Fatmangotmypie Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Ok someone please help me. So i was able to get Skyim to get up and running finally. I plugged an HDMI cord in so i could play it on my TV, however i mistakenly plugged it in while the game was running, specifically on the menu screen. This caused the screen to tear. I've had this problem before, and simply quitting the game and starting it up again always fixed the problem, but now when i start the game back up i get the message"Failed to initialize renderer. Your display doesn't support the selected resolution. Please set a different resolution in Skyrim's Launcher under Display Settings."I should note that before the message appeared the launcher reviewed my performance capabilities and said automatically set it at Ultra High Quality. Just to be sure i set it to low quality and still got the same message, so it cant be that. I literally just updated my graphics driver around 2 hours ago so it doubt its that either. I read a bit on this and saw that the ini. files should not be 'read only' and when i checked on them the SkyrimPrefs.ini. was indeed 'read only', however after i changed it i still got the same "Failed to initialize renderer". So whats the problem? Someone please help. THis is the fourth time ive been on the forms for help getting this game to run. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstyler35 Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 May be this can help ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatmangotmypie Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 Nope doesnt seem to have worked. I dont get it, it was working half an hour ago. Then i shut it down restart it and no i this happens? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstyler35 Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Backup your ini files and delete the files. Skyrim.ini / SkyrimCustom.ini / SkyrimPrefs.ini found in C:\Users\Utilisateur\Documents\My Games\Skyrim then use your vanilla launcher to autodetect and use best settings for your computer. If this doesn't work, I hope the fact you've hot unplugged/plugged your monitor didn't break it... I've searched for HDMi hot plugged monitor. This is what I found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatmangotmypie Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 ok, so on a whim i launched my "GeForce Expirience" app (basically my graphics driver updater that came with my laptop) and launched the game from there........ and it worked?!?!!?! I am so confused?!?!?!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstyler35 Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Have you tried deleting your inis as explained above ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatmangotmypie Posted July 9, 2016 Author Share Posted July 9, 2016 Yeah it just did the same thing and brought the same message up. But like i said i got it to work now, i just have no idea why this particular thing i did caused it to work. Anyway thanks for trying to help. I really do appreciate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkstyler35 Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 You're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grega60438 Posted July 24, 2016 Share Posted July 24, 2016 I found that I had ruined my ini fileSkyrim would work direct, but would give this same error message if started through MO.1. Deleted ini files at:C:\users\dot\documents\my games\skyrim2. Started Skyrim direct, which ran display test, and then automatically created new ini files.Copied these new ini files toI:\steamlibrary\steamapps\common\skyrim\modorganizer\profiles\defaultIt works again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhelion Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Dear rega60438! Your advice was valuable, now my game starts again. Highly appreciate your help. @ darstylerAlso thank you very much the advice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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