Skyrim Crossover 12.2 Mac: Failed to Initialize renderer. ShaderModel 3 is required but not supported by your video card. Please help!!!

[kingoboe4490]

I need help. I started up Skyrim via steam via crossover with a Mac. There was a serious error.

It loaded the Skyrim launcher with "Play" and "Data Files" on it but when I pressed Play showed a white screen with a box in the middle saying

Failed to initialize renderer
ShaderModel3 required but not supported by your video card.

I was able to run Skyrim in the past, but today it started to do this. It thinks i am on a windows with a bad video card. PLEASE HELP

Here is the information anyone willing to help might need to know:

Computer version - Mac OS X 10.6.8
Crossover version - 12.2
Chipset Model - ATI Radeon HD 5670

Here is what it says in Graphics/Displays in About This Mac >> More Info

ATI Radeon HD 5670:

Chipset Model: ATI Radeon HD 5670
Type: GPU
Bus: PCIe
PCIe Lane Width: x16
VRAM (Total): 512 MB
Vendor: ATI (0x1002)
Device ID: 0x68c0
Revision ID: 0x0000
ROM Revision: 113-B9850K-133
EFI Driver Version: 01.00.416
Displays:
iMac:
Resolution: 2560 x 1440
Pixel Depth: 32-Bit Color (ARGB8888)
Main Display: Yes
Mirror: Off
Online: Yes
Built-In: Yes
Connection Type: DisplayPort
Display Connector:
Status: No Display Connected

If you help then you are being a very kind person. I am having a lot of trouble with this and helping me is very kind of you.

Sincerely,
The King of awesomeness!

[Elements616]

I've been having the same problem and according to Codeweavers (the guys who make Crossover) you need to change the value of a specific file. The walkthrough for that "fix" can be found here:
http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=9766;forum=1;msg=132690
As for me that didn't work, however, others have said it does work "for them".

Really, the simplest solution is to run Skyrim through Bootcamp. I have had to run Skyrim through Bootcamp to fix this issue and it does work. The ShaderModel issue on Macs is exclusive to Crossover and, for me, can't be fixed. Just go along with Bootcamp; your graphics card is more than capable to run Skyrim on medium graphics settings.