diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d1fe524ff..490475b0b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,18 +8,32 @@ ELSEIF(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
 	SET(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/submodules/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake" CACHE STRING "")
 ENDIF()
 
-SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
-SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
-SET(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
-
 PROJECT(EQEmu)
 
 IF(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 	SET(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE RelWithDebInfo CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build." FORCE)
 ENDIF(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+SET(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+
+OPTION(EQEMU_BUILD_STATIC "Build with static linking" OFF)
 OPTION(EQEMU_BUILD_PCH "Build with precompiled headers (Windows)" ON)
 
+IF (EQEMU_BUILD_STATIC)
+	SET(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
+	SET(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ".lib" ".a")
+	MESSAGE(STATUS "Building with static linking")
+	SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-static-libgcc -static-libstdc++")
+	IF (UNIX)
+		SET(PERL_LIBRARY "/opt/eqemu-perl/lib/5.32.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/CORE/libperl.so")
+		SET(PERL_INCLUDE_PATH "/opt/eqemu-perl/lib/5.32.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/CORE/")
+		SET(PERL_EXECUTABLE "/opt/eqemu-perl/bin/perl")
+	ENDIF ()
+ENDIF (EQEMU_BUILD_STATIC)
+
+
 # Requires libgoogle-perftools-dev google-perftools packages for linux (debian)
 IF(EQEMU_ADD_PROFILER)
 	SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-Wl,--no-as-needed,-lprofiler,--as-needed")
@@ -59,6 +73,10 @@ IF(UNIX)
 	ENDIF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
 ENDIF(UNIX)
 
+ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DGLM_FORCE_RADIANS)
+ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DGLM_FORCE_CTOR_INIT)
+ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DGLM_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL)
+
 find_package(PkgConfig)
 find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS dynamic_bitset foreach tuple)
 find_package(cereal CONFIG REQUIRED)
@@ -72,47 +90,51 @@ find_package(zlib-ng CONFIG REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(luajit REQUIRED luajit)
 find_package(PerlLibs)
 
+include_directories(SYSTEM "${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+
 MESSAGE(STATUS "**************************************************")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "* Library Detection                              *")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "**************************************************")
+
+IF(MARIADB_FOUND)
+	MESSAGE(STATUS "* MariaDB:                                 FOUND *")
+ELSE()
+	MESSAGE(STATUS "* MariaDB:                               MISSING *")
+ENDIF()
+
+IF(ZLIB_FOUND)
+	MESSAGE(STATUS "* ZLIB:                                    FOUND *")
+ELSE()
+	MESSAGE(STATUS "* ZLIB:                                  MISSING *")
+ENDIF()
+
+IF(LuaJit_FOUND)
+	MESSAGE(STATUS "* LuaJIT:                                  FOUND *")
+ELSE()
+	MESSAGE(STATUS "* LuaJIT:                                MISSING *")
+ENDIF()
+
+IF(PerlLibs_FOUND)
+	MESSAGE(STATUS "* Perl:                                    FOUND *")
+ELSE()
+	MESSAGE(STATUS "* Perl:                                  MISSING *")
+ENDIF()
+
+IF(OpenSSL_FOUND)
+	MESSAGE(STATUS "* OpenSSL:                                 FOUND *")
+ELSE()
+	MESSAGE(STATUS "* OpenSSL:                               MISSING *")
+ENDIF()
+
 MESSAGE(STATUS "PERL_INCLUDE_PATH: ${PERL_INCLUDE_PATH}")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "PERL_LIBRARY: ${PERL_LIBRARY}")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "PERL_INCLUDE_DIR: ${PERL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "PERL_INCLUDE_DIRS: ${PERL_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "PERL_LIBRARIES: ${PERL_LIBRARIES}")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "PERL_VERSION: ${PERL_VERSION}")
+
 MESSAGE(STATUS "**************************************************")
 
-SET(EQEMU_LOG_LEVEL 0)
-IF(EQEMU_ENABLE_LOG_TRACE)
-	MATH(EXPR EQEMU_LOG_LEVEL "${EQEMU_LOG_LEVEL} + 1")
-ENDIF(EQEMU_ENABLE_LOG_TRACE)
-
-IF(EQEMU_ENABLE_LOG_DEBUG)
-	MATH(EXPR EQEMU_LOG_LEVEL "${EQEMU_LOG_LEVEL} + 2")
-ENDIF(EQEMU_ENABLE_LOG_DEBUG)
-
-IF(EQEMU_ENABLE_LOG_INFO)
-	MATH(EXPR EQEMU_LOG_LEVEL "${EQEMU_LOG_LEVEL} + 4")
-ENDIF(EQEMU_ENABLE_LOG_INFO)
-
-IF(EQEMU_ENABLE_LOG_WARN)
-	MATH(EXPR EQEMU_LOG_LEVEL "${EQEMU_LOG_LEVEL} + 8")
-ENDIF(EQEMU_ENABLE_LOG_WARN)
-
-IF(EQEMU_ENABLE_LOG_ERROR)
-	MATH(EXPR EQEMU_LOG_LEVEL "${EQEMU_LOG_LEVEL} + 16")
-ENDIF(EQEMU_ENABLE_LOG_ERROR)
-
-IF(EQEMU_ENABLE_LOG_FATAL)
-	MATH(EXPR EQEMU_LOG_LEVEL "${EQEMU_LOG_LEVEL} + 32")
-ENDIF(EQEMU_ENABLE_LOG_FATAL)
-ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEQEMU_LOG_LEVEL=${EQEMU_LOG_LEVEL})
-
-ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DGLM_FORCE_RADIANS)
-ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DGLM_FORCE_CTOR_INIT)
-ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DGLM_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL)
-
 #options
 OPTION(EQEMU_COMMANDS_LOGGING "Enable GM Command logs" ON)
 OPTION(EQEMU_BUILD_SERVER "Build the game server." ON)
@@ -167,6 +189,21 @@ IF(EQEMU_COMMANDS_LOGGING)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DCOMMANDS_LOGGING)
 ENDIF(EQEMU_COMMANDS_LOGGING)
 
+SET(DATABASE_LIBRARY_TYPE "MariaDB")
+SET(DATABASE_LIBRARY_LIBS ${MariaDB_LIBRARIES})
+SET(DATABASE_LIBRARY_INCLUDE ${MariaDB_INCLUDE_DIR})
+SET(TLS_LIBRARY_TYPE " OpenSSL")
+SET(TLS_LIBRARY_ENABLED ON)
+SET(TLS_LIBRARY_LIBS ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
+SET(TLS_LIBRARY_INCLUDE ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR})
+ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEQEMU_USE_OPENSSL)
+IF(${OPENSSL_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "1.1.1")
+	ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DCPPHTTPLIB_OPENSSL_SUPPORT)
+ENDIF()
+
+SET(LUA_LIBRARY_TYPE "  LuaJIT")
+SET(LUA_LIBRARY_ENABLED ON)
+
 IF(PerlLibs_FOUND)
 	SET(PERL_LIBRARY_TYPE "    Perl")
 	SET(PERL_LIBRARY_ENABLED ON)
@@ -177,16 +214,108 @@ ELSE()
 	SET(PERL_LIBRARY_ENABLED OFF)
 ENDIF()
 
+SET(ZLIB_LIBRARY_TYPE "zlib-ng")
+SET(ZLIB_LIBRARY_LIBS "zlibstatic")
+SET(ZLIB_LIBRARY_INCLUDE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libs/zlibng")
+IF (EQEMU_BUILD_STATIC)
+	SET(ZLIB_LIBRARY_LIBS libz.a)
+ENDIF(EQEMU_BUILD_STATIC)
 MESSAGE(STATUS "")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "**************************************************")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "* Library Usage                                  *")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "**************************************************")
+MESSAGE(STATUS "* Database:                              ${DATABASE_LIBRARY_TYPE} *")
+MESSAGE(STATUS "* TLS:                                  ${TLS_LIBRARY_TYPE} *")
+MESSAGE(STATUS "* Lua:                                  ${LUA_LIBRARY_TYPE} *")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "* Perl:                                 ${PERL_LIBRARY_TYPE} *")
+MESSAGE(STATUS "* zlib:                                  ${ZLIB_LIBRARY_TYPE} *")
 MESSAGE(STATUS "**************************************************")
 
+
+SET(SERVER_LIBS common)
 # silence obnoxious deprecation message
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DBOOST_BIND_GLOBAL_PLACEHOLDERS)
 
+IF(LUA_LIBRARY_ENABLED)
+	OPTION(EQEMU_BUILD_LUA "Build Lua parser." ON)
+
+	IF(EQEMU_BUILD_LUA)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DLUA_EQEMU)
+		SET(ZONE_LIBS ${pkgcfg_lib_luajit_lua51})
+		include_directories(SYSTEM "${VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}/include/luajit" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libs/luabind")
+
+		OPTION(EQEMU_SANITIZE_LUA_LIBS "Sanitize Lua Libraries (Remove OS and IO standard libraries from being able to run)." ON)
+		IF(EQEMU_SANITIZE_LUA_LIBS)
+			ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DSANITIZE_LUA_LIBS)
+		ENDIF()
+	ENDIF()
+ENDIF()
+
+IF(PERL_LIBRARY_ENABLED)
+	OPTION(EQEMU_BUILD_PERL "Build Perl parser." ON)
+	IF(EQEMU_BUILD_PERL)
+		SET(SERVER_LIBS ${SERVER_LIBS} ${PERL_LIBRARY_LIBS} perlbind)
+		INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(SYSTEM "${PERL_LIBRARY_INCLUDE}")
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEMBPERL)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEMBPERL_PLUGIN)
+		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DPERLBIND_NO_STRICT_SCALAR_TYPES)
+		IF (UNIX AND EQEMU_BUILD_STATIC)
+			SET(SERVER_LIBS ${SERVER_LIBS} libcrypt.a)
+		ENDIF ()
+	ENDIF()
+ENDIF()
+
+IF(WIN32)
+	SET(SERVER_LIBS ${SERVER_LIBS} "ws2_32" "psapi" "iphlpapi" "userenv")
+ENDIF()
+
+IF(UNIX)
+	SET(SERVER_LIBS ${SERVER_LIBS} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} "z" "m" "pthread")
+	IF(NOT DARWIN)
+		SET(SERVER_LIBS ${SERVER_LIBS} "rt")
+	ENDIF()
+	# Freebsd provides uuids in the C library
+	IF(NOT ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "FreeBSD")
+		SET(SERVER_LIBS ${SERVER_LIBS} "uuid")
+	ENDIF()
+ENDIF()
+
+SET(ZONE_LIBS ${ZONE_LIBS} ${SERVER_LIBS})
+
+IF(EQEMU_BUILD_LOGIN AND NOT TLS_LIBRARY_ENABLED)
+	MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Login server requires a TLS Library to build.")
+ENDIF()
+
+IF(EQEMU_BUILD_HC AND NOT TLS_LIBRARY_ENABLED)
+	MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Headless client requires a TLS Library to build.")
+ENDIF()
+
 IF(EQEMU_BUILD_SERVER OR EQEMU_BUILD_LOGIN OR EQEMU_BUILD_TESTS OR EQEMU_BUILD_HC)
 	ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(common)
+	ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libs)
 ENDIF(EQEMU_BUILD_SERVER OR EQEMU_BUILD_LOGIN OR EQEMU_BUILD_TESTS OR EQEMU_BUILD_HC)
+
+#IF(EQEMU_BUILD_SERVER)
+#	ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(shared_memory)
+#	ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(world)
+#	ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(zone)
+#	ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(ucs)
+#	ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(queryserv)
+#	ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(eqlaunch)
+#ENDIF(EQEMU_BUILD_SERVER)
+#
+#IF(EQEMU_BUILD_LOGIN)
+#	ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(loginserver)
+#ENDIF(EQEMU_BUILD_LOGIN)
+#
+#IF(EQEMU_BUILD_HC)
+#	ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(hc)
+#ENDIF(EQEMU_BUILD_HC)
+#
+#IF(EQEMU_BUILD_TESTS)
+#	ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(tests)
+#ENDIF(EQEMU_BUILD_TESTS)
+#
+#IF(EQEMU_BUILD_CLIENT_FILES)
+#	ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(client_files)
+#ENDIF(EQEMU_BUILD_CLIENT_FILES)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libs/luabind/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/luabind/CMakeLists.txt
index 74d95ee70..ac9e1224e 100644
--- a/libs/luabind/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/luabind/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ SET(lb_headers
 
 )
 
-ADD_LIBRARY(luabind ${lb_sources} ${lb_headers})
-
+add_library(luabind ${lb_sources} ${lb_headers})
+target_link_libraries(luabind PRIVATE luajit)
 
 IF(UNIX)
     set_source_files_properties(${lb_sources} PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS -Wno-deprecated-declarations)