diff --git a/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Include/GameClient/InGameUI.h b/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Include/GameClient/InGameUI.h
index 59e753c1d05..b7a716a3df0 100644
--- a/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Include/GameClient/InGameUI.h
+++ b/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Include/GameClient/InGameUI.h
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@ friend class Drawable;	// for selection/deselection transactions
 	virtual void update() override;														///< Update the UI by calling preDraw(), draw(), and postDraw()
 	virtual void reset() override;															///< Reset
 	//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	void validate();
 
 	// interface for the popup messages
 	virtual void popupMessage( const AsciiString& message, Int x, Int y, Int width, Bool pause, Bool pauseMusic);
diff --git a/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp b/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp
index 91c3bec2bf2..dbdccb47f1a 100644
--- a/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp
+++ b/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp
@@ -924,9 +924,22 @@ void INI::parseInGameUIDefinition( INI* ini )
 	{
 		// parse the ini weapon definition
 		ini->initFromINI( TheInGameUI, TheInGameUI->getFieldParse() );
+		TheInGameUI->validate();
 	}
 }
 
+//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void InGameUI::validate()
+{
+#if ENABLE_GUI_HACKS
+	// TheSuperHackers @bugfix bobtista 02/09/2026 Correct the known retail InGameUI.ini message delay typo
+	if (m_messageDelayMS == 75000)
+	{
+		m_messageDelayMS = 7500;
+	}
+#endif
+}
+
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 namespace
 {
@@ -1848,7 +1861,9 @@ void InGameUI::update()
 	// frame
 	//
 	UnsignedInt currLogicFrame = TheGameLogic->getFrame();
-	const int messageTimeout = m_messageDelayMS / LOGICFRAMES_PER_SECOND / 1000;
+	// TheSuperHackers @bugfix bobtista 13/08/2026 Convert milliseconds to logic frames. Dividing by
+	// both evaluated to floor(m_messageDelayMS / 30000), so MessageDelayMS had no effect below 30s
+	const int messageTimeout = REAL_TO_INT_CEIL( ConvertDurationFromMsecsToFrames( (Real)m_messageDelayMS ) );
 	UnsignedByte r, g, b, a;
 	Int amount;
 	for( i = MAX_UI_MESSAGES - 1; i >= 0; i-- )
diff --git a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Include/GameClient/InGameUI.h b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Include/GameClient/InGameUI.h
index ecc1c4fdaf5..85c889bccc3 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Include/GameClient/InGameUI.h
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Include/GameClient/InGameUI.h
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ friend class Drawable;	// for selection/deselection transactions
 	virtual void update() override;														///< Update the UI by calling preDraw(), draw(), and postDraw()
 	virtual void reset() override;															///< Reset
 	//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+	void validate();
 
 	// interface for the popup messages
 	virtual void popupMessage( const AsciiString& message, Int x, Int y, Int width, Bool pause, Bool pauseMusic);
diff --git a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp
index e323d96d34d..8344da988b7 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp
@@ -953,9 +953,22 @@ void INI::parseInGameUIDefinition( INI* ini )
 	{
 		// parse the ini weapon definition
 		ini->initFromINI( TheInGameUI, TheInGameUI->getFieldParse() );
+		TheInGameUI->validate();
 	}
 }
 
+//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+void InGameUI::validate()
+{
+#if ENABLE_GUI_HACKS
+	// TheSuperHackers @bugfix bobtista 02/09/2026 Correct the known retail InGameUI.ini message delay typo
+	if (m_messageDelayMS == 75000)
+	{
+		m_messageDelayMS = 7500;
+	}
+#endif
+}
+
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 namespace
 {
@@ -1882,7 +1895,9 @@ void InGameUI::update()
 	// frame
 	//
 	UnsignedInt currLogicFrame = TheGameLogic->getFrame();
-	const int messageTimeout = m_messageDelayMS / LOGICFRAMES_PER_SECOND / 1000;
+	// TheSuperHackers @bugfix bobtista 13/08/2026 Convert milliseconds to logic frames. Dividing by
+	// both evaluated to floor(m_messageDelayMS / 30000), so MessageDelayMS had no effect below 30s
+	const int messageTimeout = REAL_TO_INT_CEIL( ConvertDurationFromMsecsToFrames( (Real)m_messageDelayMS ) );
 	UnsignedByte r, g, b, a;
 	Int amount;
 	for( i = MAX_UI_MESSAGES - 1; i >= 0; i-- )