diff --git a/build/build-MinGW32-debug.bat b/build/build-MinGW32-debug.bat
index ee622d5ff..63f6fffb5 100644
--- a/build/build-MinGW32-debug.bat
+++ b/build/build-MinGW32-debug.bat
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-mkdir build-real
-cd build-real
+mkdir MINGW32-debug
+cd MINGW32-debug
 cmake ..\.. -G"MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:string=Debug
 mingw32-make
 pause
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diff --git a/build/build-MinGW32-release-trace.bat b/build/build-MinGW32-release-trace.bat
deleted file mode 100644
index f75da5ff8..000000000
--- a/build/build-MinGW32-release-trace.bat
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-mkdir build-real
-cd build-real
-cmake ..\.. -G"MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:string=Release --trace > trace-stdout.txt 2> trace-stderr.txt
-mingw32-make 2> log.txt
-pause
-dir file.xxx 
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diff --git a/build/build-MinGW32-release.bat b/build/build-MinGW32-release.bat
index dd0dc6b88..2617002d2 100644
--- a/build/build-MinGW32-release.bat
+++ b/build/build-MinGW32-release.bat
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-mkdir build-real
-cd build-real
+mkdir MINGW32-release
+cd MINGW32-release
 cmake ..\.. -G"MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:string=Release
 mingw32-make 2> log.txt
 pause
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/buildremote.expect b/build/buildremote.expect
index 4b5b6425b..50e56aee8 100644
--- a/build/buildremote.expect
+++ b/build/buildremote.expect
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ if { $rez == 0 } {
    expect "build"
    set timeout -1
    send "auto.bat\r\n"
+   # can detect build errors here, pass them out using 'exit'
    expect "FINISHED_BUILD"
    send "exit\r"
    expect eof
diff --git a/build/generate-MSVC-2005.bat b/build/generate-MSVC-2005.bat
index 35451e362..080cb61a7 100644
--- a/build/generate-MSVC-2005.bat
+++ b/build/generate-MSVC-2005.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-mkdir build-real
-cd build-real
+mkdir VC2005
+cd VC2005
 cmake ..\.. -G"Visual Studio 8 2005"
 pause
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diff --git a/build/generate-MSVC-2008.bat b/build/generate-MSVC-2008.bat
index 8d39368b5..8a6722c25 100644
--- a/build/generate-MSVC-2008.bat
+++ b/build/generate-MSVC-2008.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-mkdir build-real
-cd build-real
+mkdir VC2008
+cd VC2008
 cmake ..\.. -G"Visual Studio 9 2008"
 pause
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/generate-MSVC-2010.bat b/build/generate-MSVC-2010.bat
index 588051bc6..3257c68e2 100644
--- a/build/generate-MSVC-2010.bat
+++ b/build/generate-MSVC-2010.bat
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-mkdir build-real
-cd build-real
+mkdir VC2010
+cd VC2010
 cmake ..\.. -G"Visual Studio 10"
 pause
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/linux-MSVC-2008.sh b/build/linux-MSVC-2008.sh
index d953de5f8..a3000cb02 100755
--- a/build/linux-MSVC-2008.sh
+++ b/build/linux-MSVC-2008.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #/bin/sh
 
+#build with MSVC2008 under wine. VERY EXPERIMENTAL.
+
 # VARS
 export WINEARCH=win32
 export WINEPREFIX=$HOME/.wine-mscv/
diff --git a/build/linux-remote-MSVC-2008.sh b/build/linux-remote-MSVC-2008.sh
index 8edc7248c..033bab162 100755
--- a/build/linux-remote-MSVC-2008.sh
+++ b/build/linux-remote-MSVC-2008.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 #/bin/sh
+# Remote into a virtualbox VM to build with MSVC.
+# Very specific to my own local setup. ~px
 
-# VARS
+# VARS. TODO: parametrize
 export DFHACK_VER=0.5.7
 export PKG=dfhack-bin-$DFHACK_VER
 export TARGET=Release
 
 # let's build it all
 VBoxManage startvm "7 Prof"
-sleep 5
+sleep 20
 expect buildremote.expect $TARGET
 
 echo "Creating package..."