Recurrent crash at start of Chapter 2

[Deleted member 471407]

Are you running a computer with the Intel HD chipset graphics?

 

[Deleted member 471407]

Sadly there can be a lot of these problems when running the game on Intel HD Chipset's :/ If you have less than 256MB in the dedicated memory section you are not even meeting the hardware requirements really :/

Sadly, even if you have a more powerful version, you may still have problems. I can only refer to the tips and tricks that are posted in this forum as well as the Steam one.

 

[Deleted member 471407]

This is just a wild guess. But you could try to install DirectX 9 (you can have it together with 11, so you don't need to downgrade. Just run it paralell): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35

Using 11 caused problems with PDS games requiring DirectX 9 and installing that version solves the issue there. Thought it could at least be worth a try! Please let me know if you have any luck with it.

 

[Deleted member 471407]

Last time I tried to use directx 9 in parallel with another version, I had to format my computer.

So, I wouldn't recommend it but, maybe it was just me.

I haven't heard of issues like this :/ I've done it on at least 3 computers without problems.

But if you had problems. Please let me know about their nature. Maybe there is some serious issues with doing this.

 

[Deleted member 471407]

Sorry for sort of "necrophilia" with this old post, but it's takes first line in google on query "magicka crashes after first level".

Fixed this issue by:
1. Downloading https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/24695/Intel-HD-Graphics-Driver-for-Windows-7-8-8-1-32bit in .zip .
2. Unzip to any folder.
3. Control panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager -> Display adapters -> Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000 -> right click -> Update Driver Software -> Browse my computer -> set path to uzipped driver folder -> next -> wait -> reboot .
4. Everything is work!

At least with TOSHIBA Satellite C660-1TE Intel HD Graphics 3000 on Win7x64; game version 1.4.16.0 .

Thanks for repoting this solution!