Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Developers
	EA Bright Light
macOS (OS X)	TransGaming Inc.
Publishers
	Electronic Arts
Russia	1C-SoftClub
Engines
	Bright Light Halogen
Release dates
Windows	June 25, 2007
macOS (OS X) (Cider)	August 17, 2007
Reception
Metacritic	63
IGDB	58
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Adventure
Art styles	Realistic
Series	Harry Potter

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.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SecuROM v7 DRM
Origin (unavailable)

This game is no longer available digitally.

Essential improvements

hp-order-of-the-phoenix-fix

Download page

Official instructional video

Fixes hard mode and choppy animations as well as adds support for arbitrary resolutions and aspect ratios, 60 and 120 FPS gameplay, windowed and borderless windowed, and adjustable FOV.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Electronic Arts\Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix\
macOS (OS X)

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Electronic Arts\Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix\HPOOTP\
macOS (OS X)

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Origin

Video

General Settings

Video Settings

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Use hp-order-of-the-phoenix-fix.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen			Use hp-order-of-the-phoenix-fix.
4K Ultra HD			Use hp-order-of-the-phoenix-fix.
Field of view (FOV)		Use hp-order-of-the-phoenix-fix.
Windowed		Use hp-order-of-the-phoenix-fix.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Use hp-order-of-the-phoenix-fix.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Forcing AA breaks shadows.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS		Pre-rendered cutscenes are always locked at 30 FPS. Use hp-order-of-the-phoenix-fix for gameplay.
120+ FPS		Pre-rendered cutscenes are always locked at 30 FPS. Use hp-order-of-the-phoenix-fix for gameplay.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input Settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		2 presets available.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers		Generic DirectInput controllers are supported.
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese				Local retail only.
Traditional Chinese				Local retail only.
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian				Local retail only.
Italian
Korean				Local retail only.
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish

Issues fixed

Choppy animations

Animations become choppy beyond 60 FPS.

Use hp-order-of-the-phoenix-fix

Stuck quests

Use hp-order-of-the-phoenix-fix

Can't launch the game's installation from disc (blocked by Windows 10/administrator rights)

Start from command prompt
Start the command prompt (cmd.exe) with administrator privileges (enter cmd in the Windows search field, right click and run as admin). Navigate to the disk drive. E.g. if the game disc is in drive D:, enter d: and press return. Run Autorun.exe from the command line (enter Autorun.exe and press return).

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)			This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.

Save files

A complete (100%) save file.

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon 7000 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible