I just bought this game on steam, and when I went to play it for the first time, it did the normal "steam is starting brink" and gave the little picture of the city, but then it went away and nothing happened. after about 10 seconds, i got an error window that said this.


"------ Initializing File System ------
Loaded pak000.sdpk2
Loaded pak001.sdpk2
Loaded pak002.sdpk2
Loaded pak003.sdpk2
Loaded pak004.sdpk2
Loaded zzzenglish000.sdpk2
Loaded zzzenglish001.sdpk2
Loaded zzzenglish002.sdpk2
Loaded zzzenglish003.sdpk2
Loaded zzzenglish004.sdpk2
Current search path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\67472447\22350\local/base
C:\Users\Beyrik\AppData\Local\Splash Damage\Brink/base
c:\program files (x86)\steam\steamapps\common\brink/base
zzzenglish004.sdpk2
zzzenglish003.sdpk2
zzzenglish002.sdpk2
zzzenglish001.sdpk2
zzzenglish000.sdpk2
pak004.sdpk2
pak003.sdpk2
pak002.sdpk2
pak001.sdpk2
pak000.sdpk2
file system initialized.
--------------------------------------
Loaded 3781 manifest elements in 9 ms - 192Kb
Discarded 0 manifest elements
Max filename length: 0 characters
Brink 1.0.22998.47583 win-x86 May 26 2011 17:36:34
couldn't exec 'brinkconfig.cfg'
couldn't exec 'autoexec.cfg'
Vendor: 10DE Device: 0603
2493 MHz Intel CPU with MMX & SSE & SSE2 & SSE3 & HTT
4 logical cores
4 physical cores
HT disabled in hardware
8192 MB System Memory
1536 MB Video Memory
Initializing performance queries
Detected
4 2.49 GHz CPU
8192 MB of System memory
1536 MB of Video memory on an optimal video architecture

This system qualifies for High quality!
Vendor: 10DE Device: 0603
Winsock Initialized
Found interface: {B4CC407D-45D9-4F27-A1F2-02986170B021} Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n Dualband Wireless Network Module - 192.168.1.7/255.255.255.0
Found interface: {A830C448-A8F0-4BF8-9D0B-51D3DEB98D2B} Realtek RTL8168D/8111D Family PCI-E GBE NIC - 192.168.1.6/255.255.255.0
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: NVIDIA Corporation
GL_RENDERER: GeForce GT 230/PCI/SSE2
GL_VERSION: 3.0.0
idFile_AsyncPermanent::Write: failed to write to c:\users\beyrik\appdata\local\splash damage\brink\base\diag.txt
idFile_AsyncPermanent::Write: failed to write to c:\users\beyrik\appdata\local\splash damage\brink\base\diag.txt
idFile_AsyncPermanent::Write: failed to write to c:\users\beyrik\appdata\local\splash damage\brink\base\diag.txt
idFile_AsyncPermanent::Write: failed to write to c:\users\beyrik\appdata\local\splash damage\brink\base\diag.txt
idFile_AsyncPermanent::Write: failed to write to c:\users\beyrik\appdata\local\splash damage\brink\base\diag.txt
idFile_AsyncPermanent::Write: failed to write to c:\users\beyrik\appdata\local\splash damage\brink\base\diag.txt
********************
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 don't know what any of this means, but i just spent $50 on this game and I want to play it. Someone please tell me what to do to fix this.

FATAL ERROR: The current video card / driver combination does not support OpenGL 3.1 or newer.

Update your video card driver.