# System Requirements

#### To run Minecraft Earth Tiles, it is essential the minimum requirements are met. Most likely, you will be able to run the program with the Minimum Requirements, but if you want to make larger maps, the requirements increase. 

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Computer OS: **64-bit Microsoft Windows 10/11**
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**CPU** is suggested to be newer than 2012, per minimum, with the best performance being newer than 2018.
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| Minimum                               | Recommended                           | \*Suggested                           |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| 8GB RAM DRR3/DDR4                     | 16GB+ DDR4 RAM                        | 24GB+ DRR4 RAM                        |
| 300GB Hard Disk\*                     | 512GB SSD/M.2                         | 1TB SSD/M.2                           |
| Active Internet Connection (5-10Mbps) | Active Internet Connection (5-10Mbps) | Active Internet Connection (5-10Mbps) |
| 2 Core CPU                            | 6 Core CPU                            | 8+ Core CPU                           |

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It is **highly suggested** to disable ***Sleep Mode and Updates*** on your computer!
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***\*Hard Disk:** It is suggested to use an **SSD** (Solid State Drive) or **M.2** when creating the map, as the program is heavily disk dependent and your generation times will be drastically decreased. Although, these are usually a lot more expensive. Having around **\~500GB of Disk Space** should be enough to generate a 1:500 scale for example.* **You will need at minimum twice the storage of the final map output.** *These results were calculated with keep temporary files de-selected.* 
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***\*Suggested:*** When testing was done on large-scale maps, Earth Tiles was found to use more than 60GB of RAM during some map generation. Newer results saw a decrease and a max of 25GB used. However, your experience may vary.
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