diff --git a/source/graphics/GameView.cpp b/source/graphics/GameView.cpp
index 9be40cb3ec..c19ad0e601 100755
--- a/source/graphics/GameView.cpp
+++ b/source/graphics/GameView.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "sdl.h"
 #include "input.h"
 #include "lib.h"
+#include "timer.h"
 
 extern int g_xres, g_yres;
 extern bool g_active;
@@ -165,27 +166,12 @@ void CGameView::RenderNoCull()
 
 void CGameView::InitResources()
 {
+	TIMER(CGameView__InitResources);
+
 	g_TexMan.LoadTerrainTextures();
 	g_ObjMan.LoadObjects();
 
-	const char* fns[CRenderer::NumAlphaMaps] = {
-		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendcircle.png",
-		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendlshape.png",
-		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendedge.png",
-		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendedgecorner.png",
-		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendedgetwocorners.png",
-		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendfourcorners.png",
-		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendtwooppositecorners.png",
-		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendlshapecorner.png",
-		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendtwocorners.png",
-		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendcorner.png",
-		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendtwoedges.png",
-		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendthreecorners.png",
-		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendushape.png",
-		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendbad.png"
-	};
-
-	g_Renderer.LoadAlphaMaps(fns);
+	g_Renderer.LoadAlphaMaps();
 }
 
 void CGameView::UnloadResources()
diff --git a/source/graphics/MapReader.cpp b/source/graphics/MapReader.cpp
index 0608f036b0..6e779bb095 100755
--- a/source/graphics/MapReader.cpp
+++ b/source/graphics/MapReader.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include "Terrain.h"
 #include "TextureManager.h"
 
+#include "timer.h"
+
 // CMapReader constructor: nothing to do at the minute
 CMapReader::CMapReader()
 {
@@ -22,8 +24,13 @@ CMapReader::CMapReader()
 // LoadMap: try to load the map from given file; reinitialise the scene to new data if successful
 void CMapReader::LoadMap(const char* filename, CTerrain *pTerrain, CUnitManager *pUnitMan, CLightEnv *pLightEnv)
 {
+	TIMER(__CMapReader__LoadMap);
+
 	CFileUnpacker unpacker;
-	unpacker.Read(filename,"PSMP");
+	{
+		TIMER(____CMapReader__LoadMap__read);
+		unpacker.Read(filename,"PSMP");
+	}
 
 	// check version 
 	if (unpacker.GetVersion()<FILE_READ_VERSION) {
@@ -47,6 +54,8 @@ void CMapReader::LoadMap(const char* filename, CTerrain *pTerrain, CUnitManager
 // UnpackMap: unpack the given data from the raw data stream into local variables
 void CMapReader::UnpackMap(CFileUnpacker& unpacker)
 {
+TIMER(____CMapReader__UnpackMap);
+
 	// now unpack everything into local data
 	UnpackTerrain(unpacker);
 	UnpackObjects(unpacker);
@@ -129,6 +138,8 @@ void CMapReader::UnpackTerrain(CFileUnpacker& unpacker)
 // ApplyData: take all the input data, and rebuild the scene from it
 void CMapReader::ApplyData(CFileUnpacker& unpacker, CTerrain *pTerrain, CUnitManager *pUnitMan, CLightEnv *pLightEnv)
 {
+TIMER(____CMapReader__ApplyData);
+
 	// initialise the terrain 
 	pTerrain->Initialize(m_MapSize,&m_Heightmap[0]);	
 
@@ -198,6 +209,8 @@ void CMapReader::ApplyData(CFileUnpacker& unpacker, CTerrain *pTerrain, CUnitMan
 
 void CMapReader::ReadXML(const char* filename)
 {
+	TIMER(____CMapReader__ReadXML);
+
 #ifdef SCED
 	// HACK: ScEd uses absolute filenames, not VFS paths. I can't be bothered
 	// to make Xeromyces work with non-VFS, so just cheat:
diff --git a/source/graphics/ObjectManager.cpp b/source/graphics/ObjectManager.cpp
index 1dd48134b3..302b466a30 100755
--- a/source/graphics/ObjectManager.cpp
+++ b/source/graphics/ObjectManager.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #include "CLogger.h"
 #include "lib/res/res.h"
+#include "timer.h"
 
 #define LOG_CATEGORY "graphics"
 
@@ -80,6 +81,8 @@ void CObjectManager::DeleteObject(CObjectEntry* entry)
 
 void CObjectManager::LoadObjects()
 {
+	TIMER(__CObjectManager__LoadObjects);
+
 	// find all the object types by directory name
 	BuildObjectTypes(0);
 
diff --git a/source/graphics/TextureManager.cpp b/source/graphics/TextureManager.cpp
index 4fa1e41536..66633751bf 100755
--- a/source/graphics/TextureManager.cpp
+++ b/source/graphics/TextureManager.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "ogl.h"
 #include "res/ogl_tex.h"
 #include "CLogger.h"
+#include "timer.h"
 
 #define LOG_CATEGORY "graphics"
 
@@ -136,6 +137,8 @@ void CTextureManager::BuildTerrainTypes()
 
 void CTextureManager::LoadTerrainTextures()
 {
+	TIMER(__CTextureManager__LoadTerrainTextures);
+
 	// find all the terrain types by directory name
 	BuildTerrainTypes();
 
diff --git a/source/ps/Game.cpp b/source/ps/Game.cpp
index c671e2614c..04492b81be 100755
--- a/source/ps/Game.cpp
+++ b/source/ps/Game.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #ifndef NO_GUI
 #include "gui/CGUI.h"
 #endif
+#include "timer.h"
 
 CGame *g_Game=NULL;
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ CGame::CGame():
 	m_pLocalPlayer(NULL),
 	m_GameStarted(false)
 {
-	debug_out("CGame::CGame(): Game object CREATED\n");
+	debug_out("CGame::CGame(): Game object CREATED; initializing..\n");
 }
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ PSRETURN CGame::StartGame(CGameAttributes *pAttribs)
 		m_World.Initialize(pAttribs);
 		m_Simulation.Initialize(pAttribs);
 
+		debug_out("GAME STARTED, ALL INIT COMPLETE\n");
 		m_GameStarted=true;
 
 #ifndef NO_GUI
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ CPlayer *CGame::GetPlayer(uint idx)
 	if (idx > m_NumPlayers)
 	{
 //		debug_warn("Invalid player ID");
-		LOG(ERROR, "", "Invalid player ID %d (outside 0..%d)", idx, m_NumPlayers);
+//		LOG(ERROR, "", "Invalid player ID %d (outside 0..%d)", idx, m_NumPlayers);
 		return m_Players[0];
 	}
 	// Be a bit more paranoid - maybe m_Players hasn't been set large enough
diff --git a/source/ps/World.cpp b/source/ps/World.cpp
index 3fa2a4f090..2470effbbe 100755
--- a/source/ps/World.cpp
+++ b/source/ps/World.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "LightEnv.h"
 #include "BaseEntityCollection.h"
 #include "EntityManager.h"
+#include "timer.h"
 
 #define LOG_CATEGORY "world"
 
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ CLightEnv g_LightEnv;
 
 void CWorld::Initialize(CGameAttributes *pAttribs)
 {
+	TIMER(CWorld__Initialize);
+
 	// TODO: Find a better way of handling these global things
 	ONCE(g_EntityTemplateCollection.loadTemplates());
 
diff --git a/source/renderer/Renderer.cpp b/source/renderer/Renderer.cpp
index f83f677973..3bcbe623ea 100755
--- a/source/renderer/Renderer.cpp
+++ b/source/renderer/Renderer.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "ogl.h"
 #include "res/mem.h"
 #include "res/ogl_tex.h"
+#include "timer.h"
 
 #define LOG_CATEGORY "graphics"
 
@@ -1152,10 +1153,31 @@ inline void CopyTriple(unsigned char* dst,const unsigned char* src)
 // LoadAlphaMaps: load the 14 default alpha maps, pack them into one composite texture and
 // calculate the coordinate of each alphamap within this packed texture .. need to add
 // validation that all maps are the same size
-bool CRenderer::LoadAlphaMaps(const char* fnames[])
+bool CRenderer::LoadAlphaMaps()
 {
+	TIMER(__CRenderer__LoadAlphaMaps);
+
 	Handle textures[NumAlphaMaps];
 
+
+	const char* fnames[CRenderer::NumAlphaMaps] = {
+		"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendcircle.png",
+			"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendlshape.png",
+			"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendedge.png",
+			"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendedgecorner.png",
+			"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendedgetwocorners.png",
+			"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendfourcorners.png",
+			"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendtwooppositecorners.png",
+			"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendlshapecorner.png",
+			"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendtwocorners.png",
+			"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendcorner.png",
+			"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendtwoedges.png",
+			"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendthreecorners.png",
+			"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendushape.png",
+			"art/textures/terrain/alphamaps/special/blendbad.png"
+	};
+
+
 	int i;
 
 	for (i=0;i<NumAlphaMaps;i++) {
diff --git a/source/renderer/Renderer.h b/source/renderer/Renderer.h
index c3e0087a43..897821a976 100755
--- a/source/renderer/Renderer.h
+++ b/source/renderer/Renderer.h
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public:
 	bool IsTextureTransparent(CTexture* texture);
 
 	// load the default set of alphamaps; return false if any alphamap fails to load, true otherwise
-	bool LoadAlphaMaps(const char* fnames[]);
+	bool LoadAlphaMaps();
 
 	void UnloadAlphaMaps();