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It's odd, it appears to think that my Linux Chrome isn't Chrome at all. It tells me to upgrade.

Seems to be related to the WebGL support.

Here Chromium 17.0.963.79 doesn't work, but Firefox 12.0 works (actually, I think it's the first time ever a fancy WebGL thing works here).

It's not playable though. I guess my graphic card (or the driver) doesn't have the proper acceleration.

it probably does but if you are running a stable version of Chrome so your gpu might be blacklisted (I think some gpus aren't entirely stable enough for the stable version of Chrome) Run Chrome with the --ignore-gpu-blacklist flag and it should work. (you might also have to turn on webgl in the about:flags settings page - also maybe NaCL in about:flags and about:plugins)

This solves it for me, and I believe it also will for others. Everytime I wanna see something in WebGL I have to open a new Chrome window using --ignore-gpu-blacklist and then it works. This was the same.

Failed for me too. Windows 8, Chrome 18.0.1025.162, chrome://gpu reports that I have hardware acceleration in everything.

Me too. In about:gpu it clearly says I have hardware acceleration for WebGL, and I have FGLRX... this is odd.

While on my Mac Chrome it doesn't show anything, the map is just black. Or is that the game? I'm not sure.

It works for me in Mac Chrome. (Version 18.0.1025.165) Basically it is a cube with a map that has 3D buildings on all six sides.

I can see the cube with 3D buildings, but cannot interact with it in any way. Mac Chrome 18.0.1025.165

I get this also.

Check chrome://gpu-internals/

I am using Chrome 18.0.1025.165 (Official Build 132849) on Mac and it works very well.

I have 18.0.1025.165 too, and according to that page, everything is hardware accelerated. Though I have Intel GMA 950 from the long forgotten times of 2007, so that might be it.

That could be, it works on both my ATI 4850 iMac and Nvidia MacBook Air.

Tried two Macs in my house. Neither work in Chrome. Both had black maps and their fans are still running.

Same issue. Canary on a 2008 MacBook.

Oddly, when I zoom in twice, the game is visible. It's not usable, but it's there!

You can disable the compatibility check in about:flags. Works fine here.

works well in firefox linux

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