Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the video game based off the best selling book and box office hit movie of the same title. What started as a novel craze and moved into every other medium, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first entry into the seven part Potter series. But whenever I tried exiting the game, or Tried reloading it in the Start Game Menu, it gave me this: (see below). The title screen of the game constantly popped up, instead of the area of the Potions Challenge, where I am playing as Harry in the Dungeons.
2Game data
3Video settings
4Input settings
5Audio settings
6Issues fixed
7Other information
Warnings
SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
2003
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2005
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009
Lego Harry Potter (series)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
2010
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
2011
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them VR Experience
2018
Hogwarts Legacy
2021
Key points
Released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in North America.
Availability[edit]
Source
DRM
Notes
Keys
OS
Retail
SafeDisc v2 DRM[Note 1]
SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Game data[edit]
Configuration file(s) location[edit]
System
Location
Windows
%USERPROFILE%DocumentsHarry Potter
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Save game data location[edit]
System
Location
Windows
%USERPROFILE%DocumentsHarry PotterSave
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Video settings[edit]
In-game options menu.
Graphics feature
State
WSGF
Notes
Widescreen resolution
Only 4:3 aspect ratio is properly supported. See Widescreen resolution.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Edit the DesiredFOV value in User.ini.
Windowed
Use -windowedcommand line argument or edit the StartupFullscreen value under [WinDrv.WindowsClient] in HP.ini.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
Enable by default.Edit the UseVSync line in HP.ini. Note that the values here have been reversed: UseVSync=False actually turns Vsync on.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
No frame rate cap, but very high framerates may break physics and sound in-game.Set monitor to 60hz to fix
Widescreen resolution[edit]
Use the Unofficial Widescreen Patch[3]
Download the Unofficial Widescreen Patch and extract it to <path-to-game>System.
Download this patch instead for the localized Russian version.
Go to configuration file(s) location.
Edit HP.ini.
Set the FullscreenViewportX and FullscreenViewportY values to your desired resolution.
Optionally, edit User.ini and set the DesiredFOV value to compensate: 100 for the 16:10 aspect ratio, and 105 for 16:9.
Notes
Alternatively, you can use the Harry Potter Settings Utility to set the resolution and FOV without having to manually edit the configuaration files.
Input settings[edit]
Keyboard and mouse
State
Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Only during flight sequences.
Controller
Controller support
See Controller support.
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M
Controller support[edit]
Triggers can't be mapped in XInput controllers.
Lack of Deadzone in Right Thumbstick, makes camera spinning. See Camera spinning with Xbox 360 Controller.
Proper mouselook and strafing[edit]
Use the Mouse Fix and Strafing mod
Download the Mouse Fix and Strafing mod and extract it to <path-to-game>System.
If you have already installed the Unofficial Widescreen Patch, also download the Widescreen Fix and extract it to <path-to-game>System.
Audio settings[edit]
Audio feature
State
Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and Sound Effects/Speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support
1.0
Localizations
Language
UI
Audio
Sub
Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech
Only available in retail release.
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Polish
Only available in retail release.
Portuguese
Russian
Only available in retail release.
Slovak
Fan translation, download or US version download.
Spanish
Swedish
Only available in retail release.
Issues fixed[edit]
Fails to start on Windows 8.1 and earlier[edit]
The game requires a form of DRM, known as SafeDisc implemented in secdrv.sys. Unfortunately, it is a gaping security flaw, and evidently couldn't be fixed without being removed. Microsoft disabled it in Windows 7 and removed it in Windows 10. The following has been tested in Windows 7 to work.
Create a new Windows batch file (extension .bat) and insert the following:
Notes
This effectively reopens the security hole, starts the game, and then patches the vulnerability again after 1 second. You'll likely need to run the script in Administrator mode.
You can experiment with different timings if 1 second turns out to be too short on your system.
Low frame rate on Windows 8 and later[edit]
Instructions[citation needed]
Download dgVoodoo2.
Copy dgVoodooSetup.exe and the contents of the MS folder into the <path-to-game>/System folder of the game
Run dgVoodooSetup.exe, select DirectX, uncheck dgVoodoo Watermark (and change some settings if you want to force higher res)
Run HP.exe as administrator, or apply a cracked exe if you don't have a CD drive.
Notes
If you change resolution from the game settings, dgVoodoo2 switches to windowed mode, and you have to press Alt+↵ Enter to get back to fullscreen. To avoid this, just force the resolution you want from dgVoodooSetup.exe. Keep in mind that the game does not like very high resolutions (>1080p) or widescreen.
Certain transparent effects and textures are not rendered properly[edit]
trees
eyeglasses
Edit configuration file
Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Game.ini.
Change the UsePrecache= value under [D3DDrv.D3DRenderDevice] to False.
(alternative) Use console code
Go to configuration file(s) location.
Edit HP.ini.
Set the bDebugMode value to True.
While in-game, press ~ to access the console.
Type flush and press ↵ Enter to recache the textures.
(alternative) Use dgVoodoo2
Camera spinning with Xbox 360 Controller[edit]
Instructions[4]
Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open HP.ini.
Locate [WinDrv.WindowsClient] section and change DeadZoneRUV=False to DeadZoneRUV=True.
Other information[edit]
API[edit]
Technical specs
Supported
Notes
Direct3D
7
Direct3D 11 support is hackable using Unreal DirectX11 Renderer. It is compatible with both the Widescreen Patch and Mouse and Strafing Fix.[5]
Software renderer
Executable
32-bit
64-bit
Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Colored intro[edit]
Harry Potter And The Philosophers Stone Mac Game Torrent
Use the Story Book mod
Download the Story Book mod and extract it to <path-to-game>Textures.
Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone Mac Game Download
Mac OS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
8.6
Processor (CPU)
PowerPC G3
System memory (RAM)
96 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)
Notes
↑SafeDisc retail DRMdoes not work on Windows 10[1] and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
References
↑Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
