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[Gertos]

There is a 30 day demo version.

The vmplayer is complete free.

The vmplayer can't setup a new vm maschine , but you can use for this one time work also the 30 day demo version.

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I am still hoping that somebody posts his working vmx file

[dangerboy123abc]

so no way of getting vmware free?

[Gertos]

Originally Posted by Kpell

check the vm ware version, i had rendering problems with rappelz on my vm with versions previous than the 6.5.0

Are you really sure it works with the current Rappelz version?

Version 6.5.0 is old ( 2008/09/23) and a lot has changed since 2008.

[Godslayer21]

Ok i get it now thx Gertos ^^ also that file u mentioned could be handy ^^

[Godslayer21]

So my progress so far with VM is going quite well Im installing windows atm hope it works.thank you very much for all the help guys

[Kpell]

Originally Posted by Gertos

Are you really sure it works with the current Rappelz version?

Version 6.5.0 is old ( 2008/09/23) and a lot has changed since 2008.

Yep, i'm using it every time i play rappelz for my buffslave. Here i put a screenshot that i did just now.

i downloaded my vm ware workstation version from this page

Hope it helps you.

[lovesaom]

THX

[teatdrive]

Yep, i'm using it every time i play rappelz for my buffslave. Here i put a screenshot that i did just now.

i downloaded my vm ware workstation version from this page Taringa! - VMware Workstation 6.5 Build 118166

Hope it helps you.

are you saying on your main computer you are using Rapplez then in a VM you are using Rapplez as well?
or are you using 2 difrent VM's?

i have tried Vm server 2 and VM Workstation 6.5 both get auto Shutdown when i ty and launch Rapplez on my main computer

[teatdrive]

also for thouse that are running in Vm envoroment how do you get past the Choppy ness? i cant stand it, its not smoth at all.

Main computer Specs:
Windows 7 release 7100
Nvidia 9800 GT 512
Duo core 3.0 ghz
8 gig ddr2 ram
25mb Down stream 756KB upstream internet conection

VM specs:
3112 Mb ram
on Windowx XP pro
40 gig HDD space

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[Night Dragon]

@teatdrive: Are you using 64 bit windows? I wouldn't expect the performance out of a vm solution to be anything really playable.. but it would serve the purpose of a buff slave or trade items to your main char.. stuff like that.

[Rammsteiner]

maybe helps you!

[Night Dragon]

Originally Posted by Rammsteiner

maybe helps you!

Hmmm I will check this out tonight but I'm just worried that this method will be more trouble than its worth since it does not make any mention of editing GameGuard files and I'm thinking there will be a nasty error popping up complaining that GG is already initialized if I try to dual client.

EDIT:
I did not get the chance last night to try this out but I would like to hear some feedback from others that have tried this.

[Altaric2]

VMware workstation actually works
after about long hours of fighting here are hints :

how to :
* Download and install VMware workstation (vmplayer might work, didn't try)
* Set up a VM, my working VM uses 6.55 GB with a copy of rappelz
* Get a s/n for it, yeah the 30d trial refuses to run the VM !
* Install your XP on the VM
* Not sure if it is necessary but i added : SP1 ; SP3
* Dx march 09 (this is necessary)
* Run Dxdiag and see that D3D is disabled (can skip this step !)
* Alter your .vmx to add mks.enable3d = TRUE and svga.vramSize = 134217728 at the end of the file. this enables D3D support


Now starts the hard part : network configuration
* Check out your firewall for bridge/nat denial (KPF free needs to be turned off when you run the game, you can turn it on again when logged in)
* If you use hamachi or something similar, make sure the host searches the true NIC first (in connexion > advanced menu > advanced > order)
I was able to check buddies PCs via hamachi but not google
* Both NAT or bridge works for me, went for bridge
* The allmighty window is the "Virtual Network Editor" in the edit menu of the VM workstation, there you can configure your networks
* I have desactivated VMnet1 and host-only on the host which are not necessary

note : I have not tried sharing the rappelz folder, i'll try that some day, it might shrink the VM size needed

Of course if you have an easier method that does not involves virtualizing, i'm interessed !

Now it should work ! you can now dual box
I think i have not forgotten anything ...

Enjoy

[Night Dragon]

@Altaric2: You didn't have any issues with the video rendering when the game is loaded? I wonder if its the specific version of Direct X that you mentioned that makes the difference..

[Altaric2]

I had, but they went away as i enabled D3D acceleration in the vmx

I also have artefacts such as no texture on the minimap, making it useless
but it's no biggie, a heal bot would work perfectly i believe, especially if you can have the VM cursor independant of the host's

you may also have the VM crashing sometimes with a cpu-0 something error => add /NoExecute=AlwaysOff to your boot.ini (if not done yet)

Before trying VMware, i have tried virtualbox too :
* no problem with networking even with FW
* no D3D support => use of wineD3D
* could not get it to work