Troubleshoot game loading issues - pandaroux007/RepulsBot GitHub Wiki
Tip
Some bugs resolve themselves if you disable your adblocker (the game is paid for by poki ads and their SDK works in parallel with the game code. If ads are blocked this can impact the game).
Important
Make sure your browser is up to date. The game uses Unity on top of WebGL, which requires the latest browser versions to run (if you're playing on IE 11, don't expect it to work!). If it doesn't work with your browser, try again with another one, preferably a blank browser (never used before), to reduce the number of potential sources of problems
If despite these precautions your game still won't load, then read on.
Skip the explanations and go directly to the solution
Every time you visit a website, your browser stores certain elements, such as images, to render them more quickly if you request the same page again. Instead of downloading the data again from the server, it simply retrieves it locally on your computer. This is the principle of caching.
In theory, this is very convenient, but in some cases, it poses a problem. When you visit repuls.io, your browser asks the game server to send it the game code. This will work fine until the game code is updated on the server - then, if your browser is misconfigured, it may use the cached game code, instead of the new version, which creates a conflict (the cached version will probably no longer be compatible with the architecture of the new version).
Fortunately, there's a very simple solution to this problem: clearing your cache. This method is safe for your data; it simply clears the temporary files cached by your browser, which will force it to request the latest version of the game code from the repuls.io server when you return!
The method varies slightly depending on your browser. If you are unable to do this, follow the instructions provided by official support (this list is not exhaustive, it only includes the most commonly used browsers):
- With Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
- With Brave: https://support.brave.app/hc/en-us/articles/360048833872
- With Chrome : : https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050
- With Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-us/105082
- With Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/#clearBrowsingData
- With Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/view-and-delete-browser-history
If clearing the cache doesn't resolve the issue, join the Discord and ask your question on the bug forum.