Borderlands ini Tweaks (FOV, v-sync & skip movies)

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Post 1

Few things that have annoyed me about this game immediately.
1. That stupid f*cking robot.
2. The FOV is too low.
3. Seeing those start-up videos every time I launch the game.
4. Lack of v-sync = screen tearing constantly.
5. That drifty, laggy mouse feel.

The first I can't fix, but the rest I have, but first you need to track down your INI files (USER NAME\Documents\My Games\Borderlands\WillowGame\Config in Vista/Windows 7).

2. First, open WillowInput.ini and find "WillowGame.WillowPlayerInput" - you will notice there are no pre-existing bindings here, bar a few lines.

When you are in a multiplayer game, sprinting will reset your FOV. The solution is this:

Put the FOV command you want on not only your sprint key, but also all your movement keys.

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Bindings=(Name="W",Command="MoveForward | Axis aGas Speed=+1.0 | FOV 106",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,LeftTrigger=False,RightTrigger=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)
Bindings=(Name="S",Command="MoveBackward | Axis aBrake Speed=+1.0 | FOV 106",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,LeftTrigger=False,RightTrigger=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)
Bindings=(Name="LeftShift",Command="advancedbutton bAdvancedButtonAux6 | FOV 106",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,LeftTrigger=False,RightTrigger=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)

But, if you're a Steam user, this will make all keys on your keyboard stop working in game. To fix this:

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1. Add the above custom keybindings to WillowInput.ini
2. Start Borderlands and go to the Options menu on the title screen, Mouse/Keyboard, then Keybindings. You will notice they are all blank, press Reset To Defaults.
4. Exit Borderlands, and now open up your WillowInput.ini, you will notice the game has now stashed all of the default keybindings under [WillowGame.WillowPlayerInput] that weren't there before.
5. Now re-add the above custom keybindings to the end of the rest of them, and you're good to go!

Of course, you can change what keys are bound to what, and change the FOV to something other than 106 if you don't like it.

3. Next, open WillowEngine.ini and make the following changes:

Find "FullScreenMovie" and comment out the videos, so the segment will look like this:

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//StartupMovies=2K_logo
//StartupMovies=Gearbox_logo
//StartupMovies=NVidia
//StartupMovies=Loading
//SkippableMovies=2K_logo
//SkippableMovies=Gearbox_logo
//SkippableMovies=Attract
//SkippableMovies=NVidia

4. To enable v-sync, still in WillowEngine.ini and find "UseVsync" and change it to TRUE as per:

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UseVsync=True

5. as per Left 4 Dead 2, the only way I could get my mouse working as responsively as it should is to go back and disable Vsync. If anyone finds a better way around it, let me know.

If anyone else has any tweaks or tricks they recommend, post them here.

Post 2

cheers rec. i found the -DX9 in the set command properties of the game... seem to speed up my fps.

Post 3

ta bro!

Post 4

some more tweaks from the gearbox forum
Borderlands PC Tweaks - Gearbox Software Community

Post 5

Just be aware that there are reports that users who have modified their ini then hosted a Hamachi game; have resulted in corrupt character profiles for them and the people joining their game.

Also that Robot is ****ing awesome - he's like GIR!

Post 6

chips and i ****ed around with port forwarding to setup a game here but it failed dismally - even tried opening my machine up to the router's DMZ but nadda. in the end Game Ranger did the trick: GameRanger - play your friends online it's a hamachi style app that's been around for awhile - added bonus was that it handled everything - INCLUDING cutting out all of the startup vids and the new character video.

also, til crapsack can do the Doom song, he is NOT like gir and is in fact shitful and irritating to the nth degree :P

Post 7

Not impressed with this game at all, so far.

The art direction/graphics do nothing for me, the robot and general humor throughout is appallingly shit, and as far as shooter game-play goes it's totally lax.

Post 8

Yes that Jar Jar bot is quite lame.
Also was a pain in the arse getting this to work online with friends (without using hamachi). It worked for me once I opened up the ports (listed here AND invited them from inside a single player online game. Now it seems to be working normally.
Bit annoyed how it uses your gamespy ID to identify your character in game instead of its name aswell.

Post 9

For thoes having trouble hosting games look here.
FIX FOR CREATING PRIVATE GAME (that others can join)! - Steam Users' Forums

Post 10

Quote from rec;373016:
Not impressed with this game at all, so far.

The art direction/graphics do nothing for me, the robot and general humor throughout is appallingly shit, and as far as shooter game-play goes it's totally lax.

You suck :p
Tried multiplayer yet?