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Windows Age of Empires II HD Edition in VMware Fusion

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Guppy5

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Apr 14, 2013
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Hi,

I have bought Age of Empires II HD Edition in Steam, which I run in VMware Fusion. I have the latest patch for VMware Fusion. Whenever I try to run the game I get to the initial screen where I click 'Play' and then I get the error: Could not initialise graphics system. Make sure that your video card and driver are compatible with DirectDraw.

Does anybody have any suggestions?

Thanks.
 
Dirtyharry50

Dirtyharry50

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iF34R said:
Yeah, it's using DX 10. It runs fine with Parallels 8. Just downloaded the demo P8 to see.
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I think you are mistaken about this game requiring DX10. Here are the system requirements from the Steam Store page:

System Requirements
Minimum:

OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 Pro+
Processor: 1.2GHZ CPU
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Direct X 9.0c Capable GPU
DirectX®: 9.0c
Hard Drive: 2 GB HD space

It clearly indicates Direct X 9.0c and makes no mention of Direct X 10.

I am glad to hear it runs fine on Parallels though as that is what I use myself.
 
iF34R

iF34R

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Dirtyharry50 said:
I think you are mistaken about this game requiring DX10. Here are the system requirements from the Steam Store page:

System Requirements
Minimum:

OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 Pro+
Processor: 1.2GHZ CPU
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Direct X 9.0c Capable GPU
DirectX®: 9.0c
Hard Drive: 2 GB HD space

It clearly indicates Direct X 9.0c and makes no mention of Direct X 10.

I am glad to hear it runs fine on Parallels though as that is what I use myself.
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I may have just worded that wrong. I was basically saying that Parallels does use DX10.
 
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