diff -r b07610de9957 -r 10a3b80130b5 hedgewars/uLocale.pas
--- a/hedgewars/uLocale.pas	Thu Oct 04 17:55:08 2018 +0200
+++ b/hedgewars/uLocale.pas	Thu Oct 04 19:04:27 2018 +0200
@@ -23,15 +23,31 @@
 uses uTypes;
 
 const MAX_EVENT_STRINGS = 255;
-const MAX_FORMAT_STRING_SYMBOLS = 9;
 
 procedure LoadLocale(FileName: shortstring);
-function  Format(fmt: shortstring; args: array of shortstring): shortstring;
-function  FormatA(fmt: ansistring; args: array of ansistring): ansistring;
-function  Format(fmt: shortstring; arg: shortstring): shortstring;
-function  FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg: ansistring): ansistring;
 function  GetEventString(e: TEventId): ansistring;
 
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9: shortstring; argCount: Byte): shortstring;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9: shortstring): shortstring;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8: shortstring): shortstring;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7: shortstring): shortstring;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6: shortstring): shortstring;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5: shortstring): shortstring;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4: shortstring): shortstring;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3: shortstring): shortstring;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2: shortstring): shortstring;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1: shortstring): shortstring;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9: ansistring; argCount: Byte): ansistring;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9: ansistring): ansistring;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8: ansistring): ansistring;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7: ansistring): ansistring;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6: ansistring): ansistring;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5: ansistring): ansistring;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4: ansistring): ansistring;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3: ansistring): ansistring;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2: ansistring): ansistring;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1: ansistring): ansistring;
+
 {$IFDEF HWLIBRARY}
 procedure LoadLocaleWrapper(path: pchar; userpath: pchar; filename: pchar); cdecl; export;
 {$ENDIF}
@@ -119,60 +135,147 @@
 end;
 
 // Format the string fmt.
-// Take a shortstring with placeholders %1, %2, %3, etc. and replace
+// Take a shortstring with placeholders %1, %2, %3, ... %9. and replace
 // them with the corresponding elements of an array with up to
-// MAX_FORMAT_STRING_SYMBOLS. Important! Each placeholder can only be
-// used exactly once and numbers MUST NOT be skipped (e.g. using %1 and %3
-// but not %2.
-function Format(fmt: shortstring; args: array of shortstring): shortstring;
+// argCount. ArgCount must not be larger than 9.
+// Each placeholder must be used exactly once and numbers MUST NOT be
+// skipped (e.g. using %1 and %3 but not %2.
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9: shortstring; argCount: Byte): shortstring;
 var i, p: LongInt;
-tempstr: shortstring;
+tempstr, curArg: shortstring;
 begin
 tempstr:= fmt;
-for i:=0 to MAX_FORMAT_STRING_SYMBOLS - 1 do
+for i:=0 to argCount - 1 do
     begin
+        case i of
+            0: curArg:= arg1;
+            1: curArg:= arg2;
+            2: curArg:= arg3;
+            3: curArg:= arg4;
+            4: curArg:= arg5;
+            5: curArg:= arg6;
+            6: curArg:= arg7;
+            7: curArg:= arg8;
+            8: curArg:= arg9;
+        end;
+
         p:= Pos('%'+IntToStr(i+1), tempstr);
-        if (p = 0) or (i >= Length(args)) then
+        if (p = 0) then
             break
         else
             begin
             delete(tempstr, p, 2);
-            insert(args[i], tempstr, p);
+            insert(curArg, tempstr, p);
             end;
     end;
 Format:= tempstr;
 end;
 
 // Same as Format, but for ansistring
-function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; args: array of ansistring): ansistring;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9: ansistring; argCount: Byte): ansistring;
 var i, p: LongInt;
-tempstr: ansistring;
+tempstr, curArg: ansistring;
 begin
 tempstr:= fmt;
-for i:=0 to MAX_FORMAT_STRING_SYMBOLS - 1 do
+for i:=0 to argCount - 1 do
     begin
+        case i of
+            0: curArg:= arg1;
+            1: curArg:= arg2;
+            2: curArg:= arg3;
+            3: curArg:= arg4;
+            4: curArg:= arg5;
+            5: curArg:= arg6;
+            6: curArg:= arg7;
+            7: curArg:= arg8;
+            8: curArg:= arg9;
+        end;
+
         p:= Pos('%'+IntToStr(i+1), tempstr);
-        if (p = 0) or (i >= Length(args)) then
+        if (p = 0) then
             break
         else
             begin
             delete(tempstr, p, 2);
-            insert(args[i], tempstr, p);
+            insert(curArg, tempstr, p);
             end;
     end;
 FormatA:= tempstr;
 end;
 
-// Same as Format above, but with only one placeholder %1, replaced by arg.
-function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg: shortstring): shortstring;
+// The following functions are just shortcuts of Format/FormatA, with fewer argument counts
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1: shortstring): shortstring;
+begin
+    Format:= Format(fmt, arg1, '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 1);
+end;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2: shortstring): shortstring;
+begin
+    Format:= Format(fmt, arg1, arg2, '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 2);
+end;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3: shortstring): shortstring;
+begin
+    Format:= Format(fmt, arg1, arg2, arg3, '', '', '', '', '', '', 3);
+end;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4: shortstring): shortstring;
 begin
-    Format:= Format(fmt, [arg]);
+    Format:= Format(fmt, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, '', '', '', '', '', 4);
+end;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5: shortstring): shortstring;
+begin
+    Format:= Format(fmt, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, '', '', '', '', 5);
+end;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6: shortstring): shortstring;
+begin
+    Format:= Format(fmt, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, '', '', '', 6);
+end;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7: shortstring): shortstring;
+begin
+    Format:= Format(fmt, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, '', '', 7);
+end;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8: shortstring): shortstring;
+begin
+    Format:= Format(fmt, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, '', 8);
+end;
+function Format(fmt: shortstring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9: shortstring): shortstring;
+begin
+    Format:= Format(fmt, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9, 9);
 end;
 
-// Same as above, but for ansistring
-function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg: ansistring): ansistring;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1: ansistring): ansistring;
+begin
+    FormatA:= FormatA(fmt, arg1, '', '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 1);
+end;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2: ansistring): ansistring;
+begin
+    FormatA:= FormatA(fmt, arg1, arg2, '', '', '', '', '', '', '', 2);
+end;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3: ansistring): ansistring;
+begin
+    FormatA:= FormatA(fmt, arg1, arg2, arg3, '', '', '', '', '', '', 3);
+end;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4: ansistring): ansistring;
+begin
+    FormatA:= FormatA(fmt, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, '', '', '', '', '', 4);
+end;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5: ansistring): ansistring;
 begin
-    FormatA:= FormatA(fmt, [arg]);
+    FormatA:= FormatA(fmt, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, '', '', '', '', 5);
+end;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6: ansistring): ansistring;
+begin
+    FormatA:= FormatA(fmt, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, '', '', '', 6);
+end;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7: ansistring): ansistring;
+begin
+    FormatA:= FormatA(fmt, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, '', '', 7);
+end;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8: ansistring): ansistring;
+begin
+    FormatA:= FormatA(fmt, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, '', 8);
+end;
+function FormatA(fmt: ansistring; arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9: ansistring): ansistring;
+begin
+    FormatA:= FormatA(fmt, arg1, arg2, arg3, arg4, arg5, arg6, arg7, arg8, arg9, 9);
 end;
 
 {$IFDEF HWLIBRARY}