VERY odd request here... Mirrors Edge on Virtualbox?

[SlinkyMike]

Hi have XP running in a Virtualbox on my Mac.

I will not be going the Bootcamp rout and installing windows so I want to get the game running in the Virtualbox, preformance may be sheet etc. but whatever, I wanna see if I can do this... so far I cannot.

I constantly get the: "FAILED TO CREATE DXT TEXTURE" message... it is possible that this is unrelated to the virtualisation.

Any ideas?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

What is the graphics requirement for Mirror's Edge?

Keep in mind that 3D graphics are not fully supported yet.

 

[d0b33]

3d graphics is not going to work well in a virtual environment, a game like this needs a dedicated native graphics card not virtual.

 

[SlinkyMike]

3d graphics is not going to work well in a virtual environment, a game like this needs a dedicated native graphics card not virtual.

Agreed. But I want to make it work (even badly is fine.)

 

[cerebus]

Virtualbox is basically IGP - I have a feeling you may be out of luck. That's what you get for supporting OSX

Srsly can't you set XP up in bootcamp rather?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

No can do.

 

[SlinkyMike]

Virtualbox is basically IGP - I have a feeling you may be out of luck. That's what you get for supporting OSX

Srsly can't you set XP up in bootcamp rather?

hmmm... not for a game that I just want to check out for an hour or two and will never finish between dog walking; homework helping and wife listening... to... type stuff.

Also my poor Macbook is running very short of drive space and partitioning what I have will... well actually I don't have enough to even consider it

No can do.

Bummer - knew it was a long shot.

 

[cerebus]

if it's any consolation mirror's edge is basically a tech demo with pretty graphics.

 

[Fudzy]

What games are there for the Mac?

 

[d0b33]

Also my poor Macbook is running very short of drive space and partitioning what I have will... well actually I don't have enough to even consider it

Get an external drive for Bootcamp/windows. you can build a decent external drive by getting a inexpensive enclosure for R300 and decent sized hard drive for R500.

 

[SlinkyMike]

if it's any consolation mirror's edge is basically a tech demo with pretty graphics.

It isn't - that is pretty much what I wanted to check out... doubt it would have impressed much though had I got it working.

What games are there for the Mac?

There are a few - I think COD4 is a firm favourite amongst Mac gamers.

Get an external drive for Bootcamp/windows. you can build a decent external drive by getting a inexpensive enclosure for R300 and decent sized hard drive for R500.

You know... for some reason I held the belief that it would need to be on the master drive for boot record reasons... I have several external drives, I should probably do this.

Thanks!

 

[Pseudonym]

if it's any consolation mirror's edge is basically a tech demo with pretty graphics.

That was mean. Although pretty accurate.
Running was fun though... And it was pretty, in a white and red sort of way.

 

[cerebus]

What games are there for the Mac?

ROFL

 

[medicnick83]

I would never ever run a game in a VM enviroment, it's more than obvious it won't work.

I will try and run a old game like Dune 2 or something.

 

[d0b33]

You know... for some reason I held the belief that it would need to be on the master drive for boot record reasons... I have several external drives, I should probably do this.

Thanks!

I'm not 100% sure whether it will work, maybe 7 will do it. I'm very much use to a mac being able to do it.