Borderlands 2

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Borderlands
Borderlands	2009
Borderlands 2	2012
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel	2014
Tales from the Borderlands (series)
Borderlands: Game of the Year Enhanced	2019
Borderlands 3	2019
Borderlands 2 VR	2019
Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-Shot Adventure	2021
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands	2022

Key points

A tool for split-screen co-op is available here. Alternatively, there is another hack 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.

Some overall annoying micro-struttering issues along with a rather cumbersome interface.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Steam Users' Forums for game series

BL2 PC Technical Support - official PC-specific tech forum.

Official Borderlands 2 Knowledge Database

Official knowledge base for the OS X version

Availability

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

All Windows versions require Steam.

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Shorter body decay

Notable performance improvement, by default most bodies dissapear only after ten whole minutes.

Instructions

Disable the launcher

Instructions

Disable the controller

Instructions

Enable the console

Instructions

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)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/49520/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

This game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

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

Saves are crossplatform, but require manual movement between systems.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud		Windows and OS X may often go out of sync.

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.^[1]^[2]

Video settings

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Borderlands 2 video settings menu.

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Nvidia 3D Vision Patch

Fixes some minor issues while also tweaking some things.

Input settings

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Different input display icons

Instructions

Audio settings

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Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Windows only.
Korean				Windows only.
Spanish
Traditional Chinese				Windows only.

Separated text and audio languages

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.^[3]

Steam and Mac App Store players cannot play together.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP		Add the IP address as a command line argument.^[4]

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.

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

Instructions

Co-op doesn't connect properly

Instructions

Running in slow motion

Instructions

Issues unresolved

AMD FX Chipset Restart After Launcher

Game resets when clicking on launcher.^[5]

Fix: Some users have reported that update your BIOS to the latest version solves this and other problems for users with AMD FX chips.

Items falling through the world

Once in a while dropped loot may fall through the world.

Other information

Disable black outlines

Instructions

Disable dynamic shadows

Instructions

Disable reflections

Instructions

Reducing PhysX particles

Reducing visual particles of bullets, fire, slag, fire enemy, damage numbers of enemys when you fire 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.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP SP3	XP SP3, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	2.4 GHz Dual Core Processor	2.3 GHz Quad Core Processor
System memory (RAM)	2 GB	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	13 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2600 NVIDIA GeForce 8500	ATI Radeon HD 5850 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560

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	Intel Quad Core, 2.6 GHz
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	13 GB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Radeon HD 2600 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Intel HD 3000 256 MB of VRAM	512 MB of VRAM

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>/49520/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (49520) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 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>/49520/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (49520) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/49520/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (49520) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] Can I transfer my PC characters to my Mac? - Arqade

[3] Borderlands 2: Profiles and save games are not saved cross-platform in the Steam Cloud. : Aspyr Support

[4] Borderlands 2 FAQ (STEAM) : Aspyr Support

[5] rderlands 2 - How can I set up a LAN game over Hamachi? - Arqade

[6] restarts my PC after clicking play in the launcher. - The Gearbox Software Forums

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Developers
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	Gearbox Software
Publishers
	2K Games
Engines
	Unreal Engine 3
Release dates
Windows	September 18, 2012
macOS (OS X)	November 21, 2012
Linux	September 30, 2014