COD Server Direct X error

[theroar]

Greetings. I had a dream of creating a vm with XP and COD4 on it running a server. I figured I would put the VM out in the DMZ. Since it was a vm... all would be well. =)

I saw the post of ARS that you have openGL and DirectX in the works so I figured I would give it a go.

I have everthing installed, but when I try to launch the server I get a direct X error.

Any tips?

Thanks for your time.

Mike

[vbox4me2]

Did you follow all the guidelines/tips others have tried who had dx errors?

[theroar]

Did a search for COD, but found nothing.

I just did a search for DX error and nothing seemed to apply either.

Thanks for the tip though.

[vbox4me2]

See also the beta feedback forum. Any specific error messages?

[theroar]

Will look at the beta feedback area.

The error is as underspecific as possible...

dx error.

Wish I had more.

Thanks again.

Mike

[theroar]

Alright, found posts that told me COD would not start. They were talking about the game, instead of the server console, but I can see it is unlikely my plan will work.

Can you please tell me what the "guest additions" are? I searched and they are referenced a ton, but I did not spot where they are explained...

I also saw that it seemed people were installing video cards... I look at my hardware and I have a base system device and video controller that need installing.

XP sp3 is the os.

Thanks.

Mike

[theroar]

Found guest additions under the Device menu...