diff --git a/Utils/build.sh b/Utils/build.sh
index c5a3ff58f4..8ee222410e 100755
--- a/Utils/build.sh
+++ b/Utils/build.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,57 @@
 verbose=0
 msg=
 notify=0
+s_configure=
+s_stepmania=
+s_data=
+s_rebuild=
+num_jobs=1
+
+
+usage () {
+	echo "Usage: $0 [OPTION] [-- [CONFIGURE_OPTIONS]]"
+	echo 'Build StepMania.'
+	echo "CONFIGURE_OPTIONS are passed to StepMania's configure."
+	echo ''
+	echo '  -c,  --configure            stop after configuring StepMania.'
+	echo '  -s,  --stepmania            stop after building StepMania'
+	echo '                              (do not copy binaries).'
+	echo '  -d,  --data                 generate GameData.smzip.'
+	echo '  -r,  --rebuild              rebuild StepMania (soft).'
+	echo '  -j#, --jobs=#               pass -j# to make.'
+	echo '  -h,  --help                 print this help and exit.'
+	echo '  -v,  --verbose              increase verbosity (up to 2).'
+	echo '       --version              print version and exit.'
+	exit $1
+}
+
 if which notify-send  >/dev/null 2>&1; then
 	#Comment the following line out to disable notify.
 	notify=1
 fi
 
+if which getopt >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	set -- `getopt	-l configure,stepmania,data,rebuild,help \
+			-l jobs::,verbose,version -- drcshj::v $*`
+fi
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+	arg=$1
+	shift
+	case $arg in
+		-c|--configure)	s_configure=yes		;;
+		-s|--stepmania)	s_stepmania=yes		;;
+		-d|--data)	s_data=yes		;;
+		-r|--rebuild)	s_rebuild=yes		;;
+		-h|--help)	usage 0			;;
+		-j|--jobs)	num_jobs=$1; shift	;;
+		-v|--verbose)	verbose=$[verbose+1]	;;
+		--version)	version			;;
+		--)		break			;;
+		*)		usage 1			;;
+	esac
+done
+
 message () {
 	msg=$1
 	if [ $verbose -gt 0 ]; then
@@ -15,7 +61,7 @@ message () {
 	else
 		echo -n "$msg..."
 	fi
-	if [ $notify -gt 0 ]; then
+	if [ $notify -gt 0 ] && [ $verbose -eq 0 ]; then
 		notify-send "StepMania build script" "$msg..."
 	fi
 }
@@ -26,7 +72,7 @@ success () {
 	else
 		echo okay.
 	fi
-	if [ $notify -gt 0 ]; then
+	if [ $notify -gt 0 ] && [ $verbose -eq 0 ]; then
 		notify-send "StepMania build script" "$msg...okay."
 	fi
 }
@@ -41,11 +87,11 @@ failure () {
 		echo "$msg...failed$error"
 	else
 		echo failed$error
+		echo "Consider passing --verbose to $0. Pass --help for details."
 	fi
-	if [ $notify -gt 0 ]; then
+	if [ $notify -gt 0 ] && [ $verbose -eq 0 ]; then
 		notify-send "StepMania build script failed" "$msg...failed$error"
 	fi;
-	echo "Consider passing --verbose to $0. Pass --help for details."
 	exit 1
 }
 
@@ -61,143 +107,49 @@ call () {
 	success
 }
 
-usage () {
-	echo "Usage: $0 [OPTION] [-- [CONFIGURE_OPTIONS]]"
-	echo 'Build StepMania with a statically linked ffmpeg.'
-	echo "CONFIGURE_OPTIONS are passed to StepMania's configure."
-	echo ''
-	echo '  -d,  --download             stop after ffmpeg download.'
-	echo '  -f,  --ffmpeg               stop after building ffmpeg.'
-	echo '  -c,  --configure            stop after configuring StepMania.'
-	echo '  -s,  --stepmania            stop after building StepMania'
-	echo '                               (do not copy binaries).'
-	echo '  -j#, --jobs=#               pass -j# to make.'
-	echo '  -h,  --help                 print this help and exit.'
-	echo '  -v,  --verbose              increase verbosity (up to 2).'
-	echo '      --version              print version and exit.'
-	exit $1
-}
-
 version () {
-	echo 'build.sh (StepMania) 2.62'
+	echo 'build.sh (StepMania) 2.63'
 	echo 'Copyright (C) 2006-2009 Steve Checkoway'
 	echo 'StepMania is Copyright (C) 2001-2011 Chris Danford et al.'
 	echo 'sm-ssc is Copyright (C) 2009-2011 the spinal shark collective'
 	exit 0
 }
 
-if ! test -x configure; then
-	msg='Checking for configure'
-	verbose=1
-	failure 'file not found.'
-fi
-
-if which getopt >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-	set -- `getopt	-l download,ffmpeg,configure,stepmania,help \
-			-l jobs::,verbose,version -- dfcshj::v $*`
-fi
-
-s_download=
-s_ffmpeg=
-s_configure=
-s_stepmania=
-num_jobs=1
-while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
-	arg=$1
-	shift
-	case $arg in
-		-d|--download)	s_download=yes		;;
-		-f|--ffmpeg)	s_ffmpeg=yes		;;
-		-c|--configure)	s_configure=yes		;;
-		-s|--stepmania)	s_stepmania=yes		;;
-		-h|--help)	usage 0			;;
-		-j|--jobs)	num_jobs=$1; shift	;;
-		-v|--verbose)	verbose=$[verbose+1]	;;
-		--version)	version			;;
-		--)		break			;;
-		*)		usage 1			;;
-	esac
-done
-version=0.6.1
-ffmpeg=ffmpeg-$version
-directory=http://ffmpeg.org/releases
-if [ ! -d $ffmpeg ]; then
-	message 'Downloading ffmpeg'
-	if which bzip2 &>/dev/null; then
-		zipcommand=jxf
-		ffmarc=ffmpeg-$version.tar.bz2
-	elif which gzip &>/dev/null; then
-		zipcommand=zxf
-		ffmarc=ffmpeg-$version.tar.gz	
+if [ -n "$s_data" ]; then
+	message 'Generating GameData.smzip'
+	if [ -f _build/Makefile ]; then
+		cd _build
+		call make dist-hook
+		mv ./GameData.smzip ../
+		cd ..
 	else
-		failure 'Install either bzip2 or gzip.'	
+		failure "You need to configure StepMania first."
 	fi
-	if which curl &>/dev/null; then
-		get='curl -O'
-	elif which wget &>/dev/null; then
-		get=wget
-	else
-		failure 'Install either curl or wget.'
-	fi
-	call $get $directory/$ffmarc
-	message 'Extracting ffmpeg'
-	call tar -$zipcommand $ffmarc
-	message 'Cleaning up temporary files'
-	call rm $ffmarc
+	exit 0
 fi
 
-if [ -n "$s_download" ]; then exit 0; fi
-args='--enable-static --disable-debug
---enable-memalign-hack --disable-network --enable-small
---disable-encoders --disable-ffserver
---enable-demuxer=avi
---enable-demuxer=h261 --enable-demuxer=h263 --enable-demuxer=h264
---enable-demuxer=m4v --enable-demuxer=mjpeg --enable-demuxer=mov
---enable-demuxer=mpegps --enable-demuxer=mpegts
---enable-demuxer=mpegvideo --enable-demuxer=ogg
---enable-demuxer=rawvideo --enable-demuxer=yuv4mpegpipe
---enable-decoder=h261 --enable-decoder=h263
---enable-decoder=h263i --enable-decoder=h264 --enable-decoder=huffyuv
---enable-decoder=mjpeg --enable-decoder=mjpegb
---enable-decoder=mpeg_xvmc --enable-decoder=mpeg1video
---enable-decoder=mpeg2video --enable-decoder=mpeg4
---enable-decoder=mpegvideo --enable-decoder=msmpeg4v1
---enable-decoder=msmpeg4v2 --enable-decoder=msmpeg4v3
---enable-decoder=rawvideo --enable-decoder=theora
---enable-parser=h261 --enable-parser=h263 --enable-parser=h264
---enable-parser=mjpeg --enable-parser=mpeg4video
---enable-parser=mpegaudio --enable-parser=mpegvideo
---enable-parser=ac3
---extra-cflags=-Dattribute_deprecated='
-if [ ! -f $ffmpeg/_inst/lib/libavcodec.a ]; then
-	cd $ffmpeg
-	message 'Configuring ffmpeg'
-	call ./configure --prefix="`pwd`/_inst" $args
-	message 'Building ffmpeg'
-	call make --jobs="$num_jobs" install-libs install-headers
-	cd ..
-fi
-if [ -n "$s_ffmpeg" ]; then exit 0; fi
-if [ ! -f _build/src/config.h ]; then
+if [ ! -f _build/src/config.h ] || [ -n "$s_rebuild" ]; then
 	message 'Configuring StepMania'
 	mkdir -p _build
 	cd _build
-	call ../configure --with-ffmpeg=../$ffmpeg/_inst "$@"
+	call ../configure "$@"
 	cd ..
 fi
 if [ -n "$s_configure" ]; then exit 0; fi
-if [ ! -f _build/src/stepmania ]; then
+if [ ! -f _build/src/stepmania ] || [ -n "$s_rebuild" ]; then
 	message 'Building StepMania'
-	cd _build || failure
+	cd _build
 	call make --jobs="$num_jobs"
 	cd ..
 fi
 if [ -n "$s_stepmania" ]; then exit 0; fi
-if [ ! -f stepmania -o ! -f GtkModule.so ]; then
+if [ ! -f stepmania -o ! -f GtkModule.so ] || [ -n "$s_rebuild" ]; then
 	message 'Copying StepMania binaries'
-	call cp _build/src/stepmania .
-	# todo: check for existence of GtkModule.so -freem
-	#_build/src/GtkModule.so . # we tend to not have this file!
+	cp _build/src/stepmania  .
+	if [ -e _build/src/GtkModule.so ]; then
+		cp _build/src/GtkModule.so . # we tend to not have this file!
+	fi
+	success
 fi