Vvvv on virtual windows?

vvvv beta question
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Hello.

I run Mac OS X at home and work and believe it or not don’t have access to a dedicated windows computer. I do have Parallels and can run windows from there. Anyone had any experience with vvvv’s performance in a virtual environment?

Thanks,

Joe Guest

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the last time i heard of people trying to run vvvv on a mac, they were not able to install microsofts latest directx. vvvv uses directx9c, so without directx no vvvv. in case you get it running, please report your findings…

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hi mr. guest, vvvv relies on the windows directX 9.0c 3d api, which usualy isn’t available on windows emulators.

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There is a software renderer:

http://www.transgaming.com/swiftshader.php

i try running vvvv with it, and it actually shows a render window with the transgaming logo (which is there always, until you buy the full version of swiftshader) but only black otherwise (btw: however can I scroll around in patches larger than the screen?). Is there any way to find out what actually the problem is? I dont really know if swiftshader does d3d9_c_, it does d3d9 prety well though (judging by the delivered examples).

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i remember having tried the swiftshader with vvvv and it only worked with primitives. ie. not with effects.

back than (december 2005) i even contacted transgaming but they had no idea why shaders wouldn’t work with vvvv.

meanwhile i guess they have a new version.
are you trying this on a mac? (i tried it under native windows)

even a simple quad connected to the renderer won’t show up?

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it works fine with bootcamp by the way.