VM official 3D description

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From 383rd to 388th pages of VMware Workstation 5 User Manual

Experimental support for d3d
VMware Workstation provides experimental support for d3d video acceleration. This function is not complete.
Note: The experimental supported functions are not included in the functions that the product should provide. Even if 3D acceleration is not activated, starting 3D acceleration may cause host machine or client crash, leading to data loss.
Note: Use the experimental 3D capabilities of VMware Workstation,The virtual machine must run the same VMware Tools as your virtual machine version.. If your virtual machine is migrated and you want to use the 3D function, you need to reinstall the VMware Tools of the current version of the virtual machine.

Persons with experimental d3d support
Workstation does not provide technical support for 3D acceleration. In any case, we encourage you to propose support requirements so that we can evaluate the problems you encounter in your experience 3D.

Limitations on 3D Acceleration
Experimental 3D acceleration can only be used to run Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 and Windows XP clients on Linux. There are also the following limitations on Experimental 3D acceleration:
1. workstation can only accelerate direct8. direct9 applications only support the direct8 subset of applications.
2. The execution of 3D applications is not optimized.
3. OpenGL applications can only run in simulation mode.
Not all 3D acceleration can be enabled. The following are applications that cannot be accelerated:
1. pixel and vertex Rendering
2. Multi-vertex Processing
3. Hardware-level texture ing and environment ing
4. Texture maps
5. One, three, and four-dimensional textures

Enable 3D Acceleration
D3d acceleration is enabled by default. You need to prepare the host machine, virtual machine, and virtual machine operating system.
First, you must enable 3D acceleration for the host.
NVIDIA has drivers in Linux
In Windows, the OS of the host machine requires Windows 2000 or Windows XP, and the graphics and hardware acceleration function must be enabled in the system.
In Linux, perform the following steps to check the compatibility of your Linux host
1. Open your direct rendering capability and run the command: glxinfo | grep direct.
2. Run the glxgears command to ensure that 3D applications can run on your host.

Enable 3D acceleration in a virtual machine
1. Select a client installed with Windows 2000 or XP
2. Add mks. enable3d = true to the virtual machine configuration file (. vmx) to enable the 3D acceleration function of the virtual machine. The 2D acceleration function of the virtual machine can also be used.
3. if you want to set the memory size, add svga. vramsize = 67108864 (set the memory to 64 MB) or svga. vramsize = 134217728 (set the memory to 128 MB) the maximum size of the memory can be set to 128 MB.
4. for a 3D application that requires full screen running (such as a real-time game like the first person shooting), we recommend that you turn off the "release after the mouse leaves the window" option and add it to it: vmmouse. present = false. In addition, on the VM's main interface, Edit> parameters> input tab> remove the hooks before the "release after Mouse leaves window" option.

Start 3D acceleration in the client operating system
1. Power on the VM
2. Install VMware Tools consistent with VMware Workstation
3. Install d9c
4. install your 3D application

Known issues:
1. Do not switch the labels in the VMware Workstation console when running 3D programs.
2. Do not switch between full screen mode and window when running 3D programs
3. Do not run multiple 3D programs at the same time, which may cause vmware workstation to crash.
4. When running a 3D program, you cannot suspend a virtual machine or create a snapshot.
5. When capturing and recording 3D images, the images may be broken.
6. When you move the mouse over the 3D acceleration screen of the virtual machine operating system, the screen may be partially white.

Help VMware through experiment 3D
VMware only provides experimental d3d acceleration. VMware cannot answer all questions about d3d acceleration individually. VMware is interested in the following:
1. Catastrophic faults, such as client blue screens or 3D applications that cause vmware workstation crash
2. Test Reports on ati8500 or updated display cards.
3. Test Report in Linux host system
4. Test reports specific to D8 and D9 applications
5. You have encountered special problems when running 3D programs.
6. Your High View on the prospect of VMware 3D technology

Specific and detailed reports help accelerate our implementation of full-featured 3D acceleration applications. In the report, please include your configuration, 3D applications, and hardware details.