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Start with the browser checks below: refresh once, click the game view, then try the Low preset.
Thirty-second pass
- Refresh the official page once.
- Click the game view.
- Read the toast on screen before you hunt a forum thread.
- Try a normal window with extensions off.
- Set graphics to Low if the frame rate falls apart.
Symptom and first move
| Symptom | First move | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Play never opens | Allow the pop-up, or open dirtbound.fr in a new tab yourself. | Browser behaviour |
| Black screen | Wait for the 3D files, refresh once, update the browser, turn on hardware acceleration. | Browser advice + official interface |
| Lag | Settings, Low preset. Close other GPU-heavy tabs. Plug in a laptop. | Browser advice + official interface |
| Keyboard dead | Click the canvas. Leave text fields. Esc always pauses. | Browser advice + official interface |
| Gamepad missing | Connect first, then press a button. Confirm the OS sees the pad. | Browser advice + official interface |
| Settings gone | Site storage is per browser profile. Clearing it removes them. | Browser advice + official interface |
| Accounts unavailable | Retry. Solo play can continue. Online features wait. | 1 source |
| Board or room server | The copy says the server is unreachable. Play can continue. Retry later. | Browser advice + official interface |
| Room will not join | Host still there, code is current, both signed in. Do not refresh mid-race. | Browser advice + official interface |
| Publish failed | Close the loop, sign in, name of 2+ characters, terrain at most 8 MiB. | Official · 1 source |
| No audio | Click or press a key once. Check the volume sliders. Browsers wait for a gesture. | 1 source |
| Phone runs hot | Use Low, close background apps, turn sideways. | Browser advice + official interface |
Lines the game itself shows
| On-screen line | Meaning | What I would do |
|---|---|---|
| Server unreachable | The official server did not answer | Retry later. Do not hunt a mirror. |
| Leaderboard server unreachable | The client could not reach the board; service status is not established | Keep driving. Check the board later. |
| Accounts unavailable | Sign-in is down | Retry. Solo still works. |
| Connection lost, reconnecting | The room dropped | Wait. Do not refresh yet. |
| The lobby no longer exists | The room is no longer available; the message does not identify why | Ask for a new code. |
| Lobby open in another tab | Two tabs, one room | Close the extra tab. |
| Too much sculpted terrain | Over the 8 MiB publish cap | Flatten distant terrain. |
These steps mix the public interface with ordinary browser checks. I am not calling them an official support script. There is no public minimum specification and no status page, so I cannot tell you whether the server is down at this minute. Report a guide error from the contact page. The game’s own feedback entry and Discord are the path for a game bug. Keys are listed on controls. Platforms are on platforms.
Questions
The keyboard does nothing. What first?
Click the game view so the browser focuses it. Esc always pauses. Then check Settings if a key was cleared.
Where do settings live?
In this browser’s site storage. A private window, another profile, or clearing site data starts you over. I cannot see that storage from this guide.
Sources
Last checked 2026-11-03. I compared the public materials linked below. Official pages, source files, screenshots and the developer’s itch.io listing count as one publisher; a second independent publisher is named separately where available.