The Incredible Machine

What works

- Installation

- Game (mostly)

What does not

- Some error messages appear at the end of the installation, they are harmless.

- Some actions will crash the program, eg. trying to create a user profile (use the default one) or some command buttons.

- Music is missing (wave and midi).

Workarounds

What was not tested

- Only tested a few puzzles and briefly puzzle creator.

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

This version of the game installs from a CD-ROM. If the CD-ROM is mounted while playing the game, you will get extra effects such as:

• Professor Tim reading the goals and hints
• CD audio music

To install and play the game follow these steps:

1. Create a windows 95 prefix
1. $ WINEPREFIX="/home/user/.wine.tim3" WINEARCH=win32 winecfg
2. Set the windows version to "Windows 95"
2. Copy the BIN+CUE image into the prefix
1. $ mkdir ~/.wine.tim3/cd
2. $ cp tim3.cue tim3.bin ~/.wine.tim3/cd
   
3. Load the disc image with cdemu
1. $ cdemu load 0 ~/.wine.tim3/cd/tim3.cue
4. Edit /etc/fstab and add an entry to allow non-root mounting of the cdemu device
1. Note that "sr1" could be "sr0" if you don't have a physical cdrom drive
   
2. sudo mkdir /mnt/sr1
   
3. sudo vi /etc/fstab
   /dev/sr1 /mnt/sr1 auto noauto,user 0 0
5. Mount the disc image
1. $ mount /mnt/sr1
2. $ ls /mnt/sr1
   
6. Verify the cdrom is setup correctly in wine
1. $ WINEPREFIX="/home/user/.wine.tim3" winecfg
2. Go to the Drives tab
3. Verify that the D: drive points to /mnt/sr1
7. Install The Incredible Machine 3
1. $ WINEPREFIX="/home/user/.wine.tim3" wine "D:\\setup.exe"
2. Do not test your hardware with the install wizard
   
3. Perform the large install
8. Start The Incredible Machine 3
1. $ WINEPREFIX="/home/user/.wine.tim3" wine "C:\\SIERRA\\TIMWIN\\TIMWIN.EXE"
   

This version of the game installs from a CD-ROM. If the CD-ROM is mounted while playing the game, you will get extra effects such as:

• Professor Tim reading the goals and hints
• CD audio music

To automatically load the disc with cdemu, mount the disc, and start the game, follow these instructions to install a script that takes care of all the mounting and unmounting:

1. Create helper script
1. Using your favorite text editor, create ~/.wine.tim3/tim3.sh
   #!/bin/bash
   
   cdemu load 0 ~/.wine.tim3/cd_1/Disc.cue
   mount /mnt/sr1 || \
       ( sleep 1 && mount /mnt/sr1 ) || \
       ( sleep 1 && mount /mnt/sr1 ) || \
       ( sleep 1 && mount /mnt/sr1 ) || \
       ( sleep 1 && mount /mnt/sr1 ) || \
       ( sleep 1 && mount /mnt/sr1 )
   
   WINEPREFIX=$(echo ~/.wine.tim3) wine "C:\\SIERRA\\TIMWIN\\TIMWIN.EXE"
   umount /mnt/sr1
   sleep 1
   cdemu unload 0
   sleep 1
   killall cdemu-daemon
   
2. $ chmod a+x ~/.wine.tim3/tim3.sh
2. Run the script to start the game with the cd mounted. You should hear cd quality music playing and Professor Tim reading the goals and hints if it worked correctly
3. Edit your Kickoff Application Launcher applications and add the script to your games folder :)