Magical Drop V
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Developers | |
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Golgoth Studio | |
Publishers | |
UTV Ignition Entertainment | |
Engines | |
Golgoth Engine | |
Release dates | |
Windows | November 15, 2012 |
Taxonomy | |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Side view |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Falling block, Puzzle |
Art styles | Anime |
Themes | Fantasy |
Series | Magical Drop |
Magical Drop | |
---|---|
Magical Drop III (1999) | 1999 |
Magical Drop V | 2012 |
Magical Drop II | 2018 |
Magical Drop III | 2018 |
Magical Drop DX | 2021 |
Magical Drop VI | 2023 |
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
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Steam (unavailable) |
- This game is no longer available for purchase as of July 28, 2020.[1]
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\config.xml[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204960/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\saves\*_mdv.sav[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/204960/pfx/[Note 2] |
-
*
represents the Steam username of the Steam account playing it.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Steam Cloud | Can be disabled.[2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped at 60fps.[3] | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | Mouse is not supported. | |
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | [4] | |
Haptic feedback | [5] | |
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M | [6] |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | Stereo audio.[7] | |
Subtitles | All dialogue is text-based. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | [8] | |
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | 4 | Versus |
||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 4 | Versus |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
---|---|---|
Multiplayer | Steamworks |
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.[9]
Issues fixed
Game crashes upon launch
.xml tweak[10] |
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7, 8 |
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
- ↑ 1.0 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). - ↑ 2.0 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>/204960/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (204960) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Magical Drop V Changelist #9045924 - last accessed on 2020-10-10
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-10-10
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-10-10
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-10-10
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-10-10
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-10-10
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-10-15
- Tested with Orban Loudness Meter and a Soulion Tracer 30, which reports as a 7.1 audio device using virtual surround sound mode.
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-10-15
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-10-10
- ↑ Verified by User:Ptolemy on 2020-10-10