I'm using the following configuration on a MacMini OS X Version: 10.68 Windows Version: XP, Service Pack 2 Direct X Version: 9.x (I'm not sure how to get the actual version number.) Parallels Desktop Version: 6.0.12106 Game Version: Myst III: Exile, version 1.0 When I installed Exile, I did not try to install DirectX, since I had heard (apparently years ago, according to what I found while searching) that Parallels had issues with DirectX, so I should count on Parallels Tools to handle it. I installed Exile, started it up, and it gave me a choice of using DirectX or using software for video acceleration. I picked DirectX and the program started, the screen went black (Parallels was in full screen mode), and then I was back to my Windows screen - without any warning messages. So I did some searching and found a lot that convinced me people are using Direct X on Parallels. I went back and tried to install it from the Exile CD, but could not, since it thought XP was Win NT (which I understand, so that's not an issue). So I went to Microsoft to install DirectX and got the web installer for DirectX 9.x, downloaded it, and installed it. I tried running Exile with DirectX and it did the same as earlier (Well, I think it included one more step): Screen went black, then the HDTV I'm using as a monitor switched from 16x9 mode to 3x4, which it does when Riven runs. Then it went back to a full screen of Windows, running in the Parallels VM. I tried Exile with software acceleration selected (both before and after installing DirectX), and the video ran smoothly, but there were problems with triangles of graphics fluttering and appearing and disappearing. The moving video was not always opaque, and I could see triangles of the background image. I don't play many games, but I've always loved this series, so I really want to get this working. What can I do to either get the software acceleration working properly, or to get DirectX working so Exile doesn't just exit on me every time it starts? Thank you for any help on this!
Oh, and I have enabled acceleration in the configuration, and I found the DirectX version: 9.29.1979.
Upgraded to Parallels 8 and instead of selecting "Direct3D" (due to my distance from the HDTV, I assumed it was "DirectX" but saw the actual choice once when I was up closer, doing other things), I selected Software Rendering and it worked fine. It works under Parallels 8. I'm not marking this as resolved because I don't consider paying more for an upgrade a solution - and there may be a better one that I didn't discover.
Sorry to revive this old thread, but I'm having a similar video problem. I'm running Myst 3: Exile in a Windows 7 VM under Parallels 9 on OS X Mavericks. If I select Direct3D mode for the game, I can see the introductory screen (with the game options) but if I click New Game, the screen turns black and I can't see the introductory video (although the audio works fine). After the video, I can see the beginning game screen and can move around. If I select Software mode, the screen is black and I can't see anything, not even the introductory screen. Any ideas? Thanks Nick
I have the same problem with the same setup. I noticed that if you run the Win7 VM in a window so you can still see the OS X dock, when the intro video is playing you can see the video in the Parallels 9 dock icon but it doesn't show in the actual Win7 VM window. Strange.
Yes - exactly! And if you resize the window as the video is playing, you can see frames from the video as the window is being resized. It's very frustrating. cinergi
