This page is for the 2019 GOTY Enhanced version. For the original 2009 version, see Borderlands.
Key points
- Remastered version of Borderlands featuring improved lighting, textures, character models, gameplay tweaks and all DLC from the original release.
- Free for Steam owners of the original version, even if they don't own any of the original version's DLC.
- Allows importing saves/characters from the original version.
- Lacks of some shadows and self shadowing on weapons presented in original version.[citation needed]
General information
- Official Discord server for game series
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
- All versions require Steam DRM.
- All versions come bundled with the original version of Borderlands.
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos and launcher
Use the in-game options[1]
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- Launch the game.
- In the main menu, navigate to Options followed by Game Options.
- Go down to the bottom and set Disable Launcher and Disable Startup Movies to
ON .
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Skip splash screen
Instructions[3]
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- Download mod from the Nexus page.
- Go to
<path-to-game>\WillowGame and backup your original 'Movies' and 'DLC' folders if you want.
- Unpack the mod files into
<path-to-game> folder.
- Replaces lossy compressed "remastered" audio streams for video with better sounding ones from the original 2009 game.
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
- Fails to save progress if Documents folder is moved from the default location. [1]
System |
Native |
Notes |
OneDrive |
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Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. |
Steam Cloud |
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Approx. 10 MB available. Does not synchronize configuration files. |
Video
- Vert- behavior can be fixed simply by increasing the FOV in-game. Alternatively, a modded .exe is available.
Use jackfuste's fixed .exe[6]
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- Download BorderlandsGOTYEnhanced.7z.
- Replace
BorderlandsGOTY.exe in the game folder.
Notes
- All supported resolutions unlocked in the game menu.
- Hor+ (set FOV to 70 to get the same FOV as in the non-enhanced version).
- If graphical issues occur with multi-monitors, disable in-game FXAA and use FXAA via driver or ReShade.[7]
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Disable camera shake when sprinting
Input
Fix mouse smoothing and aiming
Modify config files[8]
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- Launch the game once after installing in order to generate config files.
- Go to
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Borderlands Game of the Year\WillowGame\Config\
- Open WillowInput.ini.
- Change
bEnableMouseSmoothing=true to bEnableMouseSmoothing=false
- Change
LookUpScale=-250 to LookUpScale=-300
- Open WillowEngine.ini.
- Change
OneFrameThreadLag=true to OneFrameThreadLag=false
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Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Sound Effects, Music, Voice Over |
Surround sound |
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7.1 |
Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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French |
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German |
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Japanese |
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Italian |
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Spanish |
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Russian |
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Fan translation, available here. |
Polish |
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Fan translation. Download |
VR support
Issues fixed
Lag experienced in co-op
- The below two fixes should help alleviate some lag experienced while playing with other people.
Lock the frame rate to the same as those you are playing with[9]
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- Launch the game.
- In the main menu, navigate to Options followed by Video.
- Set Framerate Locking to the same as the other users you are playing with
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- Voice-over-IP sends a lot of packets even when turned off in game unless disabled through the config files.
Turn off VOIP[10]
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- Launch the game once after installing in order to generate config files.
- Open
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Borderlands Game of the Year\WillowGame\Config\WillowEngine.ini
- Change
bHasVoiceEnabled=True to bHasVoiceEnabled=False
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
7 64-Bit |
7 64-Bit |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i3-530 2.93 GHz AMD Phenom 9950 2.6 GHz |
Intel Core i3-2105 3.1 GHz AMD FX-4100 3.6 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
4 GB |
4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
25 GB |
25 GB |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 6970 DirectX 11 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 7850 |
Sound (audio device) |
9.0c | |
- A 64-bit system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- ↑ The config file
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Borderlands Game of the Year\WillowGame\Config\WillowEngine.ini
includes HDR related parameters in the [HDR]
section, but the game falls back to SDR shortly after launch.[4][5]
References