No shadows on Parallels Desktop on M1 Pro mac
Hiii hope someone can help me out. I own a Macbook Pro M1 pro and I run Parallels Desktop 17 with Windows 11. The game runs amazing and smooth but they have no shadow (see screenshot). It runs better...
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Thank you sm ! I really appreciate it !
I've come a really far way in regards to making them look better - I'll attach a screenshot for reference
This is what I added/changed about the two txt files;
GraphicsCards:
end
vendor "Parallels" 0x5250
card 0x3030 "Parallels Display Adapter"
card 353030 "Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM)"
end
GraphicsRules:
endif
elseif (match("${cardVendor}", ""))
if (match("${cardName}", "*Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM)*"))
seti cardLevel $cardLevelUber
seti isCardMatched true
else
seti cardLevel $cardLevelUber
seti isCardMatched false
endif
setProp $ConfigGroup RenderShadowMode 2
setProp $ConfigGroup ShadowMapAllowNullColor 1
elseif (match("${cardVendor}", "ATI"))
and I also changed the high settings for ShadowMapSize to 7680
So, that seems to have worked in making the shadows so much better, but it's still sayings 'found 0 matched 1' not sure what's going on there lol
=== Application info ===
Name: Sims3
Version:
Build: Release
=== Rating info ===
GPU: 5 GPU Memory: 4 CPU: 3 RAM: 4 CPU Speed: 2400 Threading: 3
Adjusted CPU: 2800 RAM: 30697 Adjusted RAM: 30185 Cores: 10
=== Machine info ===
OS version: Windows 8 6.2.9200
OS prod type: 0
OS major ver: 6
OS minor ver: 2
OS SP major ver: 0
OS SP minor ver: 0
OS is 64Bit: 1
CPU: GenuineIntel
Brand: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9980HK CPU @ 2.40GHz
Family: 6
Model: 14
Cores: 10
HT: 0
x64: 0
Memory: 30697MB
Free memory: 26627MB
User:
Computer:
=== Graphics device info ===
Number: 0
Name (driver): Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM)
Name (database): Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM) [Found: 0, Matched: 1]
Vendor:
Chipset: Vendor: 1ab8, Device: 4005, Board: 04001ab8, Chipset: 0000
Driver: prl_umdd.dll, Version: 20.18.1830.53606, GUID: D7B71458-0345-11CF-6EA8-2623BDC2D935
Driver version: 53606
Monitor: \\.\DISPLAY1
Texture memory: 2048MB
Vertex program: 3.0
Pixel program: 3.0
Hardware TnL: 1
Thank you again for your help !
@EnricoFrancis The problem is these lines:
GraphicsCards:
end
vendor "Parallels" 0x5250
card 0x3030 "Parallels Display Adapter"
card 353030 "Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM)"
end
The deviceconfig is telling you the vendor and device IDs here:
Chipset: Vendor: 1ab8, Device: 4005, Board: 04001ab8, Chipset: 0000
So to match, you'd need to use "Parallels" 0x1ab8 and card 0x4005 for one of the two entries below.
Thank you sm for your response!
Sorry to be confused lol but would it look like this?
end
vendor "Parallels" 0x1ab8
card 0x4005 "Parallels Display Adapter"
card 353030 "Parallels Display Adapter (WDDM)"
endbecause when I tried that, it says Found: 1, Matched: 0
and the shadows no longer work - would you know how to troubleshoot this? Sorry if I'm missing something obvious lol
