[GUIDE] VMware + D3 | they way it shoud be done

[IGG]

evilbyte, LOL, your read all the guide and didn't get one simple thing: 1 VM = 1 D3 client. It's simple. If you need a lot of clients, just start them on the host, vm in your case will be simple waste of computer's resources.

 

[FrenchBot]

Is there someone out there using Windows Server 2008 R2 to bot ?

I have no experience whatsoever in server management and am struggling.

How am I supposed to setup the shared D3, DB and Batlle.net folders ?

I'm not able to correctly setup a share between my host and the VM; should this be achieve through a mounted network drive or simply a network share ?

Should one use teamviewer or can RemoteFX be used to access the VM while running the bots ?

Help please

 

[mullerhun]

evilbyte, LOL, your read all the guide and didn't get one simple thing: 1 VM = 1 D3 client. It's simple. If you need a lot of clients, just start them on the host, vm in your case will be simple waste of computer's resources.

but is it not possbile, to have 3-4 d3 clients in a single vm? but can i have 1 d3 and 1 wow in a single vm?


thx

 

[FrenchBot]

but is it not possbile, to have 3-4 d3 clients in a single vm? but can i have 1 d3 and 1 wow in a single vm?

Yes it should be possible.
Your bat file seems bad, DLL names have changed since new patch, maybe ur grey screen comes from that.

 

[pindleskin]

i7 3770K
SSD 128 GB
32 GB RAM
ATI 7850 2Gb

Right now 5 VM-s
Trying with 1792mb ram for now.

am i missing something or i can't see how that is a success?

My friend can run 4 instances of D3 (without any virtualisation)
core 2 duo
with 3gb of ram
and some mobile gfx card

sure the PC is quite loaded, but if that was the dedicated machine it would be OK specialy compared to i7 and SSD costs...

 

[FrenchBot]

am i missing something or i can't see how that is a success?

My friend can run 4 instances of D3 (without any virtualisation)
core 2 duo
with 3gb of ram
and some mobile gfx card

sure the PC is quite loaded, but if that was the dedicated machine it would be OK specialy compared to i7 and SSD costs...

Virtualisation uses more resources since you run each D3 instance on a separate W7 instance; and it does'nt use ur gfx but uses cpu resources to emulate 3d.
So you need more CPU and RAM than you would to run the same number of instances without virtualisation.
And he didn't say it was a success, he was conducting tests to see how much RAM per VM was optimal.

 

[NerD]

I need some hardware advice.

Case

Running Windows 7 pro 64 bit.

Processor : i5-2400 CPU @ 3.1GHz

Graphics Card : nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS 512

8GB RAM ( this is an obvious upgrade if I need it, 50$ and i can double my RAM )

500GB HDD (only 100gb fre)

850w Power Supply

No aftermarket cooling has been added.

Which piece of hardware is holding me back the most for running VMs?

I know I need a better HD but should I go Velociraptor or a 128GB SSD?

Adding 8 more GB of Ram would be easy and pretty inexpensive, ill be doing this anyway.

 

[madmaximka]

great, setting priority to high helps a lot.
but do i have to set it every time??

you can use Prio Prio - Priority Saver

 

[FrenchBot]

I need some hardware advice.

Case

Running Windows 7 pro 64 bit.

Processor : i5-2400 CPU @ 3.1GHz

Graphics Card : nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS 512

8GB RAM ( this is an obvious upgrade if I need it, 50$ and i can double my RAM )

500GB HDD (only 100gb fre)

850w Power Supply

No aftermarket cooling has been added.

Which piece of hardware is holding me back the most for running VMs?

I know I need a better HD but should I go Velociraptor or a 128GB SSD?

Adding 8 more GB of Ram would be easy and pretty inexpensive, ill be doing this anyway.

Depends how many bots u wanna run ?
You could upgrade to an i7, with my i5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz i don't think I can run more than 6 bots.
Go for the SSD if you can, and upgrade RAM ofc.

 

[pindleskin]

doesn't this guide need some gfx card name emulation, so that blizzard see it is not some VM ?

 

[NerD]

Depends how many bots u wanna run ?
You could upgrade to an i7, with my i5 2500k @ 4.5Ghz i don't think I can run more than 6 bots.
Go for the SSD if you can, and upgrade RAM ofc.

Looking to run about 4-5. I doubt I'll upgrade to an i7.

 

[FrenchBot]

Then you'll be fine with your current config, just get some more RAM

 

[NerD]

Then you'll be fine with your current config, just get some more RAM

Just ordered 8 more GB. Thanks.

Thinking about getting a 99$ 128GB SSD as well.

 

[rbrinks]

Do i really need windows 7? coz i have a LITE version of XP and he is brutal fast. but i got error when i make a BAT file


C:\>mkdir "C:\Diablo III"
A subdirectory or file C:\Diablo III already exists.

C:\>mkdir "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3"
A subdirectory or file C:\Diablo III\Data_D3 already exists.

C:\>mkdir "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC"
A subdirectory or file C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC already exists.

C:\>mkdir "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs"
A subdirectory or file C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs already exists.

C:\>mkdir "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\Cache"
A subdirectory or file C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\Cache already exists.

C:\>copy "Z:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\Cache" "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\Ca
che"
Z:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\Cache\*
The system cannot find the file specified.
0 file(s) copied.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\ClientData.mpq" "Z:\Diablo III\Data_D3
\PC\MPQs\ClientData.mpq"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\CoreData.mpq" "Z:\Diablo III\Data_D3\P
C\MPQs\CoreData.mpq"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\HLSLShaders.mpq" "Z:\Diablo III\Data_D
3\PC\MPQs\HLSLShaders.mpq"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\Sound.mpq" "Z:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\M
PQs\Sound.mpq"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\Texture.mpq" "Z:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC
\MPQs\Texture.mpq"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink /D "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\Win" "Z:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs
\Win"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink /D "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\base" "Z:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQ
s\base"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\base-Win.mpq" "Z:\Diablo III\Data_D3\P
C\MPQs\base-Win.mpq"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink /D "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\enEN" "Z:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQ
s\enEN"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\enEN_Audio.mpq" "Z:\Diablo III\Data_D3
\PC\MPQs\enEN_Audio.mpq"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\enEN_Cutscene.mpq" "Z:\Diablo III\Data
_D3\PC\MPQs\enEN_Cutscene.mpq"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\MPQs\enEN_Text.mpq" "Z:\Diablo III\Data_D3\
PC\MPQs\enEN_Text.mpq"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\realmlist.dtf" "Z:\Diablo III\Data_D3\PC\re
almlist.dtf"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\.agent.db" "Z:\Diablo III\.agent.db"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\BattlenetAccount.url" "Z:\Diablo III\BattlenetAccount.
url"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink /D "C:\Diablo III\Bnet" "Z:\Diablo III\Bnet"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Diablo III Launcher.exe" "Z:\Diablo III\Diablo III Lau
ncher.exe"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Diablo III.exe" "Z:\Diablo III\Diablo III.exe"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Diablo III.mfil" "Z:\Diablo III\Diablo III.mfil"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Diablo III.tfil" "Z:\Diablo III\Diablo III.tfil"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink /D "C:\Diablo III\InspectorReporter" "Z:\Diablo III\InspectorReporter
"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Launcher.db" "Z:\Diablo III\Launcher.db"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink /D "C:\Diablo III\Logs" "Z:\Diablo III\Logs"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Manual.url" "Z:\Diablo III\Manual.url"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\Microsoft.VC90.CRT.manifest" "Z:\Diablo III\Microsoft.
VC90.CRT.manifest"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\SetupWin.mpq" "Z:\Diablo III\SetupWin.mpq"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\TechSupport.url" "Z:\Diablo III\TechSupport.url"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink /D "C:\Diablo III\Updates" "Z:\Diablo III\Updates"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\fmodex.dll" "Z:\Diablo III\fmodex.dll"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\icudt44.dll" "Z:\Diablo III\icudt44.dll"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\icuin44.dll" "Z:\Diablo III\icuin44.dll"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\icuuc44.dll" "Z:\Diablo III\icuuc44.dll"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\ijl15.dll" "Z:\Diablo III\ijl15.dll"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\msvcp90.dll" "Z:\Diablo III\msvcp90.dll"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink "C:\Diablo III\msvcr90.dll" "Z:\Diablo III\msvcr90.dll"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\>mklink /D "C:\ProgramData\Battle.net" "Z:\Battle.net"
'mklink' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

i installed Windows XP sp3 lite

 

[ggmuse]

Windows 7x.zip

Try this

Mine Workstation said that memtrimrate is already defined. Maybe this is the cause. And on your version it is "Dict Problem".
Removed duplicate entry in vmx.

you are a life saver. thanks a million dude.

 

[pindleskin]

how much instances i can get with this, so i can still surf the web and play some movie in VLC without lagging:

AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz
Corsair DDR3 4GB PC1600
SAMSUNG 500GB SATA2
ATI HD6850, 1024MB DDR5

i know its crap what if i buy 4 GB more ram? any difference?

btw i followed the guide but i didnt did that mklink stuff, i just put shortcuts on VM guest's desktop which point to WM host shared folder of D3 and DB...

D3 and DB runs for sometime then D3 closes withhout any warning message... After a minute or two... I did allocate 2gb of memory and all 4 cores...
anyone have a clue?

 

[ikw]

anyone know whats the max instance a pc with 3770 and 32GB can run?

 

[fsfsfs]

I mostly followed the guide but instead of mklink I simply copied D3 and DB into the VM. However when DB runs, D3 freezes constantly. Can some one help please? I5 3570K+8 GB RAM (2GB for VM)+GTX570.

EDIT: 2 cores seems fine now, slight fps drop occasionally

 

[vid-jey]

just boost the priority of the task manager D3 to "above normal"
also
http://www.thebuddyforum.com/demonb...are-d3-they-way-shoud-done-38.html#post793058

http://www.thebuddyforum.com/demonb...are-d3-they-way-shoud-done-39.html#post812435

Prio - Priority Saver

 

[ggmuse]

I mostly followed the guide but instead of mklink I simply copied D3 and DB into the VM. However when DB runs, D3 freezes constantly. Can some one help please? I5 3570K+8 GB RAM (2GB for VM)+GTX570.

EDIT: 2 cores seems fine now, slight fps drop occasionally

I have the same problem

^^ will try priorityizing it vid-jey