--- a/QTfrontend/gameuiconfig.cpp	Mon Dec 03 18:08:19 2012 +0100
+++ b/QTfrontend/gameuiconfig.cpp	Mon Dec 03 23:54:12 2012 +0400
@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@
 
 void GameUIConfig::setValue(const QString &key, const QVariant &value)
 {
-    qDebug() << "[settings]" << key << value;
     QSettings::setValue(key, value);
 }
 

--- a/QTfrontend/main.cpp	Mon Dec 03 18:08:19 2012 +0100
+++ b/QTfrontend/main.cpp	Mon Dec 03 23:54:12 2012 +0400
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@
 
 bool checkForDir(const QString & dir)
 {
-    QDir tmpdir;
-    if (!tmpdir.exists(dir))
-        if (!tmpdir.mkdir(dir))
+    QDir tmpdir(dir);
+    if (!tmpdir.exists())
+        if (!tmpdir.mkpath(dir))
         {
             QMessageBox directoryMsg(QApplication::activeWindow());
             directoryMsg.setIcon(QMessageBox::Warning);
@@ -105,6 +105,15 @@
     return true;
 }
 
+bool checkForFile(const QString & file)
+{
+    QFile tmpfile(file);
+    if (!tmpfile.exists())
+        return tmpfile.open(QFile::WriteOnly);
+    else
+        return true;
+}
+
 #ifdef __APPLE__
 static CocoaInitializer *cocoaInit = NULL;
 // Function to be called at end of program's termination on OS X to release
@@ -252,6 +261,8 @@
     engine.setWriteDir(cfgdir->absolutePath());
     engine.mountPacks();
 
+    checkForFile("physfs://hedgewars.ini");
+
     QTranslator Translator;
     {
         QSettings settings("physfs://hedgewars.ini", QSettings::IniFormat);

--- a/QTfrontend/util/FileEngine.cpp	Mon Dec 03 18:08:19 2012 +0100
+++ b/QTfrontend/util/FileEngine.cpp	Mon Dec 03 23:54:12 2012 +0400
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 FileEngine::FileEngine(const QString& filename)
     : m_handle(NULL)
+    , m_size(0)
     , m_flags(0)
     , m_bufferSet(false)
     , m_readWrite(false)
@@ -28,8 +29,11 @@
 
     if ((openMode & QIODevice::ReadWrite) == QIODevice::ReadWrite) {
         m_handle = PHYSFS_openAppend(m_fileName.toUtf8().constData());
-        m_readWrite = true;
-        seek(0);
+        if(m_handle)
+        {
+            m_readWrite = true;
+            seek(0);
+        }
     }
 
     else if (openMode & QIODevice::WriteOnly) {
@@ -114,12 +118,14 @@
 bool FileEngine::mkdir(const QString &dirName, bool createParentDirectories) const
 {
     Q_UNUSED(createParentDirectories);
+
     return PHYSFS_mkdir(dirName.toUtf8().constData()) != 0;
 }
 
 bool FileEngine::rmdir(const QString &dirName, bool recurseParentDirectories) const
 {
     Q_UNUSED(recurseParentDirectories);
+
     return PHYSFS_delete(dirName.toUtf8().constData()) != 0;
 }
 
@@ -191,7 +197,6 @@
 
 QDateTime FileEngine::fileTime(FileTime time) const
 {
-
     switch (time)
     {
         case QAbstractFileEngine::ModificationTime:
@@ -207,21 +212,21 @@
         m_fileName = file.mid(FileEngineHandler::scheme.size());
     else
         m_fileName = file;
-
     PHYSFS_Stat stat;
     if (PHYSFS_stat(m_fileName.toUtf8().constData(), &stat) != 0) {        
         m_size = stat.filesize;
         m_date = QDateTime::fromTime_t(stat.modtime);
-//        _flags |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteUserPerm;
+//        m_flags |= QAbstractFileEngine::WriteOwnerPerm;
+        m_flags |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadOwnerPerm;
         m_flags |= QAbstractFileEngine::ReadUserPerm;
         m_flags |= QAbstractFileEngine::ExistsFlag;
+        m_flags |= QAbstractFileEngine::LocalDiskFlag;
 
         switch (stat.filetype)
         {
             case PHYSFS_FILETYPE_REGULAR:
                 m_flags |= QAbstractFileEngine::FileType;
                 break;
-
             case PHYSFS_FILETYPE_DIRECTORY:
                 m_flags |= QAbstractFileEngine::DirectoryType;
                 break;