diff --git a/src/console_gui.cpp b/src/console_gui.cpp
index c8ad5fbdbf..7310738667 100644
--- a/src/console_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/console_gui.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "window_gui.h"
 #include "console_gui.h"
 #include "console_internal.h"
+#include "guitimer_func.h"
 #include "window_func.h"
 #include "string_func.h"
 #include "strings_func.h"
@@ -171,6 +172,7 @@ struct IConsoleWindow : Window
 	static int scroll;
 	int line_height;   ///< Height of one line of text in the console.
 	int line_offset;
+	GUITimer truncate_timer;
 
 	IConsoleWindow() : Window(&_console_window_desc)
 	{
@@ -179,6 +181,7 @@ struct IConsoleWindow : Window
 		this->line_offset = GetStringBoundingBox("] ").width + 5;
 
 		this->InitNested(0);
+		this->truncate_timer.SetInterval(3000);
 		ResizeWindow(this, _screen.width, _screen.height / 3);
 	}
 
@@ -227,8 +230,10 @@ struct IConsoleWindow : Window
 		}
 	}
 
-	void OnHundredthTick() override
+	void OnRealtimeTick(uint delta_ms) override
 	{
+		if (this->truncate_timer.CountElapsed(delta_ms) == 0) return;
+
 		if (IConsoleLine::Truncate() &&
 				(IConsoleWindow::scroll > IConsoleLine::size)) {
 			IConsoleWindow::scroll = std::max(0, IConsoleLine::size - (this->height / this->line_height) + 1);
diff --git a/src/error.h b/src/error.h
index 8aa8ac2258..6dd4b02342 100644
--- a/src/error.h
+++ b/src/error.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "strings_type.h"
 #include "company_type.h"
 #include "core/geometry_type.hpp"
+#include "guitimer_func.h"
 
 struct GRFFile;
 
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ enum WarningLevel {
 /** The data of the error message. */
 class ErrorMessageData {
 protected:
-	uint duration;                  ///< Length of display of the message. 0 means forever,
+	GUITimer display_timer;         ///< Timer before closing the message.
 	uint64 decode_params[20];       ///< Parameters of the message strings.
 	const char *strings[20];        ///< Copies of raw strings that were used.
 	const GRFFile *textref_stack_grffile; ///< NewGRF that filled the #TextRefStack for the error message.
diff --git a/src/error_gui.cpp b/src/error_gui.cpp
index f9d88a1993..c8594e34a2 100644
--- a/src/error_gui.cpp
+++ b/src/error_gui.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static WindowDesc _errmsg_face_desc(
  * @param data The data to copy.
  */
 ErrorMessageData::ErrorMessageData(const ErrorMessageData &data) :
-	duration(data.duration), textref_stack_grffile(data.textref_stack_grffile), textref_stack_size(data.textref_stack_size),
+	display_timer(data.display_timer), textref_stack_grffile(data.textref_stack_grffile), textref_stack_size(data.textref_stack_size),
 	summary_msg(data.summary_msg), detailed_msg(data.detailed_msg), position(data.position), face(data.face)
 {
 	memcpy(this->textref_stack, data.textref_stack, sizeof(this->textref_stack));
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ ErrorMessageData::~ErrorMessageData()
  * @param textref_stack Values to put on the #TextRefStack.
  */
 ErrorMessageData::ErrorMessageData(StringID summary_msg, StringID detailed_msg, uint duration, int x, int y, const GRFFile *textref_stack_grffile, uint textref_stack_size, const uint32 *textref_stack) :
-	duration(duration),
 	textref_stack_grffile(textref_stack_grffile),
 	textref_stack_size(textref_stack_size),
 	summary_msg(summary_msg),
@@ -119,6 +118,8 @@ ErrorMessageData::ErrorMessageData(StringID summary_msg, StringID detailed_msg,
 	if (textref_stack_size > 0) MemCpyT(this->textref_stack, textref_stack, textref_stack_size);
 
 	assert(summary_msg != INVALID_STRING_ID);
+
+	this->display_timer.SetInterval(duration * 3000);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -297,16 +298,14 @@ public:
 	void OnMouseLoop() override
 	{
 		/* Disallow closing the window too easily, if timeout is disabled */
-		if (_right_button_down && this->duration != 0) delete this;
+		if (_right_button_down && !this->display_timer.HasElapsed()) delete this;
 	}
 
-	void OnHundredthTick() override
+	void OnRealtimeTick(uint delta_ms) override
 	{
-		/* Timeout enabled? */
-		if (this->duration != 0) {
-			this->duration--;
-			if (this->duration == 0) delete this;
-		}
+		if (this->display_timer.CountElapsed(delta_ms) == 0) return;
+
+		delete this;
 	}
 
 	~ErrmsgWindow()
@@ -321,7 +320,7 @@ public:
 	 */
 	bool IsCritical()
 	{
-		return this->duration == 0;
+		return this->display_timer.HasElapsed();
 	}
 };