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Old 10-14-2009, 10:24 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Other - cannot play window game in vmware fusion

hey guys, well i installed windows in vmware fusion and installed left 4 dead. everything went fine but when i double click to play the game the screen looks like it minimizes and goes black but the game wont load?

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You're not going to have any luck playing 3D games in a VM. Virtual machines do not have the same access to the GPU that the operating system does. If you really want to play 3D games, you need to use Boot Camp.
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hey actually i found out a easy way. crossover games lets you play windows games on os x.
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