Difference between revisions of "Machines"

Revision as of 17:50, 17 November 2018

Key points

This game is also known as Machines: Wired for War.

General information

MobyGames page

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

Latest patch v1.15 and a Windows 2000/XP fix can be downloaded here under Play (click letter H) - Downloads.

With dgVoodoo 2 the game is rendered in 32 bit color depth and can be used to force anti-aliasing and anisotropic filtering.

Instructions^[1]

Download the latest version of dgVoodoo 2 and extract it (verified working on version 2.54).
Copy all the files from the MS folder and paste the files into the game installation folder.
Optional: Run dgVoodooCpl.exe and configure the settings to you liking.

Game uses DirectX, so the above mentioned improvements should be activated in the DirectX tab.

System	Location
Windows

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\savegame\^{[Note 1]}

Options menu.

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	6

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Windows^[2]
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium (200 MHz)
System memory (RAM)	32 MB	64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	115 MB	400 MB
Video card (GPU)	Voodoo 1, Riva 128 4 MB of VRAM DirectX 6.1 compatible	Voodoo 2, Riva TNT, Matrox G200 8 MB of VRAM

↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

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