So, it seemed like a normal day. I came home and I went to play Stonehearth. But then, the problem arose. I clicked the play button in Steam. It said “preparing to launch Stonehearth”. Then, that message disappeared and on steam where it said last played, it said tomorrow. Am I destined to play Ston…

So… I have been trying to play Stonehearth since alpha 8. Btw, I play on a mac with parallels desktop 8.1 on steam. It has been really slow. It takes almost five minutes to open one of the crafter’s menus. Also, after I updated to a new alpha, it won’t launch. It has a thing that says “preparing to …

[image] [Dup] A Bunch Of Problems I play on a mac with parallels desktop 8.1 on steam. i dont know much about this, but i have read that others have had problems trying to play on mac as it isnt fully supported yet…

@Bberger789 unfortunately, Stonehearth does not natively support Mac or Linux as of yet. however Radiant has stated that they wish to create a port for it later on. I’m not sure if I have seen anyone else try what you are trying. have you thought about bootcamp? I’m not a Mac expert by far, and I’m …

I know. I use parallels desktop which is basically like windows on mac. I’m not sure if this has to do with the problem

It might. I honestly don’t know anything about Mac and such but I do know that windows programs require certain executables and libraries that Macs do not have. Parallels might have them, but they might not. Bootcamp might not either. I know that stonehearth uses direct3d which I am unsure if Mac/Pa…

@not_owen_wilson seems like the person we need here I think, as I think he does a fair bit of work on the engine side of things.

Parallels isn’t the best way to mimic windows on mac, the problem probably has to do with specific resources(.NET and stuff) not being installed or used by parallels the right way. You can try my method of playing Stonehearth on mac: [image] The Mac version Gameplay Wow …

Can't Launch StoneHearth! (Mac with Parallels Desktop)

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8BitCrab May 19, 2015, 10:57pm 3

i dont know much about this, but i have read that others have had problems trying to play on mac as it isnt fully supported yet…

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Can't Launch StoneHearth! (Mac with Parallels Desktop)

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