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From: stasia on 5 Dec 2006 22:52
When I start Sims2, this message pops up:

"Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this
system! Please make sure you have DirectX 9.0c... yadda yadda yadda"

Well, I have DirectX 9.0c. So I looked at some of the posts and did not
know about RUN:DXDIAG, so I did it. I went to 'display' and all the DirectX
Features are "Not Available". At the bottom, it says "The system is using a
generic video driver. Please install video driver provided by te hardware
manufacturer" AND "Direct3D functionality not available. You should verify
that the driver is a final version from the hardware manufacturer."

That's great and all that I need to install a "video driver provided by the
manufacturer", but what does that mean? Where do I download this thing and
how can I get the DirectX Features to work so I can use that program?

It would be great if you could help me out. I don't know what basic info
about my computer you need to solve this, but just contact me if neccessary.
From: Colin Barnhorst on 5 Dec 2006 23:09
Are you trying to run Sims2 on your real (host) computer or inside a virtual
machine (guest)? If in a guest you cannot do it. Guests (vm's) do not use
the video adaptor on the host machine. Guests use an emulated S3Trio64
card. The emulated S3Trio card cannot render 3D graphics.

"stasia" <stasia(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:378E2973-9610-4E2B-8CD3-C7EB0859719F(a)microsoft.com...
> When I start Sims2, this message pops up:
>
> "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this
> system! Please make sure you have DirectX 9.0c... yadda yadda yadda"
>
> Well, I have DirectX 9.0c. So I looked at some of the posts and did not
> know about RUN:DXDIAG, so I did it. I went to 'display' and all the
> DirectX
> Features are "Not Available". At the bottom, it says "The system is using
> a
> generic video driver. Please install video driver provided by te hardware
> manufacturer" AND "Direct3D functionality not available. You should
> verify
> that the driver is a final version from the hardware manufacturer."
>
> That's great and all that I need to install a "video driver provided by
> the
> manufacturer", but what does that mean? Where do I download this thing and
> how can I get the DirectX Features to work so I can use that program?
>
> It would be great if you could help me out. I don't know what basic info
> about my computer you need to solve this, but just contact me if
> neccessary.

From: Steve Jain on 5 Dec 2006 23:09
On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 19:52:00 -0800, stasia
<stasia(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>When I start Sims2, this message pops up:
>
>"Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this
>system! Please make sure you have DirectX 9.0c... yadda yadda yadda"
>
>Well, I have DirectX 9.0c. So I looked at some of the posts and did not
>know about RUN:DXDIAG, so I did it. I went to 'display' and all the DirectX
>Features are "Not Available". At the bottom, it says "The system is using a
>generic video driver. Please install video driver provided by te hardware
>manufacturer" AND "Direct3D functionality not available. You should verify
>that the driver is a final version from the hardware manufacturer."
>
>That's great and all that I need to install a "video driver provided by the
>manufacturer", but what does that mean? Where do I download this thing and
>how can I get the DirectX Features to work so I can use that program?
>
>It would be great if you could help me out. I don't know what basic info
>about my computer you need to solve this, but just contact me if neccessary.

VPC isn't a solution for gaming, especially games that require 3D. VPC
emulates all the hardware, except the CPU, and this includes the video
card. The video card in a VM is not the same as what's on your host
PC, it has no hardware 3D support.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.
From: stasia on 6 Dec 2006 09:14
Here is the thing.. It's worked before. My little sister plays it all the
time and one day this message randomly popped up. So I did have the
requirements before, but now I don't?



"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> Are you trying to run Sims2 on your real (host) computer or inside a virtual
> machine (guest)? If in a guest you cannot do it. Guests (vm's) do not use
> the video adaptor on the host machine. Guests use an emulated S3Trio64
> card. The emulated S3Trio card cannot render 3D graphics.
>
>
From: Steve Jain on 6 Dec 2006 14:21
On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 06:14:02 -0800, stasia
<stasia(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Here is the thing.. It's worked before. My little sister plays it all the
>time and one day this message randomly popped up. So I did have the
>requirements before, but now I don't?
>

VPC has never had 3d support.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.
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