Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Developers | |
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KnowWonder | |
Publishers | |
Electronic Arts | |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 2 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | May 25, 2004 |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
General information
- Harry Potter Wiki - A massive wiki for the Harry Potter universe
Availability
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files[citation needed] |
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(alternative) Set widescreen resolution |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Harry Potter™ and the Prisoner of Azkaban\ |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Harry Potter™ and the Prisoner of Azkaban\Save\ |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
Set widescreen resolution[3] |
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Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | Local retail version only. | |||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Portuguese | ||||
Russian | Only available in Russian retail release. | |||
Swedish | Only available in Swedish retail release. |
Issues fixed
Error at Launch on Windows 8 and later
- The game by default uses a Direct3D render device. In recent versions of Windows this may cause an error at launch: LockRect failed: D3DERR_DEVICELOST. The following has been tested on Windows 10 to work.
Change Render Device[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 8 | |
Software renderer |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | OpenAL | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 98, 2000, ME, XP | XP SP3 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 600 MHz | Intel Pentium 4 1.5 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 820 MB | 7200 rpm |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 2 ATI Radeon Matrox Parhelia 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
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
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | WSGF