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1.1. What configuration settings are needed to play Urban Rivals?
The game is embedded into the web browser for more up-to-date computers.
- Firefox supports this since version 4 (July 6th 2010)
- Google Chrome since version 9 (February 3rd 2011). The -ChromeOS version uses OpenGL ES, the Linux version uses OpenGL since about version 45.
- Safari supports WebGL since its 5.1 version (July 20th 2011)
- Opera since version 12 (June 14th 2012)
- Internet Explorer is the last of the large browsers, with its version 11 released on October 17th 2013.
- Mobile versions of Firefox, Opera and the Blackberry browser also support WebGL4.
WebGL is available to more than 98% of users on Windows 7 or later.
Please note: depending on your settings, the first game download can take quite a long time. It can take between 2 and 10 minutes.
Any subsequent downloads are pretty instantaneous as the data is cached.
How do you enable WebGL in Chrome, Firefox and Safari?
If you want to use the "real" 3D with HTML5, you must go to WebGL. Recent browsers support this technology. For Internet Explorer, youll have to wait for version 11.
Chrome
Enter about:flags in the address bar.
Look for WebGL then enable this option.
Firefox
Enter about:config in the address bar.
Look for webgl.force-enabled and change the value to true.
Look for webgl.disabled if this value exists and change it to false.
Safari
Open the "Safari" menu and select "Preferences".
Click on the Advanced" tab.
Select the field "Show Develop menu in the menu bar".
Open the "Develop" menu and click "Enable WebGL"
If your browser is up-to-date, you wont have to do anything, except for Safari which doesn't enable WebGL by default.