Spring RTS Engine

Hello, I follow the development of Spring and the AutoHost Springie already for a while, great project Licho, at the moment i try to let run a dedicated server in a VMware (Debian ROOT-Server).
However, I fail in missing direct3d support of the VMware.
Error Message: Update Drivers
'Needed extension GL_ARB_texture_env_combine not found!'

Is it possible to disable rendering completely and checking for this Extension?
Would be it to be inserted possibly a start option like /minimise rendering completely switches off and also does not check the direct3d support?

Yes it would be possible to insert that given sufficient skills and time. It's somewhere far on the bottom of my todo list tho. A patch would be welcome. It's OpenGL btw, not Direct3D.

I'm reasonably certain that VMWare's virtualization stuff (Workstation/Server and up; Player is shit) has drivers available for the VM. Do a search online; I was planning on playing spring in an Ubunutu install and did find instructions for simulating a 3D Hardware accelerator - just Google, and then seach VMWare's knowledge base and forums.

Dragon45 wrote:... find instructions for simulating a 3D Hardware accelerator - just Google, and then seach VMWare's knowledge base and forums.

Yes i know about that, but this require a Host with a 3D enabled Hardware, on a Internet-Server i dont have this :)
Secondly this Alpha solution from VWWare supports only Win2k and WinXP, not Win3k (my favorite). Ref: http://www.vmware.com/support/ws5/doc/w ... d_d3d.html

Thanks for Reply

EDIT: tested, not worked for me at WinXP