LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4

LEGO® Harry Potter: Years 1-4

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How to complete the Dark Tower level on Year 3 without the game crashing.
By spookywestie
A guide on how to resolve the bug that causes the whole game to crash when you are on the dark tower level.
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Problem
As some users the progress through the game, they will not be able to progress any further past the Dark Tower level on Year 3 due to the game crashing. The crash happens when you try to melt the ice blocking the doorway via the two statues/creatures. Once the game has crashed there is nothing else to do but restart your PC.
Resolution
The bug is easy to resolve, and will work for any version of Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8 and 10)

First, you need to navigate to your appdata folder which is located at:
C:\Users\(YourPCname)\AppData.
For some people the appdata folder will be hidden, you can make it viewable by going to the view tab at the top of the screen, and checking the 'Hidden Items' box (location of this setting may vary depending on your operating system).

Once in the Appdata folder, go to:
Roaming\WB Games\LEGO® Harry Potter™.
In this folder there is a file named:
'pcconfig.txt'
This is the file we need to edit, so make a backup of it on anywhere on your PC.

Open the 'pcconfig.txt' file with windows notepad, and scroll down until you find a line called:
'DesiredDynamicLightQuality 2'
Change the 2 to a 0 and save the pcconfig.txt file, the problem will now be fixed.

Once the game is open you will notice that the game's light quality looks a lot more basic, don't worry about this as once you have completed the bugged level, then you can simply swap the 'pcconfig.txt' file with the backup you made earlier to revert the game to it's original settings.

The bugged level should now be able to be played through normaly without any issues.

If you have any problems/questions then please leave a comment.
111 Comments
dddennis 1 Feb @ 2:50pm 
thank you my friend.
marty_cec 5 Jan @ 11:55am 
thank you so much !!!
Evelyn0u0 31 Dec, 2024 @ 4:38pm 
Another thing that works to get to roaming is to go to quick access and type %appdata% into the bar. It will take you straight to roaming.
Nat the Chicken 4 Sep, 2024 @ 8:39pm 
I may have played this game like five times, but I have to say, I'm so glad I decided to replay it on PC because these glitches are too funny. How did it RANDOMLY happen that the lighting effect that causes the crash happens at the exact same time as a sneezing sound effect? These sneezing statues are trying to crash my game!

The nonexistent dynamic lighting is a sight to behold, too. I love these yellow spheres around the lanterns that just recolor everything within radius to more or less the same yellow. Thanks so much for the fix and for giving me the chance to see the game as it was never meant to be seen, I love it.
Dias9K 13 Jun, 2024 @ 9:05pm 
thanks a lot friend! my game was crashing on the chess play from year one. i'm using windows 11 and also worked for me.
76561199316405099 6 May, 2024 @ 4:08am 
does it work on windows 11?-
RedRaider7876 16 Mar, 2024 @ 3:55am 
worked for me. :steamhappy:
Cana 11 Aug, 2023 @ 10:42am 
i thought i was never gunna play the whole game because of this dumb bug, thank you for this fix guide!!
Lego Video Arcade 1 Apr, 2023 @ 11:58pm 
You're AWSOME!!!!!
IT WORKS!!!!!
Sent you a reward for the help!!!!
You are the best!!!
aaronbot900 11 Mar, 2023 @ 6:13am 
funny mustache man