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The Incredible Machine Mega PackGuide: The Incredible Machine 3: Broken music workaround(6 posts)(6 posts)
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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.
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Posted December 23, 2019
This problem doesn't exist with Windows 8.1 and below. However, clicking the guitar icon (sound test) and either clicking the musical note or the switch fixes the distortion, but it is only temporary. Some sort of weird call is happening upon music change or lost/regained window focus.
Posted November 17, 2020
That's way too many hurdles to go through, plus I couldn't do it all successfully, because the mp3 files wouldn't import to _inmmcnr.exe even though I already untagged them. I found an audio CD soundtrack patch on PCGamingWiki that's much more simple to set up, but unfortunately there's no sound effects or voice acting. I don't know what else I'm supposed to do as even a google search can't help me at this point!
Posted January 03, 2022
Thank you! I was able to get the problem fixed. although for some reason some of the songs are missing and the ones remaining are not matching their titles. At least the game is bearable to play, so thank you
Posted January 27, 2022
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R33D3M33R: 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.
"Use MP3 tag https://www.mp3tag.de/en/ (or similar software) to remove ID3v2 tags from the files."

how to do that?
Posted January 31, 2022
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joderdin: how to do that?
Try this guide: https://community.mp3tag.de/t/tags-and-editing-of-metadata/965/5
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