Working games under VirtualBox (Linux host - Windows guest)
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I like the idea of post compatible games:
Age of Empires II (AOE) with expansion works just fine better to disable mouse integration.
I'm using Vbox 2.04 with guest additions
ubuntu 8.10 host
win2k guest
The only thing I can't get running correctly is the network play. I have tried the different adapters and bridging, but haven't been successful yet.
thanks,
Bryce
Age of Empires II (AOE) with expansion works just fine better to disable mouse integration.
I'm using Vbox 2.04 with guest additions
ubuntu 8.10 host
win2k guest
The only thing I can't get running correctly is the network play. I have tried the different adapters and bridging, but haven't been successful yet.
thanks,
Bryce
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Re: civ 3 on vb2?
how much ram did you give the guest OS? are you updated to the latest for windows updates? did you apply the official Civ 3 patches?hsofco wrote:I installed civ3, but the game doesnt start, just shows a black screen
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Re: civ 3 on vb2?
Hey,erstazi wrote:how much ram did you give the guest OS? are you updated to the latest for windows updates? did you apply the official Civ 3 patches?hsofco wrote:I installed civ3, but the game doesnt start, just shows a black screen
Well, I tried between 700MB and about 1GB. At some point the xp instance stopped loading, so I removed it, and installed again. After I installed xp, I installed civ3 on it. Now, I get the following message: 'A debugger has been detected. Unload the debugger and try again'.
I installed VirtualBox's guest additions, and the debugger warning still persists...
Any thoughts on this issue?
thanks
VBox version: 1.6.6
Windows version: Windows XP Professional SP2
Host O/S: VectorLinux 5.8
VBox additions installed: Yes
Game name: 7 Kingdoms
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/7kingdoms.png)
Game name: Broken Sword (works well from ScummVM too)
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/brokensword.png)
Game name: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/redalert2.png)
Game name: Counter-Strike 1.6
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/counter-strike.png)
Game name: Grim Fandango
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/grim.png)
Game name: Half-Life
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/half-life.png)
Game name: Monopoly
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/monopoly.png)
Game name: NetStorm
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/netstorm.png)
Game name: Risk 2
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/risk2.png)
Game name: The Sims (portable)
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/thesims.png)
Windows version: Windows XP Professional SP2
Host O/S: VectorLinux 5.8
VBox additions installed: Yes
Game name: 7 Kingdoms
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/7kingdoms.png)
Game name: Broken Sword (works well from ScummVM too)
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/brokensword.png)
Game name: Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/redalert2.png)
Game name: Counter-Strike 1.6
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/counter-strike.png)
Game name: Grim Fandango
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/grim.png)
Game name: Half-Life
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/half-life.png)
Game name: Monopoly
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/monopoly.png)
Game name: NetStorm
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/netstorm.png)
Game name: Risk 2
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/risk2.png)
Game name: The Sims (portable)
![Image](http://benke.co.uk/files/virtualbox/thesims.png)
Re: Wow!
Game name (developer, publisher): Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri DEMO (Firaxis Games, Electronic Arts)
VBox version: 2.1.0
Linux version: Arch Linux
Windows version: Windows Vista
VBox additions installed?: No
HowTo install/run/uninstall: No special instructions, runs perfect!
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VBox version: 2.1.0
Linux version: Arch Linux
Windows version: Windows Vista
VBox additions installed?: No
HowTo install/run/uninstall: No special instructions, runs perfect!
Have you tried ZSNES for Linux? It works great for me! And you'd look even cooler with Linux on a USB stick with ZSNEScrhylove wrote: One of the primary games I set up and use on client's machines and on my own machine is Zsnes. None of the SNES emulators work very well at all under Linux, and none of them have a UI that is remotely worth attempting to decipher. I do however get full speed emulation with Zsnes under vbox.
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Hi all,
1st, a happy new year !
I would like to report an "oldie but goldie" which I could somewhat run stable
within VBox with a Win2k Guest and OpenGL enabled:
Quake2
I know that there is a Linux Client of Q2 but this was my "fallback" when Q4
crashed during installation.
My system specs:
- AMD Opteron 170
- 2x1 GB DDR RAM (GSkill Dual Channel Kit)
- ASUS A8V-VM SE
- Saphire PCI Express X1900XT (512MB)
- Ubuntu 8.10 i386
The graphic looks ok but the game behaves very "flakey". Sometimes fast and
sometimes it literally freezes. I did some benchmarks with the thrusted massive1
and crusher demos (3Fingers benchmarks to those of you who played Q2 also a few
years ago). The results were pretty impressive. I received around 80 FPS (with VSync
disabled). This is on par with my old 2x12 MB Voodoo2 SLI Package on a PIII-850.
Not bad at all.
I think that OpenGL (once it´s a bit mature) will enable you to play games such as
Quake3, Doom3, etc. on VBox. I wouldn´t call this bad at all. For the beginning
definitely a good start.
Cheers,
H.
1st, a happy new year !
I would like to report an "oldie but goldie" which I could somewhat run stable
within VBox with a Win2k Guest and OpenGL enabled:
Quake2
I know that there is a Linux Client of Q2 but this was my "fallback" when Q4
crashed during installation.
My system specs:
- AMD Opteron 170
- 2x1 GB DDR RAM (GSkill Dual Channel Kit)
- ASUS A8V-VM SE
- Saphire PCI Express X1900XT (512MB)
- Ubuntu 8.10 i386
The graphic looks ok but the game behaves very "flakey". Sometimes fast and
sometimes it literally freezes. I did some benchmarks with the thrusted massive1
and crusher demos (3Fingers benchmarks to those of you who played Q2 also a few
years ago). The results were pretty impressive. I received around 80 FPS (with VSync
disabled). This is on par with my old 2x12 MB Voodoo2 SLI Package on a PIII-850.
Not bad at all.
I think that OpenGL (once it´s a bit mature) will enable you to play games such as
Quake3, Doom3, etc. on VBox. I wouldn´t call this bad at all. For the beginning
definitely a good start.
Cheers,
H.
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Re: RuneScape
Runescape only recently started using the graphics card, before that it was all CPU (software) rendering from the browser.iac249 wrote:I've found RuneScape works fine: http://www.runescape.com
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Re: RuneScape
Did you enable 3D acceleration on both the VMs, or at least the Windows one? If so, than that is why. 2.1.0 has 3D acceleration with OpenGL for Windows Guest ONLY. No Linux Guests are supported (yet).iac249 wrote:I can get RuneScape to run in HD mode in my Windows XP guest, but I can only get standard definition in my Ubuntu guest. Not sure why.
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Re: RuneScape
Ahhh, that's why. I thought Linux guest also had 3D acceleration...Sasquatch wrote:Did you enable 3D acceleration on both the VMs, or at least the Windows one? If so, than that is why. 2.1.0 has 3D acceleration with OpenGL for Windows Guest ONLY. No Linux Guests are supported (yet).
Thanks!
Ehh... You can keep using wine...rgnr wrote:Painkiller doesn't work ( Needs dx9.
It works on wine though... until e4m1 freezes while loading (((
Any hlp? Plz... some1?
The game is not frozen - it only takes a LOT of time to load that part. Times lengthen to 15 minutes or more are not unusual. And on top of that - you have to make sure you wont get killed on that level, because reloading takes the same amount of time. If you do not want to take any risk you can always play that part in god mode (PKGOD). Okay - it is cheating, but after been killed a few times and waiting also a few times for 15 minutes or more I had enough...
The "good" side is that this is the only level where this is happening. Even the addon (Battle Out Of Hell) works without any problem. I have not player he third (stand alone) addon, so I can not give any comment on that one...