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Game Crashing on launch

watermeller
watermeller
Soul Shriven
Been playing this game for a while now but today its crashing as soon as I press the play button. Receiving the following error message:

Error initializing D3D9 device: Shader Model 3.0 is required.

Repaired and tried again but with no luck.
  • KriHavok
    KriHavok
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    You can try to resolve this specific issue by deleting the ShaderCache.cooked file which can be found in the game documents folder. The default location for the file is C:\Users\*USERNAME*\My Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live. After that file is deleted, run the game as administrator, and it will recompile that file.
    UESP Staffer & Wiki Editor
  • mrmenstig
    mrmenstig
    Soul Shriven
    i am getting error message "An unexpected error has occured" during the log in from char selection to game proper
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