Posted: 10/9/2014 3:19 PM
Post subject: What are the best configurations for VMWare?
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Sonia
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So, I got a VMWare and then set it to emulate Windows XP 32bits so I can use Hourglass. But the problem is: only a few games ran fine on it. 1) Tested and works perfectly with Hourglass: -Megamari -Rockman 7 FC 2) Tested and loads imperfectly on Hourglass: -Koumajou Densetsu 1 (game runs normally on VM, but extremely fast on Hourglass) -Quartet X (runs fine on VM, but extremely slow on Hourglass) 3) Tested and doesn't work at all, regardless if Hourglass is used: -Koumajou Densetsu 2 (black screen) -Rosenkreuzstilette and Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel (black screen as well) KD2 and RKS/RKSF gives me a black screen even without Hourglass. So that's not a problem with Hourglass, it's a problem with the VM. I can't even run the games normally there, and I know they work with windows XP because I used to have an old computer with it and they all used to work perfectly there. Any tips so I can improve the situation? I want to make those games works, so what configurations should I set for my VMWare? (This is my computer's information, btw: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/UEEHgNWmFW6GfFMbdQwYHEI)
Posted: 10/9/2014 3:23 PM
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hegyak
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Have you enabled 3D Hardware for the Virtual Machine? That would be important.
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Posted: 10/9/2014 3:28 PM
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Sonia
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Could you guide me on how to do it?
Posted: 10/9/2014 3:29 PM
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hegyak
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Select Settings for your Virtual Machine in VMware. Then select Graphics. Look for "3D graphics" Select "Accelerate 3D graphics" and see if that helps. I know it did for TF2.
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Posted: 10/9/2014 3:34 PM
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Sonia
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Seems like that box was already checked. So it didn't help. Anything else I can do?
Posted: 10/9/2014 4:45 PM
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The games running too fast, did you reduce the FPS on those?
Posted: 10/9/2014 4:53 PM
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First off, check if Hourglass works with your game; out of your list, Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel doesn't work in Hourglass at all from what I know, so failure is the expected result for that title. I'm not familiar with Koumajou Densetsu and Quartet X; it's possible they might also be incompatible. You can try changing Hourglass settings; the Multithreading/Wait Sync Disable/Allow/Wrap setting and Japanese locale are the big ones to try. For Rosenkreuzstilette, I've experienced the "black screen" problem myself; howewer, the game still ran (frame count increased, audio worked) and dumping video with Hourglass produced a perfectly normal dump (aside from exciting sync issues and bizarre artifacts in the dump in some cases). That doesn't help much if you're trying to TAS, but seeing if the game is actually running even when it's coming up black (by trying out the dump feature) can help rule the problem down. I don't know how of any way to solve the problem, though; I only worked around it with varying success by using the dump function and watching the dump instead, which only works for watching a movie file. You can also try running Hourglass in Win7; a handful of games work just as well on it as on XP, a few have sync differences between XP and 7 even though they run on both, and most only work with Hourglass on Windows XP. The root of all evil with 3D accelerated games on Hourglass is that Hourglass can't control 3D acceleration or make it deterministic in any way, other than the video memory/disabling acceleration altogether switches you see in the main window. As such, what video hardware/drivers you're running is a huge factor for whether or not select games sync or run at all, and depending on what kind of set-up the author and the viewer have, syncing a movie might be outright impossible even if Hourglass "works" for both - this is the biggest reason why DxDiag output is very useful for troubleshooting the frequent issues with 3D games in Hourglass. There's not much that can be done about it, other than trying different systems and possibly different drivers.