[Doolar]

Hey fo3, I have 4 computers that play SHIII. I had the same issue on one of them. I could PLAY it at higher res but I couldn't LAUNCH it at native desktop 1920x1080. I also had to drop my desktop res to 1024x768 just to launch it, then high res was fine after SHIII started. I tried every trick and remedy but no luck. Then I came across this and it fixed it. It was driving me crazy. 3 computers were perfect, but not the 4th. WHY ? Well here's what worked for me, hope it works for you.

Win10
1. Right Click Desktop
2. Select "Display Settings"
3. Scroll to "Advanced Display Settings" and select it
4. Scroll to "Refresh Rates"
5. Select 60,000hz (I've seen 59.940hz listed, it works)

Win7
1. Right Click Desktop
2. Select "Screen Resolution"
3. Select "Advanced Settings"
4. Select the "Monitor Tab"
5. Select "Screen Refresh Rate"
6. Select 60,000hz (I've seen 59.940hz listed, it works)

I don't have a clue why my Refresh Rate was way off, but it was. I had given up on fixing this "Can Not Initialize ..." issue. The above steps fixed it.
Jerry (Baltimore Md) or Doolar (CA45)