Posted July 07, 2019
I have recently started playing TIM on Windows 10 and immediately noticed that the MIDI music is severely distorted. Since the music is an integral part of the experience I did some research and found a workaround which involves playing the soundtrack which is provided by GOG.com.
Just follow the steps:
1. Download TIM 3 soundtrack from GOG.com and extract the files to a subdirectory in your TIM 3 folder (for example Music)
2. Important: Use MP3 tag https://www.mp3tag.de/en/ (or similar software) to remove ID3v2 tags from the files. If you do not remove the ID3v2 tags, the music will not work!
3. Download _inmm.dll https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/107-patched-_inmmdll/ and install it
4. Locate the _inmm.dll install folder and drag & drop the TIMWIN.EXE executable onto the _inmmcnf.exe file. It will patch the file directly and create a backup named TIMWIN.org in the game directory
5. Run "_inmm.dll Setup" from start menu
6. In the "method" tab select DirectShow as the value for "default"
7. In the "_inmm.ini" tab click "Add" and add all the soundtrack files you have downloaded from GOG.com
8. In the same tab click "Save" and select the root TIM 3 install folder to save the .ini
9. Click OK to exit the program
10. Run the game and enjoy
If you get stuck, please take a look at attached screenshots.
Just follow the steps:
1. Download TIM 3 soundtrack from GOG.com and extract the files to a subdirectory in your TIM 3 folder (for example Music)
2. Important: Use MP3 tag https://www.mp3tag.de/en/ (or similar software) to remove ID3v2 tags from the files. If you do not remove the ID3v2 tags, the music will not work!
3. Download _inmm.dll https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/107-patched-_inmmdll/ and install it
4. Locate the _inmm.dll install folder and drag & drop the TIMWIN.EXE executable onto the _inmmcnf.exe file. It will patch the file directly and create a backup named TIMWIN.org in the game directory
5. Run "_inmm.dll Setup" from start menu
6. In the "method" tab select DirectShow as the value for "default"
7. In the "_inmm.ini" tab click "Add" and add all the soundtrack files you have downloaded from GOG.com
8. In the same tab click "Save" and select the root TIM 3 install folder to save the .ini
9. Click OK to exit the program
10. Run the game and enjoy
If you get stuck, please take a look at attached screenshots.