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alromero says...

¡Por fin pude jugar Rise of Nations en mi máquina virtual con Windows XP, gracias a VirtualBox 3.0 y su soporte para Direct3D! Para aquellos de ustedes que no lo hayan intentado todavía, sólo tienen que instalar Windows XP como una máquina virtual ordinaria. Después, al instalar las VirtualBox Guest Additions, asegúrense de reiniciar su máquina virtual, oprimir F8 para entrar al "modo seguro" e instalar las Guest Additions estando en modo seguro, porque si intentan instalar las Guest Additions en modo normal, el mecanismo de protección de archivos de Windows no les permitirá instalar algunas DLLs que VirtualBox necesita reemplazar para utilizar el hardware 3D directamente del equipo host.
He aquí una captura de pantalla de Rise of Nations en mi máquina virtual con WinXP:

Una última consideración: ¡La versión 3 de VirtualBox ha mejorado en definitiva su soporte para el uso de hardware de gráficos 3D dentro de una máquina virtual! El único pequeño detalle es que observé que el juego no se ejecuta con la misma velocidad que en mi equipo real con Windows XP, pero como tengo un procesador AMD Sempron con 2GB de RAM, en realidad no puedo decir que mi hardware ayude a VirtualBox! Si alguno de ustedes tiene mejor hardware y quiere probar VirtualBox 3 con un juego como Rise of Nations, Age of Empires III o algunos de los títulos más recientes, le agradecería que me mantuviera al tanto de sus hallazgos...

Filed under: DirectX, instalar, modo seguro, Rise of Nations, VirtualBox 3, VirtualBox Guest Additions, Windows XP

alromero says...

Well, I finally managed to play Rise of Nations on my Windows XP virtual machine, thanks to VirtualBox 3.0 and its Direct3D support! For those of you who haven't tried it yet, you  just need to install Windows XP like a regular virtual machine. Then, when installing the VirtualBox Guest Additions, make sure you reboot your virtual machine, press F8 to enter "safe mode" and install the Guest Additions when in safe mode, because if you try to install Guest Additions in normal mode, Windows' file protection mechanism will not let you install some DLLs VirtualBox needs to replace to use the 3D hardware directly from the host computer.

Here's a screenshot of Rise of Nations on my WinXP virtual machine:

One final consideration: I used the Spanish version, because I live in Mexico and I bought the game in Spanish, but the result is the same, no matter what language you use. Version 3 of VirtualBox has definitely improved its support for using 3D graphics hardware inside a virtual machine! The only tiny detail is that I noticed the game doesn't run as smooth as in my real Windows XP machine, but since I have an AMD Sempron w/ 2GB of RAM, I can't really say my hardware is helping VirtualBox! If you have better hardware and want to try VirtualBox 3 with a game like Rise of Nations, Age of Empires III, or some of the more recent titles, I'll appreciate if you keep me informed of your findings...

Filed under: 3d, directx, games, games virtualbox 3 directx rise of nations, rise of nations, virtualbox 3, virtualbox games 3d rise of nations directx

alromero says...

Well, I couldn't wait to download VirtualBox 3 now that Sun released it officially, but almost had a heart attack when my Ubuntu Linux 9.04 Desktop virtual machine freezed up when running the update manager! I had to shut down the VM and tried again, but got the same result! Then I decided to change the network adapter type to Intel:
 
 
Then I restarted my virtual machine, and the problem disappeared! The update manager could do his job without any problems:
 
 
Now, I'm just waiting for my Ubuntu VM to restart after applying the upgrades...
So, if you run into the same problem when installing VirtualBox 3, remember to change your network adapter type first and try again. If the problem persists, send me an email or ask for help on the http://www.virtualbox.org...

Filed under: linux, network, ubuntu, ubuntu linux virtualbox 3 problem network corrected, virtualbox 3