diff --git a/openrct2.deps.targets b/openrct2.deps.targets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cf0394019
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openrct2.deps.targets
@@ -0,0 +1,298 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  
+  <!-- DownloadDependency task -->
+  <UsingTask TaskName="DownloadDependency"
+             TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory"
+             AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll">
+    <ParameterGroup>
+      <Name            Required="true"  ParameterType="System.String" />
+      <Url             Required="true"  ParameterType="System.String" />
+      <Sha1            Required="true"  ParameterType="System.String" />
+      <CheckFile       Required="false" ParameterType="System.String" />
+      <OutputDirectory Required="true"  ParameterType="System.String" />
+    </ParameterGroup>
+    <Task>
+      <Reference Include="System.IO.Compression, Version=4.0.0.0" />
+      <Reference Include="System.IO.Compression.FileSystem" />
+      <Using Namespace="System"/>
+      <Using Namespace="System.IO"/>
+      <Using Namespace="System.IO.Compression"/>
+      <Using Namespace="System.Net"/>
+      <Using Namespace="System.Text"/>
+      <Using Namespace="Microsoft.Build.Framework"/>
+      <Using Namespace="Microsoft.Build.Utilities"/>
+      <Code Type="Method" Language="cs">
+        <![CDATA[
+          public override bool Execute()
+          {
+              if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(CheckFile))
+              {
+                  string checkSha1 = GetSha1FromCheckFile(CheckFile, Name);
+                  if (String.Equals(checkSha1, Sha1, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && Directory.Exists(OutputDirectory))
+                  {
+                      Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Normal, String.Format("{0} up to date", Name));
+                      return true;
+                  }
+              }
+
+              string tempFile = Path.GetTempFileName();
+              try
+              {
+                  // Download the file
+                  Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Normal, String.Format("Downloading '{0}'.", Url));
+                  var client = new WebClient();
+                  client.DownloadFile(Url, tempFile);
+
+                  // Check the file matches
+                  string actualSha1;
+                  if (!CheckFileSha1(tempFile, Sha1, out actualSha1))
+                  {
+                      Log.LogError("Download file did not match expected SHA1\n  expected: {0}\n  actual: {1}", Sha1, actualSha1);
+                      return false;
+                  }
+
+                  // Extract contents
+                  Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Normal, String.Format("Extracting to '{0}'.", OutputDirectory));
+                  if (!Directory.Exists(OutputDirectory))
+                  {
+                      Directory.CreateDirectory(OutputDirectory);
+                  }
+                  ExtractZip(tempFile, OutputDirectory, overwrite: true);
+
+                  SetSha1InCheckFile(CheckFile, Name, Sha1);
+              }
+              catch (Exception ex)
+              {
+                  Log.LogErrorFromException(ex, showStackTrace: false);
+              }
+              finally
+              {
+                  try
+                  {
+                      File.Delete(tempFile);
+                  }
+                  catch
+                  {
+                  }
+              }
+
+              return true;
+          }
+
+          private string GetSha1FromCheckFile(string checkFile, string name)
+          {
+              string result = null;
+              try
+              {
+                  if (File.Exists(checkFile))
+                  {
+                      string[] lines = File.ReadAllLines(checkFile);
+                      string sha1;
+                      GetCheckFileLineIndexSha1(lines, name, out sha1);
+                      return sha1;
+                  }
+              }
+              catch (Exception ex)
+              {
+                  Log.LogWarningFromException(ex, showStackTrace: false);
+              }
+              return result;
+          }
+
+          private void SetSha1InCheckFile(string checkFile, string name, string sha1)
+          {
+              try
+              {
+                  string newLine = String.Format("{0} = {1}", name, sha1.ToLower());
+                  string[] lines = new string[0];
+                  int lineIndex = -1;
+                  if (File.Exists(checkFile))
+                  {
+                      lines = File.ReadAllLines(checkFile);
+                      string oldsha1;
+                      lineIndex = GetCheckFileLineIndexSha1(lines, name, out oldsha1);
+                  }
+                  if (lineIndex == -1)
+                  {
+                      if (lines.Length == 0 || lines[lines.Length - 1].Trim().Length > 0)
+                      {
+                          Array.Resize(ref lines, lines.Length + 1);
+                      }
+                      lineIndex = lines.Length - 1;
+
+                      // End with new line
+                      Array.Resize(ref lines, lines.Length + 1);
+                  }
+                  lines[lineIndex] = newLine;
+                  File.WriteAllLines(checkFile, lines);
+              }
+              catch (Exception ex)
+              {
+                  Log.LogWarningFromException(ex, showStackTrace: false);
+              }
+          }
+
+          private int GetCheckFileLineIndexSha1(string[] lines, string name, out string sha1)
+          {
+              for (int i = 0; i < lines.Length; i++)
+              {
+                  string line = lines[i];
+                  string[] lineParts = line.Split('=');
+                  if (lineParts.Length == 2)
+                  {
+                      string lineTag = lineParts[0].Trim();
+                      string lineSha1 = lineParts[1].Trim();
+                      if (lineTag == name)
+                      {
+                          sha1 = lineSha1;
+                          return i;
+                      }
+                  }
+              }
+              sha1 = null;
+              return -1;
+          }
+
+          private bool CheckFileSha1(string file, string expectedSha1, out string actualSha1)
+          {
+              using (var fs = new FileStream(file, FileMode.Open))
+              {
+                  var hasher = System.Security.Cryptography.SHA1.Create();
+                  byte[] hash = hasher.ComputeHash(fs);
+                  actualSha1 = BytesToHexString(hash);
+                  if (String.Equals(actualSha1, expectedSha1, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                  {
+                      return true;
+                  }
+              }
+              return false;
+          }
+
+          private string BytesToHexString(byte[] data)
+          {
+              var sb = new StringBuilder();
+              foreach (byte b in data)
+              {
+                  sb.Append(b.ToString("x2"));
+              }
+              return sb.ToString();
+          }
+
+          private static void ExtractZip(string zipPath, string destinationDirectory, bool overwrite)
+          {
+              var archive = ZipFile.OpenRead(zipPath);
+              if (!overwrite)
+              {
+                  archive.ExtractToDirectory(destinationDirectory);
+                  return;
+              }
+              foreach (ZipArchiveEntry file in archive.Entries)
+              {
+                  string fileName = Path.Combine(destinationDirectory, file.FullName);
+                  string directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(fileName);
+                  if (!Directory.Exists(directory))
+                  {
+                      Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
+                  }
+                  if (file.Name != String.Empty)
+                  {
+                      file.ExtractToFile(fileName, true);
+                  }
+              }
+          }
+        ]]>
+      </Code>
+    </Task>
+  </UsingTask>
+  
+  <!-- 3rd party libraries / dependencies -->
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <RootDir>$(MsBuildThisFileDirectory)</RootDir>
+    <DependenciesCheckFile>$(RootDir).dependencies</DependenciesCheckFile>
+    <LibsUrl Condition="'$(Platform)'=='ARM64'">https://github.com/OpenRCT2/Dependencies/releases/download/v37/openrct2-libs-v37-arm64-windows-static.zip</LibsUrl>
+    <LibsSha1 Condition="'$(Platform)'=='ARM64'">508bbd39b9be3d746ed8e17b6c0e7a79f6fa13c8</LibsSha1>
+    <LibsUrl Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">https://github.com/OpenRCT2/Dependencies/releases/download/v37/openrct2-libs-v37-x64-windows-static.zip</LibsUrl>
+    <LibsSha1 Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">28fabdb3fe8ddb7c73cd1c5e57ec8df5bd6232e5</LibsSha1>
+    <LibsUrl Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">https://github.com/OpenRCT2/Dependencies/releases/download/v37/openrct2-libs-v37-x86-windows-static.zip</LibsUrl>
+    <LibsSha1 Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">9984c1e317dcfb3aaf8e17f1db2ebb0f771e2373</LibsSha1>
+    <TitleSequencesUrl>https://github.com/OpenRCT2/title-sequences/releases/download/v0.4.14/title-sequences.zip</TitleSequencesUrl>
+    <TitleSequencesSha1>6c04781b959b468e1f65ec2d2f21f5aaa5e5724d</TitleSequencesSha1>
+    <ObjectsUrl>https://github.com/OpenRCT2/objects/releases/download/v1.6.1/objects.zip</ObjectsUrl>
+    <ObjectsSha1>749a9df9ed728676ef7c3b87c8a6b813069476d3</ObjectsSha1>
+    <OpenSFXUrl>https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenSoundEffects/releases/download/v1.0.5/opensound.zip</OpenSFXUrl>
+    <OpenSFXSha1>b1b1f1b241d2cbff63a1889c4dc5a09bdf769bfb</OpenSFXSha1>
+    <OpenMSXUrl>https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenMusic/releases/download/v1.6/openmusic.zip</OpenMSXUrl>
+    <OpenMSXSha1>ba170fa6d777b309c15420f4b6eb3fa25082a9d1</OpenMSXSha1>
+    <ReplaysUrl>https://github.com/OpenRCT2/replays/releases/download/v0.0.87/replays.zip</ReplaysUrl>
+    <ReplaysSha1>6061B53DE346BD853BB997E635AC7374B1A7D2F0</ReplaysSha1>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  
+  <!-- Unified Dependency Target -->
+  <Target Name="DownloadAllDependencies" 
+          BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild"
+          DependsOnTargets="DownloadLibs;DownloadTitleSequences;DownloadObjects;DownloadOpenSFX;DownloadOpenMSX;DownloadReplays">
+    
+    <!-- Add completion marker -->
+    <Touch Files="$(DependenciesCheckFile)" AlwaysCreate="true" />
+  </Target>
+
+  <!-- Target Implementations -->
+  <Target Name="DownloadLibs">
+    <!-- libs -->
+    <DownloadDependency Name="Libs"
+                        Url="$(LibsUrl)"
+                        Sha1="$(LibsSha1)"
+                        CheckFile="$(DependenciesCheckFile)"
+                        OutputDirectory="$(RootDir)lib\$(Platform)" />
+                        
+
+                        
+  </Target>
+                        
+  <!-- Target to download the title sequences -->
+  <Target Name="DownloadTitleSequences">
+    <DownloadDependency Name="TitleSequences"
+                        Url="$(TitleSequencesUrl)"
+                        Sha1="$(TitleSequencesSha1)"
+                        CheckFile="$(DependenciesCheckFile)"
+                        OutputDirectory="$(TargetDir)data\sequence" />
+  </Target>
+
+  <!-- Target to download the objects -->
+  <Target Name="DownloadObjects">
+    <DownloadDependency Name="Objects"
+                        Url="$(ObjectsUrl)"
+                        Sha1="$(ObjectsSha1)"
+                        CheckFile="$(DependenciesCheckFile)"
+                        OutputDirectory="$(TargetDir)data\object" />
+  </Target>
+
+  <!-- Target to download OpenSFX -->
+  <Target Name="DownloadOpenSFX">
+    <DownloadDependency Name="OpenSFX"
+                        Url="$(OpenSFXUrl)"
+                        Sha1="$(OpenSFXSha1)"
+                        CheckFile="$(DependenciesCheckFile)"
+                        OutputDirectory="$(TargetDir)data" />
+  </Target>
+
+  <!-- Target to download OpenMSX -->
+  <Target Name="DownloadOpenMSX">
+    <DownloadDependency Name="OpenMSX"
+                        Url="$(OpenMSXUrl)"
+                        Sha1="$(OpenMSXSha1)"
+                        CheckFile="$(DependenciesCheckFile)"
+                        OutputDirectory="$(TargetDir)data" />
+  </Target>
+
+  <!-- Target to download replays -->
+  <Target Name="DownloadReplays">
+    <DownloadDependency Name="Replays"
+                        Url="$(ReplaysUrl)"
+                        Sha1="$(ReplaysSha1)"
+                        CheckFile="$(DependenciesCheckFile)"
+                        OutputDirectory="$(TargetDir)testdata\replays" />
+  </Target>
+  
+</Project>
diff --git a/openrct2.proj b/openrct2.proj
index b2801449b0..aa46978908 100644
--- a/openrct2.proj
+++ b/openrct2.proj
@@ -30,36 +30,6 @@
     <SlnProperties Condition="'$(OPENRCT2_BUILD_SERVER)'!=''">$(SlnProperties);OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS=$(OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS)</SlnProperties>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
-  <!-- 3rd party libraries / dependencies -->
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <DependenciesCheckFile>$(RootDir).dependencies</DependenciesCheckFile>
-    <LibsUrl Condition="'$(Platform)'=='ARM64'">https://github.com/OpenRCT2/Dependencies/releases/download/v37/openrct2-libs-v37-arm64-windows-static.zip</LibsUrl>
-    <LibsSha1 Condition="'$(Platform)'=='ARM64'">508bbd39b9be3d746ed8e17b6c0e7a79f6fa13c8</LibsSha1>
-    <LibsUrl Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">https://github.com/OpenRCT2/Dependencies/releases/download/v37/openrct2-libs-v37-x64-windows-static.zip</LibsUrl>
-    <LibsSha1 Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">28fabdb3fe8ddb7c73cd1c5e57ec8df5bd6232e5</LibsSha1>
-    <LibsUrl Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">https://github.com/OpenRCT2/Dependencies/releases/download/v37/openrct2-libs-v37-x86-windows-static.zip</LibsUrl>
-    <LibsSha1 Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">9984c1e317dcfb3aaf8e17f1db2ebb0f771e2373</LibsSha1>
-    <TitleSequencesUrl>https://github.com/OpenRCT2/title-sequences/releases/download/v0.4.14/title-sequences.zip</TitleSequencesUrl>
-    <TitleSequencesSha1>6c04781b959b468e1f65ec2d2f21f5aaa5e5724d</TitleSequencesSha1>
-    <ObjectsUrl>https://github.com/OpenRCT2/objects/releases/download/v1.6.1/objects.zip</ObjectsUrl>
-    <ObjectsSha1>749a9df9ed728676ef7c3b87c8a6b813069476d3</ObjectsSha1>
-    <OpenSFXUrl>https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenSoundEffects/releases/download/v1.0.5/opensound.zip</OpenSFXUrl>
-    <OpenSFXSha1>b1b1f1b241d2cbff63a1889c4dc5a09bdf769bfb</OpenSFXSha1>
-    <OpenMSXUrl>https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenMusic/releases/download/v1.6/openmusic.zip</OpenMSXUrl>
-    <OpenMSXSha1>ba170fa6d777b309c15420f4b6eb3fa25082a9d1</OpenMSXSha1>
-    <ReplaysUrl>https://github.com/OpenRCT2/replays/releases/download/v0.0.87/replays.zip</ReplaysUrl>
-    <ReplaysSha1>6061B53DE346BD853BB997E635AC7374B1A7D2F0</ReplaysSha1>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-
-  <Target Name="DownloadLibs">
-    <!-- libs -->
-    <DownloadDependency Name="Libs"
-                        Url="$(LibsUrl)"
-                        Sha1="$(LibsSha1)"
-                        CheckFile="$(DependenciesCheckFile)"
-                        OutputDirectory="$(RootDir)lib\$(Platform)" />
-  </Target>
-
   <Target Name="Clean">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <SlnProperties>$(SlnProperties);Configuration=$(Configuration)</SlnProperties>
@@ -93,53 +63,9 @@
     <Message Text="SlnProperties: $(SlnProperties)" />
     <MSBuild Projects="openrct2.sln" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="$(SlnProperties);IsSolutionBuild=true" />
   </Target>
-
-  <!-- Target to download the title sequences -->
-  <Target Name="DownloadTitleSequences" AfterTargets="Build">
-    <DownloadDependency Name="TitleSequences"
-                        Url="$(TitleSequencesUrl)"
-                        Sha1="$(TitleSequencesSha1)"
-                        CheckFile="$(DependenciesCheckFile)"
-                        OutputDirectory="$(TargetDir)data\sequence" />
-  </Target>
-
-  <!-- Target to download the objects -->
-  <Target Name="DownloadObjects" AfterTargets="Build">
-    <DownloadDependency Name="Objects"
-                        Url="$(ObjectsUrl)"
-                        Sha1="$(ObjectsSha1)"
-                        CheckFile="$(DependenciesCheckFile)"
-                        OutputDirectory="$(TargetDir)data\object" />
-  </Target>
-
-  <!-- Target to download OpenSFX -->
-  <Target Name="DownloadOpenSFX" AfterTargets="Build">
-    <DownloadDependency Name="OpenSFX"
-                        Url="$(OpenSFXUrl)"
-                        Sha1="$(OpenSFXSha1)"
-                        CheckFile="$(DependenciesCheckFile)"
-                        OutputDirectory="$(TargetDir)data" />
-  </Target>
-
-  <!-- Target to download OpenMSX -->
-  <Target Name="DownloadOpenMSX" AfterTargets="Build">
-    <DownloadDependency Name="OpenMSX"
-                        Url="$(OpenMSXUrl)"
-                        Sha1="$(OpenMSXSha1)"
-                        CheckFile="$(DependenciesCheckFile)"
-                        OutputDirectory="$(TargetDir)data" />
-  </Target>
-
-  <!-- Target to download replays -->
-  <Target Name="DownloadReplays" AfterTargets="Build">
-    <DownloadDependency Name="Replays"
-                        Url="$(ReplaysUrl)"
-                        Sha1="$(ReplaysSha1)"
-                        CheckFile="$(DependenciesCheckFile)"
-                        OutputDirectory="$(TargetDir)testdata\replays" />
-  </Target>
     
   <!-- Import custom build tasks -->
+  <Import Project="openrct2.deps.targets" />
   <Import Project="openrct2.targets" />
   
 </Project>
diff --git a/openrct2.sln b/openrct2.sln
index 147f82a2ba..519545faa3 100644
--- a/openrct2.sln
+++ b/openrct2.sln
@@ -4,21 +4,13 @@ Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
 VisualStudioVersion = 17.4.33213.308
 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "libopenrct2", "src\openrct2\libopenrct2.vcxproj", "{D24D94F6-2A74-480C-B512-629C306CE92F}"
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5} = {C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}
+	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "openrct2-win", "src\openrct2-win\openrct2-win.vcxproj", "{7A9A57D5-7006-4208-A290-5491BA3C8808}"
-	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
-		{8DD8AB7D-2EA6-44E3-8265-BAF08E832951} = {8DD8AB7D-2EA6-44E3-8265-BAF08E832951}
-		{B6808F71-30B4-4499-8FF6-0B1C86391842} = {B6808F71-30B4-4499-8FF6-0B1C86391842}
-		{D24D94F6-2A74-480C-B512-629C306CE92F} = {D24D94F6-2A74-480C-B512-629C306CE92F}
-	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "tests", "test\tests\tests.vcxproj", "{62B020FA-E4FB-4C6E-B32A-DC999470F155}"
-	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
-		{7A9A57D5-7006-4208-A290-5491BA3C8808} = {7A9A57D5-7006-4208-A290-5491BA3C8808}
-		{8DD8AB7D-2EA6-44E3-8265-BAF08E832951} = {8DD8AB7D-2EA6-44E3-8265-BAF08E832951}
-		{B6808F71-30B4-4499-8FF6-0B1C86391842} = {B6808F71-30B4-4499-8FF6-0B1C86391842}
-		{D24D94F6-2A74-480C-B512-629C306CE92F} = {D24D94F6-2A74-480C-B512-629C306CE92F}
-	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "src", "src", "{2202A816-377D-4FA0-A7AF-7D4105F8A4FB}"
 EndProject
@@ -27,17 +19,10 @@ EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "libopenrct2ui", "src\openrct2-ui\libopenrct2ui.vcxproj", "{8DD8AB7D-2EA6-44E3-8265-BAF08E832951}"
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "openrct2-cli", "src\openrct2-cli\openrct2-cli.vcxproj", "{B6808F71-30B4-4499-8FF6-0B1C86391842}"
-	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
-		{D24D94F6-2A74-480C-B512-629C306CE92F} = {D24D94F6-2A74-480C-B512-629C306CE92F}
-	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "openrct2-data", "src\openrct2-data\openrct2-data.vcxproj", "{70EEED2D-2344-4F28-87B7-3EFC4E78B923}"
-	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
-		{7A9A57D5-7006-4208-A290-5491BA3C8808} = {7A9A57D5-7006-4208-A290-5491BA3C8808}
-		{8DD8AB7D-2EA6-44E3-8265-BAF08E832951} = {8DD8AB7D-2EA6-44E3-8265-BAF08E832951}
-		{B6808F71-30B4-4499-8FF6-0B1C86391842} = {B6808F71-30B4-4499-8FF6-0B1C86391842}
-		{D24D94F6-2A74-480C-B512-629C306CE92F} = {D24D94F6-2A74-480C-B512-629C306CE92F}
-	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "openrct2-deps", "src\openrct2-deps\openrct2-deps.vcxproj", "{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}"
 EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
@@ -160,6 +145,24 @@ Global
 		{70EEED2D-2344-4F28-87B7-3EFC4E78B923}.ReleaseLTCG|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 		{70EEED2D-2344-4F28-87B7-3EFC4E78B923}.ReleaseLTCG|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
 		{70EEED2D-2344-4F28-87B7-3EFC4E78B923}.ReleaseLTCG|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.Debug|arm64.ActiveCfg = Debug|arm64
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.Debug|arm64.Build.0 = Debug|arm64
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.Release|arm64.ActiveCfg = Release|arm64
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.Release|arm64.Build.0 = Release|arm64
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.ReleaseLTCG|arm64.ActiveCfg = ReleaseLTCG|arm64
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.ReleaseLTCG|arm64.Build.0 = ReleaseLTCG|arm64
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.ReleaseLTCG|Win32.ActiveCfg = ReleaseLTCG|Win32
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.ReleaseLTCG|Win32.Build.0 = ReleaseLTCG|Win32
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.ReleaseLTCG|x64.ActiveCfg = ReleaseLTCG|x64
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5}.ReleaseLTCG|x64.Build.0 = ReleaseLTCG|x64
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
@@ -171,6 +174,7 @@ Global
 		{8DD8AB7D-2EA6-44E3-8265-BAF08E832951} = {2202A816-377D-4FA0-A7AF-7D4105F8A4FB}
 		{B6808F71-30B4-4499-8FF6-0B1C86391842} = {2202A816-377D-4FA0-A7AF-7D4105F8A4FB}
 		{70EEED2D-2344-4F28-87B7-3EFC4E78B923} = {2202A816-377D-4FA0-A7AF-7D4105F8A4FB}
+		{C453DA76-44B3-4AC8-AAA2-2B64A76993A5} = {2202A816-377D-4FA0-A7AF-7D4105F8A4FB}
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
 		SolutionGuid = {AE225595-70B7-4580-92EF-6F2B461EBFC7}
diff --git a/openrct2.targets b/openrct2.targets
index 7ac1e46905..fb9ece9173 100644
--- a/openrct2.targets
+++ b/openrct2.targets
@@ -1,335 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <!-- 7z Task -->
-  <UsingTask TaskName="_7z"
-             TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory"
-             AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll">
-    <ParameterGroup>
-      <Inputs Required="true" ParameterType="System.String" />
-      <Output Required="true" ParameterType="System.String" />
-    </ParameterGroup>
-    <Task>
-      <Using Namespace="System"/>
-      <Using Namespace="System.Diagnostics"/>
-      <Using Namespace="System.IO"/>
-      <Code Type="Method" Language="cs">
-        <![CDATA[
-          public override bool Execute()
-          {
-              string appPath = Find7zPath();
-              if (appPath == null)
-              {
-                  Log.LogError("Unable to find 7z.exe.");
-                  return false;
-              }
-
-              var argsSB = new StringBuilder();
-              argsSB.Append("a -tzip -mx9 -mtc=off ");
-              argsSB.Append("\"" + Output + "\" ");
-              foreach (string input in Inputs.Split(';'))
-              {
-                  argsSB.Append("\"" + input + "\" ");
-              }
-              string args = argsSB.ToString();
-
-              Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Normal, "7z " + args);
-
-              var psi = new ProcessStartInfo(appPath, args);
-              psi.CreateNoWindow = true;
-              psi.UseShellExecute = false;
-              psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
-              psi.RedirectStandardError = true;
-              var process = Process.Start(psi);
-              process.WaitForExit();
-              if (process.ExitCode != 0)
-              {
-                  string appError = process.StandardError.ReadToEnd();
-                  appError = appError.Replace("\r\n", "\n");
-                  appError = appError.Replace("\r", "\n");
-                  appError = appError.Replace("\n", " ");
-                  int colonIndex = appError.IndexOf(":");
-                  if (colonIndex != -1)
-                  {
-                      appError = appError.Substring(colonIndex + 1);
-                  }
-                  appError = appError.Trim();
-                  Log.LogError(appError);
-                  return false;
-              }
-
-              string appOutput = process.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
-              Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Normal, appOutput);
-              return true;
-          }
-
-          private string Find7zPath()
-          {
-              const string DefaultAppFileName = "7z.exe";
-              string DefaultAppPath = Path.Combine("7-Zip", DefaultAppFileName);
-
-              // HACK needed as SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles returns x86 for a 32-bit process
-              string programFiles = Path.Combine(Path.GetDirectoryName(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles)), "Program Files");
-              string appPath = Path.Combine(programFiles, DefaultAppPath);
-              if (File.Exists(appPath))
-              {
-                  return appPath;
-              }
-
-              programFiles = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles);
-              appPath = Path.Combine(programFiles, DefaultAppPath);
-              if (File.Exists(appPath))
-              {
-                  return appPath;
-              }
-              
-              programFiles = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFilesX86);
-              appPath = Path.Combine(programFiles, DefaultAppPath);
-              if (File.Exists(appPath))
-              {
-                  return appPath;
-              }
-          
-              string[] envPaths = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH").Split(';');
-              foreach (string envPath in envPaths)
-              {
-                  appPath = Path.Combine(envPath, DefaultAppFileName);
-                  if (File.Exists(appPath))
-                  {
-                      return appPath;
-                  }
-              }
-              
-              return null;
-          }
-        ]]>
-      </Code>
-    </Task>
-  </UsingTask>
-
-  <!-- Unzip task -->
-  <UsingTask TaskName="Unzip"
-             TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory"
-             AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll">
-    <ParameterGroup>
-      <Input Required="true" ParameterType="System.String" />
-      <OutputDirectory Required="true" ParameterType="System.String" />
-    </ParameterGroup>
-    <Task>
-      <Reference Include="System.IO.Compression.FileSystem" />
-      <Code Type="Fragment" Language="cs">
-        <![CDATA[
-          Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Normal, String.Format("Extracting '{0}' to '{1}'.", Input, OutputDirectory));
-          System.IO.Compression.ZipFile.ExtractToDirectory(Input, OutputDirectory);
-        ]]>
-      </Code>
-    </Task>
-  </UsingTask>
-
-  <!-- DownloadDependency task -->
-  <UsingTask TaskName="DownloadDependency"
-             TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory"
-             AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll">
-    <ParameterGroup>
-      <Name            Required="true"  ParameterType="System.String" />
-      <Url             Required="true"  ParameterType="System.String" />
-      <Sha1            Required="true"  ParameterType="System.String" />
-      <CheckFile       Required="false" ParameterType="System.String" />
-      <OutputDirectory Required="true"  ParameterType="System.String" />
-    </ParameterGroup>
-    <Task>
-      <Reference Include="System.IO.Compression, Version=4.0.0.0" />
-      <Reference Include="System.IO.Compression.FileSystem" />
-      <Using Namespace="System"/>
-      <Using Namespace="System.IO"/>
-      <Using Namespace="System.IO.Compression"/>
-      <Using Namespace="System.Net"/>
-      <Using Namespace="System.Text"/>
-      <Using Namespace="Microsoft.Build.Framework"/>
-      <Using Namespace="Microsoft.Build.Utilities"/>
-      <Code Type="Method" Language="cs">
-        <![CDATA[
-          public override bool Execute()
-          {
-              if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(CheckFile))
-              {
-                  string checkSha1 = GetSha1FromCheckFile(CheckFile, Name);
-                  if (String.Equals(checkSha1, Sha1, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && Directory.Exists(OutputDirectory))
-                  {
-                      Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Normal, String.Format("{0} up to date", Name));
-                      return true;
-                  }
-              }
-
-              string tempFile = Path.GetTempFileName();
-              try
-              {
-                  // Download the file
-                  Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Normal, String.Format("Downloading '{0}'.", Url));
-                  var client = new WebClient();
-                  client.DownloadFile(Url, tempFile);
-
-                  // Check the file matches
-                  string actualSha1;
-                  if (!CheckFileSha1(tempFile, Sha1, out actualSha1))
-                  {
-                      Log.LogError("Download file did not match expected SHA1\n  expected: {0}\n  actual: {1}", Sha1, actualSha1);
-                      return false;
-                  }
-
-                  // Extract contents
-                  Log.LogMessage(MessageImportance.Normal, String.Format("Extracting to '{0}'.", OutputDirectory));
-                  if (!Directory.Exists(OutputDirectory))
-                  {
-                      Directory.CreateDirectory(OutputDirectory);
-                  }
-                  ExtractZip(tempFile, OutputDirectory, overwrite: true);
-
-                  SetSha1InCheckFile(CheckFile, Name, Sha1);
-              }
-              catch (Exception ex)
-              {
-                  Log.LogErrorFromException(ex, showStackTrace: false);
-              }
-              finally
-              {
-                  try
-                  {
-                      File.Delete(tempFile);
-                  }
-                  catch
-                  {
-                  }
-              }
-
-              return true;
-          }
-
-          private string GetSha1FromCheckFile(string checkFile, string name)
-          {
-              string result = null;
-              try
-              {
-                  if (File.Exists(checkFile))
-                  {
-                      string[] lines = File.ReadAllLines(checkFile);
-                      string sha1;
-                      GetCheckFileLineIndexSha1(lines, name, out sha1);
-                      return sha1;
-                  }
-              }
-              catch (Exception ex)
-              {
-                  Log.LogWarningFromException(ex, showStackTrace: false);
-              }
-              return result;
-          }
-
-          private void SetSha1InCheckFile(string checkFile, string name, string sha1)
-          {
-              try
-              {
-                  string newLine = String.Format("{0} = {1}", name, sha1.ToLower());
-                  string[] lines = new string[0];
-                  int lineIndex = -1;
-                  if (File.Exists(checkFile))
-                  {
-                      lines = File.ReadAllLines(checkFile);
-                      string oldsha1;
-                      lineIndex = GetCheckFileLineIndexSha1(lines, name, out oldsha1);
-                  }
-                  if (lineIndex == -1)
-                  {
-                      if (lines.Length == 0 || lines[lines.Length - 1].Trim().Length > 0)
-                      {
-                          Array.Resize(ref lines, lines.Length + 1);
-                      }
-                      lineIndex = lines.Length - 1;
-
-                      // End with new line
-                      Array.Resize(ref lines, lines.Length + 1);
-                  }
-                  lines[lineIndex] = newLine;
-                  File.WriteAllLines(checkFile, lines);
-              }
-              catch (Exception ex)
-              {
-                  Log.LogWarningFromException(ex, showStackTrace: false);
-              }
-          }
-
-          private int GetCheckFileLineIndexSha1(string[] lines, string name, out string sha1)
-          {
-              for (int i = 0; i < lines.Length; i++)
-              {
-                  string line = lines[i];
-                  string[] lineParts = line.Split('=');
-                  if (lineParts.Length == 2)
-                  {
-                      string lineTag = lineParts[0].Trim();
-                      string lineSha1 = lineParts[1].Trim();
-                      if (lineTag == name)
-                      {
-                          sha1 = lineSha1;
-                          return i;
-                      }
-                  }
-              }
-              sha1 = null;
-              return -1;
-          }
-
-          private bool CheckFileSha1(string file, string expectedSha1, out string actualSha1)
-          {
-              using (var fs = new FileStream(file, FileMode.Open))
-              {
-                  var hasher = System.Security.Cryptography.SHA1.Create();
-                  byte[] hash = hasher.ComputeHash(fs);
-                  actualSha1 = BytesToHexString(hash);
-                  if (String.Equals(actualSha1, expectedSha1, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                  {
-                      return true;
-                  }
-              }
-              return false;
-          }
-
-          private string BytesToHexString(byte[] data)
-          {
-              var sb = new StringBuilder();
-              foreach (byte b in data)
-              {
-                  sb.Append(b.ToString("x2"));
-              }
-              return sb.ToString();
-          }
-
-          private static void ExtractZip(string zipPath, string destinationDirectory, bool overwrite)
-          {
-              var archive = ZipFile.OpenRead(zipPath);
-              if (!overwrite)
-              {
-                  archive.ExtractToDirectory(destinationDirectory);
-                  return;
-              }
-              foreach (ZipArchiveEntry file in archive.Entries)
-              {
-                  string fileName = Path.Combine(destinationDirectory, file.FullName);
-                  string directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(fileName);
-                  if (!Directory.Exists(directory))
-                  {
-                      Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
-                  }
-                  if (file.Name != String.Empty)
-                  {
-                      file.ExtractToFile(fileName, true);
-                  }
-              }
-          }
-        ]]>
-      </Code>
-    </Task>
-  </UsingTask>
-  
+<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">  
   <!-- Property Definitions with Default Values -->
   <PropertyGroup>
     <SolutionDir Condition="'$(SolutionDir)' == ''">$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</SolutionDir>
@@ -350,7 +20,7 @@
     <G2InputFile Condition="'$(G2InputFile)' == ''">$(ResourcesG2Path)sprites.json</G2InputFile>
     <DataOutputPath Condition="'$(DataOutputPath)' == ''">$(OutDir)data\</DataOutputPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
+    
   <!-- File Group Definitions -->
   <ItemGroup>
     <G2Input Include="$(G2InputFile)" />
diff --git a/src/openrct2-cli/openrct2-cli.vcxproj b/src/openrct2-cli/openrct2-cli.vcxproj
index 3e9f97f517..bcae99f04f 100644
--- a/src/openrct2-cli/openrct2-cli.vcxproj
+++ b/src/openrct2-cli/openrct2-cli.vcxproj
@@ -75,5 +75,13 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="Cli.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\openrct2-deps\openrct2-deps.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{c453da76-44b3-4ac8-aaa2-2b64a76993a5}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\openrct2\libopenrct2.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{d24d94f6-2a74-480c-b512-629c306ce92f}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/openrct2-data/openrct2-data.vcxproj b/src/openrct2-data/openrct2-data.vcxproj
index 55f4bf7315..04c54a5d29 100644
--- a/src/openrct2-data/openrct2-data.vcxproj
+++ b/src/openrct2-data/openrct2-data.vcxproj
@@ -38,24 +38,24 @@
       <Platform>arm64</Platform>
     </ProjectConfiguration>
   </ItemGroup>
-
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\openrct2-cli\openrct2-cli.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{b6808f71-30b4-4499-8ff6-0b1c86391842}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{70eeed2d-2344-4f28-87b7-3efc4e78b923}</ProjectGuid>
     <RootNamespace>openrct2-data</RootNamespace>
     <DisableFastUpToDateCheck>true</DisableFastUpToDateCheck>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>Utility</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
   <Import Project="..\..\openrct2.common.props" />
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetName>openrct2-data</TargetName>
     <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)bin;$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
   <Import Project="..\..\openrct2.targets" Condition="'$(IsSolutionBuild)' != 'true'" />
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/openrct2-deps/openrct2-deps.vcxproj b/src/openrct2-deps/openrct2-deps.vcxproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..deac9e7891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/openrct2-deps/openrct2-deps.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|arm64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>arm64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="ReleaseLTCG|arm64">
+      <Configuration>ReleaseLTCG</Configuration>
+      <Platform>arm64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="ReleaseLTCG|Win32">
+      <Configuration>ReleaseLTCG</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="ReleaseLTCG|x64">
+      <Configuration>ReleaseLTCG</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|arm64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>arm64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{c453da76-44b3-4ac8-aaa2-2b64a76993a5}</ProjectGuid>
+    <RootNamespace>openrct2-deps</RootNamespace>
+    <DisableFastUpToDateCheck>true</DisableFastUpToDateCheck>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Utility</ConfigurationType>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <Import Project="..\..\openrct2.common.props" />
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetName>openrct2-deps</TargetName>
+    <LibraryPath>$(SolutionDir)bin;$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <Import Project="..\..\openrct2.deps.targets" Condition="'$(IsSolutionBuild)' != 'true'" />
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/openrct2-ui/libopenrct2ui.vcxproj b/src/openrct2-ui/libopenrct2ui.vcxproj
index d96fa49e61..82e299cf25 100644
--- a/src/openrct2-ui/libopenrct2ui.vcxproj
+++ b/src/openrct2-ui/libopenrct2ui.vcxproj
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@
     <ClCompile Include="windows\Viewport.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="windows\Water.cpp" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\openrct2-deps\openrct2-deps.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{c453da76-44b3-4ac8-aaa2-2b64a76993a5}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{8DD8AB7D-2EA6-44E3-8265-BAF08E832951}</ProjectGuid>
     <RootNamespace>openrct2-ui</RootNamespace>
@@ -263,4 +268,4 @@
     </Lib>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/openrct2-win/openrct2-win.vcxproj b/src/openrct2-win/openrct2-win.vcxproj
index 059e4e8296..e04dccfdf0 100644
--- a/src/openrct2-win/openrct2-win.vcxproj
+++ b/src/openrct2-win/openrct2-win.vcxproj
@@ -78,5 +78,16 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Manifest Include="openrct2-win.manifest" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\openrct2-deps\openrct2-deps.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{c453da76-44b3-4ac8-aaa2-2b64a76993a5}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\openrct2-ui\libopenrct2ui.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{8dd8ab7d-2ea6-44e3-8265-baf08e832951}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\openrct2\libopenrct2.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{d24d94f6-2a74-480c-b512-629c306ce92f}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj b/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj
index 60bb96262f..23119502e5 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj
+++ b/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project ToolsVersion="14.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <SolutionDir Condition="'$(SolutionDir)'==''">..\..\</SolutionDir>
@@ -44,11 +45,13 @@
     <ProjectGuid>{D24D94F6-2A74-480C-B512-629C306CE92F}</ProjectGuid>
     <RootNamespace>openrct2-lib</RootNamespace>
     <ProjectName>libopenrct2</ProjectName>
+    <DisableFastUpToDateCheck>true</DisableFastUpToDateCheck>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
     <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="..\..\openrct2.common.props" />
+  <Import Project="..\..\openrct2.deps.targets" Condition="'$(IsSolutionBuild)' != 'true'" />
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>__ENABLE_DISCORD__;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
@@ -1158,5 +1161,10 @@
       <WarningLevel>TurnOffAllWarnings</WarningLevel>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\openrct2-deps\openrct2-deps.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{c453da76-44b3-4ac8-aaa2-2b64a76993a5}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/tests/tests.vcxproj b/test/tests/tests.vcxproj
index 53c7877c2a..c79eab00b2 100644
--- a/test/tests/tests.vcxproj
+++ b/test/tests/tests.vcxproj
@@ -109,5 +109,13 @@
     <None Include="testdata\sprites\example.dat" />
     <None Include="testdata\sprites\manifest.json" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\openrct2-deps\openrct2-deps.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{c453da76-44b3-4ac8-aaa2-2b64a76993a5}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\openrct2\libopenrct2.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{d24d94f6-2a74-480c-b512-629c306ce92f}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
+  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file