Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
- The Mac OS X version 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 retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- 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.
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 .
- Set
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.
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\ |
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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%.
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 |
Notes |
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
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
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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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). |
Software renderer |
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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) |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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
Mac OS |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
9.1 |
Processor (CPU) |
PowerPC G3 |
System memory (RAM) |
128 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail 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