# HG changeset patch
# User rubidium <rubidium@openttd.org>
# Date 2009-02-21 00:47:59
# Node ID e190c026199859d4d39c1c182e27575a43f3577d
# Parent  50e33a2511bf2ffa3417ce52ed2c79330d4f5cdf

(svn r15537) -Fix (r5215): don't allow special sprite characters (e.g. the ship sprite) as characters in input like filenames or text that is sent over the network.

diff --git a/src/string.cpp b/src/string.cpp
--- a/src/string.cpp
+++ b/src/string.cpp
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ void str_validate(char *str, bool allow_
 	size_t len;
 
 	for (len = Utf8Decode(&c, str); c != '\0'; len = Utf8Decode(&c, str)) {
-		if (IsPrintable(c) && (c < SCC_SPRITE_START || c > SCC_SPRITE_END ||
-			IsValidChar(c - SCC_SPRITE_START, CS_ALPHANUMERAL))) {
+		if (IsPrintable(c) && (c < SCC_SPRITE_START || c > SCC_SPRITE_END)) {
 			/* Copy the character back. Even if dst is current the same as str
 			 * (i.e. no characters have been changed) this is quicker than
 			 * moving the pointers ahead by len */