The Incredible Machine: Even More Contraptions
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| Developers | |
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| Dynamix | |
| Publishers | |
| Retail | Sierra On-Line |
| Digital | Disney Interactive |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 14, 2001 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | 2001 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Pacing | Relaxed, Continuous turn-based |
| Perspectives | Flip screen |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Puzzle |
| Art styles | Cartoon |
| Themes | Contemporary |
| Series | The Incredible Machine |
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Key points
- Runs at a fixed 800x600 resolution
General information
- Hardcore Gaming 101 - Comprehensive feature on the series
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
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| GOG.com | |
Included in The Incredible Machine Mega Pack, with The Even More Incredible Machine, The Incredible Machine 3, and Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions. | |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\EvenMore.ini[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Saved Games\[Note 1] <path-to-game>\Homemade\[Note 1] |
| Mac OS (Classic) |
- The
<path-to-game>\Saved Games\folder stores progress, while<path-to-game>\Homemade\user levels. - As described in The Incredible Machine 3#Game data, the location of saved games is controlled by %windir%\sierra.ini. The section name used for Even More Contraptions is
[EvenMore]instead of[TimWin], but the keyname is still InstallPath.
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GOG Galaxy |
Video
In-game video settings.
Default "windowed" mode (see the fix)
| Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | 800x600 only. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | After disabling full screen mode, the game runs in a centered 800x600 window against tiling background. To run in a true window see: Windowed | ||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Runs at less than 30 FPS. | ||
Windowed
| Edit configuration file[citation needed] |
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[WinInfo] ChildX=50 ChildY=50 ChildW=800 ChildH=600 MainFullScreen=0 ChildFullscreen=1 AppFullscreen=0
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Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support |
| Controller types |
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Audio
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | Music and Sound Effects | |
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| General MIDI audio |
- Sound menu includes a Jukebox.
- Digital (sampled) or MIDI (synthesized) soundtrack can be selected.
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 2 | Hot seat |
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| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | ||||
Other information
API
| Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows | |||||
| Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 95 | 98, 2000 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 90 MHz | Intel Pentium 166 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | 64 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 40 MB | 300 MB |
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 8.0a compatible | |
| Mac OS | ||
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| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 8.6 | |
| Processor (CPU) | PowerPC 120 MHz | |
| System memory (RAM) | 32 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 40 MB | |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).