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Running T3D under Vmware Fusion

by Jaimi McEntire · in Torque 3D Professional · 09/27/2011 (1:16 pm) · 9 replies

Has anyone had any luck running T3D 1.1 under VMWare Fusion or Workstation? Yes, I know it's not as fast as native, but I've ran all the TGEA versions and an earler T3D under Fusion with no problem except the slowdown. 1.1 just gives me a "unable to initialize Direct3D" error, though.
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Torque 3D Owner Bloodknight
Bloodknight Studios
#1
09/28/2011 (5:10 am)
Ahh i thought this was just me, or the fact that i recently upgraded, ive been downloading all the older versions from sites i probably shouldnt to try and get it working.

I get this on all OSes that ive tried in VMware too, XP, vista and at least 4 different varieties of win7

Associate Steve Acaster
[YorkshireRifles.com]
#2
09/28/2011 (5:47 am)
We do have the latest Dx and drivers, yes?

Torque 3D Owner Bloodknight
Bloodknight Studios
#3
09/28/2011 (7:52 am)
DX is always correctly installed on all systems of mine.

The latest drivers are never necessary and in reality are the #1 cause of known graphics bugs, and quite likely to completely bug out a gamers machine.

Of course this isnt quite as simple in VMWare, however it *should* be using its drivers to interface with the host hardware and drivers, so it should in theory (performance not withstanding) be fully featured. This was the case and apparently is no longer the case, so ive no idea whats up.

The only thing i havent tried is installing all this on a different host system, which isnt possible for me right now

Associate Jaimi McEntire
King of Flapjacks
#4
09/28/2011 (7:56 am)
Yes, the latest drivers and Dx installed (with the latest DX Runtime showing on MS site as directx_jun2010_redist.exe).

I've been thinking about updating fusion to version 4, so I can increase the video ram up to 512mb (it's currently only 128mb), but people are complaining about it.

Vmware says it is dx9 and shader 3 compatible, and I've run witcher2 and Deus Ex, so I'm not sure what is causing the error. If I can figure anything out, I'll post it here.

Associate Steve Acaster
[YorkshireRifles.com]
#5
09/28/2011 (8:08 am)
I figured that you guys would have, but it's amazing the things you can forget.

Torque Owner elvince
Neo Studio
#6
09/29/2011 (12:00 pm)
Look at the config file and Tweak it manually.

Incas this issue on a laptop where the videos setting were not detected properly.

Check previous version default setting and you should get what s wrong.

Associate Jaimi McEntire
King of Flapjacks
#7
09/29/2011 (5:08 pm)
fwiw, it runs fine under Parallels. So for me, this is a cheap option ($29), so I'm not going to pursue the vmware version anymore.

Torque 3D Owner Bloodknight
Bloodknight Studios
#8
12/08/2011 (2:11 pm)
http://www.garagegames.com/community/forums/viewthread/126241

seems to be the solution to VMware too, i revisited this problem today and this solved it for me.

Associate Jaimi McEntire
King of Flapjacks
#9
12/08/2011 (5:26 pm)
That worked great! Thanks!