diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ecebf1ae9..ef4fe071b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ N_THREADS ?= $(shell nproc)
 
 #### Tools ####
 ifneq ($(shell type $(MIPS_BINUTILS_PREFIX)ld >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; echo $$?), 0)
-  $(error Please install or build $(MIPS_BINUTILS_PREFIX))
+  $(error Unable to find $(MIPS_BINUTILS_PREFIX)ld. Please install or build MIPS binutils, commonly mips-linux-gnu. (or set MIPS_BINUTILS_PREFIX if your MIPS binutils install uses another prefix))
 endif
 
 # Detect compiler and set variables appropriately.
diff --git a/assets/xml/objects/object_mori_tex.xml b/assets/xml/objects/object_mori_tex.xml
index c58078e0f..79f1f0b4c 100644
--- a/assets/xml/objects/object_mori_tex.xml
+++ b/assets/xml/objects/object_mori_tex.xml
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@
         <Texture Name="gMoriStalfosPlatformSideTex" OutName="stalfos_platform_side" Format="rgba16" Height="32" Width="64" Offset="0x3200"/>
         <Texture Name="gMoriStalfosPlatformTopTex" OutName="stalfos_platform_top" Format="rgba16" Height="32" Width="32" Offset="0x4200"/>
 
-        <Texture Name="gMoriHashiraPlatformsTex" OutName="hashira_platform" Format="rgba16" Height="32" Width="32" Offset="0x4A00"/>
-
-        <!-- This is just a guess since its unused -->
-        <Texture Name="gMoriWaterTex" OutName="water" Format="rgba16" Height="8" Width="32" Offset="0x5200"/>
+        <Texture Name="gMoriHashiraPlatformsTex" OutName="hashira_platform" Format="rgba16" Height="16" Width="16" Offset="0x4A00"/>
+        <Texture Name="gMoriWaterTex" OutName="water" Format="rgba16" Height="32" Width="32" Offset="0x4C00"/>
 
         <Texture Name="gMoriHashigoLadderTex" OutName="ladder" Format="rgba16" Height="32" Width="32" Offset="0x5400"/>
 
diff --git a/extract_assets.py b/extract_assets.py
index 5c9658d22..47e65ca23 100755
--- a/extract_assets.py
+++ b/extract_assets.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import os
 import signal
 import time
 import multiprocessing
+from pathlib import Path
 
 
 EXTRACTED_ASSETS_NAMEFILE = ".extracted-assets.json"
@@ -21,7 +22,13 @@ def ExtractFile(xmlPath, outputPath, outputSourcePath):
         # Don't extract if another file wasn't extracted properly.
         return
 
-    execStr = f"tools/ZAPD/ZAPD.out e -eh -i {xmlPath} -b baserom/ -o {outputPath} -osf {outputSourcePath} -gsf 1 -rconf tools/ZAPDConfigs/MqDbg/Config.xml {ZAPDArgs}"
+    zapdPath = Path("tools") / "ZAPD" / "ZAPD.out"
+    configPath = Path("tools") / "ZAPDConfigs" / "MqDbg" / "Config.xml"
+
+    Path(outputPath).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+    Path(outputSourcePath).mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+    execStr = f"{zapdPath} e -eh -i {xmlPath} -b baserom -o {outputPath} -osf {outputSourcePath} -gsf 1 -rconf {configPath} {ZAPDArgs}"
 
     if "overlays" in xmlPath:
         execStr += " --static"
@@ -143,14 +150,21 @@ def main():
                 if file.endswith(".xml"):
                     xmlFiles.append(fullPath)
 
+        class CannotMultiprocessError(Exception):
+            pass
+
         try:
             numCores = int(args.jobs or 0)
             if numCores <= 0:
                 numCores = 1
             print("Extracting assets with " + str(numCores) + " CPU core" + ("s" if numCores > 1 else "") + ".")
-            with multiprocessing.get_context("fork").Pool(numCores,  initializer=initializeWorker, initargs=(mainAbort, args.unaccounted, extractedAssetsTracker, manager)) as p:
+            try:
+                mp_context = multiprocessing.get_context("fork")
+            except ValueError as e:
+                raise CannotMultiprocessError() from e
+            with mp_context.Pool(numCores,  initializer=initializeWorker, initargs=(mainAbort, args.unaccounted, extractedAssetsTracker, manager)) as p:
                 p.map(ExtractFunc, xmlFiles)
-        except (multiprocessing.ProcessError, TypeError):
+        except (multiprocessing.ProcessError, TypeError, CannotMultiprocessError):
             print("Warning: Multiprocessing exception ocurred.", file=os.sys.stderr)
             print("Disabling mutliprocessing.", file=os.sys.stderr)
 
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index 3d569802b..9329ea7a8 100644
--- a/tools/msgdis.py
+++ b/tools/msgdis.py
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ def extract_all_text(text_out, staff_text_out):
                 out += "\n#endif"
             out += "\n\n"
 
-        with open(text_out, "w") as outfile:
+        with open(text_out, "w", encoding="utf8") as outfile:
             outfile.write(out.strip() + "\n")
 
     if staff_text_out is not None:
@@ -402,5 +402,5 @@ def extract_all_text(text_out, staff_text_out):
 
             out += f"DEFINE_MESSAGE(0x{message[0]:04X}, {textbox_type[message[1]]}, {textbox_ypos[message[2]]},\n{message[3]}\n)\n\n"
 
-        with open(staff_text_out, "w") as outfile:
+        with open(staff_text_out, "w", encoding="utf8") as outfile:
             outfile.write(out.strip() + "\n")