURRENTDIR/glest.ico" $RELEASEDIR
+cp "$CURRENTDIR/megaglest.png" $RELEASEDIR
+cp "$CURRENTDIR/megaglest.desktop" $RELEASEDIR
+cp "$CURRENTDIR/start_megaglest"* $RELEASEDIR
+cp "$CURRENTDIR/../../CMake"* $RELEASEDIR
 
-cp -p ../../docs/*.txt $RELEASEDIR
-cp -p glest.ini $RELEASEDIR
-cp -p glestkeys.ini $RELEASEDIR
-cp -p servers.ini $RELEASEDIR
-cp -p glest.ico $RELEASEDIR
-cp -p megaglest.png $RELEASEDIR
-cp -p megaglest.desktop $RELEASEDIR
-cp -p start_megaglest $RELEASEDIR
-cp -p start_megaglest_configurator $RELEASEDIR
-cp -p start_megaglest_mapeditor $RELEASEDIR
-cp -p start_megaglest_g3dviewer $RELEASEDIR
-cp -p ../../CMake* $RELEASEDIR
-
-pushd release
-PACKAGE="$RELEASENAME-$VERSION.tar.bz2"
-echo "creating $PACKAGE"
-rm "$PACKAGE"
-
-tar -c --bzip2 -f "$PACKAGE" "$RELEASENAME-$VERSION"
-#7za a "$RELEASENAME-$VERSION.7z" "$RELEASENAME-$VERSION"
-popd
+echo "Creating $PACKAGE"
+tar cJf "release/$PACKAGE" -C "$CURRENTDIR/release/" "$RELEASENAME-$VERSION"
diff --git a/mk/windoze/Installer/MegaGlestInstaller.nsi b/mk/windoze/Installer/MegaGlestInstaller.nsi
index c14213ff..288905bd 100644
--- a/mk/windoze/Installer/MegaGlestInstaller.nsi
+++ b/mk/windoze/Installer/MegaGlestInstaller.nsi
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ Section "${APNAME} (required)"
   File "..\..\..\source\tools\glexemel\g3d_logo.png"
   SetOutPath $INSTDIR
 
+  File /r /x .svn /x mydata "..\..\..\data\glest_game\commondata"
   File /r /x .svn /x mydata "..\..\..\data\glest_game\data"
   File /r /x .svn /x mydata "..\..\..\data\glest_game\docs"
   File /r /x .svn /x mydata "..\..\..\data\glest_game\maps"
@@ -278,6 +279,7 @@ Section "Uninstall"
   Delete $INSTDIR\xerces-c_3_0.dll
   Delete $INSTDIR\*.log
 
+  Delete $INSTDIR\commondata\*.*
   Delete $INSTDIR\data\*.*
   Delete $INSTDIR\docs\*.*
   Delete $INSTDIR\maps\*.*
@@ -287,6 +289,7 @@ Section "Uninstall"
   Delete $INSTDIR\tilesets\*.*
   Delete $INSTDIR\tutorials\*.*
 
+  RMDir /r $INSTDIR\commondata
   RMDir /r $INSTDIR\data
   RMDir /r $INSTDIR\docs
   RMDir /r $INSTDIR\maps
diff --git a/source/glest_game/gui/gui.cpp b/source/glest_game/gui/gui.cpp
index ee23cef5..67b47e81 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/gui/gui.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/gui/gui.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void Gui::init(Game *game){
 	this->console= game->getConsole();
 	this->world= game->getWorld();
 	this->game=game;
-	selection.init(this, world->getThisFactionIndex());
+	selection.init(this, world->getThisFactionIndex(), world->getThisTeamIndex());
 }
 
 void Gui::end(){
@@ -609,15 +609,17 @@ void Gui::mouseDownDisplayUnitBuild(int posDisplay){
 }
 
 
-string Gui::computeDefaultInfoString(){
-
+string Gui::computeDefaultInfoString() {
 	Lang &lang= Lang::getInstance();
 
 	string result="";
+	//printf("\n\n\n\n********* selection.isCommandable() [%d] selection.isUniform() [%d]\n\n",selection.isCommandable(),selection.isUniform());
 
-	if(selection.isCommandable() && selection.isUniform()){
-		// default is the description extension
-		result=selection.getFrontUnit()->getDescExtension();
+	if(selection.isUniform()) {
+		if(selection.isObserver() || selection.isCommandable()) {
+			// default is the description extension
+			result = selection.getFrontUnit()->getDescExtension();
+		}
 	}
 	return result;
 }
diff --git a/source/glest_game/gui/selection.cpp b/source/glest_game/gui/selection.cpp
index 2f152c1c..97552361 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/gui/selection.cpp
+++ b/source/glest_game/gui/selection.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ namespace Glest{ namespace Game{
 // 	class Selection
 // =====================================================
 
-void Selection::init(Gui *gui, int factionIndex){
+void Selection::init(Gui *gui, int factionIndex, int teamIndex) {
 	this->factionIndex= factionIndex;
+	this->teamIndex = teamIndex;
 	this->gui= gui;
 }
 
@@ -35,8 +36,7 @@ Selection::~Selection(){
 	clear();
 }
 
-void Selection::select(Unit *unit){
-
+void Selection::select(Unit *unit) {
 	//check size
 	//if(selectedUnits.size() >= maxUnits){
 	if(selectedUnits.size() >= Config::getInstance().getInt("MaxUnitSelectCount",intToStr(maxUnits).c_str())) {
@@ -44,19 +44,19 @@ void Selection::select(Unit *unit){
 	}
 
 	//check if already selected
-	for(int i=0; i<selectedUnits.size(); ++i){
-		if(selectedUnits[i]==unit){
+	for(int i=0; i < selectedUnits.size(); ++i) {
+		if(selectedUnits[i ]== unit) {
 			return;
 		}
 	}
 
 	//check if dead
-	if(unit->isDead()){
+	if(unit->isDead()) {
 		return;
 	}
 
 	//check if multisel
-	if(!unit->getType()->getMultiSelect() && !isEmpty()){
+	if(!unit->getType()->getMultiSelect() && !isEmpty()) {
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -128,13 +128,19 @@ bool Selection::isUniform() const{
     return true;
 }
 
-bool Selection::isEnemy() const{
+bool Selection::isEnemy() const {
 	return selectedUnits.size() == 1 &&
-			(selectedUnits.front()->getFactionIndex() != factionIndex ||
-			 factionIndex == (GameConstants::maxPlayers -1 + fpt_Observer));
+			selectedUnits.front()->getFactionIndex() != factionIndex;
 }
 
-bool Selection::isCommandable() const{
+bool Selection::isObserver() const {
+	return selectedUnits.size() == 1 &&
+			(teamIndex == (GameConstants::maxPlayers -1 + fpt_Observer));
+}
+
+bool Selection::isCommandable() const {
+	//printf("\n\n\n\n********* selection.isCommandable() ---> isEmpty() [%d] isEnemy() [%d] selectedUnits.size() [%d]\n\n",isEmpty(),isEnemy(),(int)selectedUnits.size());
+
 	return
 		!isEmpty() &&
 		!isEnemy() &&
diff --git a/source/glest_game/gui/selection.h b/source/glest_game/gui/selection.h
index 503fe7c9..a2b93a3b 100644
--- a/source/glest_game/gui/selection.h
+++ b/source/glest_game/gui/selection.h
@@ -39,12 +39,13 @@ public:
 
 private:
 	int factionIndex;
+	int teamIndex;
 	UnitContainer selectedUnits;
 	UnitContainer groups[maxGroups];
 	Gui *gui;
 
 public:
-	void init(Gui *gui, int factionIndex);
+	void init(Gui *gui, int factionIndex, int teamIndex);
 	virtual ~Selection();
 
 	void select(Unit *unit);
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ public:
 	bool isEmpty() const				{return selectedUnits.empty();}
 	bool isUniform() const;
 	bool isEnemy() const;
+	bool isObserver() const;
+
 	//bool isComandable() const;
 	bool isCommandable() const;
 	bool isCancelable() const;