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this is copied and pasted and for this you will need 1gb or more ram.

link to the site to download it

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/VMware-Workstation.shtml

i'm going to state what i've done exactly acording to my PC, if it doesn't work with you tell me what's the differences and i might work it out

1st of all my PC Specs are:
2.4 GHZ Core2Duo
4 Gigs RAM
VGA 256 7600 GT GeForce ( i need a 8800 but i can't affor it )
1TB of Physical Storage
the rest is not important

1. Install VMware Workstation 6.x
2. Install windows xp pro ( if you are connected directly to a router make it Bridge in the network type, if not make it NAT)
A. use the wizard to create a new VM
B. you will be prompted a location in this location you'll find the extentioned VMX file that you need to append the lines to
3. install DirectX 9.0c Feb 2007 Edition
4. GET SRO installed
5. Close VMWare and do the following:

Enabling Accelerated 3-D for a Virtual Machine

To enable a virtual machine for accelerated 3-D
I. Choose a virtual machine with Windows 2000 or XP guest operating system.
Note: Do not enable Direct3D on a virtual machine that is powered on or suspended.
II. Add the following to the configuration (.vmx) file for the virtual machine:
mks.enable3d = TRUE
This line enables accelerated 3-D on the host. It is required to support accelerated 3-D in the guest and also enables the host to accelerate 2-D portions of the guest display.
III. You may also add one or both of the following optional lines:
svga.vramSize = 67108864
This line increases the amount of VRAM on the virtual display card to 64 MB. Adding more VRAM helps to reduce thrashing in the guest. The maximum value is 128 MB.
vmmouse.present = FALSE
This line disables the absolute pointing device in the guest. Applications which require DirectInput relative mode need to turn off the absolute pointing device in the guest. In practice, this is only required for a certain class of full screen 3-D applications (for example, real-time games like first-person shooters).
Note: If you set the vmmouse.present option, you should also turn off the preference for motion ungrabbing in the Input tab of the Preferences settings dialog.
To turn off ungrabbing for vmouse.present:
a. Choose Edit > Preferences.
b. Click Input.
c. Deselect Ungrab when cursor leaves window.

6. Play the game infinite numbers of time in the same instance by cloning the machine you just made





P.S. this need a very high END PC
P.S. the source of the step number 5 is Enabling Accelerated 3-D for a Virtual Machine

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good idea, too much hassel
pain in the ass to fix the resolution of vm for games

you are actually simulating the whole os to run silkroad?

hell no! not worth the trouble!

damn thats one sexy ass comp dude, i got pendium D 3.4 or .8 1 gb ram 512 video and stuff, i might be able to run 2 at da same time, but i dont think ill do it, good post tho

mu computer struggles to handle one sro client.. i really doubt it can handle 2

i can handle sro and cs 1.6 at the same time

if ur stalling, go window mode, then click off sro, it reduces the CPU usage by ALOT

1TB of Physical Storage

That's the only thing I envy in your setup... And even though my pc can handle that... I still wouldn't do it since I got no reason to do it.

139022 wrote:this is copied and pasted

what part of that didnt u understand? lol

My pc could run 2 sro no problem but, too much work.. lol
I've had 3 different games open once before. (css, far cry, sro) didn't lag at all.

MiKe 51-50 wrote:My pc could run 2 sro no problem but, too much work.. lol
I've had 3 different games open once before. (css, far cry, sro) didn't lag at all.

u must have an amazing computer then

*Grabs laptop* I got a much easier solution!

THIS IS MADNESS!!!!!!!

XemnasXD wrote:THIS IS MADNESS!!!!!!!

This is Spartaaa

Lance wrote:i can handle sro and cs 1.6 at the same time

if ur stalling, go window mode, then click off sro, it reduces the CPU usage by ALOT

You can play CS and SRO at the same time? I wanna do that. I understand the window mode part, but I don't understand when you said "click off sro".

very complicated..lol

too bad i got lost...

Hydra wrote:

Lance wrote:i can handle sro and cs 1.6 at the same time

if ur stalling, go window mode, then click off sro, it reduces the CPU usage by ALOT

You can play CS and SRO at the same time? I wanna do that. I understand the window mode part, but I don't understand when you said "click off sro".

ah rolled back :/

anyways, when u go window mode, you can see your wall paper in the background? just click on there, and it will look lik your SRO has frozen, but infact its still running, but its jst ermm, not rendering on your computer (i think) so it uses less cpu usage

hmmm..i should try That...

-Evan wrote:

1TB of Physical Storage

That's the only thing I envy in your setup...

Actually having more than a TB is common these days. But anyway nice thing to do but think ill just stall and watch a movie

i get some error about ip inflecting with network or some crap like that.. o_O

this isnt so hard, all u do is clone ur pc and on the cloned part of ur pc u install all the stuff u should just like its a new pc.

Lance wrote:i can handle sro and cs 1.6 at the same time

if ur stalling, go window mode, then click off sro, it reduces the CPU usage by ALOT

task manager -> silkroad.exe set to low priority and you dont even notice that your silkroad is running

kkkkkkk

where do i install the directx the host machine or the virtual one? and can you link me to the download

install them from microsoft.com

eneabling direct 3d doesnt happen. :S i added the line to the vmx file. but sro still wont start

it is multi-client.

even though its a virtual machine within yours... it is still 2 clients on one pc, also, they will use the same ip adress to connect to the silkroad server.

so you can get banned for this.

Poochu wrote:it is multi-client.

even though its a virtual machine within yours... it is still 2 clients on one pc, also, they will use the same ip adress to connect to the silkroad server.

so you can get banned for this.

Im Afriad im gonna have to correct you wrong
This isnt agasint Joymax rules
Muticlient hacks Modify The Files Hence it is illegal
This just runs a virtual OS Which isnt agasint Joymax ToS

Wow I managed to run SRO in the VM but its extremely laggy. Guess my PC is not set for this experiment.