Error could not 3d system

According to the players, whenever they try to launch the Farming Simulator 22 video game on the Windows PC, they’re getting the particular “Could not init 3D system, Shader Model 6.0 is required. Please install the latest video drivers. Download latest GPU driver now?” It seems that even Mac users are also facing the same error message which is really frustrating. This error is happening due to the DirectX-related issue or an outdated graphics driver.

Fix: Farming Simulator 22 Could Not Init 3D System Error on Windows

Here in this troubleshooting guide, we’ll be sharing with you a couple of possible workarounds that should gonna help you out. So, without wasting any more time, let’s jump into it.

Download Farming Simulator 22 via Giants E-Store

It’s a better idea to directly download Farming Simulator 22 via Giants E-Store to check whether the game is running well or not. The Giants store version of the game comes as a native app using Metal.

Fix: Farming Simulator 22 Could Not Init 3D System Error on Windows

Here in this troubleshooting guide, we’ll be sharing with you a couple of possible workarounds that should gonna help you out. So, without wasting any more time, let’s jump into it.

Use a different DirectX version

  1. Go to This PC.
  2. Double-click on your C Drive.
  3. Go to Users.
  4. Open your username folder.
  5. Then go to Documents.
  6. Select My Games.
  7. Double-click on the Farming Simulator folder.
  8. Open the game.xml file with Notepad.
  9. Locate the <renderer>D3D_12<renderer> line.
  10. Replace D3D_12 with D3D_11.
  11. Save the changes.

Force Run ARM64 architecture on Steam

If in case, you’ve purchased Farming Simulator 22 via Steam then you can run a special script to force run the correct architecture. To do this:

Go to Applications > Select Utilities.

Launch Terminal > Make sure to paste the following script:

cd ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Farming Simulator 22/Farming Simulator 2022.app/Contents/MacOS/

mv FarmingSimulator2022Game FarmingSimulator2022Game_

echo “#!/bin/sh

arch -arm64 ~/Library/Application Support/Steam/steamapps/common/Farming Simulator 22/Farming Simulator 2022.app/Contents/MacOS/FarmingSimulator2022Game_” > FarmingSimulator2022Game

chmod +x FarmingSimulator2022Game

Hit Enter and make sure to launch Farming Simulator 22 on Steam. The Steam and Epic Games versions may sometimes cause several glitches or other issues. It seems that the devs forgot to package the app bundle correctly, though Steam already added native support for M1 with Steamworks SDK 1.52 version.

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