diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index c87f17f..28b6d8b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ dll_sources = [
   'src/game/ui/widgets/label.c',
   'src/game/ui/widgets/prompt.c',
   'src/game/ui/widgets/window.c',
-  'src/global/enum_str.c',
+  'src/global/enum_map.c',
   'src/global/vars.c',
   'src/inject_exec.c',
   'src/inject_util.c',
diff --git a/src/config_map.c b/src/config_map.c
index a6e431f..82a3299 100644
--- a/src/config_map.c
+++ b/src/config_map.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 #include <libtrx/config/map.h>
 // import order guard
 
-#include "global/enum_str.h"
 #include "global/types.h"
 
 const CONFIG_OPTION g_ConfigOptionMap[] = {
diff --git a/src/game/gameflow/gameflow_new.c b/src/game/gameflow/gameflow_new.c
index 174bb99..d8c39cf 100644
--- a/src/game/gameflow/gameflow_new.c
+++ b/src/game/gameflow/gameflow_new.c
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #include "game/gameflow/gameflow_new.h"
 
 #include "game/game_string.h"
-#include "global/enum_str.h"
 #include "global/types.h"
 #include "global/vars.h"
 
+#include <libtrx/enum_map.h>
 #include <libtrx/game/gameflow/types.h>
 #include <libtrx/game/objects/names.h>
 #include <libtrx/log.h>
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ static void M_LoadGameStrings(const int32_t level_num);
 
 static void M_LoadObjectString(const char *const key, const char *const value)
 {
-    const GAME_OBJECT_ID object =
-        ENUM_STRING_GET(GAME_OBJECT_ID, key, NO_OBJECT);
-    if (object != NO_OBJECT) {
-        Object_SetName(object, value);
+    const GAME_OBJECT_ID object_id =
+        ENUM_MAP_GET(GAME_OBJECT_ID, key, NO_OBJECT);
+    if (object_id != NO_OBJECT) {
+        Object_SetName(object_id, value);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/game/shell.c b/src/game/shell.c
index 13ca488..1f6eeee 100644
--- a/src/game/shell.c
+++ b/src/game/shell.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "global/funcs.h"
 #include "global/vars.h"
 
+#include <libtrx/enum_map.h>
 #include <libtrx/game/ui/common.h>
 #include <libtrx/memory.h>
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ BOOL __cdecl Shell_Main(void)
     g_GameSizerCopy = 1.0;
 
     GameString_Init();
+    EnumMap_Init();
     Config_Init();
     UI_Init();
 
@@ -161,6 +163,7 @@ BOOL __cdecl Shell_Main(void)
 
     S_SaveSettings();
     GameBuf_Shutdown();
+    EnumMap_Shutdown();
     GameString_Shutdown();
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/global/enum_map.c b/src/global/enum_map.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1acba19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/global/enum_map.c
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#include <libtrx/enum_map.h>
+#include <libtrx/game/objects/ids.h>
+
+void EnumMap_Init(void)
+{
+#include "global/enum_map.def"
+
+#undef OBJ_ID_DEFINE
+#define OBJ_ID_DEFINE(object_id, value)                                        \
+    EnumMap_Define("GAME_OBJECT_ID", object_id, #object_id);
+#include <libtrx/game/objects/ids.def>
+}
diff --git a/src/global/enum_map.def b/src/global/enum_map.def
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/global/enum_str.c b/src/global/enum_str.c
deleted file mode 100644
index c516b12..0000000
--- a/src/global/enum_str.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#define ENUM_STR_IMPL
-
-#include "global/enum_str.h"
diff --git a/src/global/enum_str.def b/src/global/enum_str.def
deleted file mode 100644
index 02c6835..0000000
--- a/src/global/enum_str.def
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-// TODO: this is garbage
-#ifdef ENUM_STR_IMPL
-#define OBJ_NAME_DEFINE(id, str)                                               \
-    {                                                                          \
-        #id,                                                             \
-        id,                                                                    \
-    },
-ENUM_STRING_MAP ENUM_STRING_MAP(GAME_OBJECT_ID)[] = {
-#include <libtrx/game/objects/names.def>
-    { NULL, -1 }
-};
-#else
-extern ENUM_STRING_MAP ENUM_STRING_MAP(GAME_OBJECT_ID)[];
-#endif
diff --git a/src/global/enum_str.h b/src/global/enum_str.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 44793bf..0000000
--- a/src/global/enum_str.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-// import order guard
-#include <libtrx/enum_str.h>
-// import order guard
-
-// import order guard
-#include "global/types.h"
-// import order guard
-
-#include "global/enum_str.def"
diff --git a/subprojects/libtrx b/subprojects/libtrx
index ba38d9e..3e51422 160000
--- a/subprojects/libtrx
+++ b/subprojects/libtrx
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit ba38d9e762ea7320e896e4eb02a9e382ce55f40b
+Subproject commit 3e51422534f81fcc3178bb9516567ed0b15b8618