diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 50141582..aa0da9ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ jobs:
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
       with:
         languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+        config: |
+          query-filters:
+            - exclude:
+                id: cpp/integer-multiplication-cast-to-long
 
     - name: Configure
       run: |
diff --git a/cmake/cage_build_configuration.cmake b/cmake/cage_build_configuration.cmake
index e58c4d6b..4d3a74e6 100644
--- a/cmake/cage_build_configuration.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cage_build_configuration.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 macro(cage_build_configuration)
 	if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
-		message(FATAL_ERROR "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE needs to be set")
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE must be set")
 	endif()
 
 	cmake_policy(SET CMP0063 NEW)
@@ -44,11 +44,12 @@ macro(cage_build_configuration)
 		set(CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_STATIC_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} /LTCG")
 		set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} /LTCG")
 
-		# disable some compiler warnings:
-		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS")
-		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /D_ENABLE_EXTENDED_ALIGNED_STORAGE")
+		# disable some warnings
+		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /D_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS /D_ENABLE_EXTENDED_ALIGNED_STORAGE")
+		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /wd26812") # The enum type ___ is unscoped. Prefer 'enum class' over 'enum'
+		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /wd26451") # Arithmetic overflow: Using operator ___ on a 4 byte value and then casting the result to a 8 byte value.
 
-		# optionally improve runtime performance in debug builds
+		# optionally improve runtime performance in debug builds (basic inlining)
 		option(cage_faster_debug "enable some optimizations to improve performance in debug builds" ON)
 		if(cage_faster_debug)
 			string(REGEX REPLACE "/Ob[0-9]" "" CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
@@ -57,10 +58,13 @@ macro(cage_build_configuration)
 			set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} /Ob1 /D_ITERATOR_DEBUG_LEVEL=0")
 		endif()
 
-		# multi-process compilation
-		if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")
-			set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} /MP")
-			set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /MP")
+		# optionally improve runtime performance in release builds (more aggressive inlining)
+		option(cage_faster_release "enable more aggressive inlining in release builds" ON)
+		if(cage_faster_release)
+			string(REGEX REPLACE "/Ob[0-9]" "" CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
+			string(REGEX REPLACE "/Ob[0-9]" "" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}")
+			set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} /Ob3")
+			set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} /Ob3")
 		endif()
 
 		# 8 MB default stack size
@@ -70,12 +74,17 @@ macro(cage_build_configuration)
 		set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE} -flto")
 		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE} -flto")
 
-		# disable warnings about attributes
+		# disable some warnings
 		set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wno-attributes")
-		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-attributes")
+		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-attributes -Wno-abi")
+	endif()
 
-		# no warnings about changes in ABI
-		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-abi")
+	if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")
+		set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} /MP") # multi-process compilation
+		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /MP")
 	endif()
-endmacro(cage_build_configuration)
 
+	if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")
+		set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-assume") # __builtin_assume has side effects that are discarded
+	endif()
+endmacro(cage_build_configuration)
diff --git a/sources/CMakeLists.txt b/sources/CMakeLists.txt
index 3220c6b0..ae09e140 100644
--- a/sources/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sources/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ endif()
 if(MSVC)
 	set_source_files_properties(libcore/mesh/marchingCubes.cpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "/wd4244 /wd4267") # it includes file with weird extension which does not honor warnings disabled by pragma
 endif()
-if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
-	target_compile_options(cage-core PUBLIC "-Wno-assume") # __builtin_assume has side effects that are discarded
-endif()
 try_compile(sourceLocationAvailable "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tryCompile" SOURCES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/tryCompileSourceLocation.cpp" OUTPUT_VARIABLE sourceLocationMessages)
 if(NOT sourceLocationAvailable)
 	target_compile_definitions(cage-core PUBLIC GCHL_DUMMY_SOURCE_LOCATION)
diff --git a/sources/libcore/mesh/importAssimp.cpp b/sources/libcore/mesh/importAssimp.cpp
index fb1b6ae4..fa567def 100644
--- a/sources/libcore/mesh/importAssimp.cpp
+++ b/sources/libcore/mesh/importAssimp.cpp
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ namespace cage
 					}
 					totalKeys += n->mNumScalingKeys;
 				}
-				const uint32 animationBonesCount = numeric_cast<uint32>(bones.size());
+				const uint16 animationBonesCount = numeric_cast<uint16>(bones.size());
 				if (config.verbose)
 				{
 					CAGE_LOG(SeverityEnum::Info, "meshImport", Stringizer() + "animated bones: " + animationBonesCount);
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ namespace cage
 				{
 					std::vector<uint16> mapping;
 					mapping.resize(skeletonBonesCount, m);
-					for (uint16 i = 0; i < bones.size(); i++)
+					for (uint16 i = 0; i < animationBonesCount; i++)
 					{
 						CAGE_ASSERT(mapping[boneIndices[i]] == m);
 						mapping[boneIndices[i]] = i;