diff --git a/ditchers/ditcher/src/settings.cpp b/ditchers/ditcher/src/settings.cpp

index e714897..5535e2f 100644

--- a/ditchers/ditcher/src/settings.cpp

+++ b/ditchers/ditcher/src/settings.cpp

@@ -376,9 +376,9 @@ void Settings::readMaps(){

     if ( !exists( dirs_path ) ) continue;

     for ( fs::directory_iterator itrs( dirs_path ); itrs != end_itr; ++itrs )

-        if (is_directory(itrs->status()) && (itrs->path().leaf()[0] != '.') && (itrs->path().leaf()[0] != '_')){

+        if (is_directory(itrs->status()) && ((itrs->path().leaf()).c_str()[0] != '.') && ((itrs->path().leaf()).c_str()[0] != '_')){

-        string mname = itrs->path().leaf();

+        string mname = (itrs->path().leaf()).c_str();

         Map* map = new Map(mname, thesepath);

         maps.push_back(map);

@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ void Settings::readMaps(){

             }else if (itr->path().leaf() == "map.xml"){

                 map->conffile = true;

-                TiXmlDocument doc(itr->path().file_string());

+                TiXmlDocument doc(itr->path().string());

                 doc.LoadFile();

                 TiXmlElement* rootelem = doc.RootElement();

@@ -525,9 +525,9 @@ void Settings::readRobots(){

         if ( !exists( dirs_path ) ) continue;

     for ( fs::directory_iterator itrs( dirs_path ); itrs != end_itr; ++itrs )

-        if (is_directory(itrs->status()) && (itrs->path().leaf()[0] != '.') && (itrs->path().leaf()[0] != '_')){

+        if (is_directory(itrs->status()) && ((itrs->path().leaf()).c_str()[0] != '.') && ((itrs->path().leaf()).c_str()[0] != '_')){

-        string rname = itrs->path().leaf();

+        string rname = (itrs->path().leaf()).c_str();

         RobotType* robottype = new RobotType(rname, thesepath);

         robottype->unique = rname;

         robottype->name = rname;

@@ -538,14 +538,14 @@ void Settings::readRobots(){

         for ( fs::directory_iterator itr( dir_path ); itr != end_itr; ++itr )

             if (!is_directory(itr->status())){

-                string filename = itr->path().leaf();

+                string filename = (itr->path().leaf()).c_str();

             if (filename == "robot.png"){

                 imgfound = true;

                 if (!robottype->imgs[robottype->wholePath()+"/robot.png"])

                     robottype->imgs[robottype->wholePath()+"/robot.png"] = new SDL_Surface*[ROTCOUNT];

             }else if (filename == "robot.xml"){

-                TiXmlDocument doc(itr->path().file_string());

+                TiXmlDocument doc(itr->path().string());

                 doc.LoadFile();

                 TiXmlElement* rootelem = doc.RootElement();

                 for (TiXmlAttribute* attr = rootelem->FirstAttribute(); attr; attr = attr->Next()){

@@ -669,9 +669,9 @@ void Settings::readAIs(){

         if ( !exists( dirs_path ) ) continue;

     for ( fs::directory_iterator itrs( dirs_path ); itrs != end_itr; ++itrs )

-        if (is_directory(itrs->status()) && (itrs->path().leaf()[0] != '.') && (itrs->path().leaf()[0] != '_')){

+        if (is_directory(itrs->status()) && ((itrs->path().leaf()).c_str()[0] != '.') && ((itrs->path().leaf()).c_str()[0] != '_')){

-            string aidir = itrs->path().leaf();

+            string aidir = (itrs->path().leaf()).c_str();

             AIType* aitype = new AIType(aidir, thesepath);

             fs::path dir_path(itrs->path());