Tell me more ×
Super User is a question and answer site for computer enthusiasts and power users. It's 100% free, no registration required.
up vote 0 down vote favorite

I'm trying to set up a gaming virtual machine, because I don't want all that 'junk' on my main system.

I already have VMware Workstation 7, I decided to create a new VM with Windows 7 and Windows XP.

I've installed Unreal Tournament 2004 on both VM's. It didn't start on Windows XP, no pain, because it still runs on my Windows 7 image. When I starting this game I'm receiving the message the sound device can't be used, because the deviceID is out of range device id out of range

The default sound device cannot be opened:

A device ID has been used that is out of range for your system. Sound will be disconnected.

The Windows sounds do work, also some other games have sound (Warcraft II for example). I'm suspecting it has something to do with DirectX or Direct3D sounds. If I remember correctly, Half-Life (CS1.6) also don't have sound enabled, because of the same error. Counterstrike Source has sound in the menu, but after starting up a game it's gone with the same error.

Any advice or suggestions?

I have already found some sites telling me I should change the sound device to a Soundblaster, but that only applied for old DOS games.

Edit

I'm playing Doom 3 on the VM now and it does have sound. I'm pretty sure it has DirectX support. Then again, it appears it doesn't use DirectSound.

Warcraft 2, Warcraft 3, Unreal Tournament (classic), Quake 3 also got sound when playing.

I'm trying out UT2003 today and it also has sound enabled, I can hear everything. On Software 3D, Hardware 3D and safe mode.

By request, my VMX files. First my Windows 7 machine:

.encoding = "windows-1252"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "7"
numvcpus = "4"
cpuid.coresPerSocket = "2"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsisas1068"
memsize = "2048"
mem.hotadd = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "Game 7.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.autodetect = "FALSE"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
serial0.present = "TRUE"
serial0.startConnected = "FALSE"
serial0.fileType = "thinprint"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
roamingVM.exitBehavior = "go"
displayName = "Game 7"
guestOS = "windows7-64"
nvram = "Game 7.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
extendedConfigFile = "Game 7.vmxf"
ide1:0.fileName = "D:"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:e8:85:9e"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
uuid.location = "56 4d 8f 49 68 58 4f 4e-0e f0 f5 31 4e e8 85 9e"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 8f 49 68 58 4f 4e-0e f0 f5 31 4e e8 85 9e"
cleanShutdown = "FALSE"
replay.supported = "FALSE"
unity.wasCapable = "TRUE"
replay.filename = ""
scsi0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "160"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "34"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36"
scsi0.sasWWID = "50 05 05 69 68 58 4f 40"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"
usb:0.present = "TRUE"
usb:1.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
vmci0.id = "1323861406"
usb:1.deviceType = "hub"
usb:0.deviceType = "mouse"
hgfs.mapRootShare = "TRUE"
isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "FALSE"
sharedFolder.maxNum = "1"
sharedFolder0.present = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.enabled = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.readAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.writeAccess = "TRUE"
sharedFolder0.hostPath = "F:\Temp\VMShare"
sharedFolder0.guestName = "VMShare"
sharedFolder0.expiration = "never"

My Windows XP machine looks like this:

.encoding = "windows-1252"
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "7"
memsize = "2048"
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "UML.vhd"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"
floppy0.fileName = ""
floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
usb.present = "TRUE"
ehci.present = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.fileName = "-1"
mks.enable3d = "TRUE"
serial0.present = "TRUE"
serial0.fileType = "thinprint"
pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge4.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge4.functions = "8"
pciBridge5.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge5.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge5.functions = "8"
pciBridge6.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge6.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge6.functions = "8"
pciBridge7.present = "TRUE"
pciBridge7.virtualDev = "pcieRootPort"
pciBridge7.functions = "8"
vmci0.present = "TRUE"
roamingVM.exitBehavior = "go"
displayName = "UML Machine"
guestOS = "winxppro"
nvram = "UML Machine.nvram"
virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"
printers.enabled = "TRUE"
extendedConfigFile = "UML Machine.vmxf"
sound.virtualDev = "es1371"
ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:10:10:79"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
uuid.location = "56 4d 32 87 54 f5 1b df-46 45 83 91 b9 10 10 79"
uuid.bios = "56 4d 32 87 54 f5 1b df-46 45 83 91 b9 10 10 79"
cleanShutdown = "TRUE"
replay.supported = "FALSE"
replay.filename = ""
scsi0:0.redo = ""
pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"
pciBridge4.pciSlotNumber = "21"
pciBridge5.pciSlotNumber = "22"
pciBridge6.pciSlotNumber = "23"
pciBridge7.pciSlotNumber = "24"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "-1"
usb.pciSlotNumber = "32"
ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "33"
sound.pciSlotNumber = "34"
ehci.pciSlotNumber = "35"
vmci0.pciSlotNumber = "36"
vmotion.checkpointFBSize = "134217728"
usb:0.present = "TRUE"
usb:1.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"
vmci0.id = "-1190129543"
usb:1.deviceType = "hub"
usb:0.deviceType = "mouse"
ide0:0.redo = ""
ide1:0.startConnected = "TRUE"
tools.syncTime = "FALSE"
unity.wasCapable = "FALSE"
ide1:0.fileName = "auto detect"
debugStub.winOffsets.version = "7"
debugStub.winOffsets.value = "0x88,0x84,0x18,0x190,0x174,16,416,0x22c,0x228,0x1f0,0x224,0x20,0x18,0x18,0x20,0x24,4,0x11c,0x8,0x0,0x14,0x100000,0x1b0,0xc,0xc,0x18,0x13c,0x1f4"
share|improve this question
do you have a sound device installed? can you post your .vmx file? – Krazer Jun 4 '12 at 19:27

1 Answer

up vote 1 down vote

You could try to fine tune numvcpus based on cpuid.coresPerSocket value in your vmx.

Some VMWare users found out that "vmware can only work right with the original cores."

You could give a try by setting

numvcpus

to the same value than

cpuid.coresPerSocket

in your vmx file, i.e.

numvcpus = "2"
cpuid.coresPerSocket = "2"

Keep in mind that in any case, one has to

"Ensure that the number of vCPUs is divisible by the number of cpuid.coresPerSocket
in the virtual machine. That is, when you divide the number of vCPUs by the number
of cpuid.coresPerSocket , it must return an integer value. For example, if your
virtual machine is created with 8 vCPUs, coresPerSocket can only be 1, 2, 4, or 8."

(source)

share|improve this answer
Setting numvcpus value to the same value than cpuid.coresPerSocket, allowed my to fix the 'Audio stuttering on VMware Workstation with multiple cores/cpus' bug. see communities.vmware.com/thread/328576 – Pascal Nov 2 '12 at 8:28

Your Answer

 
discard

By posting your answer, you agree to the privacy policy and terms of service.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.