diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/CMakeLists.txt b/library/PolyVoxCore/CMakeLists.txt
index f5cb490c..b0304218 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ SET(IMPL_INC_FILES
 	include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/AStarPathfinderImpl.h
 	include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.h
 	include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.inl
+    include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/CompilerCapabilities.h
+    include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Config.h
 	include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h
 	include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/MarchingCubesTables.h
 	include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/RandomUnitVectors.h
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/AStarPathfinder.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/AStarPathfinder.inl
index 26c5c398..f01bff38 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/AStarPathfinder.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/AStarPathfinder.inl
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ freely, subject to the following restrictions:
     distribution.
 *******************************************************************************/
 
+#include "PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h"
+
 namespace PolyVox
 {
 	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		if((openNodes.empty()) || (openNodes.getFirst() != endNode))
 		{
 			//In this case we failed to find a valid path.
-			throw std::runtime_error("No path found");
+			POLYVOX_THROW(std::runtime_error, "No path found");
 		}
 		else
 		{
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.inl
index 8927816c..cb597236 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Block.inl
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ freely, subject to the following restrictions:
     distribution. 	
 *******************************************************************************/
 
+#include "PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h"
 #include "PolyVoxCore/Impl/Utility.h"
+
 #include "PolyVoxCore/Vector.h"
 
 #include <cassert>
@@ -130,7 +132,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		//Release mode validation
 		if(!isPowerOf2(uSideLength))
 		{
-			throw std::invalid_argument("Block side length must be a power of two.");
+			POLYVOX_THROW(std::invalid_argument, "Block side length must be a power of two.");
 		}
 
 		//Compute the side length		
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/CompilerCapabilities.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/CompilerCapabilities.h
index 0c52ac7e..074c3555 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/CompilerCapabilities.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/CompilerCapabilities.h
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 /*
- * This file provides the default compiler capabilities for for Visual Studio.
- * On other compilers CMake will detect which features are available and create
- * a file like this.
- * 
- * To Enable these features in Visual Studio, define the variables in this file.
-*/
+ * This file describes the capabilities of the C++ compiler and is used to determine which features to enable in PolyVox.
+ * It assumes that if the compiler is from VS2008 or earlier then no C++11 is present, otherwise it assumes full support
+ * is present.
+ *
+ * Not that this file is usually overwritten by CMake which does careful tests of the true compiler capabilities. However,
+ * we provide this default file so that CMake is not actually required for users of PolyVox and they can instead just drop
+ * PolyVox code into their project/makefile if they prefer.
+ */
 
 #ifndef __PolyVox_CompilerCapabilities_H__
 #define __PolyVox_CompilerCapabilities_H__
 
-//#undef HAS_CXX11_CONSTEXPR
-
-//#define HAS_CXX11_STATIC_ASSERT
-
-#define HAS_CXX11_CSTDINT_H
-
-#define HAS_CXX11_SHARED_PTR
+// If we are not using Visual Studio (or we are but it
+// is a recent version) then assume support for these.
+#if !defined(_MSC_VER) || (_MSC_VER >= 1600)
+	#define HAS_CXX11_CONSTEXPR
+	#define HAS_CXX11_STATIC_ASSERT
+	#define HAS_CXX11_CSTDINT_H
+	#define HAS_CXX11_SHARED_PTR
+#endif
 
 #endif
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Config.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Config.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e97e27af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/Config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*******************************************************************************
+Copyright (c) 2005-2009 David Williams
+
+This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+arising from the use of this software.
+
+Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+
+    1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+    claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+    in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+    appreciated but is not required.
+
+    2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+    misrepresented as being the original software.
+
+    3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
+    distribution. 	
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef __PolyVox_Config_H__
+#define __PolyVox_Config_H__
+
+#define POLYVOX_ASSERTS_ENABLED
+#define POLYVOX_THROW_ENABLED
+
+#endif
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h
index d3ef8b49..8d434c9a 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h
@@ -24,13 +24,12 @@ freely, subject to the following restrictions:
 #ifndef __PolyVox_ErrorHandling_H__
 #define __PolyVox_ErrorHandling_H__
 
+#include "PolyVoxCore/Impl/Config.h"
+
 #include <cstdlib>  //For std::exit
 #include <iostream> //For std::cerr
 #include <stdexcept>
 
-#define POLYVOX_ASSERTS_ENABLED
-//#define POLYVOX_THROW_ENABLED
-
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
     #define POLYVOX_HALT() __debugbreak()
 #else
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/TypeDef.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/TypeDef.h
index 3724efe4..4500207e 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/TypeDef.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/TypeDef.h
@@ -101,13 +101,12 @@ freely, subject to the following restrictions:
 #if defined(HAS_CXX11_CSTDINT_H)
 	#include <cstdint>
 #else
-	#include <boost/cstdint.hpp>
-	using boost::int8_t;
-	using boost::int16_t;
-	using boost::int32_t;
-	using boost::uint8_t;
-	using boost::uint16_t;
-	using boost::uint32_t;
+	typedef signed char     int8_t;
+	typedef unsigned char   uint8_t;
+	typedef short           int16_t;
+	typedef unsigned short  uint16_t;
+	typedef long            int32_t;
+	typedef unsigned long   uint32_t;
 #endif
 
 #if defined(HAS_CXX11_SHARED_PTR)
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Interpolation.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Interpolation.h
index e52b321f..09c063c9 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Interpolation.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Interpolation.h
@@ -1,82 +1,82 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
-Copyright (c) 2005-2009 David Williams
-
-This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
-warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
-arising from the use of this software.
-
-Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
-including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
-freely, subject to the following restrictions:
-
-    1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
-    claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
-    in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
-    appreciated but is not required.
-
-    2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
-    misrepresented as being the original software.
-
-    3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
-    distribution. 	
-*******************************************************************************/
-
-#ifndef __PolyVox_Interpolation_H__
-#define __PolyVox_Interpolation_H__
-
-#include <cassert>
-
-namespace PolyVox
-{
-	template <typename Type>
-	Type lerp(
-        const Type& v0,const Type& v1,
-        const float x)
-    {
-        assert((x >= 0.0f) && (x <= 1.0f));
-
-		//Interpolate along X
-		Type v0_1 = (v1 - v0) * x + v0;
-
-		return v0_1;
-    }
-
-	template <typename Type>
-	Type bilerp(
-        const Type& v00,const Type& v10,const Type& v01,const Type& v11,
-        const float x, const float y)
-    {
-        assert((x >= 0.0f) && (y >= 0.0f) && 
-            (x <= 1.0f) && (y <= 1.0f));
-
-		// Linearly interpolate along x
-		Type v00_10 = lerp(v00, v10, x);
-		Type v01_11 = lerp(v01, v11, x);
-
-		// And linearly interpolate the results along y
-		Type v00_10__v01_11 = lerp(v00_10, v01_11, y);
-
-		return v00_10__v01_11;
-    }
-
-	template <typename Type>
-	Type trilerp(
-        const Type& v000,const Type& v100,const Type& v010,const Type& v110,
-        const Type& v001,const Type& v101,const Type& v011,const Type& v111,
-        const float x, const float y, const float z)
-    {
-        assert((x >= 0.0f) && (y >= 0.0f) && (z >= 0.0f) && 
-            (x <= 1.0f) && (y <= 1.0f) && (z <= 1.0f));
-
-		// Bilinearly interpolate along Y
-		Type v000_v100__v010_v110 = bilerp(v000, v100, v010, v110, x, y);
-		Type v001_v101__v011_v111 = bilerp(v001, v101, v011, v111, x, y);
-
-		// And linearly interpolate the results along z
-		Type v000_v100__v010_v110____v001_v101__v011_v111 = lerp(v000_v100__v010_v110, v001_v101__v011_v111, z);
-			
-		return v000_v100__v010_v110____v001_v101__v011_v111;
-    }
-}
-
-#endif //__PolyVox_Interpolation_H__
+/*******************************************************************************
+Copyright (c) 2005-2009 David Williams
+
+This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+arising from the use of this software.
+
+Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+
+    1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+    claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+    in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+    appreciated but is not required.
+
+    2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+    misrepresented as being the original software.
+
+    3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
+    distribution. 	
+*******************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef __PolyVox_Interpolation_H__
+#define __PolyVox_Interpolation_H__
+
+#include <cassert>
+
+namespace PolyVox
+{
+	template <typename Type>
+	Type lerp(
+        const Type& v0,const Type& v1,
+        const float x)
+    {
+        assert((x >= 0.0f) && (x <= 1.0f));
+
+		//Interpolate along X
+		Type v0_1 = (v1 - v0) * x + v0;
+
+		return v0_1;
+    }
+
+	template <typename Type>
+	Type bilerp(
+        const Type& v00,const Type& v10,const Type& v01,const Type& v11,
+        const float x, const float y)
+    {
+        assert((x >= 0.0f) && (y >= 0.0f) && 
+            (x <= 1.0f) && (y <= 1.0f));
+
+		// Linearly interpolate along x
+		Type v00_10 = lerp(v00, v10, x);
+		Type v01_11 = lerp(v01, v11, x);
+
+		// And linearly interpolate the results along y
+		Type v00_10__v01_11 = lerp(v00_10, v01_11, y);
+
+		return v00_10__v01_11;
+    }
+
+	template <typename Type>
+	Type trilerp(
+        const Type& v000,const Type& v100,const Type& v010,const Type& v110,
+        const Type& v001,const Type& v101,const Type& v011,const Type& v111,
+        const float x, const float y, const float z)
+    {
+        assert((x >= 0.0f) && (y >= 0.0f) && (z >= 0.0f) && 
+            (x <= 1.0f) && (y <= 1.0f) && (z <= 1.0f));
+
+		// Bilinearly interpolate along Y
+		Type v000_v100__v010_v110 = bilerp(v000, v100, v010, v110, x, y);
+		Type v001_v101__v011_v111 = bilerp(v001, v101, v011, v111, x, y);
+
+		// And linearly interpolate the results along z
+		Type v000_v100__v010_v110____v001_v101__v011_v111 = lerp(v000_v100__v010_v110, v001_v101__v011_v111, z);
+			
+		return v000_v100__v010_v110____v001_v101__v011_v111;
+    }
+}
+
+#endif //__PolyVox_Interpolation_H__
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl
index c78abd20..fc476908 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ freely, subject to the following restrictions:
     distribution. 	
 *******************************************************************************/
 
+#include "PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h"
+
 //Included here rather than in the .h because it refers to LargeVolume (avoids forward declaration)
 #include "PolyVoxCore/ConstVolumeProxy.h"
 
@@ -471,11 +473,11 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		//Release mode validation
 		if(uBlockSideLength == 0)
 		{
-			throw std::invalid_argument("Block side length cannot be zero.");
+			POLYVOX_THROW(std::invalid_argument, "Block side length cannot be zero.");
 		}
 		if(!isPowerOf2(uBlockSideLength))
 		{
-			throw std::invalid_argument("Block side length must be a power of two.");
+			POLYVOX_THROW(std::invalid_argument, "Block side length must be a power of two.");
 		}
 
 		m_uTimestamper = 0;
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/SimpleVolume.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/SimpleVolume.inl
index 62b48b4a..a818d70b 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/SimpleVolume.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/SimpleVolume.inl
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ freely, subject to the following restrictions:
     distribution. 	
 *******************************************************************************/
 
+#include "PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h"
+
 namespace PolyVox
 {
 	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -253,15 +255,15 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		//Release mode validation
 		if(uBlockSideLength < 8)
 		{
-			throw std::invalid_argument("Block side length should be at least 8");
+			POLYVOX_THROW(std::invalid_argument, "Block side length should be at least 8");
 		}
 		if(uBlockSideLength > 256)
 		{
-			throw std::invalid_argument("Block side length should not be more than 256");
+			POLYVOX_THROW(std::invalid_argument, "Block side length should not be more than 256");
 		}
 		if(!isPowerOf2(uBlockSideLength))
 		{
-			throw std::invalid_argument("Block side length must be a power of two.");
+			POLYVOX_THROW(std::invalid_argument, "Block side length must be a power of two.");
 		}
 
 		this->m_regValidRegion = regValidRegion;
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/SimpleVolumeBlock.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/SimpleVolumeBlock.inl
index 03e8c687..e603ff81 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/SimpleVolumeBlock.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/SimpleVolumeBlock.inl
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ freely, subject to the following restrictions:
     distribution. 	
 *******************************************************************************/
 
+#include "PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h"
+
 namespace PolyVox
 {
 	template <typename VoxelType>
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		//Release mode validation
 		if(!isPowerOf2(uSideLength))
 		{
-			throw std::invalid_argument("Block side length must be a power of two.");
+			POLYVOX_THROW(std::invalid_argument, "Block side length must be a power of two.");
 		}
 
 		//Compute the side length