Comments on: VirtualBox 2.1.0 does OpenGL 3D acceleration https://jeremy.visser.name/2008/12/18/virtualbox-210-does-opengl-3d-acceleration/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:10:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: JapanSakageMan https://jeremy.visser.name/2008/12/18/virtualbox-210-does-opengl-3d-acceleration/comment-page-1/#comment-3127 JapanSakageMan Fri, 15 May 2009 03:21:08 +0000 http://jeremy.visser.name/?p=874#comment-3127 >>BigPilot "OPENGL Support & Direct3D Support" concerning VMware & VirtualBox is "OPENGL emulation & Direct3D emulation. The hardware that doesn't exist is only constructed in a virtual space by using a main　"hostOS" memory space and existing graphic hardware. Therefore, the RAM of "Video card" of host OS are 512MB, 1024MB, but it is quite unrelated. 3D accelarator function of VMWare&VirtualBox only outputs it from software to existing OPEN-GL. It doesn't access the video card directly. >>BigPilot
“OPENGL Support & Direct3D Support” concerning VMware & VirtualBox is “OPENGL emulation & Direct3D emulation.

The hardware that doesn’t exist is only constructed in a virtual space by using a main　”hostOS” memory space and existing graphic hardware.
Therefore, the RAM of “Video card” of host OS are 512MB, 1024MB, but it is quite unrelated.

3D accelarator function of VMWare&VirtualBox only outputs it from software to existing OPEN-GL. It doesn’t access the video card directly.

]]> By: Jeremy https://jeremy.visser.name/2008/12/18/virtualbox-210-does-opengl-3d-acceleration/comment-page-1/#comment-2807 Jeremy Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:03:31 +0000 http://jeremy.visser.name/?p=874#comment-2807 Heh. Didn't even occur to me. It's even pre-compiled for Ubuntu, which BigPilot is running. (<code>apt-get install bzflag</code>) Heh. Didn’t even occur to me. It’s even pre-compiled for Ubuntu, which BigPilot is running. (apt-get install bzflag)

]]> By: Josh M Dye https://jeremy.visser.name/2008/12/18/virtualbox-210-does-opengl-3d-acceleration/comment-page-1/#comment-2802 Josh M Dye Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:50:06 +0000 http://jeremy.visser.name/?p=874#comment-2802 What do you need to run BZFlag in VBox for? You compile it for most systems. What do you need to run BZFlag in VBox for?

You compile it for most systems.

]]> By: BigPilot https://jeremy.visser.name/2008/12/18/virtualbox-210-does-opengl-3d-acceleration/comment-page-1/#comment-2004 BigPilot Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:00:07 +0000 http://jeremy.visser.name/?p=874#comment-2004 Ok, I got it working! I needed to install the Guest Additions. At first I couldn't find where these Guest Additions were, but I later found out they are in the VirtualBox menu (Devices->Install Guest Additions). BZFlag still isn't working flawlessly, though. Some menu items are still garbled. Anyone having the same problem? Ok, I got it working! I needed to install the Guest Additions. At first I couldn’t find where these Guest Additions were, but I later found out they are in the VirtualBox menu (Devices->Install Guest Additions).

BZFlag still isn’t working flawlessly, though. Some menu items are still garbled. Anyone having the same problem?

]]> By: Jeremy https://jeremy.visser.name/2008/12/18/virtualbox-210-does-opengl-3d-acceleration/comment-page-1/#comment-1845 Jeremy Sat, 07 Mar 2009 22:33:49 +0000 http://jeremy.visser.name/?p=874#comment-1845 No, it shouldn't matter what the video memory is set to. In fact, I never bother to bump it above the default of 12MB. One other thing you can try is insert the VirtualBox Guest Additions disc in the drive, then right-click on the video card, hit Update Driver, and go through the manual steps, and tell it to look for the driver in the right folder on the Guest Additions disc. Hopefully it should pick it up. No, it shouldn’t matter what the video memory is set to. In fact, I never bother to bump it above the default of 12MB.

One other thing you can try is insert the VirtualBox Guest Additions disc in the drive, then right-click on the video card, hit Update Driver, and go through the manual steps, and tell it to look for the driver in the right folder on the Guest Additions disc. Hopefully it should pick it up.

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