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Posted July 17, 2011
I'm trying to get MMVI running on Virtualbox. I've run the installer, and that went fine but when I try to start the game it goes to this minimized grey window and the timer just keeps running and running as if something is supposed to happen. But nothing ever does :(

I've tried everything I can think off which, regrettably, isn't that much to begin with. But I can't get MM to run on Virtualbox.

Does anyone know how I can get this to run?
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Posted July 17, 2011
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Lessa: I've tried everything I can think off which, regrettably, isn't that much to begin with. But I can't get MM to run on Virtualbox.
Could you elaborate? What exactly have you tried already?

Try setting VB resolution to 640x480.
You might also try running .exe with -nomovie parameter, to see if in-game videos are causing that.
Posted July 17, 2011
Sorry, I should've been more clear on that. I tried the resolution thing you mentioned, but it doesn't make much of a different because when it's trying to start MM it automatically switches back to 640x480 anyway. I tried to change compatibility because that once worked for me on a windows machine. And that's it :X

I tried your -nomovie parameter and it also doesn't make a difference, it still won't start.
Posted July 17, 2011
After trying to get it running again for millionth time, I finally got an error message

"Video driver not a DirectDraw driver."

I have no idea what that means :x
Posted July 17, 2011
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Lessa: [...]
That points to DirectX issue or hardware acceleration.
I assume the VB uses drivers etc. directly from OS, so what system are you on? What GPU and drivers?

If you can, try increasing hardware acceleration (probably through graphics card options)
Post edited July 17, 2011 by Thiev
Posted July 18, 2011
Maybe this will help?
http://maketecheasier.com/enable-3d-acceleration-in-virtualbox/2009/05/21
Posted July 18, 2011
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AvatarOfLight: Maybe this will help?
http://maketecheasier.com/enable-3d-acceleration-in-virtualbox/2009/05/21
^ that should help. I'm not familiar with VB, so I didn't know acceleration is disabled by default.
Posted July 18, 2011
As of version 3.0 Virtual Box supports limited Direct3D Acceleration as well, which seems to have pretty decent compatibility for me (I'm running XP Pro SP2 as a guest machine on an Arch Linux AMD64 host). You need to install guest additions on the machine in safe mode. To do this boot up your guest machine in safe mode and then find the guest additions button in the bottom pane of the virtual box corner. Just right-click, choose install guest additions and follow the prompt and enjoy. More information can be found here: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#guestadd-3d
Posted July 19, 2011
Slump, you are my new hero ^^ It works now!
Posted July 19, 2011
Glad you found a solution. Enjoy MMVI!
Posted June 03, 2013
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Slump: As of version 3.0 Virtual Box supports limited Direct3D Acceleration as well, which seems to have pretty decent compatibility for me (I'm running XP Pro SP2 as a guest machine on an Arch Linux AMD64 host). You need to install guest additions on the machine in safe mode. To do this boot up your guest machine in safe mode and then find the guest additions button in the bottom pane of the virtual box corner. Just right-click, choose install guest additions and follow the prompt and enjoy. More information can be found here: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#guestadd-3d
Hi slump,

On your host, what sort of graphics card do you have? Also do you have to do any more tweaking after installing guest additions?

I'm trying to get it to run on my rMBP with mountain lion and virtualbox 4.2.10 but with no luck. I think it's my intel HD4000 graphics.
Posted June 08, 2013
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Slump: As of version 3.0 Virtual Box supports limited Direct3D Acceleration as well, which seems to have pretty decent compatibility for me (I'm running XP Pro SP2 as a guest machine on an Arch Linux AMD64 host). You need to install guest additions on the machine in safe mode. To do this boot up your guest machine in safe mode and then find the guest additions button in the bottom pane of the virtual box corner. Just right-click, choose install guest additions and follow the prompt and enjoy. More information can be found here: http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#guestadd-3d
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Shmutt: Hi slump,

On your host, what sort of graphics card do you have? Also do you have to do any more tweaking after installing guest additions?

I'm trying to get it to run on my rMBP with mountain lion and virtualbox 4.2.10 but with no luck. I think it's my intel HD4000 graphics.
Hey Shmutt. It's possible that it's your HD4000 graphics chip. I had a dedicated GPU NVidia GTX 460 at the time I responded if I recall. Unfortunately, I no longer even have that host system around to test virtual box for you. Best of luck though.
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