Unity WebGL not supported on Google Chrome?

Hi there, after watching the special event stream, I wanted to give it a try and build a simple project to the WebGL experimental platform.

My surprise is that a message pops up on Google Chrome saying that it does not support Unity's WebGL opening files with file:// or something like that.

Is it definitely not supported right now?

 

possibly is not Unity, Chrome for security reasons dont allow to load local files.

 

WebGL is supported on Chrome. Opening local files is not supported in the webplayer due to security reasons; I expect the same for WebGL.

--Eric

 

Try the google flag, add --allow-file-access-from-files after the chrome.exe like "chrome.exe --allow-file-access-from-files"

 

But that's not a nice solution in user-experience..

 

Users are supposed use the project from a website and not from local disk

 

I recommend installing a webserver like wamp. After the setup is done you just have to place all files in the 'www' directory and put your server online. Also, make sure WebGL is enabled by default in Chrome. This can be done in chrome://flags.

 

Oh that's actually pretty nice, why didn't you say that before! Haha!

Then it's just brilliant, thanks for the info sir!

 

I'm having this problem in Safari, not on my machine, but on another that doesn't have Unity installed. Since the last WebGL update, running from our server no longer works. While I'm trying to figure that out, I sent out a WebGL folder to someone to run locally so they could review it. They have JS and WebGL enabled in Safari So why does it run locally on my machine? Works fine whether I do a build and run or just open the index file in Safari.

 

Different version of Safari?

 

If your user is to be loading from a local drive give them a stand alone

 

OS 10.10.5 on my machine where it runs in Safari 9.0, OS 10.11.x on the machine it doesn't run on with, I believe, Safari 9.0.1.

Are you saying some versions of Safari don't support running locally?

 

Don't know, but that may be the case.

 

Hello
I got the same prob. while using WebGL,
so I am using the same build & run, but this time I didn't get error but its still showing in gray color plz help me

 

No, Unity WebGL isn't supported on Chrome. You may use internet explorer (the nice old browser supports it)

 

It was supported two years ago when the post you're replying to was written, and it's certainly supported now.

Internet Explorer does not support WebGL. Edge does, though. https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/webgl-browsercompatibility.html

--Eric

 

That would be webplayer, which Unity no longer supports.