MKmods
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System Name | Crossflow III |
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Processor | AMD 965 (4.04Ghz) |
Motherboard | Asus Crosshair III |
Cooling | Air |
Memory | 4 gigs Mushkin 7-7-7-20@1T |
Video Card(s) | single 9800GT |
Storage | Raptor 150's in Raid0 |
Display(s) | LG Flatron 24" |
Case | Custom |
Audio Device(s) | AuzenTech X-Raider W/OP637 |
Power Supply | Custom modded Corsair 750HX |
Software | Win 7 64/Solaris Utility |
Benchmark Scores | 3DMark06--21963 so far |
Someone mentioned this to me today and it looks pretty nice. Its rare for me to shell out $ for a game but I am gonna on this one
http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/
First Update from lemode and mlee49
http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/games/borderlands
Here are a few links/Tweeks to help out, thanks to Cyborgmatt
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=998374
Courtesy of Meltdown:
http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Weapons
http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=77748
http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=79043
Courtesy of 1Kurgan1:
I will offer some advice that no one seemed to have before, if your having issues. These are the ports that need to be forwarded
3783 (Voice Chat Port)
27900 (Master Server UDP Heartbeat)
28900 (Master Server List Request)
29900 (GP Connection Manager)
29901 (GP Search Manager)
13139 (Custom UDP Pings)
6515 (Dplay UDP)
6500 (Query Port)
Go to http://portforward.com/ then find your router, set a static IP address, then configure your router to allow those ports to be forwarded, remember to click the "Enable" box to the right hand side of the ports after you enter their info, or they won't be activated. Then you can either add exceptions to your Windows Firewall, or turn it off when you game, I'm lazy so I just turned mine off. Taking all these steps helped me to finally get MP working, and I ran over to my friends and did it for him so he can host, all working great now.
Courtesy of Mussels:
i found a few interesting lines in the willowengine.ini file
bAllowMatureLanguage=FALSE (changed to TRUE)
TerrainMaterialMaxTextureCount=16
TerrainTessellationCheckDistance=4096.0
worth tweaking for quality?
bUseTextureStreaming=True
i recall this from other games, if you set it to false it'll load it all in one hit (making load times longer, but no textures loading in as you go)
bUseBackgroundLevelStreaming=True
as above
MinTextureDensity=0.0
IdealTextureDensity=13.0
MaxTextureDensity=55.0
quality tweaks, again?
bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport=True
pretty clear, that one
PhysXGpuHeapSize=32
PhysXMeshCacheSize=8
performance tweaks for hardware physX
[Engine.ISVHacks]
bInitializeShadersOnDemand=False
DisableATITextureFilterOptimizationChecks=True
UseMinimalNVIDIADriverShaderOptimization=True
PumpWindowMessagesWhenRenderThreadStalled=False
Hellloooo... ATI and Nvidia specific tweaks. interesting how on an ATI card, mines got the ATI tweaks off, and the NV tweaks on...
[Engine.GameEngine]
bSmoothFrameRate=TRUE
MinSmoothedFrameRate=22
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=62
sounds like some kind of FPS smoother, probably lowers details to improve FPS when lagging
[Engine.Client]
MinDesiredFrameRate=35.000000
see above, looks like its customisable (handy for lag haters)
[XAudio2.XAudio2Device]
MaxChannels=32
more channels for people with higher end sound cards, audio quality tweak?
[TextureStreaming]
PoolSize=140
if poolsize = MB of ram used, this may be a good tweak for users with lots of ram
FOVAngle=90.000000
obvious, this one.
I hear settings like 110 works well for widescreen users.
from a google "PC version of CoD4, the FOV is 65. That is based on the 4:3 view though, at 16:9 it widens to just under 81"
so Cod4 has a narrower view than borderlands default...
GodMode=True
odd, this was on by default.
AllowD3D10=False
obvious really. someone needs to do some testing
MaxAnisotropy=16
MaxMultisamples=1
again, clear.
UseVsync=True
MinShadowResolution=1024
MaxShadowResolution=1024
ShadowFadeResolution=128
^ good way to get extra performance, turn those down
ResX=1920
ResY=1080
^ custom resolutions if needed
[FullScreenMovie]
StartupMovies=2K_logo
StartupMovies=Gearbox_logo
StartupMovies=NVidia
StartupMovies=Loading
SkippableMovies=2K_logo
SkippableMovies=Gearbox_logo
SkippableMovies=Attract
SkippableMovies=NVidia
messing with/deleting these will skip the startup movies
[AppCompat]
MeasuredCPUScore=134.237000
CompatLevelComposite=5
CompatLevelCPU=5
CompatLevelGPU=5
hey look, it has a built in benchmark thing!
shamelessly stolen from [H]
http://www.borderlandsthegame.com/
First Update from lemode and mlee49
http://www.gearboxsoftware.com/games/borderlands
Here are a few links/Tweeks to help out, thanks to Cyborgmatt
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=998374
Courtesy of Meltdown:
http://borderlands.wikia.com/wiki/Weapons
http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=77748
http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=79043
Courtesy of 1Kurgan1:
I will offer some advice that no one seemed to have before, if your having issues. These are the ports that need to be forwarded
3783 (Voice Chat Port)
27900 (Master Server UDP Heartbeat)
28900 (Master Server List Request)
29900 (GP Connection Manager)
29901 (GP Search Manager)
13139 (Custom UDP Pings)
6515 (Dplay UDP)
6500 (Query Port)
Go to http://portforward.com/ then find your router, set a static IP address, then configure your router to allow those ports to be forwarded, remember to click the "Enable" box to the right hand side of the ports after you enter their info, or they won't be activated. Then you can either add exceptions to your Windows Firewall, or turn it off when you game, I'm lazy so I just turned mine off. Taking all these steps helped me to finally get MP working, and I ran over to my friends and did it for him so he can host, all working great now.
Courtesy of Mussels:
i found a few interesting lines in the willowengine.ini file
bAllowMatureLanguage=FALSE (changed to TRUE)
TerrainMaterialMaxTextureCount=16
TerrainTessellationCheckDistance=4096.0
worth tweaking for quality?
bUseTextureStreaming=True
i recall this from other games, if you set it to false it'll load it all in one hit (making load times longer, but no textures loading in as you go)
bUseBackgroundLevelStreaming=True
as above
MinTextureDensity=0.0
IdealTextureDensity=13.0
MaxTextureDensity=55.0
quality tweaks, again?
bDisablePhysXHardwareSupport=True
pretty clear, that one
PhysXGpuHeapSize=32
PhysXMeshCacheSize=8
performance tweaks for hardware physX
[Engine.ISVHacks]
bInitializeShadersOnDemand=False
DisableATITextureFilterOptimizationChecks=True
UseMinimalNVIDIADriverShaderOptimization=True
PumpWindowMessagesWhenRenderThreadStalled=False
Hellloooo... ATI and Nvidia specific tweaks. interesting how on an ATI card, mines got the ATI tweaks off, and the NV tweaks on...
[Engine.GameEngine]
bSmoothFrameRate=TRUE
MinSmoothedFrameRate=22
MaxSmoothedFrameRate=62
sounds like some kind of FPS smoother, probably lowers details to improve FPS when lagging
[Engine.Client]
MinDesiredFrameRate=35.000000
see above, looks like its customisable (handy for lag haters)
[XAudio2.XAudio2Device]
MaxChannels=32
more channels for people with higher end sound cards, audio quality tweak?
[TextureStreaming]
PoolSize=140
if poolsize = MB of ram used, this may be a good tweak for users with lots of ram
FOVAngle=90.000000
obvious, this one.
I hear settings like 110 works well for widescreen users.
from a google "PC version of CoD4, the FOV is 65. That is based on the 4:3 view though, at 16:9 it widens to just under 81"
so Cod4 has a narrower view than borderlands default...
GodMode=True
odd, this was on by default.
AllowD3D10=False
obvious really. someone needs to do some testing
MaxAnisotropy=16
MaxMultisamples=1
again, clear.
UseVsync=True
MinShadowResolution=1024
MaxShadowResolution=1024
ShadowFadeResolution=128
^ good way to get extra performance, turn those down
ResX=1920
ResY=1080
^ custom resolutions if needed
[FullScreenMovie]
StartupMovies=2K_logo
StartupMovies=Gearbox_logo
StartupMovies=NVidia
StartupMovies=Loading
SkippableMovies=2K_logo
SkippableMovies=Gearbox_logo
SkippableMovies=Attract
SkippableMovies=NVidia
messing with/deleting these will skip the startup movies
[AppCompat]
MeasuredCPUScore=134.237000
CompatLevelComposite=5
CompatLevelCPU=5
CompatLevelGPU=5
hey look, it has a built in benchmark thing!
shamelessly stolen from [H]
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