diff --git a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/pdtoa.cxx b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/pdtoa.cxx
index 8055f6d49d..552391a6fc 100644
--- a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/pdtoa.cxx
+++ b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/pdtoa.cxx
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 #include <intrin.h>
 #include <float.h>
 #define copysign _copysign
+
+#pragma float_control(precise, on, push)
 #endif
 
 #define UINT64_C2(h, l) ((static_cast<uint64_t>(h) << 32) | static_cast<uint64_t>(l))
@@ -586,3 +588,7 @@ void pftoa(float value, char *buffer) {
     }
   }
 }
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#pragma float_control(pop)
+#endif
diff --git a/panda/src/express/virtualFileMountRamdisk.cxx b/panda/src/express/virtualFileMountRamdisk.cxx
index feda85d1f6..2d0449d41d 100644
--- a/panda/src/express/virtualFileMountRamdisk.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/express/virtualFileMountRamdisk.cxx
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ TypeHandle VirtualFileMountRamdisk::Directory::_type_handle;
  */
 VirtualFileMountRamdisk::
 VirtualFileMountRamdisk() : _root("") {
+  _root.local_object();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -477,6 +478,10 @@ PT(VirtualFileMountRamdisk::FileBase) VirtualFileMountRamdisk::Directory::
 do_find_file(const string &filename) const {
   size_t slash = filename.find('/');
   if (slash == string::npos) {
+    if (filename.empty()) {
+      return (FileBase *)this;
+    }
+
     // Search for a file within the local directory.
     FileBase tfile(filename);
     tfile.local_object();
diff --git a/panda/src/express/virtualFileSystem.cxx b/panda/src/express/virtualFileSystem.cxx
index 37c220f4ca..1f67b98840 100644
--- a/panda/src/express/virtualFileSystem.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/express/virtualFileSystem.cxx
@@ -1206,7 +1206,7 @@ scan_mount_points(vector_string &names, const Filename &path) const {
           mount_point[prefix.length()] == '/') {
         // This mount point is below the indicated path.  Is it only one
         // directory below?
-        string basename = mount_point.substr(prefix.length());
+        string basename = mount_point.substr(prefix.length() + 1);
         if (basename.find('/') == string::npos) {
           // No embedded slashes, so it's only one directory below.
           names.push_back(basename);
diff --git a/panda/src/parametrics/ropeNode.cxx b/panda/src/parametrics/ropeNode.cxx
index 21c551aebe..cf1e073c9b 100644
--- a/panda/src/parametrics/ropeNode.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/parametrics/ropeNode.cxx
@@ -515,8 +515,16 @@ get_connected_segments(RopeNode::CurveSegments &curve_segments,
     LPoint3 point;
     result->eval_segment_point(segment, 0.0f, point);
 
+    // We need a bit more relaxed threshold to prevent breaks between
+    // segments, see GitHub issue #1325.
+#ifdef STDFLOAT_DOUBLE
+    static const double threshold = 1.0e-8;
+#else
+    static const float threshold = 1.0e-4f;
+#endif
+
     if (curve_segment == nullptr ||
-        !point.almost_equal(last_point)) {
+        !point.almost_equal(last_point, threshold)) {
       // If the first point of this segment is different from the last point
       // of the previous segment, end the previous segment and begin a new
       // one.
diff --git a/panda/src/text/textAssembler.cxx b/panda/src/text/textAssembler.cxx
index 8843ab0edb..a98abb68b3 100644
--- a/panda/src/text/textAssembler.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/text/textAssembler.cxx
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ using std::max;
 using std::min;
 using std::wstring;
 
+enum ClusterFlags {
+  CF_small_caps = 0x200000,
+};
+
 // This is the factor by which CT_small scales the character down.
 static const PN_stdfloat small_accent_scale = 0.6f;
 
@@ -1538,7 +1542,20 @@ assemble_row(TextAssembler::TextRow &row,
     }
 
     if (graphic == nullptr && harfbuff != nullptr) {
-      hb_buffer_add(harfbuff, character, character);
+      unsigned int cluster = character;
+
+      if (properties->get_small_caps()) {
+        const UnicodeLatinMap::Entry *map_entry =
+          UnicodeLatinMap::look_up((char32_t)character);
+        if (map_entry != nullptr &&
+            map_entry->_toupper_character != (char32_t)character) {
+          character = map_entry->_toupper_character;
+
+          // Set a high bit on the cluster to flag this as needing a scale.
+          cluster |= CF_small_caps;
+        }
+      }
+      hb_buffer_add(harfbuff, character, cluster);
       continue;
     }
 #endif
@@ -1810,7 +1827,8 @@ shape_buffer(hb_buffer_t *buf, PlacedGlyphs &placed_glyphs, PN_stdfloat &xpos,
   hb_glyph_position_t *glyph_pos = hb_buffer_get_glyph_positions(buf, &glyph_count);
 
   for (unsigned int i = 0; i < glyph_count; ++i) {
-    int character = glyph_info[i].cluster;
+    unsigned int cluster = glyph_info[i].cluster;
+    int character = cluster & 0x1fffff;
     int glyph_index = glyph_info[i].codepoint;
 
     CPT(TextGlyph) glyph;
@@ -1849,6 +1867,12 @@ shape_buffer(hb_buffer_t *buf, PlacedGlyphs &placed_glyphs, PN_stdfloat &xpos,
     placement._ypos = properties.get_glyph_shift() + y_offset;
     placement._slant = properties.get_slant();
     placement._properties = &properties;
+
+    if (cluster & CF_small_caps) {
+      advance *= properties.get_small_caps_scale();
+      placement._scale *= properties.get_small_caps_scale();
+    }
+
     placed_glyphs.push_back(placement);
 
     xpos += advance;