Borderlands .ini Settings Tweaks

[ekay]

Here are some of the things you'll want to do straight away. For those unfamiliar with .ini tweaks, they are text files in your Documents folder that store your settings. They are generated automatically by running the game, so If you tweak them, do something wrong and mess up the game, just delete them and you're back on track.

**Find the ini config files under USER NAME\Documents\My Games\Borderlands\WillowGame\Config in Vista/Win7**

To disable the startup movies:
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Within WillowEngine.ini

Find:

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

and add // or ; to the beginning to disable them, like this.

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

I did it to all of them, but it doesn't work with the Skippable ones.


To enable VSync:
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Within WillowEngine.ini

Search for "UseVsync" and you should come across the following line:

UseVsync=False

Change to TRUE. If you are running on anything but a CRT, this is important.
You will also notice a few lines under it "MaxMultisamples=1", I think this is AntiAliasing. I set it to '2', not sure if it works though.


To disable voice chat:
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Within WillowEngine.ini

Search for "bHasVoiceEnabled" and you should come across the following line:

bHasVoiceEnabled=True

Change to FALSE. The ingame mic is always enabled, lets assume you will use mumble, so disabling this is important.


To increase FOV for 16:9 or 16:10
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Within WillowInput.ini

Find:

Bindings=(Name="W",Command="MoveForward | Axis aGas Speed=+1.0")

and add "| FOV 100") to the end, like this.

Bindings=(Name="W",Command="MoveForward | Axis aGas Speed=+1.0 | FOV 100")

But why have the FOV on the forward key I hear you ask. Because the game continuously resets the FOV back to 70 or something after you sprint, get in a car or teleport.
Use anything between 90-110, it's personal preference.


To disable mouse smoothing:
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Within WillowInput.ini
Search for "bEnableMouseSmoothing" and you should come across the following line:

bEnableMouseSmoothing=True

Change to FALSE. This tremendously improves the feel of the mouse when looking around in-game and navigating the UI.



Source thread

[djsilt]

thanx m8

[Zofo]

cheers big ears

[LooseCannon]

Thanks ekay.

Question:  Can this run in windowed mode?  I can't find a setting in the menus.

[azurescorch]

Thanks ekay.

Question:  Can this run in windowed mode?  I can't find a setting in the menus.

If it's the same as unreal3 and s8 then you can. Find **Engine.ini (UTEngine, s8Engine, idk what it'll be for Borderlands).

Then just search for Fullscreen=True and set it to false.

[Crunch]

or just press ALT + ENTER

[azurescorch]

I prefer my way.