From 72fe214f499fe098de6d1284c3ca4c886d92efed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alibek Omarov <a1ba.omarov@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2023 20:11:35 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] engine: server: pre-process string before passing it to
 PhysicAPI AllocString, for compatibility with existing Xash3D games

---
 engine/server/sv_game.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/engine/server/sv_game.c b/engine/server/sv_game.c
index ad6dd670..c3cc42dc 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_game.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_game.c
@@ -3219,7 +3219,18 @@ string_t GAME_EXPORT SV_AllocString( const char *szValue )
 	int cmp;
 
 	if( svgame.physFuncs.pfnAllocString != NULL )
-		return svgame.physFuncs.pfnAllocString( szValue );
+	{
+		string_t i;
+
+		newString = Mem_Malloc( svgame.stringspool, SV_ProcessString( NULL, szValue ));
+
+		SV_ProcessString( newString, szValue );
+		i = svgame.physFuncs.pfnAllocString( newString );
+
+		Mem_Free( newString );
+
+		return i;
+	}
 
 #ifdef XASH_64BIT
 	cmp = 1;