Borderlands 2

Template:Infobox Borderlands (series) Key Points

Gearbox has delivered every single promised feature from Claptrap's love letter to PC gamers.

Reports indicate that the game is very well optimised for PCs.

General Information

Steam Forum - for the first Borderlands game, Game Hub not yet available.

BL2 PC Technical Support - official PC-specific tech forum, completely empty at the moment.

/r/Borderlands - subreddit.

Availability

Borderlands 2 is a Steamworks game.

Improvements

Instructions

Instructions

Video Settings

File:Borderlands 2 video settings.jpg

Borderlands 2 video settings menu.

File:Borderlands 2 WSGF multimonitor.jpg

Multi-monitor screenshot from WSGF report.

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 PhysX would be CPU-bound. For players with a primary AMD card but a secondary Nvidia card, the Nvidia card can be made to run Physx calculations.

Graphical Tweaks

Disabling Intro Movies

The startup movies, while skippable, can get annoying some times. Luckily it is possible to disable them.

To disable the startup videos open WillowEngine.ini located in C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents\My Games\Borderlands 2\WillowGame\Config\ Find the following entries:

[FullScreenMovie]
StartupMovies=2K_logo
StartupMovies=Gearbox_logo
StartupMovies=NVidia
StartupMovies=Loading
SkippableMovies=2K_logo
SkippableMovies=Gearbox_logo
SkippableMovies=Attract
SkippableMovies=NVidia

Replace them with:

[FullScreenMovie]
;StartupMovies=2K_logo
;StartupMovies=Gearbox_logo
;StartupMovies=NVidia
;StartupMovies=Loading
SkippableMovies=2K_logo
SkippableMovies=Gearbox_logo
SkippableMovies=Attract
SkippableMovies=NVidia

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:

Open WillowEngine.ini located in C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents\My Games\Borderlands 2\WillowGame\Config\

Find the following entry under [SystemSettings]:

DynamicShadows=True

and set it to

DynamicShadows=False

Disable Cel-Shading Outlines

If you want a slightly more realistic look, you can disable the cel-shading outline on everything in game, without performance penalty. Simply open your WillowEngine.ini file and find the following line:
DefaultPostProcessName=WillowEngineMaterials.WillowScenePostProcess

and change it to:
DefaultPostProcessName=WillowEngineMaterials.RyanScenePostProcess

Issues Fixed

Microsoft .NET Framework Client Profile Restarting Install

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Instructions

Console Commands

Enabling the Console

Open WillowInput.ini located in C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Documents\My Games\Borderlands 2\WillowGame\Config\ Find the [Engine.Console] heading, and change the following entry to:

ConsoleKey=Tilde

The console can now be accessed with a push of the tilde key.

Available commands

• 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.

Issues Unresolved

AMD FX Chipset Restart After Launcher

Game resets when clicking on launcher.

Problem caused on AMD FX chipsets.

• 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.

• Fix: Some users have reported that playing on a wired connection fixes the microstutter, others report that updating NIC drivers alleviates the problem.