Minecraft PSA: Want to play 1.14 on an old Intel Integrated GPU? Read this!

PSA: Want to play 1.14 on an old Intel Integrated GPU? Read this!
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PSA: Want to play 1.14 on an old Intel Integrated GPU? Read this!

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 11:09 AM PDT

tl;dr: If you are using very old Intel Integrated Graphics hardware, you may not be able to run 1.14

Hello /r/Minecraft! I'm mattym from #minecrafthelp and I'm here to tell you about compatibility issues with old Intel Integrated GPUs with the upcoming Minecraft 1.14 release.

1. What happened?

Essentially, some old Intel Integrated Graphics hardware (mainly 2nd - 3rd generation, all End-of-Life and no longer supported by Intel) won't be able to run Minecraft 1.14 and beyond.

2. But why? My hardware has run the game so far!

Aside from the affected hardware being designed for lightweight office use and not gaming, they are no longer receiving updates from Intel due to their age. Unfortunately, the last drivers provided broke a feature called VBO that Minecraft 1.14 now relies on.

3. How do I know if I'm on an affected GPU?

Simple - by trying these few steps:

Start the game and get to the main menu.
Go into the Options, then Video Settings, and look for the "Use VBO" setting.
If that is already On and you have not had the game crash when entering a world or server, you are unaffected. Hurrah! If that setting was Off, turn it On, then try to load a single player world. If you get a crash that looks like this, you are likely to be affected by this issue, especially if the bracket bit looks similar to this: [ig#icd64.dll+0x74178] (where # can be 4, 7 or 75)
In this case, try updating your drivers. If that does not work for any reason, contact #minecrafthelp for more information. We will be able to confirm whether your computer definitely can't run 1.14.
(To be able to play again, repeat step 1 - 3 and this time make sure VBO is off.)

Alternatively, if you can run the current 1.14 Pre-Release, you should be fine.

4. Welp, it looks like I won't be able to run 1.14. What can be done?

If you are on a desktop, you may be able to buy a new graphics card and install this on your PC - contact your local IT shop for details.

If you are on a laptop however, your only option would be to buy a new computer. Chances are your computer is more than 5 years old which means that you computer won't be able to handle Minecraft well.

Either way, the volunteers at #minecrafthelp will be able to confirm the best course of action for your computer.

5. Why this change now?

VBO, a feature introduced in OpenGL 1.4 (released 17 years ago!) helps speed up your game by making use of your GPU's memory to store graphics information the game needs. Minecraft has been able to make use of this feature since 2014 in Release 1.8, speeding up gameplay for players worldwide. Improvements being made in Minecraft 1.14 and beyond now require this feature to be used.

Unfortunately, Intel's track record in correctly implementing OpenGL features have not been great in the early 2010s, causing many games using OpenGL (like Minecraft) to break unexpectedly. Intel seems to be doing better in recent years though, so these breakages should become less common.

Either way, you will always benefit from using a dedicated graphics card, such as the ones sold by AMD and Nvidia. The listed recommended requirements found here should suffice.

If you have any questions regarding this change, please leave a comment below. I will not provide technical support in this thread; use #minecrafthelp for that.

Thanks for reading, and happy Minecrafting!

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As the barren dry land smiles, so do I.

Posted: 11 Apr 2019 11:06 AM PDT