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5 Replies Last post: Nov 5, 2007 9:54 AM by BavarianDude  

Fusion and Games - COD Call of Duty Modern Warfare Demo not working - errors posted: Nov 4, 2007 8:53 AM

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BavarianDude
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Nov 4, 2007
I installed Vista Ultimate on my Mac Pro, 4 GB'sof RAM, and downloaded the demo for the new CoD (www.callofduty.com) and I get a DirectX error. I tried in safe mode, no change, then got DirectX 10 and no change. What is the incompatibility? I really need this to work. My friend has the same computer and tried it on his Parallels and it gave a video card error. So I'm a bit lost if anyone wants to try this and find a solution. Awesome FPS game. But I'm concerned as I was bragging that everything works great via Fusion till I tested gaming which is important. I was hoping not to use Boot Camp for all gaming.

Thanks a lot!

Bavarandude
Bavariandude@gmail.com

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Re: Fusion and Games - COD Call of Duty Modern Warfare Demo not working - errors

1. Nov 4, 2007 11:49 AM in response to: BavarianDude
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dslund
8 posts since
Nov 4, 2007
There is only partial experimental support for DirectX 9.0. There is a list here: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-1287. My guess is that as time goes by there will be more complete support.

Re: Fusion and Games - COD Call of Duty Modern Warfare Demo not working - errors

2. Nov 4, 2007 12:41 PM in response to: BavarianDude
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etung
11,094 posts since
Oct 15, 2006
Can you find out exactly which version of DirectX CoD4 requires? Currently, Fusion only supports DirectX 9.0 (not 9.0c or 9.0b, etc.) without shaders. Given that CoD4 isn't even released yet, it probably wants more than that.

Re: Fusion and Games - COD Call of Duty Modern Warfare Demo not working - errors

3. Nov 4, 2007 1:53 PM in response to: etung
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wvmd
5 posts since
Nov 2, 2007
Recommended Specs
  1. CPU: 2.4 GHz dual core or better is recommended
  2. RAM: 1GB for XP; 2GB for Vista is recommended
  3. Harddrive: 8GB of free hard drive space
  4. Video card: 3.0 Shader Support recommended. Nvidia Geforce 7800 or better or ATI Radeon X1800 or better

“Required (min) Specs”
  1. CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 2.4 GHz or AMD(R) Athlon(TM)
  2. 64 2800+ processor or any 1.8Ghz Dual Core Processor or better supported
  3. RAM: 512MB RAM (768MB for Windows Vista)
  4. Harddrive: 8GB of free hard drive space
  5. Video card (generic): NVIDIA(R) Geforce(TM) 6600 or better or ATI(R) Radeon(R) 9800Pro or better

Doesn't list specific DirectX......

Re: Fusion and Games - COD Call of Duty Modern Warfare Demo not working - errors

4. Nov 4, 2007 9:38 PM in response to: wvmd
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bflad
83 posts since
Aug 3, 2007

As with a lot of new game releases... I would suspect its DirectX 9.0c minimum and DirectX 10 recommended/capable. Hence the lack of VM support.

~Brian

Re: Fusion and Games - COD Call of Duty Modern Warfare Demo not working - errors

5. Nov 5, 2007 9:54 AM in response to: bflad
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BavarianDude
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Nov 4, 2007
"I would suspect its DirectX 9.0c minimum and DirectX 10 recommended/capable."
Ya, I'll have to wait as it does need 9c. It will come, in the mean time I'll test Ghost Recon, Battlefield 2, Tiger Woods 08 and Leisure Suite Larry 7. ;-) If they are fine my faith will be restored. I still need to test boot camp but I really like Fusion.

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