Tinker

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Tinker

Developers
	Fuel Industries
Publishers
	Microsoft
Release dates
Windows	September 23, 2008

Microsoft Windows

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Tinker	2008
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Key points

Originally released as a Windows Vista Ultimate Extra, later updated as a free download.

Download Microsoft Tinker Game For Windows 7, Vista & XP

The Games for Windows - LIVE version is no longer available for new players.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Install through Windows Update (wuapp.exe). Ultimate only.

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

System	Location
Windows

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows

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

Video settings

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Vista Ultimate Extras only: add -mce to the end of the shortcut target.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		XInput controllers only.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Always mutes (no option).

Localizations

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

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

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