directx

hello, just have a quick question about playing games in parallels;
does parallels only support certain apps with directx and if not, is it possible directx manually to use in parallels?

 

Hello,

Parallels Desktop supports Direct X 8.1. So you should be able to run applications that do not require DirectX 9.x to run properly.
3D support will be improved in future versions of Parallels Desktop for Mac.

Best regards,
Stacey

 

thanks for the info
i have a game that runs on directx 7 i think, its definatly older then directx 8 but not too old, anyway, i cant seem to get it to run properly, it keeps saying that i have to change the the amount of colors i have in my resolution but even after i change it, it still doesnt work. any suggestions?

 

Hello,

please open 'Configuration Editor' of your VM ('Edit' -> 'Virtual Machine') -> 'Video' tab and enable DirectX there. Will the problem persist? If so, please provide me with a screenshot of error message.

Best regards,
Stacey

 

i went into the tab but i was unable to find any area where i could turn on directx
am i missing something completely?
when i load up the game i get this msg
"could not run in 256 colors, please change to 16 bit or higher"
however, after doing this, the msg kept appearing
i took a snapshot but cant upload for some reason
please, any help would be tremendous

 

Please tell me what build of Parallels are you using.

Best regards,
Stacey

 

build 3214

heres the pic

 

Sorry for inconvenience. Unfortunately DirectX is supported only in Parallels Desktop 3.0 and 3214 is a build of Parallels Desktop 2.5.

Best regards,
Stacey

 

so if i were to upgrade to 3.0, it should work?

 

Yes, and you have a better integration with Leopard.

Hopefully they'll soon support directX 9.1

 

gavorca,
if you want, you can try a trial version.

Best regards,
Stacey