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How to fix Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Crash issues, Nvidia graphics card issue, Mouse, Graphic, Black Screen issue and Minimum System Requirements

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Here is a guide on how to fix Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor Crash issues, Nvidia graphics card issue, Mouse, Graphic, Black Screen issue and Minimum System Requirements.

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It is in the nature of newly launched games to have a number of bugs and issues. The developers of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor are working very hard to solve the bugs, till then here are some quick solutions which will help you play Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor smoothly.

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor

Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Minimum System Requirements:

  • Intel CPU: Core i5-750 2.66GHz
  • AMD CPU: Phenom II X4 965
  • Nvidia GPU: GeForce GTX 460 PNY 1GB OC Edition
  • AMD GPU: Radeon HD 5850 1024MB
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • OS: Win 7 64
  • Direct X: DX 11
  • HDD Space: 25 GB

How to fix Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Crash issues

If your downloaded copy of the game is crashing just after you hitting start, then follow these steps to get rid of the crash issue:

  • Navigate to Documents > WBgames > Shadow of Mordor
  • In the Shadow of Mordor folder create three new text files and save them with the following name and extension, game.ini, render.cfg and setting.cfg

Copy the following lines in game.ini:

[Game]

Build=Build 1636

Copy the following lines in render.cfg:

“Render.Setting.AmbientOcclusionQuality” “0.000000”

“Render.Setting.AspectRatioLock” “1.000000”

“Render.Setting.AutoDetectedGPURating” “4.000000”

“Render.Setting.AutoDetectionVersion” “1.000000”

“Render.Setting.DepthofFieldToggle” “1.000000”

“Render.Setting.FrameRateLimit” “2.000000”

“Render.Setting.LightingQuality” “2.000000”

“Render.Setting.MeshQuality” “3.000000”

“Render.Setting.MotionBlurQuality” “0.000000”

“Render.Setting.OITToggle” “1.000000”

“Render.Setting.ShadowQuality” “2.000000”

“Render.Setting.TessellationToggle” “1.000000”

“Render.Setting.TextureFiltering” “3.000000”

“Render.Setting.TextureQuality” “3.000000”

“Render.Setting.VegetationQuality” “4.000000”

Copy the following lines in settings.cfg:

“DeviceAdapter” “0.000000”

“DeviceOutput” “0.000000”

“ScreenHeight” “1080.000000”

“ScreenWidth” “1920.000000”

“UIHeight” “0.000000”

“UIWidth” “0.000000”

“VSyncOnFlip” “0.000000”

“Windowed” “0.000000”

Save these files and run the game, the crash after loading issue should no longer exist.

How to fix Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Nvidia graphics card issue

The most simple solution is to add the ShadowofMordor.exe to the Nvidia control panel, just go to Nvidia control panel > 3Dsettings > Program Settings > Add

Steam > SteamApps > Common > ShadowofMordor > x64 > shadowofmordor.exe

Thats it, Nvidia graphics card issue should be solved.

How to fix Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Black Screen issue

To fix this issue you just need to do three things:

  • Enable V-sync
  • Enable Triple buffering in Nvidia control panel
  • Disable Tessalation from game options

Black screen of death will be gone.

How to fix Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Mouse issues

If you are having issues with your mouse while playing Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, disable ‘order independent transparency’ and v-sync. If the issue still persists, go to in-game video settings and enabling a 60 fps cap.

How to fix Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Graphic issues

Check if your system meets the minimum system requirements, given at the beginning of this guide. Also be sure that your have updated all the related drivers.

Tell us in the comment section below if you are getting any more errors of issues while playing Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.


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