diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.h b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.h
index 8d8d8d08..8aa8e0c5 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.h
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.h
@@ -658,15 +658,11 @@ size_t ustrlen(const UniChar *ustr, size_t max = plString::kSizeAuto);
 
 
 #if HS_BUILD_FOR_WIN32
-#   define PATH_SEPARATOR     '\\'
-#   define WPATH_SEPARATOR    L'\\'
-#   define PATH_SEPARATOR_STR "\\"
-#   define WPATH_SEPARATOR_STR L"\\"
+#   define PATH_SEPARATOR       '\\'
+#   define PATH_SEPARATOR_STR   "\\"
 #else
-#   define PATH_SEPARATOR     '/'
-#   define WPATH_SEPARATOR    L'/'
-#   define PATH_SEPARATOR_STR "/"
-#   define WPATH_SEPARATOR_STR L"/"
+#   define PATH_SEPARATOR       '/'
+#   define PATH_SEPARATOR_STR   "/"
 #endif
 
 /* plFileName - custom extension of plString for manipulating filenames */
@@ -687,7 +683,7 @@ public:
 
     static plFileName Join(const plFileName &base, const plFileName &path);
 
-    // VS doesn't do variadic templates, and we don't want to use const char *
+    // TODO: Make this more efficient
     static plFileName Join(const plFileName &base, const plFileName &path,
                            const plFileName& path2)
     { return Join(Join(base, path), path2); }
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAudioCore/plSoundBuffer.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAudioCore/plSoundBuffer.cpp
index 6b37058d..9bc4c3b6 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAudioCore/plSoundBuffer.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAudioCore/plSoundBuffer.cpp
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ void    plSoundBuffer::Write( hsStream *s, hsResMgr *mgr )
             s->WriteSafeString( fFileName );
     }
     else
-        s->WriteSafeString( nil );
+        s->WriteSafeString( "" );
 
     s->WriteLE( fHeader.fFormatTag );
     s->WriteLE( fHeader.fNumChannels );
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAvatar/plArmatureMod.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAvatar/plArmatureMod.cpp
index f449d274..43472589 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAvatar/plArmatureMod.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plAvatar/plArmatureMod.cpp
@@ -1735,7 +1735,7 @@ void plArmatureMod::Write(hsStream *stream, hsResMgr *mgr)
     stream->WriteLEFloat(fPhysHeight);
     stream->WriteLEFloat(fPhysWidth);
 
-    stream->WriteSafeString(fAnimationPrefix.c_str());
+    stream->WriteSafeString(fAnimationPrefix);
     stream->WriteSafeString(fBodyAgeName.c_str());
     stream->WriteSafeString(fBodyFootstepSoundPage.c_str());
 }
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plContainer/plConfigInfo.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plContainer/plConfigInfo.cpp
index b7097eb0..bb2137bd 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plContainer/plConfigInfo.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plContainer/plConfigInfo.cpp
@@ -1116,7 +1116,7 @@ bool plWWWAuthenticateConfigSource::ReadInto(plConfigInfo & configInfo, KAddValu
         end = i;
 
         plString buf = fAuth.Substr(begin, end-begin);
-        if(!ReadString(buf.c_str()))
+        if (!ReadString(buf))
         {
             // TODO log warning here
         }
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetClientComm/plNetClientComm.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetClientComm/plNetClientComm.cpp
index 1e70ac2b..e522275a 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetClientComm/plNetClientComm.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plNetClientComm/plNetClientComm.cpp
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static void INetCliAuthAgeRequestCallback (
 
         LogMsg(
             kLogPerf,
-            L"Connecting to game server %s, ageInstId %s",
+            L"Connecting to game server %S, ageInstId %S",
             gameAddrStr.c_str(),
             ageInstIdStr.c_str()
         );
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plPipeline/plDXPipeline.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plPipeline/plDXPipeline.cpp
index a938bac1..02435f9c 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plPipeline/plDXPipeline.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plPipeline/plDXPipeline.cpp
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ void D3DSURF_MEMDEL(IDirect3DCubeTexture9* cTex) {}
 #endif // PLASMA_EXTERNAL_RELEASE
 
 #ifndef PLASMA_EXTERNAL_RELEASE
-void plDXPipeline::ProfilePoolMem(D3DPOOL poolType, uint32_t size, bool add, char *id)
+void plDXPipeline::ProfilePoolMem(D3DPOOL poolType, uint32_t size, bool add, const char *id)
 {
     switch( poolType )
     {
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plPipeline/plDXPipeline.h b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plPipeline/plDXPipeline.h
index 75aa9347..99713f8f 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plPipeline/plDXPipeline.h
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plPipeline/plDXPipeline.h
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ public:
     static void             AllocManagedVertex(uint32_t sz) { fVtxManaged += sz; }
 
 #ifndef PLASMA_EXTERNAL_RELEASE
-    static void ProfilePoolMem(D3DPOOL poolType, uint32_t size, bool add, char *id);
+    static void ProfilePoolMem(D3DPOOL poolType, uint32_t size, bool add, const char *id);
 #endif // PLASMA_EXTERNAL_RELEASE
 
     //  From a D3DFORMAT enumeration, return the bit depth associated with it.
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plSDL/plSDLParser.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plSDL/plSDLParser.cpp
index a3ad5f61..7b0a9a0e 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plSDL/plSDLParser.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plSDL/plSDLParser.cpp
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ bool plSDLParser::IParseVarDesc(const char* fileName, hsStream* stream, char tok
         }
     }
 
-    DebugMsg((char*)dbgStr.c_str());
+    DebugMsg(dbgStr.c_str());
 
     return skipNext;
 }
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plSDL/plStateVariable.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plSDL/plStateVariable.cpp
index ddaa182e..2dffb00d 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plSDL/plStateVariable.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plSDL/plStateVariable.cpp
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ void plStateVarNotificationInfo::Write(hsStream* s, uint32_t writeOptions) const
 {
     uint8_t saveFlags=0;              // unused   
     s->WriteLE(saveFlags);
-    s->WriteSafeString(fHintString.c_str());
+    s->WriteSafeString(fHintString);
 }
 
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -2325,7 +2325,7 @@ void plSimpleStateVariable::DumpToStream(hsStream* stream, bool dirtyOnly, int l
     plString logMsg = plString::Format( "%sSimpleVar, name:%s[%d]", pad.c_str(), GetName().c_str(), GetCount());
     if (GetCount()>1)
     {
-        stream->WriteString(logMsg.c_str());    // it's going to be a long msg, so print it on its own line
+        stream->WriteString(logMsg);    // it's going to be a long msg, so print it on its own line
         logMsg = "";
     }
     
@@ -2348,7 +2348,7 @@ void plSimpleStateVariable::DumpToStream(hsStream* stream, bool dirtyOnly, int l
         if ( !dirtyOnly )
             logMsg += plString::Format( " dirty:%d", IsDirty() );
 
-        stream->WriteString(logMsg.c_str());
+        stream->WriteString(logMsg);
         logMsg = "";
     }
 }
@@ -2704,7 +2704,7 @@ void plSDStateVariable::DumpToStream(hsStream* stream, bool dirtyOnly, int level
 
     int cnt = dirtyOnly ? GetDirtyCount() : GetUsedCount();
     stream->WriteString(plString::Format( "%sSDVar, name:%s dirtyOnly:%d count:%d",
-        pad.c_str(), GetName().c_str(), dirtyOnly, cnt).c_str());
+        pad.c_str(), GetName().c_str(), dirtyOnly, cnt));
 
     for(i=0;i<GetCount();i++)
     {
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plStatusLog/plStatusLog.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plStatusLog/plStatusLog.cpp
index 2c1c7aa6..2c02a4a9 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plStatusLog/plStatusLog.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plStatusLog/plStatusLog.cpp
@@ -145,13 +145,13 @@ void    plStatusLogMgr::IPathAppend( wchar_t *base, const wchar_t *extra, unsign
 
     bool needsSeparator = false;
     if (baseLen >= 1)
-        needsSeparator = (base[baseLen - 1] != WPATH_SEPARATOR);
+        needsSeparator = (base[baseLen - 1] != PATH_SEPARATOR);
 
     if (needsSeparator)
     {
         if ((baseLen + 1 + 1) >= maxLen)
             return; // abort, buffer isn't big enough
-        base[baseLen] = WPATH_SEPARATOR;
+        base[baseLen] = PATH_SEPARATOR;
         ++baseLen;
         base[baseLen] = '\0';
     }
@@ -533,12 +533,11 @@ void    plStatusLog::IFini( void )
     delete [] fColors;
 }
 
-
 void plStatusLog::IParseFileName(wchar_t* file, size_t fnsize, wchar_t* fileNoExt, wchar_t** ext) const
 {
     const wchar_t *base = plStatusLogMgr::IGetBasePath();
     if( wcslen( base ) != nil )
-        hsSnwprintf( file, fnsize, L"%s%s%s", base, WPATH_SEPARATOR_STR, fFilename.c_str() );
+        hsSnwprintf( file, fnsize, L"%s%S%s", base, PATH_SEPARATOR_STR, fFilename.c_str() );
     else
         wcscpy( file, fFilename.c_str() );
 
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plVault/plVaultNodeAccess.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plVault/plVaultNodeAccess.cpp
index 2fccccea..f9529765 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plVault/plVaultNodeAccess.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/PubUtilLib/plVault/plVaultNodeAccess.cpp
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ void VaultAgeLinkNode::AddSpawnPoint (const plSpawnPointInfo & point) {
 
     plSpawnPointVec points;
     GetSpawnPoints( &points );
-    if ( std::find_if( points.begin(), points.end(), MatchesSpawnPointTitle( point.fTitle.c_str() ) )!=points.end() )
+    if ( std::find_if( points.begin(), points.end(), MatchesSpawnPointTitle( point.fTitle ) )!=points.end() )
         return;
 
     // only check to see if the titles are the same...