Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup

How to Play

The game with NoCD, widescreen fix and dgVoodoo has been tested on Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 10, works fine. But the game has some issues on modern systems, for troubleshooting and fixes check our guides and Notes

If you prefer video over text - here's also a video guide how to run Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup on modern systems, by JokerAlex 21

Install & play guide:

• Mount the disc image. You will need the utility for mounting disc image files, like WinCDEmu, UltraISO, Alcohol 52%/Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools Lite
• Install the game (if autorun doesn't work - simply launch the installation from Setup.exe inside the disc)
• Also it is recommended to install DirectX from the disc (if you're using Windows 10 - enable DirectPlay, read this or this guide how to do it)
• (At the end of installation process you will see error "Please insert correct CD-ROM", just click OK; the game is installed fine)
• After you installed the game - install NoCD (simply copy QWC.exe from the archive and put it into game folder, replacing original QWC.exe)
• Optionally install Widescreen fix (instruction inside the archive, that fix also works as NoCD)
• Open the game folder and find QWC.exe. Right click on QWC.exe - Properties - Compatibility - Set "Run this app in compatibility mode with Windows 2000 or XP" and "Run as administrator"
• Launch the game and play. If the game doesn't work - try to launch the game in compatibility mode with old versions of Windows (98, 2000, WinXP or Vista)

That way you will get clean version of original game, but you may get some performance troubles on modern systems. Here's some advices how to improve game performance and enhance its graphics (make sure to save back-ups of original files):

1. By default the game works only in 4:3 screen resolutions, but you can launch it in widescreen by using Widescreen fix or editing config-files, read this guide how to edit Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup configuration files
2. If you want to play with anti-aliasing, anisotropic filtering and other cool features - run the game through dgVoodoo utility: copy the dll-files from the MS/x86 folder, dgVoodooCpl.exe and dgVoodoo.conf in Harry Potter Quidditch World Cup folder, then launch dgVoodooCpl.exe to change dgVoodoo settings. After that run the game through desktop shortcut or QWC.exe. dgVoodoo is compatible with widescreen config, so you can enable anti-aliasing + texture filtering in dgVoodoo settings, then change the resolution, and the game will look really great & working in good resolution. Please note that dgVoodoo requires video card with DirectX 9 support, so it doesn't work on most of Intel graphics
3. If your graphics card doesn't support DirectX 9 (like most Intel graphics) - you can try to run the game with 3D Analyze utility. But we didn't test that method

In summary, to run the game on modern systems you need NoCD + edit configs (manually or with Widescreen fix) + graphical wrapper like dgVoodoo, also you will need to cap the framerate to 60 FPS. If you don't want or don't know how to do all of that - you can download repack by Magipack (also mirrored on this page), it includes all needed fixes & dgVoodoo for graphics enhancement

Notes:

• If the installation doesn't start - try to launch Setup.exe in compatibility mode with old version of Windows (98, 2000 or XP)
• At the end of installation you will see error "Please insert correct CD-ROM", just click OK. It happens because the installer tries to launch the game right after finishing the installation process
• NoCD is required for the launch because the game is using SafeDisc DRM protection, which doesn't work on modern systems. That NoCD "breaks" DRM protection and allows the game to work on modern systems
• If the game doesn't work in compatibility mode with Windows XP - try to run it in compatibility mode with older Windows versions (Windows 2000, Windows 98/Me, etc.). For some users the game didn't work in compatibility mode with Windows XP but worked with Windows 2000
• The game works on DirectX 8, so if you're using Windows 8, 8.1, 10 or 11 - you need to enable DirectPlay: Go to Control Panel, and select 'Programs'. Select 'Turn Windows features on and off', click on 'Legacy Components' and check the box 'DirectPlay'. Select OK, once the installation is done, restart your computer
• If you have graphical bugs or the game doesn't launch - try to run the game d3d8to9 wrapper or through dgVoodoo (your graphics card must have support for DirectX 9)
• The game still can be played in multiplayer: local coop for 2 players with 2 controllers (gamepad + keyboard or 2 gamepads) or online multiplayer through Parsec utility. Watch this video guide for online multiplayer
• Sometimes the in-game physics and/or cutscenes are getting broken when the game works too fast, so better to limit the game's framerate to 60 FPS. There are few ways to do that:
• Install an app that allows to limit the framerate, like RTSS or Bandicam, read this guide for framerate limit utilities
• If you're using dgVoodoo 2.75 or later version - open dgVoodoo.conf with Notepad and find the line FPSLimit = 0. Change "0" to "60" to limit the game's framerate to 60 FPS
• For users of Windows 64-bit systems: if the game doesn't work after you launched it - open Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del by default) and check for processes QWC.exe and rundll32.exe. Close QWC.exe but don't touch rundll32.exe (it's a Windows app for running old apps from 32-bit operational systems, most old games running through rundll32.exe). Now try to launch the game again, it must work. Don't forget to close rundll32.exe process in Task Manager after finishing playing
• Don't forget to check PCGamingWiki page if you have troubles!