Skyrim error – Failed to initialize renderer
If you are going to spend your time in Skyrim using the online service Steam, then there is a chance that you will come across a “Failed to initialize renderer” error. It is easy enough to fix it. First, make sure your PC’s specifications meet the following minimum requirements:
- Operating system: Windows XP / Windows 7.10 / Windows Vista.
- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz.
- Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT.
- RAM: 3 (GB).
First of all, let’s answer the question of what caused the initialization error. Rendering is the process of generating an image using computer programs. At startup, the engine checks the data of your video card and decides what information to initialize for it. If the check failed, he did not read the video card. We conclude: the problems are related to the driver.
Solution methods
- The first thing you should do is update your drivers. Go to the website of the manufacturer of your video card or use the utility DriverPack Solution
… A friendly software interface will help you update everything at once.
- Check your game settings. If the graphics settings are too high, set them to the minimum.
- Try deleting the ini files. For this:
- close the game and Steam, then go to the “Steam” folder. Delete the “appcache” folder. Don’t worry, Steam will create a new folder later.
- go to the folder of the game that is giving the error. “Drive C> Users> Documents> Games, then open the folder with the name of the game.” For example, Skyrim throws a “failed to initialize renderer” error. Then open the file named Skyrim under Documents> Games> Skyrim.
- Exclude .ini files named XXX.ini and XXXPrefs.ini. Take Skyrim as an example. Then you need to delete the files named Skyrim.ini and SkyrimPrefs.ini.
- Turn off and on your computer.
Note: rebooting won’t help. Shut down, then turn on.
