diff -r 669bfa55cd70 -r 9a8d4efcf3fa hedgewars/uFLIPC.pas
--- a/hedgewars/uFLIPC.pas	Thu Sep 18 00:19:05 2014 +0400
+++ b/hedgewars/uFLIPC.pas	Thu Sep 18 23:02:05 2014 +0400
@@ -19,42 +19,76 @@
 function  ipcReadFromEngine: shortstring;
 function  ipcCheckFromEngine: boolean;
 
+procedure ipcToFrontend(s: shortstring);
+function ipcReadFromFrontend: shortstring;
+function ipcCheckFromFrontend: boolean;
+
 implementation
 
+procedure ipcSend(var s: shortstring; var msg: TIPCMessage; mut: PSDL_mutex; cond: PSDL_cond);
+begin
+    SDL_LockMutex(mut);
+    while (msg.str[0] > #0) or (msg.buf <> nil) do
+        SDL_CondWait(cond, mut);
+
+    msg.str:= s;
+    SDL_CondSignal(cond);
+    SDL_UnlockMutex(mut)
+end;
+
+function ipcRead(var msg: TIPCMessage; mut: PSDL_mutex; cond: PSDL_cond): shortstring;
+begin
+    SDL_LockMutex(mut);
+    while (msg.str[0] = #0) and (msg.buf = nil) do
+        SDL_CondWait(cond, mut);
+
+    ipcRead:= msg.str;
+    msg.str[0]:= #0;
+    if msg.buf <> nil then
+    begin
+        FreeMem(msg.buf, msg.len);
+        msg.buf:= nil
+    end;
+
+    SDL_CondSignal(cond);
+    SDL_UnlockMutex(mut)
+end;
+
+function ipcCheck(var msg: TIPCMessage; mut: PSDL_mutex): boolean;
+begin
+    SDL_LockMutex(mut);
+    ipcCheck:= (msg.str[0] > #0) or (msg.buf <> nil);
+    SDL_UnlockMutex(mut)
+end;
+
 procedure ipcToEngine(s: shortstring);
 begin
-    SDL_LockMutex(mutEngine);
-    while (msgEngine.str[0] > #0) or (msgEngine.buf <> nil) do
-        SDL_CondWait(condEngine, mutEngine);
+    ipcSend(s, msgEngine, mutEngine, condEngine)
+end;
 
-    msgEngine.str:= s;
-    SDL_CondSignal(condEngine);
-    SDL_UnlockMutex(mutEngine)
+procedure ipcToFrontend(s: shortstring);
+begin
+    ipcSend(s, msgFrontend, mutFrontend, condFrontend)
 end;
 
 function ipcReadFromEngine: shortstring;
 begin
-    SDL_LockMutex(mutFrontend);
-    while (msgFrontend.str[0] = #0) and (msgFrontend.buf = nil) do
-        SDL_CondWait(condFrontend, mutFrontend);
+    ipcReadFromEngine:= ipcRead(msgFrontend, mutFrontend, condFrontend)
+end;
 
-    ipcReadFromEngine:= msgFrontend.str;
-    msgFrontend.str[0]:= #0;
-    if msgFrontend.buf <> nil then
-    begin
-        FreeMem(msgFrontend.buf, msgFrontend.len);
-        msgFrontend.buf:= nil
-    end;
-
-    SDL_CondSignal(condFrontend);
-    SDL_UnlockMutex(mutFrontend)
+function ipcReadFromFrontend: shortstring;
+begin
+    ipcReadFromFrontend:= ipcRead(msgEngine, mutEngine, condEngine)
 end;
 
 function ipcCheckFromEngine: boolean;
 begin
-    SDL_LockMutex(mutFrontend);
-    ipcCheckFromEngine:= (msgFrontend.str[0] > #0) or (msgFrontend.buf <> nil);
-    SDL_UnlockMutex(mutFrontend)
+    ipcCheckFromEngine:= ipcCheck(msgFrontend, mutFrontend)
+end;
+
+function ipcCheckFromFrontend: boolean;
+begin
+    ipcCheckFromFrontend:= ipcCheck(msgEngine, mutEngine)
 end;
 
 procedure initIPC;