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Cog Wars runs on continuous motion, bloom and rapid colour change.
If you are sensitive to flashing light, turn on Reduce flash in the settings menu before you play. It is off by default, and you can change it at any time.
Your browser wouldn't hand over the memory this machine needs. Close some tabs and try again — that usually does it.
It got further than it should have and then hit the wall. Nothing you did. A reload gets you back in.
The audio layer never came up here. Everything else runs — you just get it silent.
Your browser suspended the audio while you were away. Click anywhere to wake it.
The graphics layer refused to start. Usually that means hardware acceleration is switched off — turn it on in your browser settings and reload.
Something took the graphics card away mid-run and didn't give it back. It won't come back on its own. Reload and you're in again.
One of the game's files never arrived. Could be the network, could be something between you and us blocking it. Reload and see.
Your browser turned down the compiled half of the game. An older browser usually explains it. An update usually fixes it.
The page and its files disagree about isolation rules, so your browser refused the whole thing. This one is on us, not you.
The game needs to work in several lanes at once, and this browser won't let it. A newer browser usually fixes it.
The observers kept watching. Come back and it picks up where you left it.
Your browser is refusing local storage, so this run won't be saved and the warning screen will greet you every time. Private browsing usually does this.
There's no room left to write it. Clear some space and the next one will land. Keep playing — this run is still yours.
Whatever you handed over, the game couldn't read it as one of ours. Your existing save is untouched.
It was written by a newer version of the game, and reading it backwards would lose things. Your current save is untouched.
The signal is being jammed. Or the server is lagging. Hard to tell. Your run still counts here.
This wants a keyboard and a real graphics card. Phones and tablets can't hold it yet. Come back on a computer.
The game loaded, checked its own data, and refused to start on it. That's our mistake, not yours, and reloading won't help. It's already been logged.
Something failed in a way this machine has no name for yet. The details went to the console if you want them. A reload is the honest next move.