diff --git a/Editor/GeneralWindow.cpp b/Editor/GeneralWindow.cpp
index 0352cd223..5c0e54a20 100644
--- a/Editor/GeneralWindow.cpp
+++ b/Editor/GeneralWindow.cpp
@@ -266,7 +266,9 @@ void GeneralWindow::Create(EditorComponent* _editor)
 		params.extensions.push_back("xml");
 		wi::helper::FileDialog(params, [=](std::string fileName) {
 			editor->GetGUI().ExportLocalization(editor->current_localization);
-			editor->current_localization.Export(wi::helper::ForceExtension(fileName, params.extensions.back()));
+			std::string filenameExt = wi::helper::ForceExtension(fileName, params.extensions.back());
+			editor->current_localization.Export(filenameExt);
+			editor->PostSaveText("Localization template created: ", filenameExt);
 		});
 	});
 	AddWidget(&localizationButton);
diff --git a/Editor/languages/Magyar.xml b/Editor/languages/Magyar.xml
index 19feac978..85bd85377 100644
--- a/Editor/languages/Magyar.xml
+++ b/Editor/languages/Magyar.xml
@@ -546,16 +546,17 @@ The Dump to header () option will use embedding and create a C++ header file
 				<entry id="6">Erőtér </entry>
 				<entry id="7">Matrica </entry>
 				<entry id="8">Hang </entry>
-				<entry id="9">Időjárás </entry>
-				<entry id="10">Emitter </entry>
-				<entry id="11">Haj Részecske </entry>
-				<entry id="12">Kamera </entry>
-				<entry id="13">Kocka </entry>
-				<entry id="14">Sík </entry>
-				<entry id="15">Animáció </entry>
-				<entry id="16">Szkript </entry>
-				<entry id="17">Ütköző </entry>
-				<entry id="18">Terep </entry>
+				<entry id="9">Videó </entry>
+				<entry id="10">Időjárás </entry>
+				<entry id="11">Emitter </entry>
+				<entry id="12">Haj Részecske </entry>
+				<entry id="13">Kamera </entry>
+				<entry id="14">Kocka </entry>
+				<entry id="15">Sík </entry>
+				<entry id="16">Animáció </entry>
+				<entry id="17">Szkript </entry>
+				<entry id="18">Ütköző </entry>
+				<entry id="19">Terep </entry>
 			</section>
 		</section>
 		<section name="Materials" hint="Window">
diff --git a/Editor/languages/日本語.xml b/Editor/languages/日本語.xml
index ef70abe82..76c8dbb7c 100644
--- a/Editor/languages/日本語.xml
+++ b/Editor/languages/日本語.xml
@@ -547,16 +547,17 @@ The Dump to header () option will use embedding and create a C++ header file
 				<entry id="6">フォース </entry>
 				<entry id="7">デカル </entry>
 				<entry id="8">音 </entry>
-				<entry id="9">天気 </entry>
-				<entry id="10">エミッター </entry>
-				<entry id="11">ヘアパーティクル </entry>
-				<entry id="12">カメラ </entry>
-				<entry id="13">三乗 </entry>
-				<entry id="14">プレーぬ </entry>
-				<entry id="15">アニメーション </entry>
-				<entry id="16">スクリプト </entry>
-				<entry id="17">コライダー </entry>
-				<entry id="18">地形 </entry>
+				<entry id="9">ビデオ </entry>
+				<entry id="10">天気 </entry>
+				<entry id="11">エミッター </entry>
+				<entry id="12">ヘアパーティクル </entry>
+				<entry id="13">カメラ </entry>
+				<entry id="14">三乗 </entry>
+				<entry id="15">プレーぬ </entry>
+				<entry id="16">アニメーション </entry>
+				<entry id="17">スクリプト </entry>
+				<entry id="18">コライダー </entry>
+				<entry id="19">地形 </entry>
 			</section>
 		</section>
 		<section name="Materials" hint="Window">
diff --git a/WickedEngine/wiBacklog.cpp b/WickedEngine/wiBacklog.cpp
index 3f37aa27a..0134c943a 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/wiBacklog.cpp
+++ b/WickedEngine/wiBacklog.cpp
@@ -362,21 +362,17 @@ namespace wi::backlog
 			}
 			refitscroll = true;
 
-#ifdef _WIN32
-			OutputDebugStringA(str.c_str());
-#endif // _WIN32
-
 			switch (level)
 			{
 			default:
 			case LogLevel::Default:
-				std::cout << str;
+				wi::helper::DebugOut(str, wi::helper::DebugLevel::Normal);
 				break;
 			case LogLevel::Warning:
-				std::clog << str;
+				wi::helper::DebugOut(str, wi::helper::DebugLevel::Warning);
 				break;
 			case LogLevel::Error:
-				std::cerr << str;
+				wi::helper::DebugOut(str, wi::helper::DebugLevel::Error);
 				break;
 			}
 
diff --git a/WickedEngine/wiFont.cpp b/WickedEngine/wiFont.cpp
index 4e76030e8..3f4c64b65 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/wiFont.cpp
+++ b/WickedEngine/wiFont.cpp
@@ -324,6 +324,13 @@ namespace wi::font
 		wi::backlog::post("wi::font Initialized (" + std::to_string((int)std::round(timer.elapsed())) + " ms)");
 	}
 
+	void InvalidateAtlas()
+	{
+		texture = {};
+		glyph_lookup.clear();
+		rect_lookup.clear();
+		bitmap_lookup.clear();
+	}
 	void UpdateAtlas(float upscaling)
 	{
 		std::scoped_lock locker(glyphLock);
@@ -334,10 +341,7 @@ namespace wi::font
 		if (upscaling_prev != upscaling)
 		{
 			// If upscaling changed (DPI change), clear glyph caches, they will need to be re-rendered:
-			texture = {};
-			glyph_lookup.clear();
-			rect_lookup.clear();
-			bitmap_lookup.clear();
+			InvalidateAtlas();
 			upscaling_prev = upscaling;
 		}
 
@@ -483,6 +487,7 @@ namespace wi::font
 		}
 		fontStyles.push_back(std::make_unique<FontStyle>());
 		fontStyles.back()->Create(fontName);
+		InvalidateAtlas(); // invalidate atlas, in case there were missing glyphs, upon adding new font style they could become valid
 		return int(fontStyles.size() - 1);
 	}
 	int AddFontStyle(const std::string& fontName, const uint8_t* data, size_t size)
@@ -497,6 +502,7 @@ namespace wi::font
 		}
 		fontStyles.push_back(std::make_unique<FontStyle>());
 		fontStyles.back()->Create(fontName, data, size);
+		InvalidateAtlas(); // invalidate atlas, in case there were missing glyphs, upon adding new font style they could become valid
 		return int(fontStyles.size() - 1);
 	}
 
diff --git a/WickedEngine/wiGraphicsDevice_DX12.cpp b/WickedEngine/wiGraphicsDevice_DX12.cpp
index 549501b69..325166fe1 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/wiGraphicsDevice_DX12.cpp
+++ b/WickedEngine/wiGraphicsDevice_DX12.cpp
@@ -2318,9 +2318,7 @@ using namespace dx12_internal;
 			if (FAILED(hr) || !allowTearing)
 			{
 				tearingSupported = false;
-#ifdef _DEBUG
-				OutputDebugStringA("WARNING: Variable refresh rate displays not supported\n");
-#endif
+				wi::helper::DebugOut("WARNING: Variable refresh rate displays not supported\n");
 			}
 			else
 			{
diff --git a/WickedEngine/wiHelper.cpp b/WickedEngine/wiHelper.cpp
index 956b4e9c8..6d8db9f70 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/wiHelper.cpp
+++ b/WickedEngine/wiHelper.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ extern basist::etc1_global_selector_codebook g_basis_global_codebook;
 #include <codecvt> // string conversion
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <vector>
+#include <iostream>
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <direct.h>
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ namespace wi::helper
 		// UWP can only show message box on main thread:
 		wi::eventhandler::Subscribe_Once(wi::eventhandler::EVENT_THREAD_SAFE_POINT, [=](uint64_t userdata) {
 			winrt::Windows::UI::Popups::MessageDialog(wmessage, wcaption).ShowAsync();
-		});
+			});
 #endif // PLATFORM_UWP
 #elif SDL2
 		SDL_ShowSimpleMessageBox(SDL_MESSAGEBOX_ERROR, caption.c_str(), msg.c_str(), NULL);
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ namespace wi::helper
 			directory = GetDirectoryFromPath(name);
 		}
 
-		if(!directory.empty()) //PE: Crash if only filename is used with no folder.
+		if (!directory.empty()) //PE: Crash if only filename is used with no folder.
 			DirectoryCreate(directory);
 
 		std::string filename = name;
@@ -737,6 +738,18 @@ namespace wi::helper
 		return filename.substr(0, idx);
 	}
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	// On windows we need to expand UTF8 strings to UTF16 when passing it to WinAPI:
+	std::wstring ToNativeString(const std::string& fileName)
+	{
+		std::wstring fileName_wide;
+		StringConvert(fileName, fileName_wide);
+		return fileName_wide;
+	}
+#else
+#define ToNativeString(x) (x)
+#endif // _WIN32
+
 	void MakePathRelative(const std::string& rootdir, std::string& path)
 	{
 		if (rootdir.empty() || path.empty())
@@ -754,14 +767,14 @@ namespace wi::helper
 
 #else
 
-		std::filesystem::path filepath = path;
+		std::filesystem::path filepath = ToNativeString(path);
 		if (filepath.is_absolute())
 		{
-			std::filesystem::path rootpath = rootdir;
-			std::filesystem::path relative = std::filesystem::relative(path, rootdir);
+			std::filesystem::path rootpath = ToNativeString(rootdir);
+			std::filesystem::path relative = std::filesystem::relative(filepath, rootpath);
 			if (!relative.empty())
 			{
-				path = relative.string();
+				path = relative.generic_u8string();
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -771,17 +784,16 @@ namespace wi::helper
 
 	void MakePathAbsolute(std::string& path)
 	{
-		std::filesystem::path filepath = path;
-		std::filesystem::path absolute = std::filesystem::absolute(path);
+		std::filesystem::path absolute = std::filesystem::absolute(ToNativeString(path));
 		if (!absolute.empty())
 		{
-			path = absolute.string();
+			path = absolute.generic_u8string();
 		}
 	}
 
 	void DirectoryCreate(const std::string& path)
 	{
-		std::filesystem::create_directories(path);
+		std::filesystem::create_directories(ToNativeString(path));
 	}
 
 	template<template<typename T, typename A> typename vector_interface>
@@ -790,18 +802,10 @@ namespace wi::helper
 #ifndef PLATFORM_UWP
 #ifdef SDL_FILESYSTEM_UNIX
 		std::string filepath = fileName;
-		std::replace(filepath.begin(), filepath.end(), '\\', '/');
+		std::replace(filepath.begin(), filepath.end(), '\\', '/'); // Linux cannot handle backslash in file path, need to convert it to forward slash
 		std::ifstream file(filepath, std::ios::binary | std::ios::ate);
 #else
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-		std::wstring fileName_wide;
-		StringConvert(fileName, fileName_wide);
-		std::ifstream file(fileName_wide, std::ios::binary | std::ios::ate);
-#else
-		std::ifstream file(fileName, std::ios::binary | std::ios::ate);
-#endif //_WIN32
-
+		std::ifstream file(ToNativeString(fileName), std::ios::binary | std::ios::ate);
 #endif // SDL_FILESYSTEM_UNIX
 		if (file.is_open())
 		{
@@ -888,7 +892,7 @@ namespace wi::helper
 		}
 
 #ifndef PLATFORM_UWP
-		std::ofstream file(fileName, std::ios::binary | std::ios::trunc);
+		std::ofstream file(ToNativeString(fileName), std::ios::binary | std::ios::trunc);
 		if (file.is_open())
 		{
 			file.write((const char*)data, (std::streamsize)size);
@@ -956,7 +960,7 @@ namespace wi::helper
 	bool FileExists(const std::string& fileName)
 	{
 #ifndef PLATFORM_UWP
-		bool exists = std::filesystem::exists(fileName);
+		bool exists = std::filesystem::exists(ToNativeString(fileName));
 		return exists;
 #else
 		using namespace winrt::Windows::Storage;
@@ -1001,16 +1005,22 @@ namespace wi::helper
 #endif // PLATFORM_UWP
 	}
 
+	uint64_t FileTimestamp(const std::string& fileName)
+	{
+		auto tim = std::filesystem::last_write_time(ToNativeString(fileName));
+		return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::duration<uint64_t>>(tim.time_since_epoch()).count();
+	}
+
 	std::string GetTempDirectoryPath()
 	{
 		auto path = std::filesystem::temp_directory_path();
-		return path.string();
+		return path.generic_u8string();
 	}
 
 	std::string GetCurrentPath()
 	{
 		auto path = std::filesystem::current_path();
-		return path.string();
+		return path.generic_u8string();
 	}
 
 	void FileDialog(const FileDialogParams& params, std::function<void(std::string fileName)> onSuccess)
@@ -1221,10 +1231,11 @@ namespace wi::helper
 
 	void GetFileNamesInDirectory(const std::string& directory, std::function<void(std::string fileName)> onSuccess, const std::string& filter_extension)
 	{
-		if (!std::filesystem::exists(directory))
+		std::filesystem::path directory_path = ToNativeString(directory);
+		if (!std::filesystem::exists(directory_path))
 			return;
 
-		for (const auto& entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(directory))
+		for (const auto& entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(directory_path))
 		{
 			std::string filename = entry.path().filename().generic_u8string();
 			if (filter_extension.empty() || wi::helper::toUpper(wi::helper::GetExtensionFromFileName(filename)).compare(filter_extension) == 0)
@@ -1314,6 +1325,30 @@ namespace wi::helper
 #endif // _WIN32
 	}
 	
+	void DebugOut(const std::string& str, DebugLevel level)
+	{
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+#ifdef _WIN32
+		std::wstring wstr = ToNativeString(str);
+		OutputDebugString(wstr.c_str());
+#else
+		switch (level)
+		{
+		default:
+		case DebugLevel::Normal:
+			std::cout << str;
+			break;
+		case DebugLevel::Warning:
+			std::clog << str;
+			break;
+		case DebugLevel::Error:
+			std::cerr << str;
+			break;
+	}
+#endif // _WIN32
+#endif // _DEBUG
+	}
+	
 	void Sleep(float milliseconds)
 	{
 		std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds((int)milliseconds));
diff --git a/WickedEngine/wiHelper.h b/WickedEngine/wiHelper.h
index d118f8e00..e9904a279 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/wiHelper.h
+++ b/WickedEngine/wiHelper.h
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ namespace wi::helper
 
 	bool FileExists(const std::string& fileName);
 
+	uint64_t FileTimestamp(const std::string& fileName);
+
 	std::string GetTempDirectoryPath();
 	std::string GetCurrentPath();
 
@@ -129,6 +131,15 @@ namespace wi::helper
 	// returns result string length
 	int StringConvert(const wchar_t* from, char* to);
 
+	// Prints debug info to the console output
+	enum class DebugLevel
+	{
+		Normal,
+		Warning,
+		Error
+	};
+	void DebugOut(const std::string& str, DebugLevel level = DebugLevel::Normal);
+
 	// Puts the current thread to sleeping state for a given time (OS can overtake)
 	void Sleep(float milliseconds);
 
diff --git a/WickedEngine/wiShaderCompiler.cpp b/WickedEngine/wiShaderCompiler.cpp
index 34c87f24e..80c701127 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/wiShaderCompiler.cpp
+++ b/WickedEngine/wiShaderCompiler.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include "wiUnorderedSet.h"
 
 #include <mutex>
-#include <filesystem>
 
 #ifdef PLATFORM_WINDOWS_DESKTOP
 #define SHADERCOMPILER_ENABLED
@@ -741,7 +740,7 @@ namespace wi::shadercompiler
 			return false; // no metadata file = no dependency, up to date (for example packaged builds)
 		}
 
-		const auto tim = std::filesystem::last_write_time(filepath);
+		const uint64_t tim = wi::helper::FileTimestamp(filepath);
 
 		wi::Archive dependencyLibrary(dependencylibrarypath);
 		if (dependencyLibrary.IsOpen())
@@ -756,7 +755,7 @@ namespace wi::shadercompiler
 				wi::helper::MakePathAbsolute(dependencypath);
 				if (wi::helper::FileExists(dependencypath))
 				{
-					const auto dep_tim = std::filesystem::last_write_time(dependencypath);
+					const uint64_t dep_tim = wi::helper::FileTimestamp(dependencypath);
 
 					if (tim < dep_tim)
 					{
diff --git a/WickedEngine/wiVersion.cpp b/WickedEngine/wiVersion.cpp
index 2980bf22d..7e0a4e37b 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/wiVersion.cpp
+++ b/WickedEngine/wiVersion.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace wi::version
 	// minor features, major updates, breaking compatibility changes
 	const int minor = 71;
 	// minor bug fixes, alterations, refactors, updates
-	const int revision = 270;
+	const int revision = 271;
 
 	const std::string version_string = std::to_string(major) + "." + std::to_string(minor) + "." + std::to_string(revision);
 
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ Contributors
 	- Fixes
 - Dennis Brakhane | https://github.com/brakhane
 	- Added Liberation Sans default font
+	- Vulkan improvements
 - Cop46 | https://github.com/Cop46
 	- Brightness, Contrast, Saturation post process
 
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ Patreon supporters
 - Dominik Madarász
 - Segfault
 - Mike amanfo
+- Dennis Brakhane
 		)";
 
 		return credits;