diff -r 9a27928bcd5e -r ebf0ece7d8f6 src/strings.cpp
--- a/src/strings.cpp	Thu Nov 22 23:01:41 2007 +0000
+++ b/src/strings.cpp	Fri Nov 23 16:59:30 2007 +0000
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@
  */
 static char *GetStringWithArgs(char *buffr, uint string, const int64 *argv, const char* last)
 {
+	if (GB(string, 0, 16) == 0) return GetStringWithArgs(buffr, STR_UNDEFINED, argv, last);
+
 	uint index = GB(string,  0, 11);
 	uint tab   = GB(string, 11,  5);
 	char buff[512];
 
-	if (GB(string, 0, 16) == 0) error("!invalid string id 0 in GetString");
-
 	switch (tab) {
 		case 4:
 			if (index >= 0xC0)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 
 		case 26:
 			/* Include string within newgrf text (format code 81) */
-			if (HASBIT(index, 10)) {
+			if (HasBit(index, 10)) {
 				StringID string = GetGRFStringID(0, 0xD000 + GB(index, 0, 10));
 				return GetStringWithArgs(buffr, string, argv, last);
 			}
@@ -331,15 +331,15 @@
 
 static char *FormatGenericCurrency(char *buff, const CurrencySpec *spec, Money number, bool compact, const char* last)
 {
-	const char* multiplier = "";
+	/* We are going to make number absolute for printing, so
+	 * keep this piece of data as we need it later on */
+	bool negative = number < 0;
+	const char *multiplier = "";
 	char buf[40];
-	char* p;
+	char *p;
 	int j;
 
-	/* Multiply by exchange rate, but do it safely. */
-	CommandCost cs(number);
-	cs.MultiplyCost(spec->rate);
-	number = cs.GetCost();
+	number *= spec->rate;
 
 	/* convert from negative */
 	if (number < 0) {
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@
 			*--p = spec->separator;
 			j = 3;
 		}
-		*--p = '0' + number % 10;
+		*--p = '0' + (char)(number % 10);
 	} while ((number /= 10) != 0);
 	buff = strecpy(buff, p, last);
 
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
 	 * The only remaining value is 1 (prefix), so everything that is not 0 */
 	if (spec->symbol_pos != 0) buff = strecpy(buff, spec->suffix, last);
 
-	if (cs.GetCost() < 0) {
+	if (negative) {
 		if (buff + Utf8CharLen(SCC_PREVIOUS_COLOUR) > last) return buff;
 		buff += Utf8Encode(buff, SCC_PREVIOUS_COLOUR);
 		*buff = '\0';
@@ -691,7 +691,8 @@
 			}
 
 			case SCC_GENDER_LIST: { // {G 0 Der Die Das}
-				const char* s = GetStringPtr(argv_orig[(byte)*str++]); // contains the string that determines gender.
+				char buffr[512];
+				const char *s = GetStringWithArgs(buffr, argv_orig[(byte)*str++], argv, last); // contains the string that determines gender.
 				int len;
 				int gender = 0;
 				if (s != NULL) {