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Magicka
Magicka cover
Developers
Arrowhead Game Studios
Publishers
Paradox Interactive
Engines
XNA
Release dates
Windows January 25, 2011
Magicka guide on StrategyWiki
Magicka on MobyGames
Magicka on Wikipedia
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Magicka 2011
Magicka: Wizards of the Square Tablet 2013
Magicka: Wizard Wars 2015
Magicka 2 2015

General information

Official forums
Steam Community Discussions
Magickapedia

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
The Ninth Element Novel
Windows
Gamer Bundle
Windows
Party Robes
Windows
Frozen Lake
Windows
The Watchtower
Windows
Final Frontier
Windows
Nippon
Windows
Marshlands
Windows
Wizard's Survival Kit
Windows
Vietnam
Windows
Horror Props Item Pack
Windows
Holiday Spirit Item Pack
Windows
The Stars Are Left
Windows
Lonely Island Cruise
Windows
The Other Side of the Coin
Windows
Heirlooms Item Pack
Windows
Peculiar Gadgets Item Pack
Windows
Aspiring Musician Robes
Windows
Mega Vilian Robes
Windows
Dungeons and Daemons
Windows
Grimnir's Laboratory
Windows
Free Jolnir's Workshop Freeware
Windows
Tower of Niflheim
Windows
Dungeons and Gargoyles
Windows

Essential improvements

Mods And utilities

Magicka AutoHotkey Script Generator
Resized HUD for low resolutions
Savegame Editor
Challenge Editor
Level Editor

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SaveData[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42910/pfx/[Note 2]
Configuration file is binary format.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\SaveData[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/42910/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

The Decal Limit value sets the decal's decay rate before disappearing. It should be set to Off for the best effect.
General settings.
General settings.
Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

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Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.
Keyboard rebinding.
Keyboard rebinding.
Controller rebinding. Prompted when opening game and DirectInput is detected.
Controller rebinding. Prompted when opening game and DirectInput is detected.

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Controller support

The game has built in support for controllers, but the default controls for spellcasting are so obtuse (right stick to any four main directions and 1/4 to either side) that use of the keyboard is recommended.
Third party scripts have been created to apply a much more sane control scheme for use with controllers, and can be found here.

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.
Chapter introductions are spoken normally; language spoken in-game is gibberish.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Hungarian
Official in-game localization, but has a very poor quality and none of the DLC are translated.
Hungarian
A Fan Translation is available for the whole game (base game plus DLCs), which includes misspellings and mistranslations corrections.
Italian
Polish
Official in-game localization has numerous errors and quality issues.
Polish
Fan translation, download.
Russian
Official in-game localization.
Russian
Fan translation by «R.G. ExPromt»
Spanish

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
4 Co-op
Only one keyboard usable at once, other players must use controllers.
LAN play
4 Co-op
Online play
4 Co-op

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 7331, 27016
UDP 7331, 27016
This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Issues fixed

Game Won't Start On Laptop

ATI/Nvidia Graphics Cards

ATI/Nvidia Graphics Cards[citation needed]

On newer laptops with an i3/5/7 processor and some form of ATI/Nvidia graphics card, the laptop usually has the option of running a program on either on the integrated graphics or discreet graphics. Sometimes, the graphics driver incorrectly runs Magicka on the integrated intel graphics.

  • Force your system to run Magicka on the ATI or Nvidia card will greatly increase performance.

Windows Event - Exception code: c0000374 Crash

Windows Event - Exception code: c0000374 Crash[citation needed]
  • When experiencing this error code and Office 2010 is running, try changing the system language from Japanese to English. This error has something to do with Office 2010's Microsoft IME.

Crash to Desktop with SoundBlaster Card

Crash to Desktop with SoundBlaster Card[citation needed]

If you have a soundblaster sound card and are experiencing a crash to desktop:

  1. Open the windows control panel and navigate to Sound.
  2. Highlight the speaker then click properties.
  3. Go to the Sound Blaster panel.
  4. Check the Disable Sound Blaster enhancements.
  5. Click apply.

FRAPS, OC Guru, EVGA precision, MSI Afterburner, RivaTuner

FRAPS, OC Guru, EVGA precision, MSI Afterburner, RivaTuner[citation needed]
  • All of the above programs are known to cause crashes with Magicka. Disable or uninstall those programs.

Exception Code: e0434f4d or e0434f4d crash

Exception Code: e0434f4d or e0434f4d crash[citation needed]

When experiencing either of these crash codes

Game won't start

Game won't start[citation needed]
If the game won't start, try the following:

Mumble Incompatibility

Mumble Incompatibility[citation needed]
Some people have had issues running the game while mumble is open.
Most likely related to Mumbles overlay.
  1. Close Mumble
  2. Start Magicka
  3. Alt-tabbing back to desktop
  4. Start Mumble again seems to get around this issue.

Game Freezes

XP and AMD Dual Core CPU

XP and AMD Dual Core CPU[citation needed]

When experiencing some freezes and are running Windows XP on a dual core AMD CPU, make sure to install this CPU driver and the AMD Dual Core Optimizer.

Dual Core Systems

Magicka can occasionally freeze if it is run on a dual core system. Setting Magicka to run on only one core may solve this.[citation needed]
Dual Core Systems[citation needed]
  1. Run Magicka.
  2. Open the task manager.
  3. In the processes tab, right click "Magicka.exe" process and select "Set Affinity"
  4. Uncheck "CPU 1" so that ONLY "CPU 0" is checked.
  5. Select OK.

Graphics issues

Screen Tearing/Shuttering

Screen Tearing/Shuttering[citation needed]
  • For Nvidia cards, use the Nvidia control panel to force triple buffering and V-sync.
  • For ATI/AMD cards use the AMD VISION Engine Control Center to create a profile for Magicka that forces triple buffering and V-sync.

Random Graphics Glitches

Random Graphics Glitches[citation needed]
  • Update your graphics drivers.

Issues unresolved

Game Won't Start On Laptop

Intel Graphics Cards

Intel Graphics Cards[citation needed]

Intel integrated graphics cards are not recommended for playing Magicka. Playing on an Intel 2000 is neigh unplayable, while playing on an Intel 3000 is possible with reduced resolution and noticeable frame rate drops. Arrowhead Game Studios recommends avoiding integrated graphics cards.

Other information

API

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

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz
AMD 3500+
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800
ATI Radeon X1900
Other Tri-button mouse
Online play requires a DSL Internet connection.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/42910/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (42910) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References