Everything is lost! Favorite game does not start, panic begins. And all because on the screen the error failed to initialize renderer in Skyrim. How to fix it? There are ways you can solve the problem and enter the fascinating world of Skyrim.
Directx
Check your version of DirectX, you may need to upgrade it. Well, if DirectX latest version and other games worked fine? Pay attention to the error itself, if the following is written there: Try to install DirectX 9 or newer, then the program will have to be reinstalled. To do this, find DirectX Happy Uninstall. Try to start the game now.
Skyrim.ini
There may be wrong settings in Skyrim.ini, because of them the error failed to initialize renderer appears. In Skyrim, how to fix it, not everyone knows. You need to find these files and change them. On the C drive, find the “User” folder (User, your name), there you will need Documents and My games, and in it Skyrim. Find Skyrim.ini. and SkyrimPrefs.ini. You need to click on them, right-click, select "Properties" from the drop-down menu, see if the "Attribute Parameters" checkbox is in the "Read-only" field. If it is, remove it, click "Apply", "OK". Does not help? So you have to remove them. Then you should run SkyrimLauncher.exe, then the game itself will create new ini files. Now try the launch and check whether it turned out now or not. Most often it works.
Video card
Still getting failed to initialize renderer error in Skyrim? How to fix, you think? And the casket just opened: update the drivers for your video card. It is best to do this from official sites. If you have no idea what kind of video card you have, click "Start," then "Accessories" and "Run." A window will appear, you need to enter dxdiag there and run. You need to find the "Screen" tab, the "Device" section, the "Name" field. In the "Drivers" section, look at the date. The more time has passed, the more desirable the update. It is recommended to go to the website of the PC / laptop manufacturer and download drivers from there. If not, then the video card manufacturer’s website will help.
For Windows 8, the choice of a built-in video card (integrated) helps. Find SkyrimLauncher.exe in the folder, click on it, right-click, see if Run with graphics processor. If there is, follow the arrow, select Integrated graphics and click.
Aspect ratio mismatch and screen resolution in the game
Yes, yes, this can also lead not only to errors, even to blue screens of death, and then gamers sit and think how to start Skyrim, if it says failed to initialize renderer. In the game, find the “Screen Resolution” menu, then “Settings”. Now select the aspect ratio, then the screen resolution. If the desired resolution is not displayed, select a different ratio.
Change Rights
The first thing to do is find the Program files (x86) folder on drive C, it has steam, followed by steamapps and common. Find Skyrim, click on it, right-click on it, then select "Security" in the menu. Click Edit, then give all users full permissions. Click "OK" and try to enter the game.
MO
All this does not help, failed to initialize renderer appears in Skyrim, how to fix ?? Do you have a MO or Mod Organizer? Surely you have a default profile there. So, create your own profile. Try now to start the game from this profile.
Viruses
Yes, it is commonplace, but if everything worked before, but now it doesn’t, then a virus appeared from somewhere that harms the system. You should run an antivirus and check. Do not be too lazy to go to the Dr.Web CureIt website. On it you can find the utility and check.
We hope that our tips have been useful to you, and that Skyrim has started successfully.