diff --git a/src/common/kernel/reports.c b/src/common/kernel/reports.c
index fd7c53deb..ff701dfdf 100644
--- a/src/common/kernel/reports.c
+++ b/src/common/kernel/reports.c
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ write_reports(faction * f, time_t ltime)
     report_type * rtype = report_types;
 
     errno = 0;
-    printf("Reports for %s:", factionname(f));
+    log_stdio(stdout, "Reports for %s:", factionname(f));
     fflush(stdout);
 
     for (;rtype!=NULL;rtype=rtype->next) {
diff --git a/src/common/kernel/save.c b/src/common/kernel/save.c
index 1e61d0f5c..767fdcff2 100644
--- a/src/common/kernel/save.c
+++ b/src/common/kernel/save.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ factionorders(void)
   if (f!=NULL) {
     const char * pass = getstrtoken();
     if (quiet==0) {
-      printf(" %4s;", factionid(f));
+      log_stdio(stdout, " %4s;", factionid(f));
       fflush(stdout);
     }
     
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ readfaction(FILE * F, int encoding)
   xrds(F, &f->name, encoding);
   xrds(F, &f->banner, encoding);
 
-  if (quiet==0) printf("   - Lese Partei %s (%s)\n", f->name, factionid(f));
+  if (quiet==0) log_stdio(stdout, "   - Lese Partei %s (%s)\n", f->name, factionid(f));
 
   rds(F, &email);
   if (set_email(&f->email, email)!=0) {
diff --git a/src/common/util/log.c b/src/common/util/log.c
index 0fa5e6a49..158ea206a 100644
--- a/src/common/util/log.c
+++ b/src/common/util/log.c
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ without prior permission by the authors of Eressea.
 */
 #include <config.h>
 #include "log.h"
+#include "unicode.h"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -20,8 +21,14 @@ without prior permission by the authors of Eressea.
 
 /* TODO: set from external function */
 int log_flags = LOG_FLUSH|LOG_CPERROR|LOG_CPWARNING;
+#ifdef STDIO_CP
+static int stdio_codepage = STDIO_CP;
+#else
+static int stdio_codepage = 0;
+#endif
 static FILE * logfile;
 
+#define MAXLENGTH 4096 /* because I am lazy, CP437 output is limited to this many chars */
 void 
 log_flush(void)
 {
@@ -36,6 +43,32 @@ log_puts(const char * str)
   fputs(str, logfile);
 }
 
+static int
+cp_convert(const char * format, char * buffer, size_t length, int codepage)
+{
+  /* when console output on MSDOS, convert to codepage */
+  const char * input = format;
+  char * pos = buffer;
+
+  while (pos+1<buffer+length && *input) {
+    size_t length = 0;
+    int result = 0;
+    if (codepage==437) {
+      result = unicode_utf8_to_cp437(pos, input, &length);
+    } else if (codepage==1252) {
+      result = unicode_utf8_to_cp1252(pos, input, &length);
+    }
+    if (result!=0) {
+      *pos = 0; /* just in case caller ignores our return value */
+      return result;
+    }
+    ++pos;
+    input+=length;
+  }
+  *pos = 0;
+  return 0;
+}
+
 void 
 log_printf(const char * format, ...)
 {
@@ -49,6 +82,34 @@ log_printf(const char * format, ...)
   }
 }
 
+void 
+log_stdio(FILE * io, const char * format, ...)
+{
+  va_list marker;
+  if (!logfile) logfile = stderr;
+  va_start(marker, format);
+  if (stdio_codepage) {
+    char buffer[MAXLENGTH];
+    char converted[MAXLENGTH];
+
+    vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), format, marker);
+    if (cp_convert(buffer, converted, MAXLENGTH, stdio_codepage)==0) {
+      fputs(converted, stderr);
+    } else {
+      /* fall back to non-converted output */
+      va_end(marker);
+      va_start(marker, format);
+      vfprintf(io, format, marker);
+    }
+  } else {
+    vfprintf(io, format, marker);
+  }
+  va_end(marker);
+  if (log_flags & LOG_FLUSH) {
+    log_flush();
+  }
+}
+
 void 
 log_open(const char * filename)
 {
@@ -116,7 +177,22 @@ _log_warn(const char * format, ...)
       va_list marker;
       fputs("WARNING: ", stderr);
       va_start(marker, format);
-      vfprintf(stderr, format, marker);
+      if (stdio_codepage) {
+        char buffer[MAXLENGTH];
+        char converted[MAXLENGTH];
+
+        vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), format, marker);
+        if (cp_convert(buffer, converted, MAXLENGTH, stdio_codepage)==0) {
+          fputs(converted, stderr);
+        } else {
+          /* fall back to non-converted output */
+          va_end(marker);
+          va_start(marker, format);
+          vfprintf(stderr, format, marker);
+        }
+      } else {
+        vfprintf(stderr, format, marker);
+      }
       va_end(marker);
     }
     if (log_flags & LOG_FLUSH) {
@@ -143,9 +219,25 @@ _log_error(const char * format, ...)
     if (logfile!=stderr) {
       if (log_flags & LOG_CPERROR) {
         va_list marker;
+
         fputs("ERROR: ", stderr);
         va_start(marker, format);
-        vfprintf(stderr, format, marker);
+        if (stdio_codepage) {
+          char buffer[MAXLENGTH];
+          char converted[MAXLENGTH];
+
+          vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), format, marker);
+          if (cp_convert(buffer, converted, MAXLENGTH, stdio_codepage)==0) {
+            fputs(converted, stderr);
+          } else {
+            /* fall back to non-converted output */
+            va_end(marker);
+            va_start(marker, format);
+            vfprintf(stderr, format, marker);
+          }
+        } else {
+          vfprintf(stderr, format, marker);
+        }
         va_end(marker);
       }
       log_flush();
@@ -168,7 +260,22 @@ _log_info(unsigned int flag, const char * format, ...)
     if (log_flags & flag) {
       fprintf(stderr, "INFO[%u]: ", flag);
       va_start(marker, format);
-      vfprintf(stderr, format, marker);
+      if (stdio_codepage) {
+        char buffer[MAXLENGTH];
+        char converted[MAXLENGTH];
+
+        vsnprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), format, marker);
+        if (cp_convert(buffer, converted, MAXLENGTH, stdio_codepage)==0) {
+          fputs(converted, stderr);
+        } else {
+          /* fall back to non-converted output */
+          va_end(marker);
+          va_start(marker, format);
+          vfprintf(stderr, format, marker);
+        }
+      } else {
+        vfprintf(stderr, format, marker);
+      }
       va_end(marker);
     }
     if (log_flags & LOG_FLUSH) {
diff --git a/src/common/util/log.h b/src/common/util/log.h
index c894ec816..1115d96a4 100644
--- a/src/common/util/log.h
+++ b/src/common/util/log.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ extern "C" {
   extern void log_puts(const char * str);
   extern void log_close(void);
   extern void log_flush(void);
+  extern void log_stdio(FILE * io, const char * format, ...);
 
 #define log_warning(x) _log_warn x
 #define log_error(x) _log_error x
diff --git a/src/common/util/unicode.c b/src/common/util/unicode.c
index 866f87030..799640fc1 100644
--- a/src/common/util/unicode.c
+++ b/src/common/util/unicode.c
@@ -199,3 +199,123 @@ unicode_utf8_to_ucs4(wint_t *ucs4_character, const char *utf8_string,
 
   return 0;
 }
+
+/** Convert a UTF-8 encoded character to CP437. */
+int
+unicode_utf8_to_cp437(char *cp_character, const char *utf8_string, 
+                     size_t *length)
+{
+  wint_t ucs4_character;
+  int result;
+
+  result = unicode_utf8_to_ucs4(&ucs4_character, utf8_string, length);
+  if (result!=0) {
+    /* pass decoding characters upstream */
+    return result;
+  }
+ 
+  if (ucs4_character<0x7F) {
+    *cp_character = (char)ucs4_character;
+  } else {
+    struct { wint_t ucs4; unsigned char cp437; } xref[160] = {
+      {0x00A0, 255}, {0x00A1, 173}, {0x00A2, 155}, {0x00A3, 156}, 
+      {0x00A5, 157}, {0x00A7,  21}, {0x00AA, 166}, {0x00AB, 174}, 
+      {0x00AC, 170}, {0x00B0, 248}, {0x00B1, 241}, {0x00B2, 253}, 
+      {0x00B5, 230}, {0x00B6,  20}, {0x00B7, 250}, {0x00BA, 167}, 
+      {0x00BB, 175}, {0x00BC, 172}, {0x00BD, 171}, {0x00BF, 168}, 
+      {0x00C4, 142}, {0x00C5, 143}, {0x00C6, 146}, {0x00C7, 128}, 
+      {0x00C9, 144}, {0x00D1, 165}, {0x00D6, 153}, {0x00DC, 154}, 
+      {0x00DF, 225}, {0x00E0, 133}, {0x00E1, 160}, {0x00E2, 131}, 
+      {0x00E4, 132}, {0x00E5, 134}, {0x00E6, 145}, {0x00E7, 135}, 
+      {0x00E8, 138}, {0x00E9, 130}, {0x00EA, 136}, {0x00EB, 137}, 
+      {0x00EC, 141}, {0x00ED, 161}, {0x00EE, 140}, {0x00EF, 139}, 
+      {0x00F1, 164}, {0x00F2, 149}, {0x00F3, 162}, {0x00F4, 147}, 
+      {0x00F6, 148}, {0x00F7, 246}, {0x00F9, 151}, {0x00FA, 163}, 
+      {0x00FB, 150}, {0x00FC, 129}, {0x00FF, 152}, {0x0192, 159}, 
+      {0x0393, 226}, {0x0398, 233}, {0x03A3, 228}, {0x03A6, 232}, 
+      {0x03A9, 234}, {0x03B1, 224}, {0x03B4, 235}, {0x03B5, 238}, 
+      {0x03C0, 227}, {0x03C3, 229}, {0x03C4, 231}, {0x03C6, 237}, 
+      {0x2022,   7}, {0x203C,  19}, {0x207F, 252}, {0x20A7, 158}, 
+      {0x2190,  27}, {0x2191,  24}, {0x2192,  26}, {0x2193,  25}, 
+      {0x2194,  29}, {0x2195,  18}, {0x21A8,  23}, {0x2219, 249}, 
+      {0x221A, 251}, {0x221E, 236}, {0x221F,  28}, {0x2229, 239}, 
+      {0x2248, 247}, {0x2261, 240}, {0x2264, 243}, {0x2265, 242}, 
+      {0x2302, 127}, {0x2310, 169}, {0x2320, 244}, {0x2321, 245}, 
+      {0x2500, 196}, {0x2502, 179}, {0x250C, 218}, {0x2510, 191}, 
+      {0x2514, 192}, {0x2518, 217}, {0x251C, 195}, {0x2524, 180}, 
+      {0x252C, 194}, {0x2534, 193}, {0x253C, 197}, {0x2550, 205}, 
+      {0x2551, 186}, {0x2552, 213}, {0x2553, 214}, {0x2554, 201}, 
+      {0x2555, 184}, {0x2556, 183}, {0x2557, 187}, {0x2558, 212}, 
+      {0x2559, 211}, {0x255A, 200}, {0x255B, 190}, {0x255C, 189}, 
+      {0x255D, 188}, {0x255E, 198}, {0x255F, 199}, {0x2560, 204}, 
+      {0x2561, 181}, {0x2562, 182}, {0x2563, 185}, {0x2564, 209}, 
+      {0x2565, 210}, {0x2566, 203}, {0x2567, 207}, {0x2568, 208}, 
+      {0x2569, 202}, {0x256A, 216}, {0x256B, 215}, {0x256C, 206}, 
+      {0x2580, 223}, {0x2584, 220}, {0x2588, 219}, {0x258C, 221}, 
+      {0x2590, 222}, {0x2591, 176}, {0x2592, 177}, {0x2593, 178}, 
+      {0x25A0, 254}, {0x25AC,  22}, {0x25B2,  30}, {0x25BA,  16}, 
+      {0x25BC,  31}, {0x25C4,  17}, {0x25CB,   9}, {0x25D8,   8}, 
+      {0x25D9,  10}, {0x263A,   1}, {0x263B,   2}, {0x263C,  15}, 
+      {0x2640,  12}, {0x2642,  11}, {0x2660,   6}, {0x2663,   5}, 
+      {0x2665,   3}, {0x2666,   4}, {0x266A,  13}, {0x266B,  14}
+    };
+    int l=0, r=160;
+    while (l!=r) {
+      int m = (l+r)/2;
+      if (xref[m].ucs4==ucs4_character) {
+        *cp_character = (char)xref[m].cp437;
+        break;
+      }
+      else if (xref[m].ucs4<ucs4_character) l = m;
+      else r = m;
+    }
+    if (l==r) {
+      *cp_character = '?';
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
+/** Convert a UTF-8 encoded character to CP1252. */
+int
+unicode_utf8_to_cp1252(char *cp_character, const char *utf8_string, 
+                       size_t *length)
+{
+  wint_t ucs4_character;
+  int result;
+
+  result = unicode_utf8_to_ucs4(&ucs4_character, utf8_string, length);
+  if (result!=0) {
+    /* pass decoding characters upstream */
+    return result;
+  }
+
+  if (ucs4_character<=0x7F || ucs4_character>=0xA0) {
+    *cp_character = (char)ucs4_character;
+  } else {
+    struct { wint_t ucs4; unsigned char cp; } xref[] = {
+      {0x20ac, 0x80}, {0x0081, 0x81}, {0x201a, 0x82}, {0x0192, 0x83},
+      {0x201e, 0x84}, {0x2026, 0x85}, {0x2020, 0x86}, {0x2021, 0x87},
+      {0x02c6, 0x88}, {0x2030, 0x89}, {0x0160, 0x8a}, {0x2039, 0x8b},
+      {0x0152, 0x8c}, {0x008d, 0x8d}, {0x017d, 0x8e}, {0x008f, 0x8f},
+      {0x0090, 0x90}, {0x2018, 0x91}, {0x2019, 0x92}, {0x201c, 0x93},
+      {0x201d, 0x94}, {0x2022, 0x95}, {0x2013, 0x96}, {0x2014, 0x97},
+      {0x02dc, 0x98}, {0x2122, 0x99}, {0x0161, 0x9a}, {0x203a, 0x9b},
+      {0x0153, 0x9c}, {0x009d, 0x9d}, {0x017e, 0x9e}, {0x0178, 0x9f}
+    };
+    int l=0, r=sizeof(xref)/sizeof(xref[0]);
+    while (l!=r) {
+      int m = (l+r)/2;
+      if (xref[m].ucs4==ucs4_character) {
+        *cp_character = (char)xref[m].cp;
+        break;
+      }
+      else if (xref[m].ucs4<ucs4_character) l = m;
+      else r = m;
+    }
+    if (l==r) {
+      *cp_character = '?';
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/common/util/unicode.h b/src/common/util/unicode.h
index 074327ed9..fde7467b1 100644
--- a/src/common/util/unicode.h
+++ b/src/common/util/unicode.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include <wchar.h>
 #define USE_UNICODE
+  extern int unicode_utf8_to_cp437(char *ucs4_character, const char *utf8_string, size_t *length);
+  extern int unicode_utf8_to_cp1252(char *ucs4_character, const char *utf8_string, size_t *length);
   extern int unicode_utf8_to_ucs4(wint_t *ucs4_character, const char *utf8_string, size_t *length);
   extern int unicode_utf8_strcasecmp(const char * a, const char * b);
   extern int unicode_latin1_to_utf8(unsigned char *out, size_t *outlen, const unsigned char *in, size_t *inlen);
diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index c561de9fe..9e9cc462c 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define CONFIG_H
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
+# define STDIO_CP 1252 /* log.c, convert to console character set */
 # pragma warning (disable: 4201 4214 4514 4115 4711)
 # pragma warning(disable: 4056)
 /* warning C4056: overflow in floating point constant arithmetic */
diff --git a/src/scripts/hse4-run.lua b/src/scripts/hse4-run.lua
index bc18868d7..becdcbdb3 100644
--- a/src/scripts/hse4-run.lua
+++ b/src/scripts/hse4-run.lua
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ function run_scripts()
     "hse/portals.lua",
     "hse/stats.lua"
   }
-  for index in scripts do
-    local script = scriptpath .. "/" .. scripts[index]
+  for index, value in pairs(scripts) do
+    local script = scriptpath .. "/" .. value
     print("- loading " .. script)
     if pcall(dofile, script)==0 then
       print("Could not load " .. script)
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ function process(orders)
     print("could not read game")
     return -1
   end
+  init_summary()
 
   -- run the turn:
   read_orders(orders)