--- a/genworld.c	Fri Nov 24 18:37:40 2006 +0000
+++ b/genworld.c	Fri Nov 24 18:39:22 2006 +0000
@@ -252,18 +252,19 @@
 	/* Make sure everything is done via OWNER_NONE */
 	_current_player = OWNER_NONE;
 
+	/* Load the right landscape stuff */
+	GfxLoadSprites();
+	LoadStringWidthTable();
+
 	InitializeGame(IG_DATE_RESET, _gw.size_x, _gw.size_y);
 	PrepareGenerateWorldProgress();
 
 	/* Re-init the windowing system */
 	ResetWindowSystem();
-	LoadStringWidthTable();
 
 	/* Create toolbars */
 	SetupColorsAndInitialWindow();
 
-	/* Load the right landscape stuff */
-	GfxLoadSprites();
 	if (_network_dedicated ||
 	    (_gw.thread = OTTDCreateThread(&_GenerateWorld, NULL)) == NULL) {
 		DEBUG(misc, 1) ("[Sl] Cannot create savegame thread, reverting to single-threaded mode...");

--- a/gfx.c	Fri Nov 24 18:37:40 2006 +0000
+++ b/gfx.c	Fri Nov 24 18:39:22 2006 +0000
@@ -1613,6 +1613,9 @@
 {
 	uint i;
 
+	/* Initialize the unicode to sprite mapping table */
+	InitializeUnicodeGlyphMap();
+
 	/* Normal font */
 	for (i = 0; i != 224; i++) {
 		_stringwidth_table[FS_NORMAL][i] = GetGlyphWidth(FS_NORMAL, i + 32);

--- a/misc_gui.c	Fri Nov 24 18:37:40 2006 +0000
+++ b/misc_gui.c	Fri Nov 24 18:39:22 2006 +0000
@@ -1659,6 +1659,7 @@
 	if (p1 ==  4) p1 = 0;
 	_opt.landscape = p1;
 	GfxLoadSprites();
+	LoadStringWidthTable();
 	MarkWholeScreenDirty();
 	return _opt.landscape;
 }

--- a/openttd.c	Fri Nov 24 18:37:40 2006 +0000
+++ b/openttd.c	Fri Nov 24 18:39:22 2006 +0000
@@ -281,9 +281,6 @@
 	CLRBITS(_display_opt, DO_TRANS_BUILDINGS); // don't make buildings transparent in intro
 	_opt_ptr = &_opt_newgame;
 
-	GfxLoadSprites();
-	LoadStringWidthTable();
-
 	// Setup main window
 	ResetWindowSystem();
 	SetupColorsAndInitialWindow();
@@ -439,11 +436,6 @@
 	// This must be done early, since functions use the InvalidateWindow* calls
 	InitWindowSystem();
 
-	GfxLoadSprites();
-	/* Initialize the unicode to sprite mapping table */
-	InitializeUnicodeGlyphMap();
-	LoadStringWidthTable();
-
 	DEBUG(driver, 1) ("Loading drivers...");
 	LoadDriver(SOUND_DRIVER, _ini_sounddriver);
 	LoadDriver(MUSIC_DRIVER, _ini_musicdriver);
@@ -463,7 +455,6 @@
 	/* Make sure _patches is filled with _patches_newgame if we switch to a game directly */
 	if (_switch_mode != SM_NONE) {
 		_opt = _opt_newgame;
-		GfxLoadSprites();
 		UpdatePatches();
 	}
 
@@ -655,11 +646,8 @@
 		return;
 	}
 
-	GfxLoadSprites();
-
 	// Reinitialize windows
 	ResetWindowSystem();
-	LoadStringWidthTable();
 
 	SetupColorsAndInitialWindow();
 
@@ -1157,6 +1145,7 @@
 
 	// Load the sprites
 	GfxLoadSprites();
+	LoadStringWidthTable();
 
 	/* Connect front and rear engines of multiheaded trains and converts
 	 * subtype to the new format */