Magicka

Magicka
Magicka	2011
Magicka: Wizards of the Square Tablet	2013
Magicka: Wizard Wars	2015
Magicka 2	2015

Magicka is a singleplayer and multiplayer bird's-eye view action game in the Magicka series.

General information

Official forums

Steam Community Discussions

Magickapedia

Arrowhead released a patch which introduced a lot of bugs and frequent crashes, with no plans to ever patch it. It is strongly recommended that you either roll back the updates or download the community fan patch (Magicka Fixes v1.4) to fix the numerous issues introduced by the patch.

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Publisher website		Collection also available.
		Collection.
Humble Store		Collection.
Steam		Complete Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)

Version differences

The Collection / Complete edition includes the base game and all DLC.

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

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

Essential improvements

Unofficial patch

GitHub repository

Fixes issues related to frequent crashes.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

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

General settings.

Graphics settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Position affects gameplay
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
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)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Color blind mode	See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Input settings.

Keyboard rebinding.

Controller rebinding. Prompted when opening game and DirectInput is detected.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Third party scripts have been created for use with controllers that provide a more "standard" mapping, and can be found here.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers
Directinput button prompts

PlayStation controllers

Nintendo controllers

Other controller(s)
Additional button prompts

Additional information
Button Prompts
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback		No option to disable.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music, SFX
Surround sound
Subtitles		Chapter introductions are spoken normally; language spoken in-game is gibberish.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Czech				Fan - The Other Side of the Coin
French
German
Hungarian				Official in-game localization, but is of very poor quality and none of the DLC are translated.
Hungarian				A fan translation by The_Reaper_CooL (TRC) 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 made official translation by group Iron Squad.
Russian				Official in-game localization.
Russian				Fan translation by «R.G. ExPromt»
Slovak				Fan - +Vietnam
Spanish
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation by PC Blast; download.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	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

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

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.

VR support

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

Issues unresolved

Integrated graphics card incompatibility

The game does not work with contemporary integrated graphics cards.^{[citation needed]}

Issues fixed

Game does not start

Install .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (older systems) or enable it from the Optional Features entry in the Windows Control Panel (modern systems)^{[citation needed]}

Install DirectX 9.0c end-user runtimes^{[citation needed]}

Install XNA Framework 3.1^{[citation needed]}

Refer to this archived thread^{[citation needed]}

Exception Code: e0434f4d or e0434f4d crash

Install .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 (older systems) or enable it from the Optional Features entry in the Windows Control Panel (modern systems)^{[citation needed]}

Install XNA Framework 3.1^{[citation needed]}

Refer to this archived thread^{[citation needed]}

Exception code: c0000374 crash

May be related to Office 2010's implementation of Microsoft IME, and using Japanese system language.

Change system language^{[citation needed]}
When experiencing this error code and Office 2010 is running, try changing the system language from Japanese to English.

Crash to desktop with SoundBlaster card

Disable SoundBlaster enhancements^{[citation needed]}
Open the Windows Control Panel and navigate to Sound. Highlight the speaker and then click properties. Go to the Sound Blaster panel. Check the Disable Sound Blaster enhancements setting. Click Apply.

Freezes in multi-core systems

Set core affinity to one CPU^{[citation needed]}

If running an AMD dual-core CPU on Windows XP, install this CPU driver and the AMD Dual Core Optimizer.^{[citation needed]}

Crashes while running third-party software

The game may crash if one or more of the following programs is running: FRAPS, OC Guru, EVGA Precision, MSI Afterburner, RivaTuner.

Disable these programs while running the game^{[citation needed]}

If using Mumble, close it before the game is run and restart it when it is launched fully.^{[citation needed]}

Screen tearing or stuttering

Force triple buffering and V-sync in the GPU control panel^{[citation needed]}

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	9.0c

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Mods and utilities

Magicka AutoHotkey Script Generator

Resized HUD for low resolutions

Savegame Editor

Challenge Editor

Level Editor

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz AMD 3500+
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	2 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 8800 ATI Radeon X1900
Other	Tri-button mouse

Online play requires a DSL Internet connection.

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
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (42910) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[gamedir-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).

[Proton_path_note-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (42910) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (42910) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

Developers

	Arrowhead Game Studios
Publishers
	Paradox Interactive
Engines
	XNA
Release dates
Windows	January 25, 2011
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Bird's-eye view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action
Themes	Fantasy
Series	Magicka