VM Crashing Using AB but not Glyph

[tempalt2]

I'm having issues with my VM crashing since moving to a Win8 guest vm. Glyph and AA load fine and I can enter the world on my installer account's char. When I load through AB, I get through char select to the loading bar and no warnings in AB. Once the loading bar hits 100%, the full vm closes with no error messages. I've tried inject methods 1 and 2, but haven't seen any other configurable options.

Host:
Window 7 Pro
i5, oodles of ram, GTX780
VMware 9 Pro

Guest:
Win 8 Pro
2 core, 4GB RAM allocated
private proxy with only me on it

I'm running the following settings

svga.vramSize = 268435456
monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "true"
isolation.tools.getPtrLocation.disable = "false"
isolation.tools.setPtrLocation.disable = "false"
isolation.tools.setVersion.disable = "false"
isolation.tools.getVersion.disable = "false"
monitor_control.disable_directexec = "true"
SMBIOS.reflectHost = "TRUE"

from this post due to the Themida detections when turning off directexec. https://www.thebuddyforum.com/archebuddy-forum/179193-vmware-15.html#post1756204

I also completed Out's instructions: enable VM. Open regedit. After this you need to find ALL strings "VMware SVGA 3D" (use ctrl-F), except "@oem9.inf;%svga%;VMware SVGA 3D". and delete values (dont delete keys, only values). However I did not delete the @oem9.inf string.

Lastly, dxdiag reports 3d accel enabled and I can play on the installer account through glyph, so I'm not sure it's a DirectX thing.

Has anyone else had this issue?

 

[eskim1]

Delete that string. If the error comes up please use an offline registry editor. I linked it in another post.

I would also turn off the machine and use these settings. I'm currently running Windows 8.1 VM with both programs working no problem.

svga.vramSize = 268435456
monitor_control.restrict_backdoor = "true"
isolation.tools.getPtrLocation.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.setPtrLocation.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.setVersion.disable = "true"
isolation.tools.getVersion.disable = "true"
monitor_control.disable_directexec = "true"
SMBIOS.reflectHost = "TRUE"

Also you don't delete those other strings you change them to the name of your host machine's gfx card.

 

[tempalt2]

I'll give that a shot since I think I'll be able to spool an 8.1 VM tonight. It's strange that I can play through Glyph but not AB.

Did you come to that gfx vram size by matching your host's card or just the min AA will allow?

 

[eskim1]

No, I just copy/pasted from the other post and it worked.

 

[tempalt2]

My VM is still crashing as soon as I hit 100% on the loading screen through both glyph and AB. No hackshield errors, no themida errors. The VM window just disappears and im left looking at the workstation home screen.

Fresh VMware workstation 9 install
Fresh Win8.1 VM
1 processor 2 core
6gb ram
on separate HD that is currently only accessed by the VM
Fresh Glyph install on guest

Glyph, loading videos, character select/rendering all work fine at plenty of FPS.

I'm thinking it's probably a VMware issue but the host and guest windows logs do not contian any details about the crash. The host plays fine with no errors and very very rare crashes.