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Icy The Mage · Apr 25, 2010, 05:23 PM // 17:23

Is there any way that I can play Guild Wars on a Windows 2008 server? It's not my own computer but rather a rented VPS. I have the latest version of DirectX installed but I read somewhere I need to activate Direct3D Acceleration and DirectDraw Acceleration (which I have no idea how to do).

Maybe it's something else but this is currently the error I'm presented with when trying to run Guild Wars:

Any ideas?

some-_1 · Apr 25, 2010, 06:10 PM // 18:10

http://www.visualwin.com/DirectX/

^ That will show you how to enable 3D Acceleration.

One thing I should point out though is that Windows Server is just that: a server and as such wasn't designed to run games. Guild Wars will most probably lag a lot or give you a low FPS.

Icy The Mage · Apr 25, 2010, 07:11 PM // 19:11

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Originally Posted by some-_1

http://www.visualwin.com/DirectX/

^ That will show you how to enable 3D Acceleration.

One thing I should point out though is that Windows Server is just that: a server and as such wasn't designed to run games. Guild Wars will most probably lag a lot or give you a low FPS.

I don't have Windows Server 2003, but rather Windows Server 2008. There is no option to enable both Direct3D Acceleration and DirectDraw Acceleration, as you can see:

some-_1 · Apr 25, 2010, 07:27 PM // 19:27

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Originally Posted by Icy The Mage

I don't have Windows Server 2003, but rather Windows Server 2008. There is no option to enable both Direct3D Acceleration and DirectDraw Acceleration

You should still be able to enable it by right clicking desktop > "Personalize" > "Display Settings" > "Advanced Settings" > "Troubleshooting" and then use the slider to adjust the acceleration. If you see a screen like the one attached (from my vesion of Windows Server 2008 inside VMWare), it means your graphics card cant support Hardware Acceleration.

moriz · Apr 25, 2010, 07:31 PM // 19:31

a VPS... does this mean that whatever you are running is streamed to you through network? if so, there's really no way to play GW with this setup. more importantly, you essentially don't have a graphic card.

so basically, no GW for you. you shouldn't be playing games on a dedicated server anyway.

Icy The Mage · Apr 25, 2010, 09:05 PM // 21:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by some-_1

You should still be able to enable it by right clicking desktop > "Personalize" > "Display Settings" > "Advanced Settings" > "Troubleshooting" and then use the slider to adjust the acceleration. If you see a screen like the one attached (from my vesion of Windows Server 2008 inside VMWare), it means your graphics card cant support Hardware Acceleration.

Yeah, I can't even click Advanced Settings as the button is grayed out. Oh well =P

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a VPS... does this mean that whatever you are running is streamed to you through network? if so, there's really no way to play GW with this setup. more importantly, you essentially don't have a graphic card.

so basically, no GW for you. you shouldn't be playing games on a dedicated server anyway.

Yeah, a VPS is basically a server you rent and you can do whatever on it. I'm using it to host a private server but was trying to figure out if I could use it to AFK 9-rings on my guild wars account (lol).

I don't see why I "shouldn't be playing games on a dedicated server" if it's mine anyways, but thanks for your help

Quaker · Apr 26, 2010, 02:15 PM // 14:15

What does this server have for a graphics card?

It's possible that it doesn't have a graphics device capable of 3D graphics (although I don't know what that would be these days). Or, of course, it could be that you need the proper graphics drivers.

Teres · Apr 26, 2010, 08:59 PM // 20:59

I think it's because you're using the remote desktop, as explained above.

As you can see on your screenshot your graphics card is "RDPDD", it's a fake video card (remote desktop protocol display driver, I guess) which obviously does not support DirectX at all.