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I'm starting to think it has something to do with my GPU/drivers aswell. Earlier when I ran the software updater it found an update for steam but while installing I got this message and I have no idea what it mean and how to sort it out
It quite literally just tells you to install those graphics drivers, and you should.
How?
I don't know what distro you're using but you should just search the package name plus your distro name on the web to see what's actually up.
I know that it's called nvidia-driver-libs-i386 on Debian.
I'm on ubuntu
I'm not sure how you can get that package on Ubuntu, but for what it's worth Ive had a much better time ever since I switched from Ubuntu to Nobara. it really has everything I need for gaming out of the box and everything just works. I'm sure a full reinstall is way more of a hassle than you'd want to deal with rn, but if you get to that point I'd highly suggest nobara
I might treat my PC with a new motherboard, CPU and RAM in the near future so switching distros is not totally out of the question. This rig is almost exclusively for playing DayZ tho, so this issue is particularly irritating.
Definitely use a generic distro like Mint next time!
That really sucks lol, I was hoping you'd be on Mint or something. Did you install using Ubuntu's app store thing that uses the awful snaps?
I'm guessing the normal Steam package installs the drivers for you seeing as I can't find a guide that shows you how to install them on the same page as installing Steam.
Yeah Ubuntu App Center. I managed to uninstall it now and installed one using terminal. I'm re-downloading the game now so we'll see how it goes..