--- a/QTfrontend/util/MessageDialog.cpp	Tue Nov 10 18:16:35 2015 +0100
+++ b/QTfrontend/util/MessageDialog.cpp	Tue Nov 10 20:43:13 2015 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Hedgewars, a free turn based strategy game
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2013 Andrey Korotaev <unC0Rr@gmail.com>
+ * Copyright (c) 2004-2015 Andrey Korotaev <unC0Rr@gmail.com>
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
  */
 
 #include "MessageDialog.h"
 #include "HWApplication.h"
 
+
+
 int MessageDialog::ShowFatalMessage(const QString & msg, QWidget * parent)
 {
     return ShowMessage(QMessageBox::tr("Hedgewars - Error"),
@@ -45,7 +47,22 @@
 
 int MessageDialog::ShowMessage(const QString & title, const QString & msg, QMessageBox::Icon icon, QWidget * parent)
 {
-    QMessageBox msgMsg(parent ? parent : HWApplication::activeWindow());
+    // if no parent try to use active window
+    parent = parent ? parent : HWApplication::activeWindow();
+
+    // didn't work? make child of hwform (e.g. for style and because modal)
+    if (!parent)
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            HWApplication * app = dynamic_cast<HWApplication*>(HWApplication::instance());
+            if (app->form)
+                parent = app->form;
+        }
+        catch (...) { /* nothing */ }
+    }
+
+    QMessageBox msgMsg(parent);
     msgMsg.setWindowTitle(title != NULL ? title : "Hedgewars");
     msgMsg.setText(msg);
     msgMsg.setIcon(icon);