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Apr 24, 2012, 08:11 PM
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Chieftain
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 6
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Is it possible to run Civ4 in a windows (or linux) virtual machine?
Hello,
Perhaps this is a bit odd but the situation is that the system I am hoping to run Civ4 from currently has VMWare Sphere 5 running on it. I will be using this system for other things unrelated to gaming and would like to keep the environment as it is. My first attempt has been to install a Windows 7 virtual machine and update it manually to the latest version of Civ 4 BTS. I have in this case run into a 3D graphics problem which vmtools installation has not solved. First question... Does anyone know if what I am trying to do on the windows vm is even possible at all? Second question... Does anyone know if it is possible to do this if the VM is a linux base with Civ4 installed under wine? It's simply a matter of system resources and the host system has more available ram than the old system I am trying to get away from. I have another computer I also use to run Civ when but my goal is to have 2 so a local lan game is possible. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, |
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Apr 25, 2012, 02:42 AM
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Civ4Col Modder
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Posts: 3,230
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Quote:
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 How should Civ4 know the difference between an OS or an OS on a VM ? Quote:
Never tried myself, though. |
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Apr 25, 2012, 06:56 PM
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Chieftain
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 6
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My bad on hitting the wrong forum
Regarding running in a VM I was hoping some info as to exactly how to make that work. I have tried on a windows 7 VM but am running in to an error. I attempted to load the only drivers I can which is simply VMWare tools. Error: Initialize renderer failed. Check direct X installation, Latest Graphics drivers and Graphics settings... then at the end of the error I have "Error:Creation Failed:Invalid 3D device type" I'm not sure if it is even possible to get past this or not but any assistance would be great! Thanks, |
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