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Revision as of 11:11, 27 March 2016
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Developers | |
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Gearbox Software | |
Publishers | |
2K Games | |
OS X | Feral Interactive |
Engines | |
Unreal Engine 3 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 26, 2009 |
macOS (OS X) | December 3, 2010 |
Warnings
Key points
- Multiplayer for the Steam version has been transitioned to Steamworks as of September 15, 2014.[1]
General information
- Borderlands Wiki
- Gearbox Forums - BL PC and Mac Technical Support
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | DRM: SecuROM DFA online activation. Retail product keys of the GOTY Edition can activate DLC on Steam | |||
Publisher website | GOTY Edition. | |||
GOTY Edition is also available. | ||||
GamersGate | GOTY edition | |||
Incorrect store name. See here for available options. | GOTY edition | |||
Humble Store | GOTY Edition also available | |||
Steam |
- All product keys activate on Steam; retail versions can be activated using the Borderlands Granting Tool under Tools in the Steam client.[2]
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned | Part of GOTY release. | |
Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot | Part of GOTY release. | |
The Secret Army of General Knoxx | Part of GOTY release. | |
Claptrap's Robot Revolution | Part of GOTY release. |
Essential improvements
Borderlands Advanced Settings
The Borderlands Advanced Settings tool allows you to do the following and more:[3]
- Disable Startup Movies
- Disable story introduction movies
- Disable mouse smoothing
- Disable in-game voice chat
- Windowed mode
- V-sync
- Change FOV
- Increase Difficulty (LAN only)
NOTE: Make sure to run the game and change a keybind in the options at least once before running the tool. This will create the necessary .ini files and should fix options being disabled in the tool.
Skip intro videos
Instructions |
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Instructions |
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Instructions |
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Force Software PhysX
Instructions |
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Turn Off Texture Streaming
Instructions |
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Split Screen
There is a helpful guide to getting split screen working here: http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2455302
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8980/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8980/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Widescreen resolution
Instructions |
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Field of view (FOV)
Instructions |
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Vertical sync (Vsync)
Instructions |
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Anti-aliasing (AA)
Instructions |
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Input settings
Mouse acceleration
Instructions |
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Enable scroll wheel in text boxes
Instructions |
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Turning on Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 controller UI
- Open
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Borderlands\WillowGame\Config\WillowGame.ini
- Change
FakePlatform=
to one of the following:
Value | Effect |
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-1 | disabled/auto |
0 | PC |
1 | Xbox 360 |
2 | PlayStation 3 |
- You'll also notice in the main menu "Online Game" and "LAN Game" will change to "Xbox LIVE" and "System Link"
- The loading tips and training tooltips will still show keyboard bindings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
Spanish | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Turkish | ||||
Polish |
Turkish
- A Turkish fan patch is available here. Note that this patch requires at least game version 1.41, and DLCs are not included.
Polish
- A Polish patch is available here. Note that this patch requires at least game version 1.41, and DLCs are not included.
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | Co-op See this Steam Users' Forums Guide on hacking splitscreen into the game. |
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LAN play | 4 | Co-op |
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Online play | 4 | Co-op Needs conversion tools for non-Steam versions, including retail copies. Go to 2K support page for more details. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP | Add the target IP and port as a command line argument.[4] |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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TCP | 7777, 28900, 28902, 28910 |
UDP | 7777, 27900, 28902 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Borderlands 1. |
Devices | |||
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3RD Space Gaming Vest |
Issues fixed
Activating DLC
Instructions |
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General Protection Fault / R6025 runtime error
Instructions |
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Fixing Performance Issues
Instructions |
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Progress Not Being Saved
Instructions |
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Some weapon stats are not visible
Instructions |
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Game freezes in Lockdown Palace (General Knoxx DLC)
Instructions |
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Issues unresolved
Crashes on Startup (Windows XP)
Some users, after having installed and successfully played the game on Windows XP, experience a standard "Borderlands has encountered an error and needs to close" message after some time. There are no known solutions for this problem.
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | 2.0 | OS X only. |
Shader Model support | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | PhysX | |
Audio | FMOD, SpeechFX | |
Interface | Scaleform | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy, Steamworks |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz | 2.4 GHz Dual-core |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB (XP) 2 GB (Vista) |
2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon HD 3000 series Nvidia GeForce 7000 series 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible | ATI Radeon HD 4000 series Nvidia GeForce 9000 series |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/8980/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (8980) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- Pages needing cleanup
- Pages needing cover images
- Windows
- OS X
- Games
- Invalid template usage (Series)
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- Invalid template usage (Fixbox)
- Invalid section order
- Invalid template usage (Save game cloud syncing)
- Invalid template usage (Localizations)
- Local multiplayer games
- Self-hosting
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- Invalid template usage (API)
- Missing section (Video)
- Missing section (Input)
- Missing section (Audio)