diff --git a/MapConverter/MapConverter.cs b/MapConverter/MapConverter.cs
index adcd9face7..54f637571b 100644
--- a/MapConverter/MapConverter.cs
+++ b/MapConverter/MapConverter.cs
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ namespace MapConverter
 		int MapSize;
 		int ActorCount = 0; 
 		Map Map = new Map();
-		Manifest manifest;
 
 		public MapConverter(string[] args)
 		{
@@ -105,27 +104,24 @@ namespace MapConverter
 				return;
 			}
 
-			var mods = args[0].Split(',');
-			manifest = new Manifest(mods);
-
-			foreach (var folder in manifest.Folders) FileSystem.Mount(folder);
-			foreach (var pkg in manifest.Packages) FileSystem.Mount(pkg);
-			
+			Game.InitializeEngineWithMods(args[0].Split(','));
 			ConvertIniMap(args[1]);
 			Save(args[2]);
 		}
+
+		enum IniMapFormat { RedAlert = 3, /* otherwise, cnc (2 variants exist, we don't care to differentiate) */ };
 		
 		public void ConvertIniMap(string iniFile)
 		{
-			IniFile file = new IniFile(FileSystem.Open(iniFile));
-			IniSection basic = file.GetSection("Basic");
-			IniSection map = file.GetSection("Map");
-			var INIFormat = int.Parse(basic.GetValue("NewINIFormat", "0"));
+			var file = new IniFile(FileSystem.Open(iniFile));
+			var basic = file.GetSection("Basic");
+			var map = file.GetSection("Map");
+			var legacyMapFormat = (IniMapFormat)int.Parse(basic.GetValue("NewINIFormat", "0"));
 			var XOffset = int.Parse(map.GetValue("X", "0"));
 			var YOffset = int.Parse(map.GetValue("Y", "0"));
 			var Width = int.Parse(map.GetValue("Width", "0"));
 			var Height = int.Parse(map.GetValue("Height", "0"));
-			MapSize = (INIFormat == 3) ? 128 : 64;
+			MapSize = (legacyMapFormat == IniMapFormat.RedAlert) ? 128 : 64;
 			
 			Map.Title = basic.GetValue("Name", "(null)");
 			Map.Author = "Westwood Studios";
@@ -135,8 +131,8 @@ namespace MapConverter
 			Map.TopLeft = new int2 (XOffset, YOffset);
 			Map.BottomRight = new int2(XOffset+Width,YOffset+Height);
 			Map.Selectable = true;
-			
-			if (INIFormat == 3) // RA map
+
+			if (legacyMapFormat == IniMapFormat.RedAlert)
 			{
 				UnpackRATileData(ReadPackedSection(file.GetSection("MapPack")));
 				UnpackRAOverlayData(ReadPackedSection(file.GetSection("OverlayPack")));
@@ -161,7 +157,8 @@ namespace MapConverter
 		
 			var wp = file.GetSection("Waypoints")
 					.Where(kv => int.Parse(kv.Value) > 0)
-					.Select(kv => Pair.New(int.Parse(kv.Key), new int2(int.Parse(kv.Value) % MapSize, int.Parse(kv.Value) / MapSize)))
+					.Select(kv => Pair.New(int.Parse(kv.Key), 
+						LocationFromMapOffset( int.Parse( kv.Value ), MapSize )))
 					.Where(a => a.First < 8)
 					.ToArray();
 			
@@ -170,6 +167,11 @@ namespace MapConverter
 			foreach (var kv in wp)
 				Map.Waypoints.Add("spawn"+kv.First, kv.Second);
 		}
+
+		static int2 LocationFromMapOffset(int offset, int mapSize)
+		{
+			return new int2(offset % mapSize, offset / mapSize);
+		}
 		
 		static MemoryStream ReadPackedSection(IniSection mapPackSection)
 		{
diff --git a/MapConverter/MapConverter.csproj b/MapConverter/MapConverter.csproj
index 75759aa481..780fc875e5 100644
--- a/MapConverter/MapConverter.csproj
+++ b/MapConverter/MapConverter.csproj
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
       <Project>{BDAEAB25-991E-46A7-AF1E-4F0E03358DAA}</Project>
       <Name>OpenRA.FileFormats</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\OpenRA.Game\OpenRA.Game.csproj">
+      <Project>{0DFB103F-2962-400F-8C6D-E2C28CCBA633}</Project>
+      <Name>OpenRA.Game</Name>
+    </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index d37d0fda41..41e090350a 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -679,5 +679,18 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			file.Flush();
 			file.Close();
 		}
+
+		public static void InitializeEngineWithMods(string[] mods)
+		{
+			AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += FileSystem.ResolveAssembly;
+			var manifest = new Manifest(mods);
+			LoadModAssemblies(manifest);
+
+			FileSystem.UnmountAll();
+			foreach (var folder in manifest.Folders) FileSystem.Mount(folder);
+			foreach (var pkg in manifest.Packages) FileSystem.Mount(pkg);
+
+			Rules.LoadRules(manifest, new Map());
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/RALint/RALint.cs b/RALint/RALint.cs
index ae2e8edcca..a111df87d3 100644
--- a/RALint/RALint.cs
+++ b/RALint/RALint.cs
@@ -11,20 +11,6 @@ namespace RALint
 {
 	static class RALint
 	{
-		/* todo: move this into the engine? dpstool, seqed, editor, etc all need it (or something similar) */
-		static void InitializeEngineWithMods(string[] mods)
-		{
-			AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve += FileSystem.ResolveAssembly;
-			var manifest = new Manifest(mods);
-			Game.LoadModAssemblies(manifest);
-
-			FileSystem.UnmountAll();
-			foreach (var folder in manifest.Folders) FileSystem.Mount(folder);
-			foreach (var pkg in manifest.Packages) FileSystem.Mount(pkg);
-
-			Rules.LoadRules(manifest, new Map());
-		}
-
 		static int errors = 0;
 
 		static void EmitError(string e)
@@ -37,7 +23,7 @@ namespace RALint
 
 		static int Main(string[] args)
 		{
-			InitializeEngineWithMods(args);
+			Game.InitializeEngineWithMods(args);
 
 			// all the @something names which actually EXIST.
 			var psuedoPrereqs = Rules.Info.Values.Select(a => a.Traits.GetOrDefault<BuildableInfo>()).Where(b => b != null)