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I have a Ubuntu host and running Windows 7 as guest using VirtualBox.

I installed succesfully Age of Empires III, but whenever I try to run the game, got this error:

Initialization Failed Direct3D initialization failed.

In the log appears this line:

PreGame  6713:  nvCPL is unavailable.

I have tried all the solutions around the web to no avail.

Any help would be appreciate.

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    I think that a question like "How can I get Direct3D to run under VirtualBox" in superuser or askubuntu would be better. You should check out their rules first though.
    – ave
    Commented Feb 27, 2016 at 19:32
  • You gave me the clue a was looking for. I had Direct3D disabled on my VM. The question you posted was the right one. Thank you.
    – JuanN
    Commented Feb 27, 2016 at 19:55
  • I'll be posting it as answer then.
    – ave
    Commented Feb 27, 2016 at 20:11

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As it says...

Initialization Failed Direct3D initialization failed.

You should enable Direct3D in VirtualBox settings, if that doesn't work, you should try updating your drivers in both VM and host PC.

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