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Tinker

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Tinker
Tinker cover
Developers
Fuel Industries
Publishers
Microsoft
Release dates
Windows September 23, 2008
Tinker on Wikipedia

Key points

Originally released as a Windows Vista Ultimate Extra, later updated as a free download.
The Games for Windows - LIVE version is no longer available for new players.[1]

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Install through Windows Update (wuapp.exe). Ultimate only.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

Patches

A Title Update is available for the Games for Windows - LIVE version. Tinker should automatically prompt for the update when using a LIVE profile; the update can also be downloaded manually (extract the contents and run TinkerUpdate.exe).
The Windows Vista Ultimate Extras version is updated through Windows Update.

Level Builder

The Level Builder lets you make and share your own custom puzzles.
Only works with the Vista Ultimate Extras version; it cannot detect the Games for Windows - LIVE version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location

Save game data location

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System Location
The Games for Windows - LIVE version saves in %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\XLive\Content\E000073940850FD2

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

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Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
Czech
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)

References