Add a set of temporary std::strings which can be referenced by StringID

src/strings.cpp

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ static uint64 _global_string_params_data[20];     ///< Global array of string pa
 static WChar _global_string_params_type[20];      ///< Type of parameters stored in #_global_string_params
 StringParameters _global_string_params(_global_string_params_data, 20, _global_string_params_type);
 
+std::string _temp_special_strings[16];
+
 /** Reset the type array. */
 void StringParameters::ClearTypeInformation()
 {
@@ -240,6 +242,9 @@ char *GetStringWithArgs(char *buffr, StringID string, StringParameters *args, co
 			if (index >= 0xE4 && !game_script) {
 				return GetSpecialNameString(buffr, index - 0xE4, args, last);
 			}
+			if (index < lengthof(_temp_special_strings) && !game_script) {
+				return FormatString(buffr, _temp_special_strings[index].c_str(), args, last, case_index);
+			}
 			break;
 
 		case TEXT_TAB_OLD_CUSTOM:

src/strings_type.h

@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ static const uint TAB_SIZE_GAMESCRIPT = TAB_SIZE * 32;
 /** Number of strings for NewGRFs */
 static const uint TAB_SIZE_NEWGRF     = TAB_SIZE * 256;
 
+extern std::string _temp_special_strings[16];
+
 /** Special string constants */
 enum SpecialStrings {
 
@@ -86,6 +88,8 @@ enum SpecialStrings {
 	SPECSTR_SILLY_NAME         = 0x70E5,
 	SPECSTR_ANDCO_NAME         = 0x70E6,
 	SPECSTR_PRESIDENT_NAME     = 0x70E7,
+
+	SPECSTR_TEMP_START         = 0x7000,
 };
 
 #endif /* STRINGS_TYPE_H */