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Anonymous
13 years ago

I'm having trouble playing NFSMW on a Windows 8 Parallels VM

I'm trying to run NSFMW on a Windows 8 VM in Parallels but all I'm getting is a white screen. My Mac is running OSX 10.7.5 with a 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7 with 8 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 RAM. Any suggestions wo...
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Anonymous
11 years ago

I'm having the same problems with Rivals but other games run 100% without glitch on ultra. Not sure why it seems to just be Rivals that won't work. An error pops up saying something to do with Direct x - which is no real suprise - which is annoying because BF4 runs so much better on my iMac than it ever did on my similar specced pc. Shame. 

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Anonymous
11 years ago

@Skullscrewer 

Simply install (or reinstall) Microsoft Visual DirectX by using the program in the game folder by default the application is located here: 

  • C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\Need for Speed(TM) Most Wanted\__Installer\directx\redist

Note: your windows user account needs the administrator rights.

  • Select DXSETUP Program

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