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Magical Drop V

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Magical Drop V
Magical Drop V cover
Developers
Golgoth Studio
Publishers
UTV Ignition Entertainment
Engines
Golgoth Engine
Release dates
Windows November 15, 2012
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Key points

Released in a broken state, the game is still marred with issues since the developers abandoned it, despite the various updates the game received. These issues range from minor to gamebreaking.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Windows

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204960/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204960/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Can be disabled.

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.

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Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Issues unresolved

Game randomly goes into demo mode even though you bought the game

The only solution of sorts to this issue is to relaunch the game and hope that it goes away.

Issues fixed

Game crashes upon launch

.xml tweak[citation needed]
  1. If you're not using a Nvidia GPU, skip to step 2. Open the Nvidia Control Panel, then in the Program Settings, select MagicalDropV.exe. Then disable anything related to anti-aliasing.
  2. Go to the installation folder.
  3. Open config.xml in your text editor of choice.
  4. Change <FullScreenWidth>1920</FullScreenWidth> to <FullScreenWidth>640</FullScreenWidth>, and <FullScreenHeight>1080</FullScreenHeight> to <FullScreenHeight>480</FullScreenHeight>, respectively.
  5. Launch the game.
  6. If successful, go to the game's settings menu and change the resolution to your desired resolution.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 500 MB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or equivalent
DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References