This is a list of 3D applications (probably mostly games) that people have found to work with Fusion. Feel free to add your findings to the document, but keep questions in the comments. You can edit the document by selecting "Edit document" under Actions in the left sidebar. Please try to keep your results up to date with the most recent build; you probably want to remove your own outdated entries to keep this document reasonably short.
This list does not guarantee that a particular application will work for you, and does not imply support from VMware.
To enable 3D acceleration, shut down (suspend doesn't count) the virtual machine and go to Virtual Machine > Settings > System Hardware > Display. Check the "Accelerate 3D graphics" option. You must also install VMware Tools. If you previously used Fusion 1.x, remember to upgrade the virtual hardware if you haven't done so.
As of version 3.0, VMware Fusion offers experimental support for DirectX 9.0c with Shader Model 3 and OpenGL (2.1 when using the XPDM driver, 1.4 when using the WDDM driver).
Column Explanations
Application, Version
Which application you tested, and what version of the application.
Guest OS, Version
What Guest OS you are using, and what version of the OS.
Mac OS
What version of OS X you are using (e.g. 10.5.8, 10.6.2).
Fusion Build
Which version of Fusion you tried this with; for example, 215242 for 3.0.1. This information can be found under VMware Fusion > About VMware Fusion. Unless you say otherwise in the notes, it is assumed the installed version of VMware Tools matches the build number. Try to keep the list sorted by this value, newest version at the top .
Mac, Graphics Card
Type of Mac (e.g. Mac Pro, iMac, etc.) and graphics card (e.g. nVidia GeForce 7300 GT, ATI Radeon X1900 XT, etc.). Readers should keep in mind that Macs with integrated graphics (i.e. mini, MacBook) don't completely support OpenGL 1.4, which is necessary for proper guest 3D acceleration. As of Fusion 2.0, much of our internal testing is with the nVidia 8800 GT and ATI HD 2600, as we've found those have the best (i.e. least buggy) drivers.
Reporter
This will make it easier to figure out who to ask if other people have questions about setup. Also, get credited for your work 
Notes
Anything others need to know, e.g. known issues, tweaks, links to HOWTOs, etc.
Working Well
Applications that run perfectly or have minor problems that do not greatly affect usage. Similar to a Platinum or Gold rating on WineHQ AppDB list.
Application, Version | Guest OS, Version | Mac OS | Fusion Build | Mac, Graphics Card | Reporter | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aliens vs. Predator demo | Windows XP, SP2 | 1.0 (51348) | VMware | |||
Anarchy Online | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (nvidia 8600) | TheLoneVM | |
Audiosurf (Steam) | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0.1 (128865) | MacPro (nvidia 8800) | TheLoneVM | |
Autodesk Inventor Professional 2010 x64 | Windows 7 Pro x64 | 10.6.2 (K32) | 3.0.1 (215242) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 8800 GT) | macfanboy | Cube in the top right, home view button, and the nearby controls do not display completely, but show up well enough to be usable. Aside from that, no issues. |
Big Rigs: Over The Road Racing | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.6 | 2.0.1 (128865) | iMac, (nvidia 8800GS) | SamYikin | Works normally, minor graphics problems. |
Braid (Steam) | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.8 | 3.0.1 (215242) | MacPro (Radeon x1900) | etung | |
Breath of Fire IV | Windows XP, SP2 | 1.0 (51348) | VMware | |||
Caesar IV | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (NV8800/ATI2600) | TheLoneVM | Demo seems fine. |
Civilization IV | XP Pro | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (8800GT) | alloallo | Introduction/wonder/end movies don't show. Only food resource icons shown on map and city view. Unit count for stacked units don't show. Otherwise, plays quite well under medium detail and I haven't noticed any show stopper problems. |
Dangerous waters (Sonalysts) | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.4.11 | 2.0.2 (147997) | MacBook Pro2,2 Intel Core 2 Duo 2,33 GHz 2 G RAM Radeon X1600 | mikeZ | Slow but steady |
Darwinia (Steam) | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0.1 (128865) | MacPro (nvidia 8800) | TheLoneVM | |
Defense Grid: The Awakening | Windows 7 | 10.6.2 | 3.0.1 (215242) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 9400) | etung | Resolution switching makes the game very sad, but once you manage to do this it runs fine. |
Dungeon Runners | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0.1 (128865) | MacBook Pro (nvidia 8600) | TheLoneVM | |
Dungeons and Dragons Online | Windows 7 | 10.6.2 | 3.0.1 (215242) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 9400) | etung | Unlike TheLoneVM's older report, I didn't have to fiddle with preferences. If you want to use mouse look, set VMware Fusion > Preferences > General > Always optimize mouse for games or else it's too jumpy. |
EA FIFA 07 | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.2 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600 GTM) | anton3s | Plays very well (tested up to 1024x768). Select low details setting (higher settings still playable but then the players look white and are hard to distinguish) |
Enchanted Cavern | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.4 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac mini (Intel GMA950) | etung | Works well despite running on a mini. |
FEAR | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (NV8800/ATI2600) | TheLoneVM | |
Fable: The Lost Chapters | Windows XP, SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300GS) | javieraltman | Works excellent, you'll have to tone down the graphics a bit if you have an old video card like mine, though. |
Fifa 8 and Fifa 9 | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (NV8800/ATI2600) | TheLoneVM | Only checked demos, both run great. |
Galactic Civilization I | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.2 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600 GTM) | Sormine | Play very well. Speed ok. Music doesn't seem to work. Minimize and exit to desktop if switching to another space in MAC OS. Older game some most likely less demanding on 3D code. |
Garmin G1000 trainer | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.6.3 | 3.0.2 (232708) | Imac 21,5" (2010) | pp75 | relatively slow but not missing features that i could find |
Grand Theft Auto III | Windows XP, SP2 | 1.0 (51348) | VMware | Tip: Set the Display Setup option Trails to OFF. | ||
Guild Wars: Nighfall | Windows XP, SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300GS) | javieraltman | Works pretty well with good framerate even on my crappy video card, give it a shot! |
Half Life 1 (Steam or original) | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (NV8800/ATI2600) | TheLoneVM | |
Half Life 2 / Portal / Team Fortress 2 | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (NV8800/ATI2600) | TheLoneVM | Some minor rendering issues when viewing through portals, otherwise ok. |
Hitman 2 | Windows XP, SP2 | 1.0 (51348) | VMware | |||
Left4Dead | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (nvidia 8600) | TheLoneVM | Some stuttering when zombie hordes appear, minor blend issue with car headlights. |
Lego Batman | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (ATI2600) | TheLoneVM | Minor fog problem on some levels. |
Lego Indiana Jones | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (ATI2600) | TheLoneVM | Awesome, even Windows/Xbox360 controller works perfectly. |
Lord of the Realms III | Windows XP, SP2 | 1.0 (51348) | VMware | |||
Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons and Dragons Online | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (ATI2600) | TheLoneVM | See notes below for details on how to get this working. |
Madden 2008 | 1.1b1 (57919) | MacBook Pro (ATI x1600) | pingaiter | VM was windowed to begin with. Game started in a window in a window, weird. Works in fullscreen after committing a change in the game's video setting. Very playable, some stuttering, using "low" graphics setting in the game at 800x600x16 in-game resolution. | ||
Maplestory | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (nvidia 8600) | TheLoneVM | Version 0.62 |
Max Payne 1 | Windows XP, SP2 | 1.0 (51348) | VMware | |||
Max Payne 2 | Windows XP, SP2 | 1.0 (51348) | VMware | |||
Need for Speed Most Wanted Demo | 1.1b1 (57919) | MacBook Pro (ATI X1600) | wdeboer | Very playable, some stuttering. 1024x768. Only cars ain't blinky as the screenshots on EA's website (games never do for me anyways) | ||
Need for Speed Porsche demo | Windows XP, SP2 | 1.0 (51348) | VMware | |||
Peggle | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (NV8800/ATI2600) | TheLoneVM | Extreme Fever! |
Perfect World | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (nvidia 8600) | TheLoneVM | |
Pirates of the Caribbean Online | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (nvidia 8600) | TheLoneVM | Version 0.1.46 |
Portal: The First Slice | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 8600M GT) | etung | Some delay when things load, but smooth after that. |
Psychonauts | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600 GTM) | Nickhamm | Plays fine, slow frame-rate in complex scenes |
RalliSport Challenge | Windows XP, SP2 | 1.0 (51348) | VMware | |||
S.W.A.T. 4 | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.1 | 1.1 (62573) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300) | InflatableMouse | Graphic details need to be brought down to be playable. Use vmmouse.present = "FALSE" vmx flag |
Sam & Max: Season 1 | Windows XP, SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300GS) | javieraltman | Works great, if you have a better video card it'll run like you were on Windows natively. |
Sam and Max (season 1/2) | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (NV8800/ATI2600) | TheLoneVM | Played through most of the demos, no problems. |
Shin Megami Tensei Imagine | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.6.2 | 3.0.1 (215242) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 9400) | etung | |
Sins of a Solar Empire Demo (1.032) | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300) | etung | Very fluid, only minor flaw is that planets are missing textures (they appear transparent). |
Spore Creature Creator | XP Pro SP2 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b2 (107508) | Mac Pro ATI Radeon HD 2600 | j0nn0 | Needs DX9.0c. Works great, really fluid, connects to Spore site for updates. Had problem uploading video to Youtube but that may be my network. |
Star Wars Empire At War v1.05.48808 | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.6.3 | 3.0.0 (198580) | iMac i5 27" (2.66GHz), 8GB DDR3 1067MHz RAM, ATI Radeon HD 4850 | jonnymorris | Runs very well. Recommend setting to 1440x900 and tick the Widescreen setting. |
StepMania | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600 GTM) | Nickhamm | Runs Flawlessly; May need to adjust timing in options |
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People Episodes 1-4 | Windows XP, SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300GS) | javieraltman | Not the smoothest framerate on my setup, but again, my video card sucks. Anything that's less than 2 years old will run it just fine. Everything else works beautiful. |
Strong Bad's Cool Games for Attractive People | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Macbook Pro (nvidia 8600) | TheLoneVM | Played Episode 1 demo |
Stronghold 2 Deluxe v1.4.1 | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.6.3 | 3.0.0 (198580) | iMac i5 27" (2.66GHz), 8GB DDR3 1067MHz RAM, ATI Radeon HD 4850 | jonnymorris | Without the two updates that the game automatically finds online this game has some graphical problems - buildings disappear, there are some large artifacts on screen, and sometimes it just bombs completely. With the two updates downloaded and installed up to version 1.4.1 with recommended graphics settings the game runs almost flawlessly (occasional building does not display), scrolling can be a little choppy when there's a lot going on though. I allocated two cores to this XP Pro VM, I suspect Stronghold 2 Deluxe should work just as well with one core (will try this next). Hint: use the arrow keys to quickly scroll around the game area. UPDATE: Works great on maximum graphic detail levels! I set the resolution to 1440x900 85Hz, there isn't a choice for the iMac's native 2560x1440. Works fine with just one CPU core allocated to the VM. |
Supreme Commander | Windows XP, SP3 | 10.6.3 | 3.1.0 (254806) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 8600M GT) | hobbit | The release candidate build improved speed a bit, game can get laggy with high unit counts |
TOCA Race Driver 3 | Windows XP, SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | iMac 3.06GHz (Early 2008) 8800GS | JMarkevich | Turn down graphics quality one notch and turn off hi-res reflections. |
The Sims 2 | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600 GTM) | Nickhamm | Flawless; low FPS |
The Sims | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600 GTM) | Nickhamm | Flickery top bar and "Sticky" graphics |
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.1 | 1.1 (62573) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300) | InflatableMouse | Intro movies stutter, Enter/Return skips them. Use vmmouse.present = "FALSE" vmx flag. |
Tomb Raider: Anniversary | XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1rc1 | MacBookPro (Radeon x1600) | nathanp | Slows down (high CPU) when textboxes appear, hitting windows key and going back into the game fixes this | |
Tony Hawk 3 | Windows XP, SP2 | 1.0 (51348) | VMware | |||
Torchlight (Runic Games) | W7 Home Premium | 10.6.1 | 3.0 | iMac 24" 2008 (3.06ghz Duo, 4 GB RAM, Nvidia 8800GTS) | DrHockey | Runs smoothly. Suggest running Fusion and game in full screen mode as there seems to be an issue reconciling resolutions between the game and the OS when Fusion is running in a window. |
Total Annihilation | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (ATI X1900XT) | DarylF2 | Works well, sometime a box appears around cursor but is just a minor distraction; performance is quite good. |
Warcraft III: Frozen Throne | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.1 | 1.1 (62573) | Macbook (1.8 Ghz) 2gb ram - GMA950 | James Snell | Graphics feel a bit lagged, but game seems resonably playable. Minor text bugs at main menu - a character missing from version number - occational stuff like that |
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm Demo | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 8600M GT) | etung | Works well |
Wizards and Warriors | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (ATI2600) | TheLoneVM | Great nod to the old Wizardry games. Needs a couple of patches to get it going, see http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/44338-13-wizards-warriors-patch-both |
World in Conflict | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (NV8800/ATI2600) | TheLoneVM | Some audio/video sync issues during cutscenes, but gameplay runs great. |
X-2 Rolling demo | Windows XP, SP2 | 1.0 (51348) | VMware | |||
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300) | etung | A few minor things that may be texture issues, but overall looks good. | |
XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | choppy sound, minor texture glitches | ||
XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | slightly choppy sound, otherwise playable | ||
XP SP2 | 10.5.1 | 1.1 (62573) | MacBook 2Ghz CD | iscariotj | Works well, though graphic options need tweaking to get best speed. | |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.4.11 | 1.1 (62573) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300) | etung | Use vmmouse.present = "FALSE" vmx flag. | |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.2 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600 GTM) | dpolombo | No bugs so far, but I had to set the graphics level almost to the minimum to make it playable (no shadows, water reflection, ...), and it remains slow. | |
XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | some slowdown, otherwise playable | ||
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.2 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (Radeon Mobility x1600) | jackfaust | Sluggish, but playable. | |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300) | etung | Works well | |
XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | slightly choppy sound, otherwise playable, game crashes when switching between vm fullscreen and windowed mode, requires "SilverUK_GeForce2Patch_v2" patch to function under Windows XP | ||
XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b2 (107508) | MacBook Pro (Radeon X1600) | WelshSage | A little slow during UI updates, but very playable. | |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.4.11 | 2.0b1 (89933) | MacBook (Intel GMA950) | etung | Occasional slowdown and sound stuttering, probably because this was on a MacBook. | |
XP SP2 | 10.5.1 | 1.1 (62573) | Mac Mini (1.6GHz Core Duo) | jfriesne | Works well. Graphics were a bit slow until I turned down the effects, now it runs great. | |
1.1b1 (57919) | MacBook Pro, Mac Pro (ATI) | bgertzfield | Some slowdown, audio stuttering | |||
Xp Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (2.33, 3GB, Radeon X1600) | ds80 | Works as it should. | |
XP Pro SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 8600) | Mr VacBob | Works well. |
Mostly Usable
Applications that have some problems but are still usable. Similar to a Silver or Bronze rating on WineHQ AppDB list.
Application, Version | Guest OS, Version | Mac OS | Fusion Build | Mac, Graphics Card | Reporter | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ancient Quest of Saqqarah | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.4 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac mini (Intel GMA950) | etung | Occasional slowdown and sound stuttering, probably because this was on a Mac mini. |
XP Home, SP2 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600M GT) | Cool Games | Runs now in 2.0b1 set DirectX 9 1440 x 900 32 bit but Last line of Text in route and session names are not visible until clicked below choices. First try was only for a few minutes but was usable. I will be playing with more settings. | |
Beyond Good & Evil\ demo | XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | very choppy framerate and sound, some scenes are rendered blurry and out of focus, minor graphical glitches in other scenes | |
XP Home, SP2 | 10.5.3 | 2.0b1 (89933) | iMac 2.66GHz, 2GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (Radeon HD 2600 Pro) | jvhiii | Plays in single player mode, but a little slow. On MacBook Pros, it helps to manually set the game resolution to the screens resolution. Edit the "ScreenWidth" and "ScreenHeight" values in C:Program FilesFiraxis GamesSid Meier's Civilization 4CivilizationIV.ini and set them to your screen resolution. | |
CSI 3: Hard Evidence | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.1 | 1.1 (62573) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300) | glwarner | Voice over will sometimes loop through the same dialog mutliple times. Some graphic issues on certain sceens. It appeas the geomertry is off. Mostly playable. |
Dungeonsiege II | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.1 | 1.1 (62573) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300) | glwarner | Mouse is choppy and slow to handle.Voice over dialog is normal speed but the text is not - it is slower. Have not tested combat yet. |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300) | etung | Minor problem with far clipping (lack of fog?), partial inventory screen shows through. Playable. | |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300) | etung | Box around mouse, halos around objects do not render properly. Playable. | |
Everquest | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.1 | 1.1 (62573) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300) | glwarner | Mouse disapears when not being moved and there is a box around it when it is moving - most of the time black. The graphics are a bit choppy. Cannot be played in Unity mode for the mouse does not work right - loses left click ability. I have the mouse bound to the window. Was able to play with out other issues. Have not tried to raid with this setup yet. |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300) | etung | Too much glow around light sources, poor framerate. | |
XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b2 (107508) | MacBook Pro 2.33 GHz, 2GB RAM, ATI X1600 256 MB | bilboa | Program runs, but at slow framerate of only 25-30 FPS even with display settings on low. Sceneries display fine but models' colors are all messed up. | |
XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b1 (89933) and 2.0b2 (107508) | MacBook Pro 17", 2.5GHz Core2Duo, 2GB DDR2, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | darrylr | G3.5 works if you use model aircraft (not helicopters) on "Photofield" sites. Moving clouds, smoke and streamer effects all work. The simulation (with smoke effects aka particles turned off) is fast enough to be quite usable on a fast MacBook Pro, but has some problems...
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XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300) | etung | Cursor has a box around it, some menus may have gray backgrounds (not sure if this is intentional). Camera sometimes jerks back and forth when moving. Other than that works well | |
SimCity 3000 | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0.1 | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | runs well apart from some texture flickering in dialog boxes and interface |
Spectromancer\ 0.31 | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.4.11 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook (Intel GMA950) | etung | Occasional slowdown and sound stuttering, probably because this was on a MacBook. |
Starcraft II Beta | Windows 7 | 10.6.3 | 3.1.0 | Mac Pro w/ GeForce 8800 GT | kbong | Runs smoothly on the lowest settings, but significant graphics latency makes precise mouse control very difficult. |
Tales of Monkey Island (Steam) | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.6.2 | 3.0.1 (215242) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 9400) | etung | On this machine, the games will hang at the default graphics quality (9). Once I turned down the settings (by copying the preferences from a different Mac: 10.5.8/MacPro/Radeon x1900), it was fine. Cursor speed is a little slow, but playable. |
The Sims 2 | Vista Business, SP1 | 10.5.4 | 2.0rc1 (113392) | Macbook Pro 4,1 NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | anw122 | The game runs, the intro cinematics are a bit jumpy, can't change the resolution past 800x600, graphics weren't bad for the resolution but weren't good, the game was jumpy when trying to move around a lot; I didn't try to install all of the expansions, but read that the ones with Securom make the program crash. |
Uru Complete Chronicles | XP Home, SP2 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b2 (107508) | MacBook Pro (Radeon X1600) | cwalther | Game is playable and runs very smoothly, but has moderately severe graphics glitches. Many objects appear black (for some, the texture returns depending on viewing angle); vertex colors and/or shading missing on some objects (appear at full texture brightness), depending on viewing angle; sometimes real-time shadows are also projected towards the light source, not only away from it; black beams from the center of the screen to animated objects; some objects with alpha-blended textures are invisible. |
XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | graphics configuration test passes, game runs with choppy sound, some menu/interface text corruption, some cursor texture corruption |
Not Usable
Applications that do not run properly, have problems that significantly impede usage, or are otherwise unusable. Similar to a Bronze or Garbage rating on WineHQ AppDB list.
Application, Version | Guest OS, Version | Mac OS | Fusion Build | Mac, Graphics Card | Reporter | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AGON: The Lost Sword of Toledo | XP Home, SP3 | 10.5.6 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 8600M GT) | Lariza | game launches, intro movies work, but the playing screen is black. |
10.5.5 | XP Pro SP2 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 8600M) | Mr VacBob | background textures missing, game freezes upon choosing a menu option | |
ArchLord | XP Pro SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0.1 (128865) | MacBook Pro (Radeon x1600) | jadestorm | loading starts out fine, then screen whites out.. appears to be running even though you can't see it |
BioShock | XP Pro SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600 GTM) | Nickhamm | Plays Intro Videos then stays black eating 100% CPU |
Braid (Steam) | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.6.2 | 3.0.1 (215242) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 9400) | etung | Virtual machine becomes unresponsive, have to force quit it to recover |
Call of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b2 (107508) | Mac Pro Tower, dual Xeon, Dual Core, Radeon x1900 | shornby | Starts up fine, but too slow to play. Frame rate is about 2 FPS at 640x480 with all settings reduced to minimum. VM settings - 1.5GB ram, 2 VCPU's, optimize for VM. |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.3 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Mac Pro, Radeon x1900XT | batcave | Starts but then gives error - "Video card or driver doesn't support separate alpha blend, glow will be disabled." Then it just crashes. | |
Civilization 4 (patch 1.61 - no expansions) | Xp Pro, SP2 | 10.5.1 | 1.1 (62573) | Macbook (1.8, 2gb) GMA950 | James Snell | App loader starts loading game - then entire VM crashes ungracefully:( |
Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.4.11 | 1.1.1 (72241) | iMac (2.16, 2gb) ATI X1600) | Henri de Marcellus | The game starts up, and the splash screen and scenario selection screens appear nicely. It hangs a for a while when drawing the battlefield. Many objects aren't drawn and come and go as you move the camera. Other than choppy play, the main problem is that none of the superimposed graphics (text, selection boxes, etc.) appear. This one is almost semi-working. |
Counter Strike Source | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.1 | 1.1 (62573) | Macbook Pro, 2.0, 2gb, ATI x1600 | Matt Peters | Applications starts, performance extremely poor, mouse over issues. Sound glitching. Can't progress further than servers list. |
Crysis | Windows 7 | 10.6.1 | 3.0.0 (204229) | Mac Pro (GeForce 8800 GT) | kbong | Game runs, slow and ugly, with all graphics settings at the minimum level. |
XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | game loads and runs with choppy sound, texture failure after entering first building (black screen) | ||
Empire Earth I | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.5 | 2.0.1 (128865) | MacBook Pro (NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT) | damainman | Upon starting the game, it shows the splash screen, the screen goes black and within seconds your back at the desktop and the game is closed. |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.2 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600 GTM) | dpolombo \ Sormine | Game launches, and it is possible to start a game. Gray lines constantly flash across the screen, and the interface is very slow, making it very difficult to play. Addition: Text and graphic is distorted from the grey line. Line seem to be coming from the upper left screen in a cone shap toward lower right corner of the screen. Crash "blue screen" crash upon exit of the game. Crash is dirty and reboot require shutting down the guess then restarting it after it freeze on rebooting after crash. | |
F.E.A.R. singleplayer demo | XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | application fails to launch | |
XP Pro SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b2 (107508) | MacBook Pro 17", 2.5GHz Core2Duo, 2GB DDR2, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | darrylr | Goolge Earth start up and will appear to run for a while especially if you run in Safe Mode and have unchecked most options in the sidebar such as "Layers>Borders and Labels". However checking "Borders and Labels" or loading kml files that contain a large number of lines (several thousand) will reproducibly hang the virtual machine. Some of the lines are also often misdrawn before the virtual machine hangs. Often the hang also casues problems for the host OS with the host becoming unresponsive and requiring a reboot. Yes and OK Google Earth is not a game, but it uses DirectX, and I yes know it runs natively on Mac OS X, but I need to run with code that uses the OLE/.NET API only available on Windows. | |
XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b2 (107508) | MacBook Pro (Radeon Mobility X1600) | WelshSage | Game is too slow to be playable. Shadows are not rendered correctly if at all | |
GTA2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | MacBook (CD) (GMA 950) | IscariotJ | Retested due to apparent improvements/fixes. Still doesn't work. Initial menus display, but selecting play produces a blank screen | ||
Grim Fandango | XP Pro SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600 GTM) | Nickhamm | Black screen, 100% CPU usage |
Guild Wars | 1.1b1 (57919) | Mac Pro (ATi Radeon X1900) | resistor | Crashes on launch in DX9 mode, severe graphical glitches in DX8 mode | ||
XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.2 | 2.0b1 (89933) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 8600M GT) | sulka | Complains about incompatible video card upon launch (claims doesn't even support DX7). After first 3D scene loads, the game freezes. Works fine under Boot Camp. | |
Halo: Combat Evolved | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600 GTM) | Nickhamm | Runs only in safe mode; Extremely low FPS (like 5-10 fps) |
Halo | XP Pro SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0 beta 2 | Mac Pro (early 2008) 8 core, 2.8 GHz, GeForce 8800GT | CheeseDrips Slowly | Program launches, but says that Direct3D is not available, and quits. DirectxDiag shows that Direct3D is supported. |
Homeworld 2 | Xp Pro, SP2 | 10.5.1 | 1.1 (62573) | Macbook (1.8, 2gb) GMA950 | James Snell | App doesn't open at all. Runs fine when booting Boot Camp partition natively |
| InVivo5 | Windows 7 | 10.7 | 474597 | Macbook Air, Macbook Pro | Mohannad Hashem | 2D imaging works, 3D imaging stays black, does not at all render. |
XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.2 | 2.0b1 (89933) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 8600M GT) | sulka | GameGuard crashes immediately when application user presses Play in Maple loader, cannot proceed playing. Works fine under Boot Camp. | |
Mass Effect | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.6 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (late 2008, MacBookPro5,1) (GeForce 9400M, GeForce 9600M GT) | OSUnited | application fails to launch, displays error message stating "Failed to compile global shader FDOFAndBloomGatherFallbackPixelShader RaiseException() Address = 0x7c812aeb (filename not found) CxxThrowException() Address = 0x78158e69 (filename not found) Address = 0x10d98373 (filename not found) Address = 0xe8781b4c (filename not found)" |
MechWarrior 4 : Vengeance demo | XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | application crashes the virtual machine upon launch | |
Medieval II : Total War demo | XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | application fails to launch, displays error stating that support for pixel shader 1.1 is required | |
Medieval II: Gold (Total War & Kingdoms) | XP PRO, SP3 | 10.5.6 | 2.0.2 (147997) | Mac Pro 2.66 (5 GB) NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT | wncochran | application fails to launch with error: Medieval 2 Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit |
Morrowind | XP Pro, SP2/SP3 | 10.5.3 | 2.0b1 (89933) | iMac 2.33GHz, 2GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM (NVIDIA 760GT 256MB) | damikki | Still black screens after entering the first building. There's also an issue with the crosshair causing the body parts of game characters to be attracted to the crosshair causing lines of streteched body parts to constantly appear around the crosshair location. Switching off the Cross Hair makes no difference. Pixel shaders seem to work though. |
Need for Speed Carbon | XP Pro SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600 GTM) | Nickhamm | Very slow; Graphics drawn incorrectly (black during race) |
Neverwinter Nights 2 | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.2 | 1.1 | MacBook Pro (4.1, 4GB, GeForce 8600M GT) | mokoosh | 1stit says no disk; once you fiddle and put the disk in again it says no Direct3D (even though it has been checked off in Fusion) |
XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.2 | 2.0b1 (89933) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 8600M GT) | sulka | Complains about incompatible video card upon launch (claims doesn't even support DX7). Tries to start, the stops and complains the video card needs to support at least version 1.1 pixel shaders. Works fine under Boot Camp. | |
Portal: The First Slice | XP Home, SP2 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b2 (107508) | MacBook Pro (Radeon X1600) | cwalther | Game runs, but rendering defects make it hardly playable. Menu screen has small defects but is recognizable (text readable). Once arrived in the game: With recommended graphics settings: screen is black, faint red and green gradients depending on viewing angle, no geometry visible. With minimum graphics settings: some objects are textured with what looks like a normal map, most have no texture at all but just a flat color (including crosshairs, particles, light halos). In both cases: text characters rendered as solid rectangles, stays that way when returning to the menu screen. |
Portal: The First Slice | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | Mac Pro (GeForce 7300) | etung | Performance is unplayably slow, perhaps 1 fps. Note this is hardware dependent; on my MBP it runs beautifully. |
Pro Cycling Manager 2007 | XP Pro SP2 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b2 (107508) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600 GTM) | anton3s | Game crashes a soon as you try to start a race/tutorial. |
XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b1 (89933) and 2.0b2 (107508) | MacBook Pro 17", 2.5GHz Core2Duo, 2GB DDR2, NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT | darrylr | The free G4 demo download barely works and is not usable like G3.5 is. If you do not change the default model the simulation will run however...
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XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | game loads and run, severe texture corruption renders unplayable (mostly black/dark gray textures) | ||
Rome: Total War Gold (Total War & Barbarian Invasion) | XP PRO, SP3 | 10.5.6 | 2.0.2 (147997) | Mac Pro 2.66 (5 GB) NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT | wncochran | application fails to launch with error: Rome: Total War failed to find DirectX 9, which is required for the game to run. Please reinstall DirectX. |
Sega Rally Revo demo | XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | application fails to launch, displays error stating that support for shader model 2.0 is required | |
Settlers IV | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.6.3 | 3.0.0 (198580) | iMac i5 27" (2.66GHz), 8GB DDR3 1067MHz RAM, ATI Radeon HD 4850. | jonnymorris | Installs fine and displays the main menu screen, but upon clicking Single Player S4_Main.exe bombs with a "Fatal error: Exception 0xc0000094 at 0x004e19a6!" This game did the same in Parallels 4 - displays menu fine but crashes when it starts the game engine. |
Shadowbane | XP Pro SP2 | 10.5.4 | 2.0 beta 2 (107508) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | game doesn't load with exception error |
Silent Hill 4 demo | XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | application fails to launch, displays error stating that support for programmable vertex/pixel shaders is required | |
Silent Hunter III | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.3 | 2.0b1 (89933) | MacPro Quad 2.8mhz, 8GB, Nvidia 8800GT, VM File resides on seprate drive - WD Raptor 300GB | brotebjo | Works, but runs very slowly for an older game. 2 to 3 FSP. Game only runs at 1024x768. Should be able to get better performance out of this game. |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.2 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (GeForce 8600 GTM) | Sormine | Using the STEAM\ version of the game (Game Download Service)Work in some very limited video mode and with Video Memory put to safe. Slow to the point of being un-playable (even for a turn based game). Crash randomly. Seem to work with the game when game video preference taken off from Direct3D HAL or Direct3DTL HALand set to RGB Emulation. Video memory still need to be put in safe. acceptable speed there but not really using Direct 3D On many video setting, blank black screen with sometime grey horizontal line with all attempt of video setup. Need to force exit with CTRL-ALT-DEL. As soon as it exit, crash "blue screen" crash upon exit of the game. Crash is dirty and reboot require shutting down the guess then restarting it after it freeze on rebooting after crash. | |
Star Treck: Starfleet command 3 | Xp Pro, SP2 | 10.5.1 | 1.1 (62537) | MacBook Pro (NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT) | Master_Drow | Game plays, refreshes are noticeable, Models don't match with there actually location. Shields are rainbows. Example at http://i261.photobucket.com/albums/ii66/Master_Drow/Graphicsproblem.jpg |
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance | Windows XP, SP3 | 10.6.3 | 3.1.0 (254806) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 8600M GT) | hobbit | Fails to launch |
TA:Kingdoms | 1.1b1 (57919) | MacBook (CD) (GMA 950) | IscariotJ | Retested due to apparent improvements/fixes. Still doesn't work. Black screen, followed by random texture blocks (addendum - similar failure on Radeon x1600, aanhorn) | ||
Team Fortress 2 | XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.1 | 1.1 (62573) | Macbook Pro (2.0, 2gb, ATI x1600) | Matt Peters | App loader starts games, as soon as it reaches main menu, application exits, complaining for Direct X 8.1. |
The Bard's Tale demo | XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | application fails to launch, displays error stating that support for vertex shader 1.1 is required | |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.2 | 2.0b1 (89933) | Macbook Pro (Radeon Mobility x1600) | jackfaust | A strip across the top of the screen is (maybe the top fifth?) is flashing garbage, backgrounds are flickering, but all character models are now drawn. | |
The Witcher | XP Pro, SP3 | 10.5.4 | 2.0 beta 2 | MacBook Pro (2.16, 2GB, Radeon X1600) | jjgod | Exit right after starts |
There.com (DX8) | XP Home, SP2 | 10.5.4 | 2.0b2 (107508) | MacBook Pro (Radeon X1600) | cwalther | Fog is inverted: nearby objects appear foggy, far away objects clear. Own avatar is invisible. |
Warhammer : Mark of Chaos | XP Pro, SP2 | 1.1b1 (57919) | iMac (late 2006) (Radeon x1600) | aanhorn | game launches, intro movies work, but all menu text is completely missing, some other interface text partially missing, the game itself may or may not function, but this will be an unknown until the menus become navigatable | |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (2.33, 3GB, Radeon X1600) | ds80 | Game launches but graphics are corrupted once the game is started. | |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (2.33, 3GB, Radeon X1600) | ds80 | Game launches but graphics are corrupted once the game is started. | |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (2.33, 3GB, Radeon X1600) | ds80 | Game launches but graphics are distorted once the game is started. | |
XP Pro, SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (2.33, 3GB, Radeon X1600) | ds80 | Game launches but graphics are corrupted once the game is started. | |
XP Pro SP2 | 10.5.5 | 2.0 (116369) | MacBook Pro (GeForce 8600) | Mr VacBob | Game launches but no textures/graphics load ingame |
Warhammer Online works with VMWare Fusion 2.0 release candidate 1 -- took me a bit of messing around with different mouse stuff to get it to work, but I finally did.
The first problem I had was that the mouse buttons appeared to be sticky -- I would right click on someone in game to talk to them, and it would act like the right mouse button was held down after that, until I clicked again.
In windows, control panel, system -> hardware -> device manager -> mice and other pointing devices
I disabled the 2nd HID-compliant mouse ( there are 2 on my machine)
(if I disable the first one, the mouse stops working altogether)
I also uninstalled the vmware mouse driver
and windows reinstalled a ps/2 compatible mouse driver
I rebooted, then ran services.msc and stopped the vmware tools
that's basically it I think for the relevant stuff.
One other thing I did, that I think was not relevant
I installed the logitech setpoint drivers -- but when I go into their settings, none of the mouse options are available -- I believe because it is not detecting a logitech mouse -- which is why I suspect it's not relevant
pretty sure those are all the details -- when I look at the ps/2 compatible mouse properties in device manager, under advanced settings they are the default -- sample rate 100 reports / second, wheel detection 'assume wheel is present', input buffer length 100 packets, fast initialization is checked -- the mouse feels like it moves a bit slow in windows also
anyway -- hopefully this information helps someone else get warhammer online working
guys i am using windows vista and vmware workstation 6.04 i want to play a mmorpg (A3) simultaneously in host OS and guest OS(windows XP in vmware) is it possible i tried but the game doesnt load 
i want to login 2 characters at the same time so the effort
Application, Version: Autodesk 3DStudio Max 2008 and 2010
Guest OS Windows Vista Current updated as of 07.19.10
Mac OS 10.5.8
Fusion build Version 2.0.7 (246742)
Mac: iMac intel Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz with 4GB Ram
Working Well
Once I work out the button issues with function keys, option, control and other variables between the Windows and Mac keyboards this application works fine in spite of its high system requirements. It's advisable to change the function keys to work as function keys on the Mac side. Some testing required to see which key does what. Only some slowdown when doing very intensive processes but this would be expected in a native Windows machine too. Be sure to shut down intense Mac apps like Photoshop when using Max 