diff --git a/build-clean.sh b/build-clean.sh
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index 000000000..671b375e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-clean.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+# Purpose of this is to in theroy be safer than rm -r...
+
+if [ -f CMakeLists.txt ]; then
+	mkdir -p build
+	cd build
+fi
+
+if [ -f CMakeCache.txt ]; then
+	rm -r *
+fi
diff --git a/build-client.sh b/build-client.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..53e3942eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-client.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+if [ -f CMakeLists.txt ]; then
+	mkdir -p build
+	cd build
+fi
+
+if ! [ -f CMakeCache.txt ]; then
+	cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DUNITY_BUILDS=OFF -DWHOLE_PROGRAM_OPTIMISATION=OFF -DBUILD_CLIENT=ON -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON ..
+fi
+
+make -j$(nproc)
diff --git a/build-fastcompile.sh b/build-fastcompile.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..2b5d1c6fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-fastcompile.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+if [ -f CMakeLists.txt ]; then
+	mkdir -p build
+	cd build
+fi
+
+if ! [ -f CMakeCache.txt ]; then
+	cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DUNITY_BUILDS=OFF -DWHOLE_PROGRAM_OPTIMISATION=OFF ..
+fi
+
+make -j$(nproc)
diff --git a/build-release.sh b/build-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..dcd108325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-release.sh
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+if [ -f CMakeLists.txt ]; then
+	mkdir -p build
+	cd build
+fi
+
+if ! [ -f CMakeCache.txt ]; then
+	cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
+fi
+
+make -j$(nproc)
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..af8ed086f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+if [ -f CMakeLists.txt ]; then
+	mkdir -p build
+	cd build
+fi
+
+if ! [ -f CMakeCache.txt ]; then
+	cmake ..
+fi
+
+make -j$(nproc)
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
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index 000000000..fe53e530a
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+++ b/start.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ -f CMakeLists.txt ]; then
+	mkdir -p build
+	cd build
+fi
+
+if ! [ -f CMakeCache.txt ]; then
+	cmake ..
+fi
+
+if ! [ -f Server/Cuberite ]; then
+	make -j$(nproc)
+fi
+
+if ! [ -d res ]; then
+	ln -s ../client-resources/ res
+fi
+
+cd Server
+LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libhydride.so ./Cuberite
+#LD_PRELOAD=/usr/local/lib/libhydride.so gdb ./Cuberite