Vista + Spore =

[DEVIOUZ]

I installed spore on my vista-32 vm and now its griping about directx...

what can be done to solve this and make this game work on vmware..??

Host: xp-32 pro sp2

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Oliver Reeh

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[RDPetruska]

Workstation version?

VMware Tools installed in the guest?

3D graphics interface enabled? DirectX installed?

[DEVIOUZ]

Workstation version?

6.0.4 - 93057

VMware Tools installed in the guest?

yes

3D graphics interface enabled? DirectX installed?

installed DirectX, but where or how to enable 3D GI..??

[RDPetruska]

Workstation User Manual>Video>Enabling the experimental 3D Graphics.

[DEVIOUZ]

it says:

Experimental support for Direct3D applies only to Windows 2000 and Windows XP

guests, on hosts running Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Linux.

i've got vista in a vm on my xp host.. so i guess it not gunna work then huh..

what about the new VM beta 6.5 will that work any better in my situation..??

[RDPetruska]

In the Workstation 6.5 beta, the 3D graphics are no longer labelled "experimental", there's GUI selections for it (on by default), and is enhanced. So it may work better for you. It all depends on exactly what the requirements of the application are, though. Some pieces are still not emulated.

[DEVIOUZ]

OK, I instaled WM-WARE 6.5 Beta 2.

and the game will still not work becuz of some spec errors..

so i went to to get my ratings for both Host & VM-Guest

PC was ok to RUN it, but the VM-Ware was short on 2 things: Pixle Shader Ver 2.0 & Low Disk Space

So how do I get Pixle Shader Ver 2.0 working in my Vista-32-U-VM..??

How Do I increase the Free VM Disk Space..??

[RDPetruska]

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So how do I get Pixle Shader Ver 2.0 working in my Vista-32-U-VM..??

How Do I increase the Free VM Disk Space..??

Shader 2.0 - you cannot. That capability is not enabled in the VMware driver at this time.

Increase free disk space. Either add a new virtual disk, or expand the size of your existing one (using the vmware-vdiskmanager utility).

[DEVIOUZ]

so there's no way to run any PC game in vmware that require this Shader 2.0..??

whats this about..??

DirectX 9.0 Shader 2 3D in VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCcyoHp9RIM

how come it can work in fusion but not in workstation 6.5..??

[asatoran]

so there's no way to run any PC game in vmware that require this <span class="jive-body-announcements-label">Shader 2.0..??

whats this about..??

DirectX 9.0 Shader 2 3D in VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1

how come it can work in fusion but not in workstation 6.5..??

You need to update the virtual hardware. Your virtual machine is still a v6.0 virtual machine. From the VM menu, select Upgrade or Change Version.

[DEVIOUZ]

OK, KEWL.. ITZ WERKINGZ NOW.. WAHOOOO..

THANK YOU ALL FOR THE HELP..

[RDPetruska]

Ahh, sorry. It's Pixel Shader 3.0 support that is missing, 2.0 is there. I don't speak from experience, as any games I just play directly on my Windows host - no reason at all to use a VM for gaming for me.