diff -r ae50f63e4fa9 -r aeca3d8f1b29 hedgewars/uGears.pas
--- a/hedgewars/uGears.pas	Tue Jun 29 23:30:49 2010 -0400
+++ b/hedgewars/uGears.pas	Wed Jun 30 12:55:33 2010 +0200
@@ -1072,7 +1072,7 @@
         end
     end;
 begin
-    if cReducedQuality then
+    if (cReducedQuality and rqSimpleRope) <> 0 then
         DrawRopeLinesRQ(Gear)
     else
         begin