diff --git a/games/firestorm/doinst.sh b/games/firestorm/doinst.sh
index 5fb28930db..5e0294e2f9 100644
--- a/games/firestorm/doinst.sh
+++ b/games/firestorm/doinst.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
-  /usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q usr/share/applications >/dev/null 2>&1
+  /usr/bin/update-desktop-database 1> /dev/null &> /dev/null
 fi
diff --git a/games/firestorm/firestorm.SlackBuild b/games/firestorm/firestorm.SlackBuild
index 38503d0ecf..1fc636179b 100644
--- a/games/firestorm/firestorm.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/firestorm/firestorm.SlackBuild
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 #
 # 1. Redistributions of this script must retain the above copyright
-#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+# notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 #
 # THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ''AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
 # WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=firestorm
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.2.2.24336}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-4.0.1.27000}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
     i?86) ARCH=i686 ;;
     arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
-       *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
+    *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
   esac
 fi
 
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@ PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
 if [ "$ARCH" != "i686" ] ; then
-  echo "Architecture other than i686 is not supported by upstream at this point."
-  exit
+ echo "Architecture other than i686 is not supported by upstream at this point."
+ exit
 fi
 
-set -e 
+set -e
 
-BASENAME="Phoenix_Firestorm-Release_i686_$VERSION"
-FILENAME="${BASENAME}.tar.bz2"
+BASENAME="Phoenix_Firestorm-Release_i686_${VERSION}"
+FILENAME="Phoenix_Firestorm-Release_i686_${VERSION}.tar.bz2"
 
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ chown -R root:root .
 chmod -R u+rw-s,go+r-ws .
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/opt/$PRGNAM
-cp -a * $PKG/opt/$PRGNAM # does the same as the install script in the archive
+# copy files just like the install script would do
+cp -a * $PKG/opt/$PRGNAM
+# sound configuration for standard Slackware installation
+cat firestorm | sed -e 's/^#export LL_BAD_OPENAL_DRIVER=x/export LL_BAD_OPENAL_DRIVER=x/' > $PKG/opt/$PRGNAM/firestorm
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/bin
 cat << EOF > $PKG/usr/bin/$PRGNAM
@@ -72,15 +75,15 @@ exec /opt/$PRGNAM/firestorm
 EOF
 chmod 755 $PKG/usr/bin/$PRGNAM
 
-install -m 0644 -p -D $TMP/$BASENAME/firestorm_icon.png  $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps/$PRGNAM.png
+install -m 0644 -p -D $TMP/$BASENAME/firestorm_icon.png $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps/$PRGNAM.png
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/applications
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.desktop > $PKG/usr/share/applications/$PRGNAM.desktop
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a \
-  FIRESTORM_DESKTOPINSTALL.txt README*.txt VivoxAUP.txt featuretable_linux.txt gpu_table.txt licenses.txt \
-  $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/
+ FIRESTORM_DESKTOPINSTALL.txt README*.txt VivoxAUP.txt featuretable_linux.txt gpu_table.txt licenses.txt \
+ $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
diff --git a/games/firestorm/firestorm.desktop b/games/firestorm/firestorm.desktop
index 97f52f213f..cbbfab8c62 100644
--- a/games/firestorm/firestorm.desktop
+++ b/games/firestorm/firestorm.desktop
@@ -8,5 +8,4 @@ Icon=firestorm.png
 Exec=firestorm
 Terminal=false
 StartupNotify=false
-Categories=Application;Game;ActionGame
-
+Categories=Application;Game;ActionGame 
diff --git a/games/firestorm/firestorm.info b/games/firestorm/firestorm.info
index e5d0b312ee..d799717748 100644
--- a/games/firestorm/firestorm.info
+++ b/games/firestorm/firestorm.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="firestorm"
-VERSION="3.2.2.24336"
+VERSION="4.0.1.27000"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.phoenixviewer.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.phoenixviewer.com/Linux/Phoenix_Firestorm-Release_i686_3.2.2.24336.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="4604350f893e5f82512efb5db638514c"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.phoenixviewer.com/Linux/Phoenix_Firestorm-Release_i686_4.0.1.27000.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="0f5314d009b5f7d646a8691caa587fda"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64="UNSUPPORTED"
 MD5SUM_x86_64="UNSUPPORTED"
 MAINTAINER="Martin Rogge"
 EMAIL="martin_rogge@users.sourceforge.net"
-APPROVED="Niels Horn"
+APPROVED="Niels Horn,Erik Hanson"