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.[1][2][3]
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
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Use the in-game options[4]
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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
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Instructions[6]
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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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Removes that giant .Jpg in the top corner of the screen
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Instructions[7]
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- Go to
<path-to-game>\WillowGame\CookedPC\Packages\Interface folder.
- Delete or rename
ui_frontend_upsell_PC.upk
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System |
Location |
| Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Borderlands Game of the Year\WillowGame\Config\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/729040/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System |
Location |
| Windows |
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Borderlands Game of the Year\Binaries\SaveData\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) |
<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/729040/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Fails to save progress if Documents folder is moved from the default location.
| 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.
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Use jackfuste's fixed .exe[11]
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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.[12]
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Disable camera shake when sprinting
Disable Cell Shading (Black Outlines)
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Modify config files[13]
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- Launch the game once after installing in order to generate config files.
- Navigate to your games config folder
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Borderlands Game of the Year\WillowGame\Config\
- Open the file "WillowEngine.ini"
- Change
DefaultPostProcessName=WillowEngineMaterials.WillowScenePostProcess to DefaultPostProcessName=WillowEngineMaterials.RyanScenePostProcess
- Save the file and start the game.
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Input
Fix mouse smoothing and aiming
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Modify config files[14]
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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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| Royalty free audio |
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Localizations
| Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
| English |
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| Simplified Chinese |
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Fan translation.The host cannot be patched in Chinese. password: u7hn |
| French |
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| German |
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| Italian |
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| Japanese |
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| Polish |
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Fan translation. Download |
| Russian |
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Fan translation, available here. |
| Spanish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
| Type |
Native |
Notes |
| Local play |
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| LAN play |
| It is possible to use the Goldberg Emulator to play LAN. It is a "Steam emulator that emulates steam online features. Lets you play games that use the steam multiplayer apis on a LAN without steam or an internet connection". This can also be used with VPN tunneling software to This, however, only works if the DRM has been removed from the game. |
| Online play |
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| Asynchronous multiplayer |
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Connection types
Modify tickrate
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Modify config files
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- Will affect CPU usage
- Launch the game once after installing in order to generate config files.
- Navigate to your games config folder
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\My Games\Borderlands Game of the Year\WillowGame\Config\
- Open the file "WillowEngine.ini"
- Change in [IpDrv.TcpNetDriver]
NetServerMaxTickRate=30,LanServerMaxTickRate=30 to NetServerMaxTickRate=60,LanServerMaxTickRate=60
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VR support
Issues fixed
Lag experienced in co-op
- The below two fixes should help alleviate some lag experienced while playing with other people.
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Lock the frame rate to the same as those you are playing with[15]
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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.
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Turn off VOIP[16]
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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 | |
| Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i3-530 2.93 GHz
AMD Phenom X4 9950 2.6 GHz |
Intel Core i3-2105 3.1 GHz
AMD FX-4100 3.6 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) |
4 GB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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) |
DirectX 9.0c compatible | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 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>/729040/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (729040) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
- ↑ 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.[9][10]
References
