diff -r a078324177a5 -r a9f9c96db60c QTfrontend/gamecfgwidget.cpp
--- a/QTfrontend/gamecfgwidget.cpp	Sun Dec 26 23:38:02 2010 -0500
+++ b/QTfrontend/gamecfgwidget.cpp	Mon Dec 27 12:43:29 2010 -0500
@@ -332,6 +332,9 @@
         }
         if (param == "SEED") {
             pMapContainer->setSeed(value);
+            if (!QRegExp("\\{[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[0-9a-f]{12}\\}").exactMatch(value)) {
+                pMapContainer->seedEdit->setVisible(true);
+                }
             return;
         }
         if (param == "THEME") {