Having serious trouble with game. It looks amazing and ive been following its every move for months since advertised in Game info.er. But on first day i comes out i get it from amazon with steam for pc, and went through a long update and downloading procsess, followed by an annoying time not recognizing my graphics card or (2) 2.93 GHz procsixr with 900 gb memory and saying it was low quality. After toying with its settings regarding my comp. status on steam, i started it up, and all it got past was the first menu without even entering the game and then it crashed. The error showed -
"FATAL ERROR: Error creating game rendering context."
Tried reinstalling it with prefered settings and it still didnt work.Tried setting up launch options and it still didnt work. so yesterday that patch came out that took exactly 16 hours to update it ! and then 5,432 MB later the same error window opened instead saying -
"FATAL ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support OpenGL 3.1 or newer."
So now i come to all who read this with the problem i know isnt just my own because i have been reading blogs for days with the exact same problem and completely different drivers, video cards, graphic qualities, and procsixrs. Even after this i have seen many of the amature solutions of total noobs online who know nothing about what they are typing, and now i hope to get some insight or at least motivation showing that this game can still be worth while from the designers or any other brink enthusiasts

Here is first error report:




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------ Joblib unit testing starting ----
------ Joblib unit testing finished ----
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------ Initializing File System ------
Loaded pak000.sdpk2
Loaded pak001.sdpk2
Loaded pak002.sdpk2
Loaded zzzenglish000.sdpk2
Loaded zzzenglish001.sdpk2
Loaded zzzenglish002.sdpk2
Current search path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\62429124\22350\local/base
C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Local\Splash Damage\Brink/base
c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\brink/base
zzzenglish002.sdpk2
zzzenglish001.sdpk2
zzzenglish000.sdpk2
pak002.sdpk2
pak001.sdpk2
pak000.sdpk2
file system initialized.
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Loaded 3781 manifest elements in 256 ms - 192Kb
Discarded 0 manifest elements
Max filename length: 0 characters
Brink 1.0.22696.46979 win-x86 May 10 2011 18:53:21
couldn't exec 'brinkconfig.cfg'
couldn't exec 'autoexec.cfg'
Vendor: 8086 Device: 0042
2926 MHz Intel CPU with MMX & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3 & HTT
4 logical cores
2 physical cores
HT enabled
6000 MB System Memory
-1316 MB Video Memory
Initializing performance queries
Detected
2 2.93 GHz CPU
6000 MB of System memory
-1316 MB of Video memory on an optimal video architecture

This system qualifies for Low quality.
Vendor: 8086 Device: 0042
Winsock Initialized
Found interface: {D490C1A9-7D37-4D12-B190-993774AFBB76} Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter - 192.168.1.103/255.255.255.0
Found interface: {69191A6E-0302-416E-A214-FEEEEB0AA867} Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller - 0.0.0.0 NULL ip - skipped
Sys_InitNetworking: adding loopback interface
--- Loading sequence: init ---
sound index file 'generated/preload/sound/pc/english/init.soundpreload' is zero length
------- Initializing render context --------
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
...calling LoadLibrary( 'wtsapi32.dll' ): succeeded
...initializing Windows Terminal Server API
...registered window class
...registered fake window class
...calling LoadLibrary( 'opengl32' ): succeeded
...initializing QGL
X..WGL_ARB_create_context_profile not found
X..WGL_ARB_multisample not found
X..WGL_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB not found
WARNING: idRenderContextWGL::Create : wglChoosePixelFormatARB failed to find a suitable format.
WARNING: Resetting r_multiSamples to allow rendering context to be created.
WARNING: idRenderContextWGL::Create : wglChoosePixelFormatARB failed to find a suitable format.
********************
FATAL ERROR: Error creating game rendering context.
********************
Error creating game rendering context.
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
...releasing DC
...destroying window
...resetting display
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL...unloading Windows Terminal Server API DLL

And here is the second after the patch:



------ Initializing File System ------
Loaded pak000.sdpk2
Loaded pak001.sdpk2
Loaded pak002.sdpk2
Loaded pak003.sdpk2
Loaded zzzenglish000.sdpk2
Loaded zzzenglish001.sdpk2
Loaded zzzenglish002.sdpk2
Loaded zzzenglish003.sdpk2
Current search path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\62429124\22350\local/base
C:\Users\Greg\AppData\Local\Splash Damage\Brink/base
c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\brink/base
zzzenglish003.sdpk2
zzzenglish002.sdpk2
zzzenglish001.sdpk2
zzzenglish000.sdpk2
pak003.sdpk2
pak002.sdpk2
pak001.sdpk2
pak000.sdpk2
file system initialized.
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Loaded 3781 manifest elements in 45 ms - 192Kb
Discarded 0 manifest elements
Max filename length: 0 characters
Brink 1.0.22745.47105 win-x86 May 12 2011 16:34:17
couldn't exec 'brinkconfig.cfg'
couldn't exec 'autoexec.cfg'
Vendor: 8086 Device: 0042
2926 MHz Intel CPU with MMX & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3 & HTT
4 logical cores
2 physical cores
HT enabled
6000 MB System Memory
2779 MB Video Memory
Initializing performance queries
Detected
2 2.93 GHz CPU
6000 MB of System memory
2779 MB of Video memory on an optimal video architecture

This system qualifies for High quality!
Vendor: 8086 Device: 0042
Winsock Initialized
Found interface: {D490C1A9-7D37-4D12-B190-993774AFBB76} Compact Wireless-G USB Adapter - 192.168.1.103/255.255.255.0
Found interface: {69191A6E-0302-416E-A214-FEEEEB0AA867} Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller - 0.0.0.0 NULL ip - skipped
Sys_InitNetworking: adding loopback interface
--- Loading sequence: init ---
sound index file 'generated/preload/sound/pc/english/init.soundpreload' is zero length
------- Initializing render context --------
Initializing OpenGL subsystem
...calling LoadLibrary( 'wtsapi32.dll' ): succeeded
...initializing Windows Terminal Server API
...registered window class
...registered fake window class
...calling LoadLibrary( 'opengl32' ): succeeded
...initializing QGL
GL_VENDOR: Intel
GL_RENDERER: Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator HD
GL_VERSION: 2.1.0 - Build 8.15.10.1968
********************
FATAL ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support OpenGL 3.1 or newer.
********************
The current video card / driver combination does not support OpenGL 3.1 or newer.
Shutting down OpenGL subsystem
...releasing DC
...resetting display
...shutting down QGL
...unloading OpenGL DLL
...unloading Windows Terminal Server API DLL

I dont expect anyone to jump up on their seats to reply but it would be nice if someone could just anolyze the info cuz im not a comp. wiz. i still expect to play the game at some point but i have no other console and im itching to be part of the action so take a look if u can

thanks!

hey i'd love to help but i dont know what the problem is either. i received basically the same error message as your first one when i tried installing the game to a friends computer. haven't tried again since the patch. but the fact that it changed shows me that they are working towards getting everything fixed.

Ya i felt realy optimistic when i saw the patch working at it especially since it was downloading so much. So im at least greatful that there is progress

Check this link to anothe part of this forum http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1190016-yet-another-start-up-crash/page__gopid__17678707#entry17678707

This fixed the OpenGL 3.1 mismatch problem for me...

You need to update your graphical driver. Older versions of drivers don't have support for OpenGL 3.1.

Also, from the Error report you provided the following worries me :



By that report it looks like you are running on a computer that is using the Intel Graphics Media Accelerator which is an integrated solution and was never meant to be used for gaming purposes.

Check which graphic card you have, maybe it isn't being detected correctly which leaves the Intel's GMA integrated solution to be placed as your primary graphical accelerator.

Note : If the Intel GMA is your only GPU then you most likely won't be able to run Brink despite the driver update.