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 - A graphics card with vulkan support
 
+Workaround if you don't have a vulkan GPU: Enable the OpenGL rendering backend by setting the `WGPU_BACKEND` environment variable to `gl`, e.g. by running `WGPU_BACKEND=gl cargo run` or `WGPU_BACKEND=gl ./outfly`. Note that this has considerably slower performance and occasional visual glitches.
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 # Building
 
 To run the pre-compiled version on Arch Linux, you need some basic libs: