Index: src/functions.pl
===================================================================
--- src/functions.pl    (revision 8145)
+++ src/functions.pl    (working copy)
@@ -261,7 +261,10 @@
    Settings::addTableFile('skillsencore.txt', loader => [\&parseList, \%skillsEncore]);
    Settings::addTableFile('quests.txt', loader => [\&parseROQuestsLUT, \%quests_lut], mustExist => 0);
    Settings::addTableFile('effects.txt', loader => [\&parseDataFile2, \%effectName], mustExist => 0);
-   Settings::addTableFile('msgstringtable.txt', loader => [\&parseArrayFile, \@msgTable]);
+   Settings::addTableFile('msgstringtable.txt',
+       loader => [\&parseArrayFile, \@msgTable],
+       mustExist => 0,
+       onLoaded => \&shiftMsgTable );

    use encoding 'utf8';

@@ -304,6 +307,10 @@
    Log::message("\n");
 }

+sub shiftMsgTable {
+   shift @msgTable;
+}
+
 sub initNetworking {
    our $XKore_dontRedirect = 0;
    my $XKore_version = $config{XKore};
Index: src/Network/Receive/ServerType0.pm
===================================================================
--- src/Network/Receive/ServerType0.pm  (revision 8145)
+++ src/Network/Receive/ServerType0.pm  (working copy)
@@ -3421,8 +3421,8 @@
        message T("Your mercenary soldier has ran away.\n"), "info";
        $self->mercenary_off ();

-   } elsif (@msgTable[$args->{msg_id}++]) { # show message from msgstringtable
-       warning T(@msgTable[$args->{msg_id}++]."\n");
+   } elsif (@msgTable[$args->{msg_id}]) { # show message from msgstringtable
+       warning T(@msgTable[$args->{msg_id}]."\n");

    } elsif ($args->{msg_id} == 0x054D) {
        message T("View player equip request denied.\n"), "info";