diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a07cd59e..6d2436824 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ add_component_dir (esmterrain
     )
 
 add_component_dir (misc
-    utf8stream stringops resourcehelpers rng
+    utf8stream stringops resourcehelpers rng messageformatparser
     )
 
 IF(NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE)
diff --git a/components/compiler/lineparser.cpp b/components/compiler/lineparser.cpp
index ce1e1e463..a5b67f58b 100644
--- a/components/compiler/lineparser.cpp
+++ b/components/compiler/lineparser.cpp
@@ -140,30 +140,9 @@ namespace Compiler
 
         if (mState==MessageState || mState==MessageCommaState)
         {
-            std::string arguments;
-
-            for (std::size_t i=0; i<name.size(); ++i)
-            {
-                if (name[i]=='%')
-                {
-                    ++i;
-                    if (i<name.size())
-                    {
-                        if (name[i]=='G' || name[i]=='g')
-                        {
-                            arguments += "l";
-                        }
-                        else if (name[i]=='S' || name[i]=='s')
-                        {
-                            arguments += 'S';
-                        }
-                        else if (name[i]=='.' || name[i]=='f')
-                        {
-                            arguments += 'f';
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
+            GetArgumentsFromMessageFormat processor;
+            processor.process(name);
+            std::string arguments = processor.getArguments();
 
             if (!arguments.empty())
             {
@@ -577,4 +556,23 @@ namespace Compiler
         mName.clear();
         mExplicit.clear();
     }
+
+    void GetArgumentsFromMessageFormat::visitedPlaceholder(Placeholder placeholder, char /*padding*/, int /*width*/, int /*precision*/)
+    {
+        switch (placeholder)
+        {
+            case StringPlaceholder:
+                mArguments += 'S';
+                break;
+            case IntegerPlaceholder:
+                mArguments += 'l';
+                break;
+            case FloatPlaceholder:
+                mArguments += 'f';
+                break;
+            default:
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/components/compiler/lineparser.hpp b/components/compiler/lineparser.hpp
index 4f2d33bde..d92c4895e 100644
--- a/components/compiler/lineparser.hpp
+++ b/components/compiler/lineparser.hpp
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 #define COMPILER_LINEPARSER_H_INCLUDED
 
 #include <vector>
+#include <string>
 
 #include <components/interpreter/types.hpp>
+#include <components/misc/messageformatparser.hpp>
 
 #include "parser.hpp"
 #include "exprparser.hpp"
@@ -74,6 +76,24 @@ namespace Compiler
             void reset();
             ///< Reset parser to clean state.
     };
+
+    class GetArgumentsFromMessageFormat : public ::Misc::MessageFormatParser
+    {
+        private:
+            std::string mArguments;
+
+        protected:
+            virtual void visitedPlaceholder(Placeholder placeholder, char padding, int width, int precision);
+            virtual void visitedCharacter(char c) {}
+
+        public:
+            virtual void process(const std::string& message)
+            {
+                mArguments.clear();
+                ::Misc::MessageFormatParser::process(message);
+            }
+            std::string getArguments() const { return mArguments; }
+    };
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/components/interpreter/miscopcodes.hpp b/components/interpreter/miscopcodes.hpp
index c49bbeb01..9d62b60aa 100644
--- a/components/interpreter/miscopcodes.hpp
+++ b/components/interpreter/miscopcodes.hpp
@@ -13,67 +13,89 @@
 #include "defines.hpp"
 
 #include <components/misc/rng.hpp>
+#include <components/misc/messageformatparser.hpp>
 
 namespace Interpreter
 {
-    inline std::string formatMessage (const std::string& message, Runtime& runtime)
+    class RuntimeMessageFormatter : public Misc::MessageFormatParser
     {
-        std::string formattedMessage;
-
-        for (std::size_t i=0; i<message.size(); ++i)
-        {
-            char c = message[i];
+        private:
+            std::string mFormattedMessage;
+            Runtime& mRuntime;
 
-            if (c!='%')
-                formattedMessage += c;
-            else
+        protected:
+            virtual void visitedPlaceholder(Placeholder placeholder, char padding, int width, int precision)
             {
-                ++i;
-                if (i<message.size())
+                std::ostringstream out;
+                out.fill(padding);
+                if (width != -1)
+                    out.width(width);
+                if (precision != -1)
+                    out.precision(precision);
+
+                switch (placeholder)
                 {
-                    c = message[i];
-
-                    if (c=='S' || c=='s')
-                    {
-                        int index = runtime[0].mInteger;
-                        runtime.pop();
-                        formattedMessage += runtime.getStringLiteral (index);
-                    }
-                    else if (c=='g' || c=='G')
-                    {
-                        Type_Integer value = runtime[0].mInteger;
-                        runtime.pop();
-
-                        std::ostringstream out;
-                        out << value;
-                        formattedMessage += out.str();
-                    }
-                    else if (c=='f' || c=='F' || c=='.')
-                    {
-                        while (c!='f' && i+1<message.size())
+                    case StringPlaceholder:
                         {
-                            ++i;
-                            c = message[i];
+                            int index = mRuntime[0].mInteger;
+                            mRuntime.pop();
+
+                            out << mRuntime.getStringLiteral(index);
+                            mFormattedMessage += out.str();
                         }
+                        break;
+                    case IntegerPlaceholder:
+                        {
+                            Type_Integer value = mRuntime[0].mInteger;
+                            mRuntime.pop();
+
+                            out << value;
+                            mFormattedMessage += out.str();
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    case FloatPlaceholder:
+                        {
+                            float value = mRuntime[0].mFloat;
+                            mRuntime.pop();
 
-                        float value = runtime[0].mFloat;
-                        runtime.pop();
-
-                        std::ostringstream out;
-                        out << value;
-                        formattedMessage += out.str();
-                    }
-                    else if (c=='%')
-                        formattedMessage += "%";
-                    else
-                    {
-                        formattedMessage += "%";
-                        formattedMessage += c;
-                    }
+                            out << std::fixed << value;
+                            mFormattedMessage += out.str();
+                        }
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        break;
                 }
             }
-        }
-        
+
+            virtual void visitedCharacter(char c)
+            {
+                mFormattedMessage += c;
+            }
+
+        public:
+            RuntimeMessageFormatter(Runtime& runtime)
+                : mRuntime(runtime)
+            {
+            }
+
+            virtual void process(const std::string& message)
+            {
+                mFormattedMessage.clear();
+                MessageFormatParser::process(message);
+            }
+
+            std::string getFormattedMessage() const
+            {
+                return mFormattedMessage;
+            }
+    };
+
+    inline std::string formatMessage (const std::string& message, Runtime& runtime)
+    {
+        RuntimeMessageFormatter formatter(runtime);
+        formatter.process(message);
+
+        std::string formattedMessage = formatter.getFormattedMessage();
         formattedMessage = fixDefinesMsgBox(formattedMessage, runtime.getContext());
         return formattedMessage;
     }
diff --git a/components/misc/messageformatparser.cpp b/components/misc/messageformatparser.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c0c978b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/misc/messageformatparser.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include "messageformatparser.hpp"
+
+namespace Misc
+{
+    void MessageFormatParser::process(const std::string& m)
+    {
+        for (unsigned int i = 0; i < m.size(); ++i)
+        {
+            if (m[i] == '%')
+            {
+                if (++i < m.size())
+                {
+                    if (m[i] == '%')
+                        visitedCharacter('%');
+                    else
+                    {
+                        char pad = ' ';
+                        if (m[i] == '0' || m[i] == ' ')
+                        {
+                            pad = m[i];
+                            ++i;
+                        }
+
+                        int width = 0;
+                        bool widthSet = false;
+                        while (i < m.size() && m[i] >= '0' && m[i] <= '9')
+                        {
+                            width = width * 10 + (m[i] - '0');
+                            widthSet = true;
+                            ++i;
+                        }
+
+                        if (i < m.size())
+                        {
+                            int precision = 0;
+                            bool precisionSet = false;
+                            if (m[i] == '.')
+                            {
+                                while (++i < m.size() && m[i] >= '0' && m[i] <= '9')
+                                {
+                                    precision = precision * 10 + (m[i] - '0');
+                                    precisionSet = true;
+                                }
+                            }
+
+                            if (i < m.size())
+                            {
+                                width = (widthSet) ? width : -1;
+                                precision = (precisionSet) ? precision : -1;
+
+                                if (m[i] == 'S' || m[i] == 's')
+                                    visitedPlaceholder(StringPlaceholder, pad, width, precision);
+                                else if (m[i] == 'g' || m[i] == 'G')
+                                    visitedPlaceholder(IntegerPlaceholder, pad, width, precision);
+                                else if (m[i] == 'f' || m[i] == 'F')
+                                    visitedPlaceholder(FloatPlaceholder, pad, width, precision);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                visitedCharacter(m[i]);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/components/misc/messageformatparser.hpp b/components/misc/messageformatparser.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48faff714
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/misc/messageformatparser.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#ifndef OPENMW_COMPONENTS_MISC_MESSAGEFORMATPARSER_H
+#define OPENMW_COMPONENTS_MISC_MESSAGEFORMATPARSER_H
+
+#include <string>
+
+namespace Misc
+{
+    class MessageFormatParser
+    {
+        protected:
+            enum Placeholder
+            {
+                StringPlaceholder,
+                IntegerPlaceholder,
+                FloatPlaceholder
+            };
+
+            virtual void visitedPlaceholder(Placeholder placeholder, char padding, int width, int precision) = 0;
+            virtual void visitedCharacter(char c) = 0;
+
+        public:
+            virtual void process(const std::string& message);
+    };
+}
+
+#endif