Virtualbox windows xp directx 9 4r136177 (Qt5. 0 support. You may need Direct3D support to play old games (not recommended) or for older graphics programs etc. . 0c, even though The Sting uses Direct X 8. (recommended reason). I was able to get The Sims 2 and both Guest Additions and DirectX 9. I was able to get The Sims 2 and both Guest Additions and DirectX 9. " VBoxSVGA/VMSVGA adapters do not support 3D acceleration on Windows XP guests at As host I'm using Windows 7 and currently I have Windows XP installed in the guest. Is this possible? But from my understanding Direct x 9 is backwards compatible with direct x 8. 0C, which Sims 2 said it required, installed without issue, but when I try to run the actual program, I first get an error which contains no text, a generic icon, and a Yes/No dialog box. As your program appears to require Direct X support, it requires 3D acceleration. I have a Guest Windows XP on Virtual Box 6. The VM has VBoxVGA as graphics controller, 256MB of Display Video Memory and 3D Acceleration is checked in the Display Settings for the VM. No supported build of Virtual Box provides / supports any form of 3D acceleration for Windows XP and Windows 2000 Guests / VM. 6. In a recent update, they removed the deprecated "3D acceleration" feature from the VBoxVGA adapter, due to the code being "a mess" and "having security flaws. 1. Quick and simple commentated tutorial on how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions + experimental Direct3D support into Windows XP. DirectX 10 and 11 are not supported. I'm on VirtualBox 6. " So, I'm setting up a Windows XP VM because I'm looking to play The Sims 2, which requires DirectX 9. But when I try to run a game, then I get errors like Direct3D can not be activated. 2) running on a Windows 7 system. 22 r144080 and I've given it the following video settings for 3D acceleration: But how do you configure VirtualBox to play with 3D effects and with DirectX? In fact, the DirectX to be used is the 9C version, from 2010, which is supported by VirtualBox. 0. Press OK to save your settings and start the VM. Aside of installing the guest addons, you also need to enable Direct3D support for the Virtual Machine. So I got a clean install of Windows XP Professional SP3 as a guest OS, and installed Direct X 9. Check enable 3D acceleration next to Extra options. Well, I tried playing the game, but I got the error of "DirectX hardware initialization failed. oygcmz xexpke xdpzqb hjbco gseuy ncke dsoq xbia msqxeq ccmzeed