Computer under minimum specs?

[Christicles]

I've been having trouble trying to play this game since I bought it. I've been getting a constant 5fps a second every time I try and play, even though I'm using a machine that can run Skyrim on High settings. After looking at the forum for similar problems I have tried every solution that has been suggested to no avail. Just now while poking around in the steam folder I came across the stdout.txt file and had a peek inside to find these lines:

GL_ARB_framebuffer_object not supported.
GL_ARB_texture_rectangle and GL_ARB_texture_non_power_of_two not supported. Computer under minimum specs.

This might be what is causing the problem and might be for others too. What exactly are these lines checking for?

[boa13]

They are checking for the OpenGL capabilities of your graphics card driver. Have you updated it to its latest version? What video card do you have? What operating system do you have?

[Christicles]

Ok. So after few long hours of tinkering I finally managed to find out what was wrong and get it fixed. What was happening for me and might be happening for others aswell is that Win7 was not reconizing my up to date video drivers even after countless reinstalls, it was still defaulting to the base generic drivers which only support OpenGL 1.1. So to help out anyone who has had similar issues to mine here are some solutions that might work.

1. Update or reinstall your video drivers to see if that fixes the problem. If not move to step 2.

2. Go to the Stdout.txt file in the steam folder for the game. If the version of OpenGl is listed as 1.1 then use gpu caps viewer or similar benchmarking tool to view the OpenGL specs. If GL_RENDERER is listed as GDI Generic and you have the latest drivers installed for your video card then there is likely an error with the windows registry somewhere. To check this open command prompt, type sfc /scannow, and let it run. If it finds any problems then it should fix them. Afterwards reboot and then check the OpenGL specs again with your chosen tool. If GL_RENDERER is listed as your brand of video card then the problem is fixed.

I'm not sure what causes it. Some people think it's an error with some windows installs and others think it is caused by multiple drivers existing on the machine for different brands of cards. Either way this fixed it for me.

[boa13]

Thanks a lot for your detailed explanation.

Now you can enjoy the game.