diff --git a/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp b/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp
index 91c3bec2bf2..0c69aaeca2e 100644
--- a/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp
+++ b/Generals/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp
@@ -1848,7 +1848,9 @@ 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/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp
index e323d96d34d..9abfe7603d0 100644
--- a/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp
+++ b/GeneralsMD/Code/GameEngine/Source/GameClient/InGameUI.cpp
@@ -1882,7 +1882,9 @@ 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-- )