Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Developers | |
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EA Bright Light | |
macOS (OS X) | TransGaming Inc.[1] |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Engines | |
Bright Light Halogen | |
Release dates | |
Windows | June 30, 2009 |
macOS (OS X) (Cider) | June 30, 2009 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 64 |
IGDB | 66 |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Harry Potter |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
Key points
- Multiplayer from the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions has been removed.
Availability
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Electronic Arts\Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince\ |
macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Electronic Arts\Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince\HPHBP0\ |
macOS (OS X) |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Highest natively supported resolution is 1920x1080. For other resolutions see below. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | See below. | ||
4K Ultra HD | See below. | ||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Enabled by default. No in-game option. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Capped at 30 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
4K Ultra HD
3840x2160 (4K) |
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8002 → 000F E001 → 7008 3. Save the file and start the game. If you cannot save the edited file, try unchecking read-only or move the file to a different folder. For detailed instructions and other resolutions see this video. The method above causes graphical glitches (ghosting around objects) in some situations. As an alternative try this method:-
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Ultra-widescreen
21:9 and 32:9 ratio |
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For 21:9 replace 398EE33F with 26B41740 For 32:9 replace 398EE33F with 398E6340 3. Then search for the following hex value: 8035FA8E3C For 21:9 replace 35FA8E3C with 0752AD3C For 32:9 replace 35FA8E3C with A3E4EB3C 4. Save the file and start the game. If you cannot save the edited file, try unchecking read-only or move the file to a different folder. For detailed instructions see this video. |
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 | X-axis can also be inverted. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | X-axis can also be inverted. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers | Generic DirectInput controllers are supported. | |
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Czech | ||||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
Finnish | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | ||||
Italian | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish |
Issues fixed
Crashing at launch
Use DxWnd |
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Crash on the Bridge Zone
- There is a crash on modern systems at the bridge area to selecting a resolution of 1920x1080,lowering the resolution of the game to 1600x900 solves the problem
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) | This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP SP2 | Vista |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz | Intel Core 2 Duo 2.13 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 5 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 2 MX400 ATI Radeon 7500 64 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | 128 MB of VRAM |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
References
- ↑ The end of Mac gaming - Ars Technica - last accessed on 2017-12-31