diff --git a/SonicTimeTwisted.gmx/objects/objFadeWhiteFromLevelToTitle.object.gmx b/SonicTimeTwisted.gmx/objects/objFadeWhiteFromLevelToTitle.object.gmx
index 4b8e44dec..8ee49f517 100644
--- a/SonicTimeTwisted.gmx/objects/objFadeWhiteFromLevelToTitle.object.gmx
+++ b/SonicTimeTwisted.gmx/objects/objFadeWhiteFromLevelToTitle.object.gmx
@@ -40,11 +40,13 @@ with (objGameData) {
     event_perform(ev_create, 0);
 }
 
-// reset time.
+// reset time AND spawn tags.
 with (objProgram) {
     // TODO: should this be put in reset_temp_values script instead?
-    temp_spawn_time = -1;
+    spawn_tag = 0;
     spawn_time = 36000;
+    temp_spawn_tag = -1;
+    temp_spawn_time = -1;
 }
 
 </string>
diff --git a/SonicTimeTwisted.gmx/scripts/reset_temp_values.gml b/SonicTimeTwisted.gmx/scripts/reset_temp_values.gml
index bbd348c56..7702ad9e8 100644
--- a/SonicTimeTwisted.gmx/scripts/reset_temp_values.gml
+++ b/SonicTimeTwisted.gmx/scripts/reset_temp_values.gml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // reset_temp_values
-with objProgram {
+with (objProgram) {
     temp_xspeed = 0;
     temp_yspeed = 0;
     temp_state = player_state_standby;
diff --git a/SonicTimeTwisted.gmx/scripts/tr_load_file.gml b/SonicTimeTwisted.gmx/scripts/tr_load_file.gml
index 5ecd7a9ac..97e7ab8f3 100644
--- a/SonicTimeTwisted.gmx/scripts/tr_load_file.gml
+++ b/SonicTimeTwisted.gmx/scripts/tr_load_file.gml
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@ if (!file_exists(_fname)) {
 show_debug_message("Loading translation " + _fname);
 
 var _str;
-if (DEVICE_INFO & DEVICE_OS_BROWSER) { // not HTML5, native.
-    var _buff = buffer_load(_fname);
-    _str = buffer_read(_buff, buffer_text);
-    buffer_delete(_buff);
-}
-else { // is HTML5. it does not support raw buffers.
+if (DEVICE_INFO & DEVICE_OS_BROWSER) { // HTML5.
     var _filehandle = file_text_open_read(_fname);
     _str = "";
     while (!file_text_eof(_filehandle)) {
@@ -21,6 +16,11 @@ else { // is HTML5. it does not support raw buffers.
     }
     file_text_close(_filehandle);
 }
+else { // not HTML5.
+    var _buff = buffer_load(_fname);
+    _str = buffer_read(_buff, buffer_text);
+    buffer_delete(_buff);
+}
 
 var _map = json_decode(_str);
 if (_map == -1) {
@@ -39,4 +39,17 @@ ds_map_replace(_map[? "info"], "fname", filename_change_ext(filename_name(_fname
 // add json ds map to a global map.
 ds_map_add_map(global.TR_map, ds_map_find_value(_map[? "info"], "intname"), _map);
 
+// preprocess strings:
+if (ds_map_exists(_map, "data")) {
+    var _mapdata = _map[? "data"];
+    // that's how you loop through a ds map
+    for (var _key = ds_map_find_first(_mapdata), _value;
+         ds_map_exists(_mapdata, _key);
+         _key = ds_map_find_next(_mapdata, _key)) {
+         // replace "\n" symbol with a gms1 newline
+         _value = _mapdata[? _key];
+         _mapdata[? _key] = string_replace_all(_value, chr(10), "#");;
+    }
+}
+
 return true;