Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4

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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.

Lego Harry Potter
Subseries of Harry Potter
Subseries of Lego
Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4	2010
Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7	2011


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General information

Brickipedia - Game page on LEGO Wiki

Harry Potter Wiki - A massive wiki for the Harry Potter universe

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM 7 DRM.
Amazon.com
Amazon.com

GOG.com
Green Man Gaming
Green Man Gaming		DRM: Feral Interactive
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Origin		DRM: Feral Interactive
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\WB Games\LEGO® Harry Potter™\pcconfig.txt
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21130/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\WB Games\LEGO® Harry Potter™\SavedGames\
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21130/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Effects settings

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Windowed

Force windowed^[1]
Download and run DxWnd. Click on Edit and Add. Set the path to `<path-to-game>\LEGOHarryPotter.exe`. Set the desired window position and size. Set Desktop for borderless fullscreen windowed. Click OK, then File and Save.

Input settings

Controls settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	Co-op
LAN play
Online play

Issues unresolved

Second 360 controller stops working randomly

Game is impossible to play with both players using an XInput controller as at random times, one of the controllers will stop responding to inputs. Other lego games have similar bugs, but usually you can go to the controller settings in the option menu, choose Change Input Device and it'll start working again. But in this game, nothing short of quitting the game will fix it. It happens often enough that the game is basically unplayable with 2 controllers - you can't get to the next save point before you have to quit and lose progress.

Issues fixed

Crash to desktop on startup

Set sound quality to 24 bit, 48000 Hz^[2]
See Sound problems (cracking, delays, missing music/effects, etc.)

Crash to desktop in first level

Set FSAA off in effects options menu^[3]

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Resolutions above 1440x900 are locked to 60 Hz, even if the screen refresh rate is set higher than that.

Set screen refresh rate^[1]

Install Special K by following the Special K Unofficial Guide. Manual local installation may work better.
Start the game once and close it to allow the configuration file of Special K to be created.
Open <path-to-game>\d3d9.ini or %USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Mods\SpecialK\Profiles\LEGOHarryPotter.exe\SpecialK.ini depending on the installation method you used.
Change RefreshRate=-1 to RefreshRate=0.
Change EnableTextureMods=true to EnableTextureMods=false.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.8 GHz AMD Athlon XP 2200+	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz AMD Athlon 64 2.8 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6.6 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon X1300 Nvidia GeForce FX 5800 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	ATI Radeon HD 2900 Nvidia GeForce 8800 256 MB of VRAM
Controller	Xbox 360 Controller

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	10.6.4
Processor (CPU)	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	6.6 GB
Video card (GPU)	128 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (21130) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-09-18
↑ [FIX] Immediate Crash to Desktop on Startup - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
↑ https://www.gog.com/forum/lego_harry_potter_series/legoharrypotterexe_main_executable_has_stopped_working_error_upon_launch

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (21130) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (21130) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2017-09-18-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Verified by User:Keith on 2017-09-18

[3] [FIX] Immediate Crash to Desktop on Startup - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)

[4] ttps://www.gog.com/forum/lego_harry_potter_series/legoharrypotterexe_main_executable_has_stopped_working_error_upon_launch

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Developers

	Traveller's Tales
Publishers
	Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
OS X	Feral Interactive
Release dates
Windows	June 25, 2010
macOS (OS X)	February 22, 2011