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Borderlands

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Borderlands
Borderlands cover
Developers
Gearbox Software
Demiurge Studios[1]
Publishers
2K Games
OS X Feral Interactive
Engines
Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows October 26, 2009
macOS (OS X) December 3, 2010
Borderlands guide on StrategyWiki
Borderlands on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
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Key points

Multiplayer for the Steam version has been transitioned to Steamworks as of September 15, 2014.[2]

General information

Borderlands Wiki
Gearbox Forums - BL PC and Mac Technical Support
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Requires online activation
SecuROM DFA DRM and release date check. Retail product keys of the GOTY Edition can activate DLC on Steam.
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Windows
Publisher website
Requires online activation
GOTY Edition
macOS (OS X)
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GOTY Edition is also available.
Windows
Incorrect store name. See here for available options.
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GOTY Edition
Windows
Humble Store
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GOTY Edition is also available.
Windows
Mac App Store
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GOTY Edition
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Windows
All product keys activate on Steam; retail versions can be activated using the Borderlands Granting Tool under Tools in the Steam client.[3]

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned Part of GOTY release.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mad Moxxi's Underdome Riot Part of GOTY release.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
The Secret Army of General Knoxx Part of GOTY release.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Claptrap's Robot Revolution Part of GOTY release.
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

Force Software PhysX

Instructions

Turn Off Texture Streaming

Instructions

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8980/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/8980/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game video/audio settings.
In-game video/audio settings.

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Field of view (FOV)

Borderlands natively supports widescreen and ultra-wide resolutions through its options menu. Support is normally Vert- in all widescreen resolutions, but there is a quick solution for Hor+ widescreen gameplay in all resolutions.
Instructions
Instructions
Instructions

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Instructions

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

High frame rate

Instructions

Input settings

In-game keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game general gamepad settings.
In-game general gamepad settings.
In-game gamepad layout settings.
In-game gamepad layout settings.

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Mouse acceleration

Instructions

Enable scroll wheel in text boxes

Instructions

Enable Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 controller UI

Instructions

Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
A Polish patch made by distributor is available here. Note that this patch requires at least game version 1.41, and DLCs are not included.
Spanish
Turkish

Turkish

A Turkish fan 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
Local play
4 Co-op
See this Steam Users' Forums Guide on hacking splitscreen into the game.
LAN play
4 Co-op
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
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)
TCP 7777, 28900, 28902, 28910
UDP 7777, 27900, 28902
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

Issues fixed

Activating DLC

Instructions

General Protection Fault / R6025 runtime error

Instructions

Fixing Performance Issues

Instructions

Progress Not Being Saved

Instructions

Some weapon stats are not visible

Instructions

Game freezes in Lockdown Palace (General Knoxx DLC)

Instructions

No Sound through headphones on laptops

Instructions

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
Direct3D 9
OpenGL 2.0 OS X only.
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics PhysX
Audio FMOD, SpeechFX
Interface Scaleform
Cutscenes Bink Video
Multiplayer GameSpy, Steamworks

Mods

Borderlands Config Tool[5]

Borderlands Config Tool unlocks a number of settings not available in the in-game menu.
Borderlands Config Tool unlocks a number of settings not available in the in-game menu.
Run the game and change a keybind in the options menu at least once before using this tool. This will create the necessary.ini files and should fix options being disabled in the tool.
This tool unlocks many options including the following:
  • 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)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium IV 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
2 GB (Vista)
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

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>/8980/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (8980) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References