diff -r e58a77556878 -r 6d6d9d7b1054 hedgewars/uGears.pas
--- a/hedgewars/uGears.pas	Thu Dec 13 22:24:06 2007 +0000
+++ b/hedgewars/uGears.pas	Thu Dec 13 22:46:36 2007 +0000
@@ -422,7 +422,12 @@
             and not isInMultiShoot then dec(TurnTimeLeft);
 
 if (not CurrentTeam^.ExtDriven) and
-   ((GameTicks and $FFFF) = $FFFF) then SendIPCTimeInc;
+   ((GameTicks and $FFFF) = $FFFF) then
+   begin
+   SendIPCTimeInc;
+   inc(hiTicks) // we do not recieve a message for it
+   end;
+
 inc(GameTicks)
 end;