just saw it was done then, unlocking on steam now

Can finally play with Aussies without the 500 ping, woo!

Looks like an interesting game! Are there local servers? How does it work with multiplayer? (haven't read much tbh)

I'd love to have a game with someone. Not sure how multiplayer works but yeah. Doubt I can bring 1 of my 20 - 24 characters in. Cant choose who I wanted to play so I just got them all up decent height

fun game, worth a purchase even if you dont know anyone to multiplayer it with

more players = more fun though

My only complaint would be not having varying difficulty settings as the game feels very easy so far (32 hunter). Also it has quite a few bugs, ways of exploiting the boss AI etc and the itemisation seems a bit all over the shop.

Definetly don't let that deter you from buying the game though as it is great fun

last edited by deeper at 15:29:55 30/Oct/09

Anyone else playing it under Windows 7? Doesn't work for me, I boot it up and I can hear the intro movies playing and stuff, but the screen stays black.

im on 64bit win7 khel and it work fine for me, might be ur vid drivers? i know new ATI driver came out a week an a half ago

Im keen for a game as well, add me to your friends list bigned151 have a level 22 melee berserker and a lvl 10 medic/soldier

Looks like an interesting game! Are there local servers? How does it work with multiplayer? (haven't read much tbh)

no servers all P2P (which is fine if your playing with aussies)

last edited by d[o_0]b at 15:38:50 30/Oct/09

Just need to leave it Khel. I personally didn't have any problems on Windows 7 but a friend did when loading it up.

I think if you just wait for the videos that don't show to finish playing you'll get to the menu eventually. Alternatively you can try disabling/deleting all the intro movies and seeing if that helps you.

I think it's most likely to do with video codecs you (don't) have installed.

Disable Intro Movies
Open: \Steam\steamapps\common\borderlands\WillowGame\Movies
Delete: 2K_logo.bik, Gearbox_logo.bik, NVidia.bik

last edited by re so at 16:02:50 30/Oct/09

Anyone else playing it under Windows 7? Doesn't work for me, I boot it up and I can hear the intro movies playing and stuff, but the screen stays black.

I've had this problem with some games in the past, and I got around it by changing the game to windowed mode for the first load (this was a pain, because I had to do it in the cfg files), then setting it back to fullscreen when in game. After that, they were fine. Maybe try that? I don't know what the cause is.

add _TiT_ will play a bit over the weekend...

fyi if anyone having connection issues i had to forward ports to get it to work, found instructions on portforward.com as per usual

Anyone else playing it under Windows 7? Doesn't work for me, I boot it up and I can hear the intro movies playing and stuff, but the screen stays black.

I've had this problem with some games in the past, and I got around it by changing the game to windowed mode for the first load (this was a pain, because I had to do it in the cfg files), then setting it back to fullscreen when in game. After that, they were fine. Maybe try that? I don't know what the cause is.

No problem with WIn7 Ultimate 32-bit. Update your video drivers? Driver Genius makes this easy.

fyi if anyone having connection issues i had to forward ports to get it to work, found instructions on portforward.com as per usual

No dramas. And yes co-op is fun! Am about level 11 now I think!

oh ok what ports did ya forward?

7777,27900,28900,28910

i am forwarding my ports properly on this f***ing router but its still coming up as port blocked if i try to check if its open

anyone had any experience with a dlink DI 542UP? iv googled, and its just telling me to do what im already doing

alt+enter switches to windowed mode for me in game - i know this cause i keep accidentally pressing it :e annoying as f***

i'm on windows 7 64bit and have had zero issues

Alt+enter switches to windowed mode for pretty much everything, it's a windows shortcut.

I've found that couple of times now Windows 7 has not loaded a game properly unless I forced it to load with Administrator rights, maybe try that.

petey, you read up on your router on www.portforward.com ?

they have pretty much every router covered

Click the link below folks to enable or disable the movies, AA, V-sync issues.
IGN Poster has all the config figured out for you. :)

ok iv just went thru that walkthru. trying some diff stuff now

got a question for ppl playing the game

when i go to online games i can see like 5-10 servers max

considering the game was released today, im guessing this is due to unopened ports? confirm/deny

tyvm

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/51082/GameRanger-Offers-Alternative-To-Borderlands-Buggy-Server-Browser

Just saw that on voodooextreme, nfi if it works or how it works.

If anyone would be able to shed some light as to why this would be happening, and how to fix it, that'd be great:

http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5484/fffuuuuuuu.jpg

8800gtx / p4 2.4 quad core

It runs OK for about 5-10 mins in single player, freezes for about 10 seconds, and then this graphical glitch shows up. Sometimes I have to ctrl-alt-del out of the game back to windows, other times I can just hit Escape, and go back to the main menu (which also is displayed oddly, though not unusable) to quit back to Windows.

I don't think it's a heat issue, as it's just the game that freezes, not the whole PC. But yeah, the game is entirely unplayable.

Would really appreciate some advice.

Cheers.

without knowing for sure i can only suggest the usual stuff; driver updates, make sure enough space free on c: (might expand pak files in game) if vista/win7 run as admin, allow the app in your firewall/AV, turn your graphics down to lowest and test.

I just flat out can't connect to anyone, nor can they connect to me, I've open my ports, even tried hamachi for LAN play and can't get s*** working, it's not just me either but 2 other guys as well.

have you tried inviting gamespy friends to a lobby? i was having this issue with a mate i couldnt join if he was already in a game but if he invited me into the lobby then we started it seemed to work.

p.s. gamespy is totally balls

We couldn't get anything to work until the host forwarded his ports, then invited us twice. The first invite always failed, but the second would work. Great netcode, Gearbox.

Yeah, I got it working by running Steam in compatibility mode, but I'll try updating my drivers tomorrow anyway.

Pretty fun game, been playing it all night with some friends from work, got my hunter up to about level 16. It definitely has the same feel as diablo to me, even down to the races to get loot before everyone else and the inevitable ensuing arguments :P

haha yeah khel me and defi have been playing it all night, were up to to lvl 16 as well

hes a tanker dude and im a siren, my special class ability is pretty gayzor and i hope i can somehow improve it but!

would you or anyone else have a clue as to why even though we have bypassed his router and are running thru 2 (yes 2) switches, all of our ports are still blocked? i thought switches dont block ports :( had a look on the modem page (192.168.x.x) and thers nothing on there about port blocking. we cant figure it out

i got zero software running thats blocking ports, i dont even have a virus scanner, or software firewall on, and neither does he

Played it last night with Deeper and a couple of others, really good fun! First game in ages where I've lost track of time .. started playing yesterday evening and before I knew it it was 2am hehe. As others have said it's still buggy here and there, but they aren't major bugs and the fun factor far outweighs them. Definitely worth the $50 paid.

GameRanger developer here.

You can read more about GameRanger + Borderlands on the Gearbox forums here.

It's now being officially recommended as an unofficial solution (heh).

Oh, and GameRanger is Australian made, btw. :D

last edited by ScottKevill at 16:01:52 31/Oct/09

finally get to start playing again!! anyone around lvl 22 keen for some games this arv?

im on lvl 7 I think.. but definately keen for a game this arvo/late tonight!

sweet as i got a soldier around that lvl add me to friends bigned151

will do mate

my id is fiftyninefifty

tried to join that invite but it timed out dude, will have to forward ports on router www.portforward.com should have ur specific router and instructions for the game

Got my first Eradian weapon on my Siren and then thought "aw f***... why wasn't I playing my hunter" and then got this the very first chest I unlocked when I changed to him.

http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7646/brdlnd20091031191420.jpg

Apparantly that translates to OMG. I loled. I can't decide what character to play so I have 4, 1 of each which range from 27 down to 23. Slowly raising them all up.


last edited by DM at 20:20:18 31/Oct/09

Yeah, theres a whole s***load of different red text phrases you can get on weapons, and each one gives the weapon different bonuses and effects. Theres a list of some of them here

http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Weapons

Tried that gameranger thing, it worked well, but it disabled voice chat :( Really sucks playing online without the voice chat.

Edit: I guess it might not have disabled it, maybe the game just doesn't support voice chat in lan games, either way was annoying.