diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f7ae4dc32..07a14c6fc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,12 +2,20 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.21.0)
 set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES "Debug;RelWithDebInfo;Release" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 
+find_program(GIT_EXECUTABLE git)
+if(GIT_EXECUTABLE)
+    option(GIT_IN_USE "use Git" ON)
+else()
+    option(GIT_IN_USE "use Git" OFF)
+endif()
+
 # An application name must be set first
 set(TORQUE_APP_NAME "" CACHE STRING "the app name")
 if("${TORQUE_APP_NAME}" STREQUAL "")
 	message(FATAL_ERROR "Please set TORQUE_APP_NAME first")
 endif()
 
+
 include("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Tools/CMake/torque_macros.cmake")
 include("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Tools/CMake/torque_configs.cmake")
 
diff --git a/Tools/CMake/torque_configs.cmake b/Tools/CMake/torque_configs.cmake
index 9c3b158df..39fe01e1d 100644
--- a/Tools/CMake/torque_configs.cmake
+++ b/Tools/CMake/torque_configs.cmake
@@ -1,17 +1,42 @@
 ################# Initialize Common Variables ###################
 if(NOT DEFINED ENV{VCPKG_ROOT})
-	set(VCPKG_ROOT "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vcpkg" CACHE PATH "VCPKG Root")
-	if(NOT EXISTS "${VCPKG_ROOT}")
-		message(STATUS "Bootstrapping vcpkg...")
-		execute_process(
-			COMMAND git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git "${VCPKG_ROOT}"
-			WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
-		)
-		if(WIN32)
-			execute_process(COMMAND "${VCPKG_ROOT}/bootstrap-vcpkg.bat")
-		else()
-			execute_process(COMMAND "${VCPKG_ROOT}/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh")
-		endif()
+    set(VCPKG_ROOT "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vcpkg" CACHE PATH "VCPKG Root")
+    if(NOT EXISTS "${VCPKG_ROOT}")    
+        message(STATUS "Bootstrapping vcpkg...")
+        if (GIT_IN_USE)
+            execute_process(
+                COMMAND git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git "${VCPKG_ROOT}"
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
+        else()
+            set(VCPKG_MANIFEST_MODE OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable vcpkg manifest mode" FORCE)
+            set(VCPKG_ZIP_FILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vcpkg.zip")
+            set(VCPKG_EXTRACT_DEST "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/vcpkg-extracted-temp")
+
+            # Use file(DOWNLOAD) to fetch the source archive
+            if(NOT EXISTS "${VCPKG_ZIP_FILE}")
+                message(STATUS "Downloading vcpkg source archive...")
+                file(DOWNLOAD "https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg/archive/refs/heads/master.zip" "${VCPKG_ZIP_FILE}"
+                SHOW_PROGRESS)
+                message(STATUS "Downloading vcpkg source archive... done")
+            endif()
+
+            # Use file(ARCHIVE_EXTRACT) to unzip the source
+            if(NOT EXISTS "${VCPKG_EXTRACT_DEST}")
+                message(STATUS "Extracting vcpkg archive...")
+                file(ARCHIVE_EXTRACT INPUT "${VCPKG_ZIP_FILE}" DESTINATION "${VCPKG_EXTRACT_DEST}" )
+
+                # Move the extracted content (which is in a directory like vcpkg-master)
+                # to the desired VCPKG_ROOT path defined in your original script.
+                file(GLOB VCPKG_SOURCE_DIR_TMP "${VCPKG_EXTRACT_DEST}/vcpkg-*")
+                file(RENAME "${VCPKG_SOURCE_DIR_TMP}" "${VCPKG_ROOT}")
+                message(STATUS "Extracting vcpkg archive... done")
+            endif()
+        endif()
+        if(WIN32)
+            execute_process(COMMAND "${VCPKG_ROOT}/bootstrap-vcpkg.bat")
+        else()
+            execute_process(COMMAND "${VCPKG_ROOT}/bootstrap-vcpkg.sh")
+        endif()
 	endif()
 else()
 	file(TO_CMAKE_PATH $ENV{VCPKG_ROOT} VCPKG_ROOT)
@@ -52,7 +77,16 @@ set(ENV{VCPKG_KEEP_ENV_VARS} "VCPKG_LIB_SOURCE_ROOT")
 # All include directories to search. Modules should append to this when they want includes to point
 # into themselves.
 set(TORQUE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "")
-
+if (NOT GIT_IN_USE)
+    execute_process(
+        COMMAND vcpkg install 
+        --classic
+        --triplet=${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}
+        --overlay-ports=${VCPKG_OVERLAY_PORTS}
+        --overlay-triplets=${VCPKG_OVERLAY_TRIPLETS}
+        libflac libogg libsndfile[external-libs] libtheora libvorbis opus
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${VCPKG_ROOT})
+endif()
 # All library binaries to install. Modules should append to this the path of any library binaries (.so, .dylib, .dll)
 # that should be installed next to the executable.
 set(TORQUE_ADDITIONAL_LIBRARY_BINARIES "")
diff --git a/Tools/CMake/vcpkg/ports/libsndfile/vcpkg.json b/Tools/CMake/vcpkg/ports/libsndfile/vcpkg.json
index 232a349d0..b30913210 100644
--- a/Tools/CMake/vcpkg/ports/libsndfile/vcpkg.json
+++ b/Tools/CMake/vcpkg/ports/libsndfile/vcpkg.json
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
     }
   ],
   "default-features": [
-    "external-libs",
-    "mpeg"
+    "external-libs"
   ],
   "features": {
     "experimental": {
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
deleted file mode 100644
index eb5e7ae38..000000000
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "torque3d",
-  "builtin-baseline": "74e6536215718009aae747d86d84b78376bf9e09",
-  "dependencies": [
-    "libogg",
-    "libvorbis",
-    "libflac",
-    "opus",
-    "libtheora",
-    { 
-        "name": "libsndfile", 
-        "default-features": false, 
-        "features": [ "external-libs" ] 
-    }
-  ],
-  "overrides":[
-    { "name": "libogg", "version": "1.3.6"},
-    { "name": "libvorbis", "version": "1.3.7"},
-    { "name": "libflac", "version": "1.5.0"},
-    { "name": "opus", "version": "1.5.2"},
-    { "name": "libtheora", "version": "1.2.0"}
-  ]
-}
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