diff --git a/gfx/drivers_renderchain/d3d9_hlsl_renderchain.cpp b/gfx/drivers_renderchain/d3d9_hlsl_renderchain.cpp
index e82d6774ad..d19c9eaf4b 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers_renderchain/d3d9_hlsl_renderchain.cpp
+++ b/gfx/drivers_renderchain/d3d9_hlsl_renderchain.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static void renderchain_set_mvp(void *data, unsigned vp_width,
    d3d_video_t      *d3d = (d3d_video_t*)data;
    LPDIRECT3DDEVICE d3dr = (LPDIRECT3DDEVICE)d3d->dev;
 
-   hlsl_set_proj_matrix(XMMatrixRotationZ(rotation * (M_PI / 2.0)), rotation);
+   hlsl_set_proj_matrix((void*)&d3d->shader, XMMatrixRotationZ(rotation * (M_PI / 2.0)));
 
    mvp.data   = d3d;
    mvp.matrix = NULL;
diff --git a/menu/drivers/xui.cpp b/menu/drivers/xui.cpp
index 1cc1f891a3..ff03d20201 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/xui.cpp
+++ b/menu/drivers/xui.cpp
@@ -437,6 +437,8 @@ static void xui_frame(void *data, video_frame_info_t *video_info)
 
    XuiRenderSetViewTransform( app.GetDC(), &matOrigView );
 
+#if 0
+   /* TODO/FIXME - update this code */
    rarch_ctl(RARCH_CTL_MSG_QUEUE_PULL, &message);
 
    if (message)
@@ -448,6 +450,7 @@ static void xui_frame(void *data, video_frame_info_t *video_info)
       if (message)
          xui_render_message(message);
    }
+#endif
 
    XuiRenderEnd( app.GetDC() );
 
@@ -560,11 +563,18 @@ static void xui_render(void *data, bool is_idle)
 
    if (XuiHandleIsValid(m_menutitle))
    {
+      menu_animation_ctx_ticker_t ticker;
       menu_entries_get_title(title, sizeof(title));
       mbstowcs(strw_buffer, title, sizeof(strw_buffer) / sizeof(wchar_t));
       XuiTextElementSetText(m_menutitle, strw_buffer);
-      menu_animation_ticker_str(title, RXUI_TERM_WIDTH(fb_width) - 3,
-            (unsigned int)frame_count / 15, title, true);
+
+	  ticker.s        = title;
+	  ticker.len      = RXUI_TERM_WIDTH(fb_width) - 3;
+	  ticker.idx      = (unsigned int)frame_count / 15;
+	  ticker.str      = title;
+	  ticker.selected = true;
+
+      menu_animation_ticker(&ticker);
    }
 
    if (XuiHandleIsValid(m_menutitle))