Warnings
- SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected releases).
- The Mac OS X release of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
Availability
- SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected releases).
- A demo is also available.
Essential improvements
Graphical Tweaks
- A fork of Kentie's Direct3D 10 renderer that adds more graphical features.
- Run games at HD resolution.
- Improved lighting.
- Adds ambient occlusion, screen space reflections and higher quality HDR post-processing.
- Places a watermark in the bottom right, and overrides your ciplboard with a link to the developer's PayPal. Follow these instructions to disable the watermark and remove the PayPal link from being inserted into your clipboard.
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Installing DirectX 11 renderer
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- Download the newest version of D3D11 renderer that supports Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (also referred to as Harry Potter 2).
- Open downloaded archive.
- Copy files from
Common directory to <path-to-game>\System.
- Copy files from
Harry Potter 2 directory to <path-to-game>\System.
- From
<path-to-game>\System directory delete files SoftDrv.dll, SoftDrv.int, D3DDrv.dll and D3DDrv.int.
- Edit
<path-to-game>\System\Default.ini with text editor and find a section [Engine.Engine].
- Set
GameRenderDevice to D3D11Drv.D3D11RenderDevice (i.e. GameRenderDevice=D3D11Drv.D3D11RenderDevice).
- Set
WindowedRenderDevice to D3D11Drv.D3D11RenderDevice.
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RenderDevice to D3D11Drv.D3D11RenderDevice.
- To disable the watermark and clipboard override, add the following text to the bottom of the file:
[D3D11Drv.D3D11RenderDevice]
SupportMETextEnabled=False
- Navigate to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Harry Potter II and delete Game.ini.
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- A port of the Unreal Tournament DX9 driver, with fixes and HP2 specific implementations.
- Fully compatible with modern systems.
- Supports HD resolutions, anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering, frame rate cap, v-sync, high res textures, DXT textures, and more.
- Better performance than the DX11 renderer.
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Installing DirectX 9 renderer
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- Download the mod and follow the installation instructions.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System |
Location |
| Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Harry Potter II\ |
| Mac OS (Classic) |
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Save game data location
| System |
Location |
| Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Harry Potter II\Save\ |
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Video settings
Template:Video settings
- Forcing a widescreen resolution without modifications cuts off the lower part of in-game menus.
- If using the default DirectX7 renderer, the LegacyD3DResolutionHack or DGVoodoo2 is required to make popular resolutions higher than 2048x1536 work.
- If using Windows scaling above 100%, part of the game will appear outside of the screen. To fix this reset scaling to 100%.
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Use the widescreen mod
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- This mod shifts the menu to the left side of the screen, allowing all options ot be fully displayed.
- Download the Widescreen mod and extract
hgame.u to <path-to-game>\System\.
- Go to configuration file(s) location.
- Edit
Game.ini.
- Set the
FullscreenViewportX and FullscreenViewportY values to your desired resolution.
- Optionally, edit
User.ini and set the DesiredFOV value to compensate: 100 for the 16:10 aspect ratio, and 105 for 16:9.
Notes
- Alternatively, you can use the Harry Potter Settings Utility to set the resolution and FOV without having to manually edit the configuration files.
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Input settings
Template:Input settings
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
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| English |
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| Czech |
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Only available in Czech & Slovak retail release. |
| Danish |
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Only available in Danish retail release. |
| Dutch |
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| French |
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| Italian |
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| Korean |
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Only available in Korean retail release. |
| Polish |
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Only available in Polish retail release. |
| Portuguese |
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| Russian |
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Only available in Russian retail release. |
| Spanish |
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| Swedish |
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Only available in Swedish retail release. |
Issues fixed
All bugs can be fixed with dgVoodoo2 (UsePrecache should still be set to False in Game.ini when using DGVoodoo2).
Certain transparent effects and textures are not rendered properly
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Edit configuration file
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- Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Game.ini.
- Change the
UsePrecache= value under [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] to False.
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(alternative) Install transparency fix
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Extract this fix into the game's System folder.
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- Changing the brightness setting in the pause menu will reset the textures which will also solve the problem (temporarily).
Low frame rate on Windows 8
Low frame rate on Windows 10
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In the pause menu of the game, open the video settings (represented by a yellow eye icon in the bottom right corner). Change the colour depth to 32 bit, this should solve the issue.[4]
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Animations/Cutscenes running too fast due to framerate above 120
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Download Dxtory and enable "Limit Video FPS" under the advanced settings. Set the value to either 60 or 120 depending on your personal preference.
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Camera spinning/Harry constantly walking backwards with Xbox 360 or Xbox One Controller
# Go to the configuration file(s) location.
- Open
Game.ini.
- Locate
[WinDrv.WindowsClient] section and change DeadZoneRUV=False to DeadZoneRUV=True and DeadZoneXYZ=False to DeadZoneXYZ=True.
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Other information
API
| Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
| Direct3D |
7 |
DirectX 9 is hackable via dgVoodoo2, DirectX 9 by metallicafan212, Direct3D 11 support is hackable using Unreal DirectX11 Renderer (with features like tessellation, SSR or etc, but with some bugs and slow rendering in a some areas). |
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| Executable | PPC | 16-bit |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Mac (classic) is only Power PC.
Mac (OSX) is Intel 32bits |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
| Audio |
OpenAL |
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System requirements
| Windows | Mac OS (Classic) | macOS (OS X) |
| Windows |
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Minimum | Recommended |
| Operating system (OS) |
95 | 98, 2000, ME, XP |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium II 300 MHz | Intel Pentium III 500 MHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
64 MB (95, 98)
128 MB (2000, XP) | 128 MB (95, 98)
256 MB (2000, XP) |
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) |
600 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) |
4 MB (Software rendering)
8 MB (Hardware rendering) of VRAM
DirectX 8.0a compatible | 16 MB of VRAM |
- Supported chipsets: ATI Rage 128, ATI Radeon series, Nvidia RIVA TNT, Nvidia RIVA TNT2 (Ultra), Nvidia GeForce series, Matrox G400, Matrox G450, Matrox G550, Matrox Parhelia, Power VR Kyro I & II, SiS 315
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Minimum |
| Operating system (OS) |
9.1 |
| Processor (CPU) |
PowerPC G3 |
| System memory (RAM) |
128 MB |
| Storage drive (HDD/SSD) |
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Notes
- ↑ This version of SafeDisc DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
References
