Agree 42njk42... this is ridiculous! Have used Parallels since v6 but think it's time to leave also as Parallels will soon become obsolete for many who need MINIMUM OpenGL 3.2+ capability. Grrrr....
OpenGL 3.2+
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Agree 42njk42... this is ridiculous! Have used Parallels since v6 but think it's time to leave also as Parallels will soon become obsolete for many who need MINIMUM OpenGL 3.2+ capability. Grrrr....
Just to contribute some voice here.
I have been monitoring this thread and KB115487 for almost a year. Sadly, nothing has changed. Very disappointing.
We are developing a cross-platform system. We used to use Parallels Desktop to check builds on all platforms (Windows, Linux, OSX, etc).
But since the system started to have functions that heavily rely on OpenGL 3.2+, I can't test it with Parallels.
I do hope the Parallels team have a roadmap for adding OpenGL 3.2+ as a feature in their next release.
Or the only option for me is to switch to VMWare Fusion.
I have been monitoring this thread and KB115487 for almost a year. Sadly, nothing has changed. Very disappointing.
We are developing a cross-platform system. We used to use Parallels Desktop to check builds on all platforms (Windows, Linux, OSX, etc).
But since the system started to have functions that heavily rely on OpenGL 3.2+, I can't test it with Parallels.
I do hope the Parallels team have a roadmap for adding OpenGL 3.2+ as a feature in their next release.
Or the only option for me is to switch to VMWare Fusion.
cgfunk you know what I just switch to vmware 8 where is support OpenGL 3 with no problem. After spend 1 day of setting up the VM is working the same like parallels. I don't want to wait longer. I here from version 3 that they have this on Plans - I ask how long more we must wait. They added million of stupid changes , now they are focuse on Parallels buying from APPSTORE, so I think we wait LONG LONG. Maybe in 2020 we see some support of Open GL 3. Then will be Open GL 8 and they say that MAC not support that. DEAR PARALLELS IF VM WARE can supoort OpenGL 3 you ALSO SHOULD easly do that. I like parallels more but Don't wait forever.
FriedrichW
Junior Member
linking to a more then a 3 years old kb is not a answer. For me it looks like parallels is not interested to solve this problem.
So we must change to a other solution. Bad. I like parallels but..........
So we must change to a other solution. Bad. I like parallels but..........
philip_lamb
Bit poster
Just to add another "me too". Without OpenGL 3.x support soon, we're going to have to switch a 5-person team away from Parallels.
P
Parallels User
I also think it's about time it supports something better than OpenGL 2.1, the years have passed, the competition has support for 3.x and now the problem isn't even 3.x anymore, it's Vulkan.
The KB article seems to indicate that OpenGL 3.2 is supported, but my Windows 7 guest OS indicates only 2.1 is supported. Is there any remedy?
Thanks for the quick response.
This message seems to indicate that only OpenGL 2.1 is supported.
I'm running Parallels 12.2.0 on MacOS Sierra. The graphics setting is set to DirectX 10. Is there some way to increase the supported OpenGL version?
A related question: Is there any plan to improve the direct access to the host graphics capabilities, so the guest OS's can keep up? OpenGL support is falling too far behind the rest of the industry, and as others have mentioned, Vulkan is (hopefully) coming.
This message seems to indicate that only OpenGL 2.1 is supported.
I'm running Parallels 12.2.0 on MacOS Sierra. The graphics setting is set to DirectX 10. Is there some way to increase the supported OpenGL version?
A related question: Is there any plan to improve the direct access to the host graphics capabilities, so the guest OS's can keep up? OpenGL support is falling too far behind the rest of the industry, and as others have mentioned, Vulkan is (hopefully) coming.
ShengtingL
Bit poster
So, it's 2018 now. The VMWare Fusion can support OpenGL 3.x long long ago.
When will you?
I bought Parallels 13 a week ago. May I get reimbursement?
When will you?
I bought Parallels 13 a week ago. May I get reimbursement?
I'm on parallels 14.0.1. Still only supports OpenGL 2.1. We just moved our developed to a updated framework and we now require 3.2 to work. This issue has been around for over 3 years and you guys still haven't addressed it. Another customer moving on to fusion due to you not caring about this feature set for a very, very, very long time now.
Parallels Desktop 14 currently provides OpenGL support for several applications including
1.) SketchUp 2017/2018 2.)CTVox 3.)DIALux 8 4.)OriginLab.
Parallels Engineering team keeps working on extending the list of supported applications that requires OpenGL 3.3 or higher. Unfortunately, we do not have an ETA for this.
Please post your suggestion/vote here, mentioning the program(s) you use which need OpenGL support.