What do you mean "fess up"? We have always stated clearly that iClone is not supported under virtual machine software.


                                                                

Peter
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www.reallusion.com

@NavyCorpsman: In fact, reading through this three-year old thread, you will find that several posters have stated that iClone will NOT run under VM. Nothing new or sneaky here...

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Notthat big a deal. But if in fact iclone is putting out a messagenot supported under VM it is obvious it is testing to see it isrunning under VM.  Since 99% of Windows programs have no problemrunning under VM, Reallusion could tell us Why technically (withoutrevealing too many things) it cannot run under VM. That would be aninteresting technical fact. If it is for security/piracy reasons(which I understand and fully agree with) Reallusion could implementsimilar security to insure that a single license owner, even under VMcould only run one copy.

While it is true reallusion hassaid for a long time iclone is not supported under VM (supported doesno me it can't run under VM) ,and  does not mean it Never ransuccessfully under VM.  When I originally purchased iclone 6 or 5.n it ransuccessfully under VM until it was updated. It was just a conveniencefor me since I am a Linux guy for over 15 years. Iclone is afantastic product. I only wish they had a Linux version. Maybe theycould port their Mac version, which I think they do have. Would bevery convenient for us Linux guys that have to have keep a dual bootwith Windows 10 around that runs at a snail's pace by comparison. 

Anywayno big deal just an inconvenience 

So the issue you have is not knowing WHY it doesn't work on a VM?
Business cost/benefit return on investment calculation?  Technical barriers?  Why does that matter?

From my limited experience with VMs on my PC at home, I know I had trouble getting proper access to the GRAPHICS CARD from my VM.  I was doing some experimentation and beta testing for my video editing software (NLE).  It might have been a limitation of the VM tools I was using, but it seems like the "real" PC could access the GPU but the VMs could not.  How much of the VRAM should be dedicated to each VM?  I can see that being an interesting challenge.

But, at least we know not to waste too much time trying to make it work in a VM.

Good luck.

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And there IS no Mac version of iClone, so no porting of that is possible.

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 Ithink a good enough answer is what you said "seems like the"real" PC could access the GPU but the VMs could not"
Butthe fact is on an older version of iclone version 6.n,  it did rununder VM until next iclone update (eventhough it wasnot supported).
   Ithink currently iclone 7 doesmakethe highest possible use of GPU usingDirectx 11 andthat  could be a VM issue. Also the pay for VM from Oracle ismore flexible but I don't use that one.
Regardlesstootrivial an issue to bother anybodywithnowanyway.

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