By default, Direct3D technology is disabled. You must prepare the host first,
the virtual machine second, and the guest operating system last.


Use a host video card with support for accelerated OpenGL, such as NVIDIA
TNT, GeForce and Quadro cards, or ATI FireGL and Radeon 8500 (or higher) video
cards. If you are unsure, check with your hardware manufacturer.

Windows:
	Move the Hardware Acceleration slider all the way to the Full position.
Linux:
	1. To verify that direct rendering is enabled, run
		glxinfo | grep direct
	2. To ensure that 3-D applications work on your host, run
		glxgears

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Enabling Accelerated 3-D for a Virtual Machine
To enable a virtual machine for accelerated 3-D 

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. You may also add one or both of the following optional lines:
   o 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 (svga.vramSize = "134217728").
   o 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.

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Enabling Accelerated 3-D for a Guest Operating System
To enable the guest operating system for accelerated 3-D

1. Power on the virtual machine.
2. Install VMware Tools.
   Note: It is critical for stability that you install the version of VMware
   Tools that matches the version of VMware Workstation you are running.
3. Install DirectX 9.0c End User Runtime
	http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=2 
4. Install and run your 3-D applications.