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 Minimum System Requirements:
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:
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.
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.
To fix this issue you just need to do three things:
Black screen of death will be gone.
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.
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.