diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/msvc8/spcomp.vcproj b/sourcepawn/compiler/msvc8/spcomp.vcproj
index 312f8f91..ead149fd 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/msvc8/spcomp.vcproj
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/msvc8/spcomp.vcproj
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@
 			/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-				Optimization="3"
-				InlineFunctionExpansion="2"
-				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="true"
-				FavorSizeOrSpeed="1"
-				OmitFramePointers="true"
-				EnableFiberSafeOptimizations="true"
+				Optimization="0"
+				InlineFunctionExpansion="0"
+				EnableIntrinsicFunctions="false"
+				FavorSizeOrSpeed="0"
+				OmitFramePointers="false"
+				EnableFiberSafeOptimizations="false"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\..\..\public\sourcepawn"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc3.c b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc3.c
index c9a86974..19332800 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc3.c
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc3.c
@@ -1207,7 +1207,7 @@ static int hier14(value *lval1)
       } /* if */
     } /* if */
     if (lval3.sym->dim.array.level!=level)
-      return error(48); /* array dimensions must match */
+      return error(47); /* array dimensions must match */
     else if (ltlength<val || exactmatch && ltlength>val || val==0)
       return error(47); /* array sizes must match */
     else if (lval3.ident!=iARRAYCELL && !matchtag(lval3.sym->x.tags.index,idxtag,TRUE))
@@ -1217,6 +1217,7 @@ static int hier14(value *lval1)
       symbol *sym1 = lval3.sym;
       symbol *sym2 = lval2.sym;
       int i;
+      error(23);
       assert(sym1!=NULL && sym2!=NULL);
       /* ^^^ sym2 must be valid, because only variables can be
        *     multi-dimensional (there are no multi-dimensional literals),