Steam Game Won't Start

[PeteAtoms]

I just downloaded Magicka and can't get it running. I figured it was my horribly outdated hardware, but I noticed that everytime I tried to run the game an error report was created in the folder on the C drive. Here is what it says:

Version: 1.4.7.0	Thread: RenderThread


Microsoft.Xna.Framework.NoSuitableGraphicsDeviceException: Could not find a Direct3D device that supports the requested features.
   at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.FindBestPlatformDevice(Boolean anySuitableDevice)
   at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.FindBestDevice(Boolean anySuitableDevice)
   at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.ChangeDevice(Boolean forceCreate)
   at Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.ApplyChanges()
   at Magicka.Game..ctor()
   at Magicka.Game.get_Instance()
   at Magicka.GlobalSettings..ctor()
   at Magicka.GlobalSettings.get_Instance()
   at Magicka.Program.Main(String[] args)


0x0051 Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.dll->Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.FindBestPlatformDevice
0x0000 Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.dll->Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.FindBestDevice
0x005f Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.dll->Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.ChangeDevice
0x0018 Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game.dll->Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GraphicsDeviceManager.ApplyChanges
0x01a2 Magicka.exe->Magicka.Game..ctor
0x0021 Magicka.exe->Magicka.Game.get_Instance
0x008e Magicka.exe->Magicka.GlobalSettings..ctor
0x0021 Magicka.exe->Magicka.GlobalSettings.get_Instance
0x0171 Magicka.exe->Magicka.Program.Main

What does it mean?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Something about a Direct3D device. Quite a bit on google about your game:
http://tinyurl.com/7b9yf6g

 

[cardgame]

If it couldn't find a Direct 3D device, I'm assuming your GPU is the problem.

 

[Furiey]

Have you looked on the steam magica forum? There's quite a bit about the issues there.

 

[Jex]

If memory serves, I had this issue on my old laptop. Your GPU is not up to specs. Magicka doesn't need a strong GPU to work, but it does need something better than the Intel ones sold with most machines nowadays.