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Borderlands 2

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Borderlands 2
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Developers
Gearbox Software
Publishers
2K Games
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows September 18, 2012
macOS (OS X) November 21, 2012
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Key points

A hack enabling split-screen co-op is available, a guide can be found here.
Features every menu option promised in Claptrap's love letter to PC gamers, including an FOV slider, Vsync, and controller support.
Reports indicate that the game is well-optimised on PC.[1][2]

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Steam Users' Forums for game series
BL2 PC Technical Support - official PC-specific tech forum.
/r/Borderlands - subreddit.
/r/Borderlands2 - subreddit.
Official Borderlands 2 Knowledge Database
Official knowledge base for the OS X version

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
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Steam
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GamersGate
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Green Man Gaming
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Mac App Store
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Separate multiplayer servers (cannot play with Steam players). Exclusive skins and rocket grenade mod.
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All Windows versions require Steam.

Essential improvements

Disable Launcher

Instructions

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Disable Outlines

Instructions

Disable Texture Fade-In

In-game toggle added in patch 1.1.3.
Instructions

Disable Controller

Instructions

In-Game Console

Enabling The Console

Instructions

The console should now be available for use, simply go in-game and press the tilde (~) key to open the console and the backslash key (\) to close it.

Available Commands

Parameter Description
Stat FPS Displays the current FPS in game.
ToggleHUD Toggles the HUD on and off.
FOV Allows you to adjust the FOV beyond the range available from the Video Options menu. Note that some rendering issue may occur with very large or very small FOV settings.
Exit Allows you to quickly exit the game.
Quit Allows you to quickly exit the game.
Gamma value Allows you set the Gamma value (brightness) beyond the bounds of the Video Options menu. Value is a floating point number (for example, 2.5).
SetRes HxV Allows you to set a custom screen resolution to a value other than what is offered in the Video Options menu. H is the horizontal resolution. V is the verical resolution (for example, "setres 1024x768").
Shot Take a screen shot.
Screenshot Take a screen shot.
TiledShot 6 128 Take an ultra resolution screen shot, more info HERE. To take a TiledShot you must turn the cell shade off, Disable Cel-Shading Outlines.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/49520/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/49520/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud
Syncs save games and settings. However it does not support automatic crossplatform syncing.

Crossplatform cloud syncing

Windows and OS X versions can be out of sync. For example, if a patch is updated on Windows, it may be some time before the OS X version is updated. Therefore crossplatform syncing is disabled.[3][4]

Video settings

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Borderlands 2 video settings menu.

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PhysX

PhysX can be enabled by any Nvidia card past series 8. AMD/ATi cards can enable the option at a very large performance hit due to the fact that the Glossary:PhysX would be CPU-bound.(High PhysX on an AMD card with a Intel CORE i5 3750K @ 3.40GHz, Example Video)[5] For players with a primary AMD card but a secondary Nvidia card, the Nvidia card can be made to run PhysX calculations.
Can cause low frame rate while engaging enemies. See Low frame rate while engaging enemies.
Can cause items to fall through the ground, resulting in permanently lost loot. Changing the setting to "low" effectively turns off PhysX, reducing the chances of this occurring.

Nvidia 3D vision fix

http://helixmod.blogspot.com/2012/09/borderlands-2-3d-vision-patch.html

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Independent UI and dubbing/captioning

Instructions

Network

Windows and OS X players must have the same game version to play together. Mismatch issues might be caused by delayed OS X versions of the patches.[6]
The Mac App Store version is fully separate and can only play with other Mac App Store players.

Connection types

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP 27014-27050
UDP 3478, 4379-4380, 27000-27030
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

Issues fixed

TweakGuides has created a comprehensive guide for fixing issues in this game. It can be found here.

Low frame rate while engaging enemies

Instructions

Low FPS

Instructions


Reducing PhysX particles

Reducing visual particles of bullets, fire, slag, fire enemy, damage numbers of enemys when you fire him...reducing is good for performance.

WillowEngine.ini

Find under [Engine.Engine]:

MaxParticleResize=0

Replace "0" (Infinte) with the desired number of particles processed in real-time, for example:

MaxParticleResize=3

value 1 no visual Particles, more particles less fps.

Enable/Disable Reflections

You can turn reflections in water and other surfaces on and off independently of your other graphics settings if you choose.

In WillowEngine.ini, find these lines:

AllowImageReflections AllowImageReflectionShadowing

Just switch the True/False value to turn them on or off.

Disable Dynamic Shadows

Dynamic Shadows are a big resource hog, causing computers that exceed the recommended specs to see big FPS drops. By disabling dynamic shadows, FPS gains of up to 40FPS have been reported. To disable Dynamic Shadows:

Instructions

Crash after "Preparing to launch" window

Instructions


Game Crashing On Hitting Continue

Symptom: Borderlands loads normally but no character is loaded. Once you try to continue your file the game crashes on loading screen. Solution: Make sure only one controller (360 only?) is plugged into your computer and restart borderlands.

Microsoft .NET Framework Client Profile Restarting Install

Instructions
Instructions
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Instructions

Installing from disc is slow

Instructions

Co-op doesn't connect properly

Instructions

Game appears to run in slow motion

Using Gigabyte's OC Guru overclocking tool can cause the game to appear to run in slow motion, then jump forward in time every few seconds, especially after Alt+Tabbing

Instructions

Issues unresolved

AMD FX Chipset Restart After Launcher

Game resets when clicking on launcher.
Problem caused on AMD FX chipsets.[8]
  • Fix: Some users have reported that update your BIOS to the latest version solves this and other problems for users with AMD FX chips.

Microstutter on Powerful Rigs

Game micro stutters on powerful rigs.
Problem occurs on wireless and wired connections.
Low FPS regardless of settings changes.
  • Fix: Some users have reported that playing on a wired connection fixes the microstutter, others report that updating NIC drivers alleviates the problem, and yet still others report that disconnecting from the internet solves the problem.[9][10].
  • Fix: Changing MinDesiredFrameRate from 35 to 60 in WillowEngine.ini may result in the expected performance from high-powered hardware.[11]

Items Falling Through Floor

Dropped items, such as loot from enemies, can fall straight through the ground, often resulting in permanent loss of that item.
  • Fix: Disabling PhysX can drastically reduce the occurrence of this issue. Simply set PhysX to "Low" in the options.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3
Processor (CPU) 2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 13 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 2600
NVIDIA GeForce 8500
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7.5 (Lion), 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion)
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 13 GB
Video card (GPU) ATI Radeon HD 2600
NVIDIA GeForce 8800
Intel HD 3000
256 MB of VRAM

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/49520/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (49520) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References