Borderlands Tweaks: Mouse Smoothing Off, FOV, More..

Here's where they came from: http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com...91&postcount=1

Just so you all know, some of these make a big difference, particularly mouse smoothing off and the higher FOV...

Here's a few tweaks I've come across and found that might help people with 'deconsolizing' Borderlands. I'm going to assume you all know where the location of these INI files are (Usually in USER NAME\Documents\My Games\Borderlands\WillowGame\Config in Vista).

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 comment out lines like so:

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

If that doesn't work, replace the // with ;


To adjust FOV (Field of View):
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Within WillowInput.ini:
Below the chunk of bindings on the first section/paragraph, add the following:

Bindings=(Name="F10",Command="FOV 90",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False)
Bindings=(Name="F11",Command="FOV 110",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False)

You can change the keys (F10 and F11) to whatever you'd like, as well as the FOV values.


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.


To disable/adjust weapon view bob:
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Within WillowGame.ini:
Search for "bWeaponBob" and you should come across the following lines:

bWeaponBob=TRUE
Bob=0.005

They should be pretty self explanatory. I can confirm the Bob numerical adjustment does work.


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.


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.


To enable console:
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*NOTE: This currently doesn't work correctly, it outputs all commands as 'SAY' commands*

Within WillowInput.ini:
Search for "ConsoleKey" and you should come across the following line:

ConsoleKey=

Add 'Tilde' after the equal sign to enable the console (should look like ConsoleKey=Tilde)


Enable Drop Weapon Key:
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Within WillowInput.ini:
Search for "WillowGame.WillowPlayerInput". Within that section, search for "ThrowWeapon". By default, it's bound to "Underscore" - I changed mine to V, so it looks like:

Bindings=(Name="V",Command="ThrowWeapon",Control=F alse,Shift=False,Alt=False)


To make zoom a toggle (courtesy of Miker):
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Within WillowInput.ini:

Add the text below under [WillowGame.WillowPlayerInput]

Bindings=(Name="ZoomIn",Command="StartAltFire | setbind RightMouseButton ZoomOut",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,LeftT rigger=False,RightTrigger=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False, bIgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)
Bindings=(Name="ZoomOut",Command="StopAltFire | setbind RightMouseButton ZoomIn",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,LeftTr igger=False,RightTrigger=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,b IgnoreShift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)

Then, edit the preexisting RightMouseButton binding to reflect the change:

Bindings=(Name="RightMouseButton",Command="advance dbutton bAdvancedButtonAux5",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt =False,LeftTrigger= False,RightTrigger=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnore Shift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)

to

Bindings=(Name="RightMouseButton",Command="ZoomIn" ,Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False,LeftTrigger= False,RightTrigger=False,bIgnoreCtrl=False,bIgnore Shift=False,bIgnoreAlt=False)




To enable scroll wheel in text boxes:
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Within WillowInput.ini

Search for all instances of the following (there should only be two instances):

InputKeyName="MouseScrollUp",ModifierKeyFlags=42
InputKeyName="MouseScrollDown",ModifierKeyFlags=42

remove the ",ModifierKeyFlags=42" so they look like:

InputKeyName="MouseScrollUp"
InputKeyName="MouseScrollDown"

This is awesome, thanks!

Very nice find

FOV just changes back to normal after I sprint.

Originally Posted by SixtyWattMan

FOV just changes back to normal after I sprint.

I was wondering about that. Apparently they haven't figured out a way yet to make the FOV adjustments stick the whole time.


One thing I'm not clear on: If you change any of these values in the .inis, do you have to go into properties and set that .ini to read only to make sure the computer doesn't change it back or does whatever you do stick?

I haven't dug in yet, but could you make a macro to call sprint, then when you release L-Shift it redoes the FOV macro?

Lawl is there a tweak to enable AA on my 4870x2?

Originally Posted by Jake

I haven't dug in yet, but could you make a macro to call sprint, then when you release L-Shift it redoes the FOV macro?

You actually don't have to hold sprint to sprint, so that might not exactly work.

Originally Posted by SixtyWattMan

FOV just changes back to normal after I sprint.

Haven't had a chance to change the FoV values yet, but this link changes the values in two places. Perhaps this fixes the "sprint" issue? Looks a little different from what I've been seeing.

http://filenetworks.blogspot.com/200...nc-enable.html

Already posted in the original Borderlands thread...

Originally Posted by The Cisco Kid

Haven't had a chance to change the FoV values yet, but this link changes the values in two places. Perhaps this fixes the "sprint" issue? Looks a little different from what I've been seeing.

http://filenetworks.blogspot.com/200...nc-enable.html

The issue that I have is rectified if I'm playing in my own game (or if I hosted my own game). If I join a game hosted by a friend, it resets every time I sprint, which is totally fucking retarded.

I dunno but the FOV thing is the most frustrating for me

Originally Posted by Sent

I dunno but the FOV thing is the most frustrating for me

I agree, the FOV leaves me feeling like I'm two to three feet forward from where I'm actually standing.

Originally Posted by Jake

I haven't dug in yet, but could you make a macro to call sprint, then when you release L-Shift it redoes the FOV macro?

Here's a joke you can tell to your computer friends.

Question: What's a macro?
Answer: A tasty salt-water fish.

Originally Posted by Killdozer

Lawl is there a tweak to enable AA on my 4870x2?

Yes, its called CCC

Thanks for the tips.

Originally Posted by Kanaric

Yes, its called CCC

I can force AA in CCC and nothing happens.

Originally Posted by Kanaric

Yes, its called CCC

Doesn't work, confirmed by many.

Awesome. Thanks for the info

sweet dude thanks for this i am going to try these when i get home.