Skyrim is such a game that requires no formal introduction as the numbers speak for themselves and ever since the release, there are millions of players that are playing Skyrim regularly and these numbers continue to grow daily.
Discord allows you a great chance to connect your account with Skyrim so that you can play along with your friends on the Discord app as well and make the best of it. However, if you face some issues with the Discord not detecting Skyrim or not working properly, here are a few things that you need to check.
Discord Not Detecting And Not Working With Skyrim
1) Check Game Overlay
Before you can go to some extensive troubleshooting steps, there is one basic thing that you might be ignoring and that is an in-game overlay in Discord. The feature allows you to access any games and use Discord for communication with your friends over the Discord channel while you are playing the game.
So, you will need to click on the gear like icon in the Discord app and that will open up the user settings. Here, you will be able to locate the Overlay settings. Make sure that the toggle button in front of the in-game overlay is at on position and not turned off. Even if you find it on, it would be better to toggle it off and then on again once to be sure.
Another thing that you will need to do is to check if the feature is on for the specific game. So, click on the games menu and here you will find all the games that are linked with Discord. You will need to click on the Skyrim here and make sure that the in-game overlay is active for Skyrim. This will solve the issue most of the time for you and you will be able to make it work.
2) Add the Game
If you are unable to locate Skyrim here, that means the game is not automatically added or if you are using it for the first time, you will need to manually add the game to Discord. Under the Games menu in settings that you have already accessed, click on the Add Button.
That will allow you to select all the games on your PC and once you select Skyrim here, it will be added to the Discord app perfectly and you will be able to play it without having to deal with any sorts of issues that you were facing previously.
3) Run Discord as Administrator
Another thing that you might be missing if your Discord app is unable to access a specific game is that you might not have the right access that you need in order to run the Discord application and the game. So, it would be better to Run Discord as an Administrator if you have the credentials to the Administrator account of the PC and that will allow your Discord app access to all the applications and games installed on the PC included Skyrim so that you can play it with your friends.