FFXI on Mac: Working in Parallels 4.0

[Elipse]

Anyone tried this on a macbook with X3100 video card. I run ffxi fine in native boot camp with it, but wondering how it will do in parallels

[CelinaAlexander]

To anyone getting the blackscreen PoL issue, I figured out how to fix it. Go into your Playonline Config (not FFXI Config or Windower GUI) and uncheck "start in windowed mode"

[Raineer]

To anyone getting the blackscreen PoL issue, I figured out how to fix it. Go into your Playonline Config (not FFXI Config or Windower GUI) and uncheck "start in windowed mode"

Damn....

Yeah I remember that happening to me too, I fixed it long ago and forgot about it. Sorry about my earlier answers. This needs to be done.

[nitsuj]

Anyone tried this on a macbook with X3100 video card. I run ffxi fine in native boot camp with it, but wondering how it will do in parallels

It seems to be, if you have ATI perhaps your best bet is to try VMWare. My ATI MBP is working great with VMWare, but Parallels is giving me nothing but issues.

Download both free trials and give it a shot

[Darus Grey]

Anyone else have an issue where well playing it just...freezes.

I'm using a Mac Pro(current model, 8x 3.2ghz) with whatever the default video card is(ATI 2900something I believe).

Using boot-camp partition. It runs fast and really smooth, but just freezes the virtual OS randomly.

[Raineer]

Anyone else have an issue where well playing it just...freezes.

I'm using a Mac Pro(current model, 8x 3.2ghz) with whatever the default video card is(ATI 2900something I believe).

Using boot-camp partition. It runs fast and really smooth, but just freezes the virtual OS randomly.

I can guarantee to blue-screen my system if I am dual-boxing and do an unloadall in Windower. Not sure if you're using windower or not, but that does it for me.

Aside from that, I do not get hangs with FFXI on mine.

[Darus Grey]

I just used an actual virtual install instead of boot-camp and it works fine now.

Still surprised it does so well, it's as playable as it was on my old windows machine.

[CelinaAlexander]

I just used an actual virtual install instead of boot-camp and it works fine now.

Still surprised it does so well, it's as playable as it was on my old windows machine.

That really works better? Hm...

Mine has been random freezing in Dynamis-Bastok. I wonder if it has something to do with the lag but I get about 17-22FPS with 55 people (I'm in the shell for wins on my new character) and 10-12 mobs on the screen, and then all of a sudden I freeze.

[Raineer]

I just used an actual virtual install instead of boot-camp and it works fine now.

Still surprised it does so well, it's as playable as it was on my old windows machine.

Interesting... That was the opposite of my experience but I'm glad to hear that someone is having success with it.

Gist of the thread is...your mileage may vary.

[Valor]

I run ffxi on my macbook pro in bootcamp with great results. Multiple windows at high detail and 1024x768 is no problem as long as they both aren't in dynamis or something super crowded. It also does a great job of rendering things in Autodesk Inventor. My only complaint isn't with ffxi, but with apple's drivers for the wireless card. If you start pushing the bandwidth of the wireless connection it just disconnects and pretends to search for a wireless signal for a few minutes. I've tried several kinds of routers with the same results and no issues whatsoever in osx. I also have a blue screen issue occasionally I haven't sorted out. In a nutshell, though, I love my macbook's performance. My previous experience with parallels was horrible, but I'm interested in trying again after reading this thread.

[Jedimasta]

This may seem obvious to some but I'm just not positive if this works. I've been considering loading up Boot Camp on my MBP and was wondering if I could use the activation codes for the expansions from my 360 games. If I can torrent the game and not have to buy another set activation codes, I would love that very much.

[Kaisha]

If you're going to use an account that already has the serial keys inputted, you don't need to buy a new set for it, you just need the proper discs installed to use said expansion content on another system.

If you're referring to a new account, the serial keys are cross-platform, as long as they're from the same region.

[ZarakiKujata]

How is everybody running the Virtual Machine off their Boot Camp partition, when I try to it says I need to reactivate my windows due to massive hardware changes and when I do so I need to put in a new serial key?

[Valor]

How is everybody running the Virtual Machine off their Boot Camp partition, when I try to it says I need to reactivate my windows due to massive hardware changes and when I do so I need to put in a new serial key?

This can be fixed by going through phone activation (and probably some other ways) with microsoft and no new serial keys would be needed. In fact, I don't think you even need the original serial key you installed with.

[Darus Grey]

Since you can run vista as a trial for 150 days...I just...re-install every 150 days and don't bother with any of that key crap.

[Scuzzelbutt]

The people running VM or Parrells, how much ram do you have and which video card are you running.

I was having problems running it with 2gb ram and the standard video card (512gb) for MacPro. I have nothing but problems but I just upgrade the ram to 10gb.

[Darus Grey]

I dedicate 4gb to the VM, 4 processors, and 256mg of Vram. My Mac Pro has the ATI 2900 default card. It's running pretty solid.

[Scuzzelbutt]

I tried it over the weekend, I got the computer running really quickly. The one problem I kept running into was that my graphic cards wasn't being discovered for some reason. I tried to install them with the OSX disc and even from the online downloads.

Has any had a problem like this?



Notes: I am using VMware. There is a setting that you can change that allows you to run your computer at a faster rate. You can adjust it in the settings, it helped me out a ton.

[octopus]

For all the people using mac book pro, are you guys using the new unibody version?

[Mayareira]

Nope, Santa Rosa 2.4 here.