diff --git a/JGE/JGE.vcxproj b/JGE/JGE.vcxproj
index 567c398e3..f39975b77 100644
--- a/JGE/JGE.vcxproj
+++ b/JGE/JGE.vcxproj
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
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-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>SDL_CONFIG;WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>TIXML_USE_STL; SDL_CONFIG;WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>src/zipFS;Dependencies/SDL/include;Dependencies/include;$(JGEEXTRAS);../Boost;../projects/mtg/include;include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>SDL_CONFIG;WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>TIXML_USE_STL; SDL_CONFIG;WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <PrecompiledHeader>
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
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       <InlineFunctionExpansion>OnlyExplicitInline</InlineFunctionExpansion>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>src/zipFS;Dependencies/SDL/include;Dependencies/include;$(JGEEXTRAS);../Boost;../projects/mtg/include;include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>SDL_CONFIG;WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;_SECURE_SCL=0;_HAS_ITERATOR_DEBBUGING=0;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>TIXML_USE_STL; SDL_CONFIG;WIN32;NDEBUG;_LIB;_SECURE_SCL=0;_HAS_ITERATOR_DEBBUGING=0;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
diff --git a/projects/mtg/template.vcxproj b/projects/mtg/template.vcxproj
index 96f355a51..9fe22b571 100644
--- a/projects/mtg/template.vcxproj
+++ b/projects/mtg/template.vcxproj
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
       <Optimization>MaxSpeed</Optimization>
       <InlineFunctionExpansion>OnlyExplicitInline</InlineFunctionExpansion>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>./include;$(MTGEXTRAS);../../JGE/include;../../JGE/Dependencies/include;../../Boost;../../JGE/Dependencies/SDL/include;../../JGE/src/zipFS;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>SDL_CONFIG;WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>TIXML_USE_STL; SDL_CONFIG;WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>./include;$(MTGEXTRAS);../../JGE/include;../../JGE/Dependencies/include;../../Boost;../../JGE/Dependencies/SDL/include;../../JGE/src/zipFS;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>SDL_CONFIG;WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>TIXML_USE_STL; SDL_CONFIG;WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>.\Debug/template.pch</PrecompiledHeaderOutputFile>
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
       <Optimization>Full</Optimization>
       <InlineFunctionExpansion>OnlyExplicitInline</InlineFunctionExpansion>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>./include;$(MTGEXTRAS);../../JGE/include;../../JGE/Dependencies/include;../../Boost;../../JGE/Dependencies/SDL/include;../../JGE/src/zipFS;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>SDL_CONFIG;WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_SECURE_SCL=0;_HAS_ITERATOR_DEBBUGING=0;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>TIXML_USE_STL; SDL_CONFIG;WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_SECURE_SCL=0;_HAS_ITERATOR_DEBBUGING=0;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <StringPooling>true</StringPooling>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>./include;$(MTGEXTRAS);../../JGE/include;../../JGE/Dependencies/include;../../Boost;../../JGE/Dependencies/SDL/include;../../JGE/src/zipFS;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>SDL_CONFIG;WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>TIXML_USE_STL; SDL_CONFIG;WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <MinimalRebuild>true</MinimalRebuild>
       <BasicRuntimeChecks>EnableFastChecks</BasicRuntimeChecks>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>