--- deliantra/server/common/shstr.C	2008/12/31 18:07:41	1.33
+++ deliantra/server/common/shstr.C	2008/12/31 18:25:12	1.34
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@
 }
 
 // declare these here to get correct initialisation order
-#define def(str) const shstr shstr_ ## str (# str);
+
+#define def(str) \
+  shstr_vec<sizeof (# str)> shstr_vec_ ## str = { sizeof (# str) - 1, 0xffffffff, # str }; \
+  const shstr_const shstr_ ## str (shstr_vec_ ## str.string);
 # include "shstrinc.h"
 #undef def