# Minimum Specs...Can I Play the Game?

**URL:** <https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [May 26, 2013, 10:55am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858 "2013-05-26T10:55:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![RCSabre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@RCSabre](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/RCSabre)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 10:55am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/1 "2013-05-26T10:55:15Z")

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Hi, my friend has quite an old computer here are his minimum specs:  
Intel® Celeron® CPU E3200 @ 2.40GHz  
Intel® G33/G31 Express Chipset Family  
RAM: 2.1 GB  
Do you know if he would be able to play this game if he bought it?  
thanks!

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**Author:** ![Geoffers747](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/geoffers747/32/12249_2.png) [@Geoffers747](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Geoffers747)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/2 "2013-05-26T10:58:28Z")

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Hey, so far there has not been any word on minimum specs, although they have been able to run it on one of their old laptops, but not sure on the specs of that.

I think they are aiming to have it playable on as many computers as possible but only time will tell what the game will need to run!

> [@Plea for Compatability with Older Systems](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/plea-for-compatability-with-older-systems/611/5):
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> We want as many people as possible to be able to play, including those who can’t afford routine hardware upgrades. I’ve tried running the game on my 5 year old Windows laptop and it performs pretty well, even though we haven’t done any performance tuning yet. I think you should be fine with your 2011 Macbook. I’d but surprised if we couldn’t get the game to scale down that low.

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**Author:** ![ernierock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e79b87/32.png) [@ernierock](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/ernierock)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/3 "2013-05-26T18:15:25Z")

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It’ll probably run it but not on the best settings based on the quote linked above.

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**Author:** ![GordonPayne30](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/gordonpayne30/32/65579_2.png) [@GordonPayne30](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/GordonPayne30)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 6:23am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/4 "2013-05-27T06:23:26Z")

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I’m guessing you need something slightly better then what you would use for minecraft … but idk

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**Author:** ![Cyron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/cyron/32/43696_2.png) [@Cyron](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Cyron)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/5 "2013-05-28T03:18:22Z")

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Does your friend have any discrete gpu? An integrated graphics card might have trouble running the game, as they do with most modern games.

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**Author:** ![Rayocku](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/rayocku/32/11818_2.png) [@Rayocku](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Rayocku)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 3:24am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/6 "2013-05-28T03:24:16Z")

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I just going to go out on a limb here, but i would imagine you wouldn’t need to crazy of specs in order to play this, but i guess it more or less kinda depends on how far the game renders, distance wise.

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**Author:** ![solgamma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/solgamma/32/65450_2.png) [@solgamma](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/solgamma)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2013, 12:16am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/7 "2013-06-01T00:16:39Z")

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i can tell ya in one line, Too soon to tell. 😄

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**Author:** ![StonehearthFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@StonehearthFan](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/StonehearthFan)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2013, 9:00am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/8 "2013-12-05T09:00:28Z")

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Which requirments need the PC, for Stonehearth, yet?

P.S:Sry for bad English!

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**Author:** ![SteveAdamo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/steveadamo/32/13955_2.png) [@SteveAdamo](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/SteveAdamo)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2013, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/9 "2013-07-17T14:38:22Z")

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welcome aboard @StonehearthFan! 😃

we dont know much about the requirements just yet, as we are still quite a ways off, even from the beta… but this is what was mentioned on the Kickstarter campaign…

> **What are the minimum system requirements for the game?**

> We want the game to run on as many systems as possible, including older ones, but  
> it’s just too early to give solid numbers at this time. It really  
> depends on how the game functions when we’re done building it and  
> optimizing the heck out of it.

**p.s.** your English is just fine… 😉

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**Author:** ![ManOfRet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/manofret/32/2502_2.png) [@ManOfRet](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/ManOfRet)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/10 "2013-07-18T04:40:13Z")

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BTW, @SteveAdamo or @StonehearthFan, could one of you change the title to “requirements for” please? The lack of the second “e” will bug me for eternity otherwise…

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**Author:** ![SteveAdamo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/steveadamo/32/13955_2.png) [@SteveAdamo](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/SteveAdamo)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 11:52am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/11 "2013-07-18T11:52:23Z")

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> [@Requirements for Stonehearth?](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/requirements-for-stonehearth/2234/3):
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> could one of you change the title

it has come to pass… you may rest in eternal peace now my friend… 😉

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**Author:** ![Demahum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cab0a1/32.png) [@Demahum](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Demahum)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 6:22pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/12 "2013-08-17T18:22:56Z")

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The finall thing and the best thing to make a “optifine” like in minecraft (mod)  
so that guys can download it and put it in the stonehearth folder so they get more FPS  
i hoap you guys make the same or so . . .  
thats my big idea for that game

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**Author:** ![Demahum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cab0a1/32.png) [@Demahum](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Demahum)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 6:23pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/13 "2013-08-17T18:23:50Z")

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Sorry for posting a other game in this chat but its just a good idea XD  
so guys will can download the little mod and get more fps. . .

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**Author:** ![Geoffers747](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/geoffers747/32/12249_2.png) [@Geoffers747](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Geoffers747)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 6:50pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/14 "2013-08-17T18:50:55Z")

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Hey @Demahum welcome to the forums!

I have a very basic grasp of what optifine is/ does, but my understanding is that minecraft itself, for what it is,can at times be rather resource intensive. I’m sure some of the coders on here will be able to talk about it in a bit more depth; optifine improves the performance of the game by some magical methods.

I don’t think a stonehearth optifine like mod will be necessary as given the teams experience and the language(s) they are using etc. the game should be pretty stable…

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**Author:** ![bluetiger6001](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/bluetiger6001/32/65454_2.png) [@bluetiger6001](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/bluetiger6001)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/15 "2013-08-17T21:44:41Z")

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Optifine increases performance by … making Minecraft way more efficient (as well as adding more options which can help boost performance). Why is it needed? Because Notch coded it quite badly. However, why do barely any other games have it? Because they are optimised well. This _should_ be the same with Stonehearth.

If all fails, though, a mod would be useful.

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**Author:** ![SteveAdamo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/steveadamo/32/13955_2.png) [@SteveAdamo](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/SteveAdamo)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 4:36am UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/16 "2013-08-18T04:36:02Z")

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> [@Requirements for Stonehearth?](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/requirements-for-stonehearth/2234/8):
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> This should be the same with Stonehearth.

agreed… MC is written in Java, while SH is written in C++ and Lua… and while this is the very definition of comparing apples to minivans, optimizing java is (so ive been told) rather difficult, in comparison to many of the other major languages…

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**Author:** ![Tinytiger596](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Tinytiger596](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Tinytiger596)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 5:46pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/17 "2013-11-21T17:46:52Z")

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I know of laptops that could outperform my computer: it depends on how powerful the laptop is. I’m no computer-wizard, but I’d say a duel core with around four-ish gigs ram may be able run it. Double that (8gig ram and quad-core) and that’s where I’d say safety is.  
Youll need to ask someone else about graphics cards, thats waaaaaaay past my knowledge-base.

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**Author:** ![Ghost](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/ghost/32/43486_2.png) [@Ghost](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/Ghost)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/18 "2013-11-21T18:17:43Z")

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Could you post your computer/laptop specs here? 🙂

If you don’t know how, eehm… Run “dxdiag” 😊

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**Author:** ![SteveAdamo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/steveadamo/32/13955_2.png) [@SteveAdamo](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/SteveAdamo)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 6:21pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/19 "2013-11-21T18:21:17Z")

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why do i smell formaldehyde?

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**Author:** ![solgamma](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.stonehearth.net/solgamma/32/65450_2.png) [@solgamma](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/u/solgamma)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2013, 8:27pm UTC](https://discourse.stonehearth.net/t/minimum-specs-can-i-play-the-game/858/20 "2013-11-21T20:27:34Z")

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because this threads 6 months old ROFL.

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