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C J Campbell - 11 Jun 2007 10:30 GMT

Parallels 3.0 has been released. It claims to offer 3D graphics and
DirectX support. However, these features do not appear to actually
work. It will not even run Solitaire or any of the other games included
in Vista.

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Warren Oates - 11 Jun 2007 12:38 GMT

> Parallels 3.0 has been released. It claims to offer 3D graphics and
> DirectX support. However, these features do not appear to actually
> work. It will not even run Solitaire or any of the other games included
> in Vista.

Yah, I noticed that there's very little new (that works) in 3.0. I think
they wanted some money from gullible users; I'll be more careful in the
future. It appears to be a vapor-ware fundraising release. How quickly
nice guys turn into arse-wipes.

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Frédérique & Her vé Sainct - 11 Jun 2007 17:49 GMT

> Yah, I noticed that there's very little new (that works) in 3.0.

I disagree. For me the snapshot feature and its far easier way to handle
hosted system updates is worth the upgrade cost on its own. The
inter-system file associations works, which is very nice too (the PC can
open urls in Safari, jpegs in preview... and vice-versa). etc.

And indeed while not a gamer I did find graphic apps that work now and
not before, with clear mentions (by Parallels) of OpenGL/DirectX, like
EQuake3D.

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Shawn Hirn - 12 Jun 2007 06:04 GMT

> > Parallels 3.0 has been released. It claims to offer 3D graphics and
> > DirectX support. However, these features do not appear to actually
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> future. It appears to be a vapor-ware fundraising release. How quickly
> nice guys turn into arse-wipes.

If you haven't posted your questions on the Parallels tech support
forum, you should certainly do so. I doubt the Parallels development
team monitors this newsgroup.

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Jolly Roger - 12 Jun 2007 19:33 GMT

>>> Parallels 3.0 has been released. It claims to offer 3D graphics and
>>> DirectX support. However, these features do not appear to actually
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> forum, you should certainly do so. I doubt the Parallels development
> team monitors this newsgroup.

It appears Warren doesn't actually have any questions - he's already
made up his mind that the good folks at Parallels have become
"arse-wipes" overnight. That's a shame... for Warren.

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Steve de Mena - 11 Jun 2007 18:54 GMT

> Parallels 3.0 has been released. It claims to offer 3D graphics and
> DirectX support. However, these features do not appear to actually work.
> It will not even run Solitaire or any of the other games included in Vista.

The DirectX is something like DirectX 8.2. Did
you enable DirectX support (maybe called 3D
support) in the settings for your Guest OS? By
default it is not enabled.

Steve

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C J Campbell - 11 Jun 2007 20:00 GMT

>> Parallels 3.0 has been released. It claims to offer 3D graphics and
>> DirectX support. However, these features do not appear to actually
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>
> Steve

Yes. If you disable DirectX then the Solitaire program will run. Enable
DirectX and it crashes.

Enabling DirectX requires checking the "Enable DirectX" check box in
the Virtual Machine setup. 3D will not work without it.

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Frédérique & Her vé Sainct - 11 Jun 2007 21:13 GMT

> Enabling DirectX requires checking the "Enable DirectX" check box in
> the Virtual Machine setup. 3D will not work without it.

on my config editor I have a "Enable Intel VT-X support" that was
already checked, but I don't see DirectX??

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tacit - 12 Jun 2007 01:44 GMT

Works great for me. In fact, I discovered that I can successfully run
Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars, which has VERY hefty system
requirements and demands DirectX 9, just fine. (I was playing earlier
today).

Note that when you install Parallels 3 and upgrade your existing Windows
VM, you must also run the Parallels tools installer for Windows. If you
do not do this, DirectX will not work. By default it is mapped to a
virtual D drive.

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C J Campbell - 12 Jun 2007 04:58 GMT

>> Parallels 3.0 has been released. It claims to offer 3D graphics and
>> DirectX support. However, these features do not appear to actually
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> do not do this, DirectX will not work. By default it is mapped to a
> virtual D drive.

Yeah, did that. The Parallel tools utility shows all features enabled.

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Howard Brazee - 22 Jun 2007 16:08 GMT

>Parallels 3.0 has been released. It claims to offer 3D graphics and
>DirectX support. However, these features do not appear to actually
>work. It will not even run Solitaire or any of the other games included
>in Vista.

My wife runs RealArcade games, and was glad that with 3.0 she can now
run Active-X games.

But one of her favorites still has the same problem it had with
earlier Parallels. The game _Feeding Frenzy_ sort of runs - but the
mouse cursor is not where the game thinks it is. Using the mouse to
move the fish around involves guess work instead of having a cursor we
can see.

She has paid for this game, but people can download a trial version of
the game before buying, if someone else wants to see if they have the
same problem.

I've posted in the Parallels web newsgroup, but nobody has replied.

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Manu T - 27 Jun 2007 11:35 GMT

They work in XP.
I presume that Parallels (just as VMWare Fusion) only support a subset
of DirectX. In the case of VMWare it's only DX8.1 which is only
applicable to windows XP.

In fact I just went to parallel's website and the documentation also
CLEARLY states DirectX8.1 and OpenGL compatibility. This means
3d-accelleration only in Windows XP and older games.

Windows Vista uses DirectX10 which is thereby NOT supported. Perhaps
you ought to read the documention first before complaining.

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Howard Brazee - 27 Jun 2007 14:59 GMT

>In fact I just went to parallel's website and the documentation also
>CLEARLY states DirectX8.1 and OpenGL compatibility. This means
>3d-accelleration only in Windows XP and older games.

My wife was glad that 3.0 allowed her to play more games.

But one of her favorites still has the same problem it had with
earlier Parallels. The game _Feeding Frenzy_ sort of runs - but the
mouse cursor is not where the game thinks it is. Using the mouse to
move the fish around involves guess work instead of having a cursor we
can see.

She has paid for this game, but people can download a trial version of
the game before buying, if someone else wants to see if they have the
same problem. She bought hers via RealArcade, but Googling shows
lots of sites having it available for free trial.

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Shawn Hirn - 28 Jun 2007 12:05 GMT

> >In fact I just went to parallel's website and the documentation also
> >CLEARLY states DirectX8.1 and OpenGL compatibility. This means
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> same problem. She bought hers via RealArcade, but Googling shows
> lots of sites having it available for free trial.

In this case, the best solution is to install Bootcamp and run Windows
that way so its native.

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Howard Brazee - 28 Jun 2007 13:01 GMT

>> She has paid for this game, but people can download a trial version of
>> the game before buying, if someone else wants to see if they have the
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>In this case, the best solution is to install Bootcamp and run Windows
>that way so its native.

Parallels allowed me to install the upgrade version of XP, when
Windows asked for me to show it a full version, I showed it my 95 CD.
At the time, I read that Bootcamp wouldn't let me do this.

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