VMWARE workstation 9 - few question/problems

[abbulicious]

Hey ive been forced to use vmware worstation because db/yar or both dont work good with PoE. I couldnt bot while playing because of constant d3 errors (every 30 sec or so...). SO as i said already ive decided to use vmware workstation 9 and my problem is that it is using sooooo much CPU. Atm im running 3 bots and even though ive started using changed d3prefs it still sucks. I have compleatly fresh high-end pc so it shouldnt be a reason i guess.

CPU use @ normal windows - 23-30%
CPU use @ vmware windows with 3 bots running - 35-45 (spikes at 50-60%).


I hope some of u who are using vmware for some time could give me some tips how to fix it :/ right now while im running 3 bots its not a big deal with my PC but im going to extend number of bots after banwave and im afraid i wont be able to play PoE :*( help plx! )

Heres my d3prefs config - mb something is wrong:

PreferencesVersion "44"
PlayedCutscene0 "1"
PlayedCutscene1 "0"
PlayedCutscene2 "3"
PlayedCutscene3 "131"
DisplayModeFlags "0"
DisplayModeWindowMode "1"
DisplayModeWinLeft "0"
DisplayModeWinTop "0"
DisplayModeWinWidth "816"
DisplayModeWinHeight "638"
DisplayModeUIOptWidth "800"
DisplayModeUIOptHeight "600"
DisplayModeWidth "800"
DisplayModeHeight "600"
DisplayModeRefreshRate "30"
DisplayModeBitDepth "32"   <--- does 16 help that much ? i would liek to see icons of items
Gamma "1.000000"
MipOffset "1"
ShadowQuality "0"
PhysicsQuality "0"
ClutterQuality "0"
Vsync "1"
Letterbox "0"
Antialiasing "0"
LowFX "1"
LimitForegroundFPS "1"
MaxForegroundFPS "15"
LimitBackgroundFPS "1"
MaxBackgroundFPS "15"
DisableTrilinearFiltering "1"
ColorCorrection "1"
MipBias "9.999999"
ReflectionQuality "0"
TonemapExposure "1.900000"
TonemapContrast "1.500000"
TonemapSaturation "1.000000"
TonemapGain "1.000000"
HardwareClass "5"
PCIVendor "4318"
PCIDevice "4608"
MasterVolume "1.000000"
EffectVolume "0.800000"
MusicVolume "0.800000"
NarrationVolume "0.800000"
AmbientVolume "0.800000"
ChannelsToUse "32"
SoundDriver "0"
SpeakerMode "0"
ReverseSpeakers "0"
QuestSubtitlesEnabled "0"
CinematicsSubtitlesEnabled "0"
MuteSound "1"
MuteEffects "0"
MuteAmbient "0"
MuteVoice "0"
MuteMusic "1"

Ive reserved 13gb for Virtual windows so at this moment my ram use is capped at 95% in normal windows. however my virtual windows use only 5gb (about 35%). Shall i change it or keep it that way ? im new to this vmware stuff :/

Another problem appeared: in my virtual windows CPU usage raised to 100% and everything has frozen... just like that for no reason

 

[abbulicious]

bump, anyone ? :/ my biggest problem right now is that vmare freeze from time to time :/

 

[wazze]

D3 errors probably because you're playing PoE and other games in fullscreen mode?
You could easily avoid that by using window mode and third party software to have them as "borderless/fullscreen window", looks just as fullscreen but should keep the D3 error from appearing.

I'm doing the exact same thing for all my games while botting.

 

[abbulicious]

Hmm ive tried changing to windowed and windoewed fullscreen in PoE but it havent helped me :/ Could u link me such a program or give me a name of one u are using ?

 

[wazze]

Google for WindowedBorderlessGaming, should be the first entry linking to the steam forums