I tried to run a game on Windows inside VMware. It refuses because it needs direct3d enabled in DirectX 8.1b or later.

I installed DirectX 9 but still cannot enable direct3d. The option is greyed out.

I enabled "Accelerate 3D graphics" on VMware and got a notification that the host OS (Linux) does not support 3D acceleration.

On investigation, I found this page:

https://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/d...ling_host.html

It seems to be telling me that I must have an NVidia or maybe ATI graphics card to have the required 3d acceleration.

Which I don't. I only have an Intel on-board card.

Do I have another option?

you will need a nvidia card
a "chip" on the mobo will not do
a chip is basically a LAPTOP chip on a desktop

What about Mesa/DRI?

# glxinfo
name of display: :0
display: :0 screen: 0
direct rendering: Yes
server glx vendor string: SGI
server glx version string: 1.4

Intel chips will not work. These virtual machines are coded to use GeForce or Radeon graphics only. Sorry.

You might be able to use Wine with Nine support if your Intel Mesa driver has the ability use LunarG's Gallium driver, ilo, and see if you can get Wine to run the game, provided it does use any anti-cheat software.

OK, I found this tip on this page:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/53778...n-ubuntu-14-04

It works. Problem solved. Thank you all.