diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
index e0d9969d..b8ef545d 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc1.c
@@ -2711,6 +2711,23 @@ static void initials2(int ident,int tag,cell *size,int dim[],int numdim,
     eq_match_override = matchtoken('=');
   }
 
+  if (numdim > 2) {
+    int d, hasEmpty = 0;
+    for (d = 0; d < numdim; d++) {
+      if (dim[d] == 0)
+        hasEmpty++;
+    }
+    /* Work around ambug 4977 where indirection vectors are computed wrong. */
+    if (hasEmpty && hasEmpty < numdim-1 && dim[numdim-1]) {
+      error(101);
+      /* This will assert with something like [2][][256] from a separate bug.
+       * To prevent this assert, automatically wipe the rest of the dims.
+       */
+      for (d = 0; d < numdim - 1; d++)
+        dim[d] = 0;
+    }
+  }
+
   if (!eq_match_override) {
     assert(ident!=iARRAY || numdim>0);
     if (ident==iARRAY && dim[numdim-1]==0) {
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc5.c b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc5.c
index c310d836..49e01a80 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc5.c
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc5.c
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ static int lastline,errorcount;
 static short lastfile;
   char *msg,*pre;
   va_list argptr;
-  char string[128];
 
   /* errflag is reset on each semicolon.
    * In a two-pass compiler, an error should not be reported twice. Therefore
@@ -107,8 +106,6 @@ static short lastfile;
     warnnum++;
   } /* if */
 
-  strexpand(string,(unsigned char *)msg,sizeof string,SCPACK_TABLE);
-
   assert(errstart<=fline);
   if (errline>0)
     errstart=errline;
@@ -118,7 +115,7 @@ static short lastfile;
   va_start(argptr,number);
   if (strlen(errfname)==0) {
     int start= (errstart==errline) ? -1 : errstart;
-    if (pc_error(number,string,inpfname,start,errline,argptr)) {
+    if (pc_error(number,msg,inpfname,start,errline,argptr)) {
       if (outf!=NULL) {
         pc_closeasm(outf,TRUE);
         outf=NULL;
@@ -132,7 +129,7 @@ static short lastfile;
         fprintf(fp,"%s(%d -- %d) : %s %03d: ",inpfname,errstart,errline,pre,number);
       else
         fprintf(fp,"%s(%d) : %s %03d: ",inpfname,errline,pre,number);
-      vfprintf(fp,string,argptr);
+      vfprintf(fp,msg,argptr);
       fclose(fp);
     } /* if */
   } /* if */
diff --git a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc5.scp b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc5.scp
index 62bd2d9d..6d32eb5b 100644
--- a/sourcepawn/compiler/sc5.scp
+++ b/sourcepawn/compiler/sc5.scp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ unsigned char errstr_table[][2] = {
 /*-*SCPACK end of pair table, do not change or remove this line */
 
 static char *errmsg[] = {
-#ifdef SCPACK
+#if 1
 /*001*/  "expected token: \"%s\", but found \"%s\"\n",
 /*002*/  "only a single statement (or expression) can follow each \"case\"\n",
 /*003*/  "declaration of a local variable must appear in a compound block\n",
@@ -138,7 +138,8 @@ static char *errmsg[] = {
 /*097*/  "symbol \"%s\" does not have a matching type\n",
 /*098*/  "struct requires unique struct name\n",
 /*099*/  "member \"%s\" appears more than once in struct \"%s\"\n",
-/*100*/  "function prototypes do not match\n"
+/*100*/  "function prototypes do not match\n",
+/*101*/  "specify either all dimensions or only the last dimension\n"
 #else
   "\271pect\236\305k\212:\231\320bu\202fo\217\207\215\012",
   "\201l\224\251s\203g\362\317e\234\202(\260\374\201) c\352f\241\345w ea\261 \042c\361e\042\012",
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ static char *errmsg[] = {
        };
 
 static char *fatalmsg[] = {
-#ifdef SCPACK
+#if 1
 /*120*/  "cannot read from file: \"%s\"\n",
 /*121*/  "cannot write to file: \"%s\"\n",
 /*122*/  "table overflow: \"%s\"\n",
@@ -280,7 +281,7 @@ static char *fatalmsg[] = {
        };
 
 static char *warnmsg[] = {
-#ifdef SCPACK
+#if 1
 /*200*/  "symbol \"%s\" is truncated to %d characters\n",
 /*201*/  "redefinition of constant/macro (symbol \"%s\")\n",
 /*202*/  "number of arguments does not match definition\n",