diff -r 1a23bac52645 -r 237997d34419 src/settings_gui.cpp
--- a/src/settings_gui.cpp	Sun Sep 28 14:07:05 2008 +0200
+++ b/src/settings_gui.cpp	Sun Sep 28 14:09:54 2008 +0200
@@ -725,6 +725,7 @@
  * Data structure describing one page of patches in the patch settings window.
  *
  * The names of the patches to display are statically defined and terminated with a \c NULL.
+ * Empty names mean start of a new group causing some additional space to be inserted before the next name.
  * From this information, a dynamic array (with length \a num_entries) of PatchEntry entries is
  * constructed.
  */
@@ -780,22 +781,31 @@
 				/* Count number of entries at each page, and fill page->num_entries */
 				byte count = 0;
 				for (const char **patchname = page->names; *patchname != NULL; ++patchname)
-					count++;
+					if (**patchname != '\0')
+						count++;  // Count only non-empty entries
 
 				page->num_entries = count;
 				page->entries = MallocT<PatchEntry>(page->num_entries);
 				uint16 y = config_patch_y_start;
-				for (uint i = 0; i != page->num_entries; i++) {
-					uint index;
-					const SettingDesc *sd = GetPatchFromName(page->names[i], &index);
-					assert(sd != NULL);
+				uint i = 0;
+				for (const char **patchname = page->names; *patchname != NULL; ++patchname) {
+					if (**patchname == '\0') { // Empty entry, add some room
+						y += setting_height / 2;
+					} else {
+						uint index;
+						const SettingDesc *sd = GetPatchFromName(*patchname, &index);
+						assert(sd != NULL);
 
-					page->entries[i].ypos = y;
-					page->entries[i].setting = sd;
-					page->entries[i].index = index;
+						page->entries[i].ypos = y;
+						page->entries[i].setting = sd;
+						page->entries[i].index = index;
 
-					y += setting_height;
+						y += setting_height;
+						i++;
+					}
 				}
+				assert(i == page->num_entries);
+
 				/* Update needed height of the option panel */
 				option_panel_max_height  = max(y - config_patch_y_start, option_panel_max_height);
 			}