Warnings
- GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Key points
- There are several potential issues a user can run into when playing Borderlands, ranging from performance issues to annoyances such as unskippable intros and low field of view.
General information
- Gearbox Forums - BL PC and Mac Technical Support
- Steam Community Discussions
- Steam Users' Forums for game series
Availability
Template:Availability Table
Game of the Year Edition
- The most complete version is Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition which contains the base game and all of the expansions. In order of release, the expansions are:
- The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned
- Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot
- The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
- Claptrap's New Robot Revolution
Downloadable content (DLC)
- DLC cannot be mixed and matched between Steam and non-Steam versions.[1]
Essential improvements
Borderlands Config Tool
Borderlands Config Tool unlocks a number of settings not available in the in-game menu.
Borderlands Config Tool tool allows you to do the following and more:[2]
- 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
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
Save game data location
Video settings
Template:Video settings
Input settings
Template:Input settings
Turning on Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 controller UI
- Open
%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Games\Borderlands\WillowGame\Config\WillowGame.ini
- Find the line FakePlatform=-1 with CTRL+F
- Change the -1 to 1 for Xbox 360 UI
Value |
Effect
|
-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
Template:Audio settings
Issues fixed
Quest Bugs
Activating DLC
General Protection Fault / R6025 runtime error
Fixing Performance Issues
Progress Not Being Saved
Can't Log Into GameSpy
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. No known solutions for this problem are known, but the matter is currently being investigated.
System requirements
Windows |
|
Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
XP | |
Processor (CPU) |
2.4 GHz P4
| 2.4 GHz Dual-core |
System memory (RAM) |
| |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
ATI HD3000 series or NVIDIA 7 series
| ATI HD 4000 series or Nvidia 9 series |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References