It turns out that a ton of us bought Borderlands. Borderlands is a FPS-RPG hybrid built on the Unreal Tournament 3 engine.

Features from the Steam page:

Role Playing Shooter (RPS) - combines frantic first-person shooting action with accessible role-playing character progression.

Co-Op Frenzy - Fly solo in single player or drop in and out with up to 4 Player Co-Op online and offline for a maniacal multiplayer experience

Bazillions of Guns - Gun lust fulfilled with rocket-launching shotguns, enemy-torching revolvers, SMGs that fire lightning rounds, and tons more

Radical Art Style - New visual style combines traditional rendering techniques with hand-drawn textures to create a unique and eye-catching spin on the First Person genre

Intense Vehicular Combat - Get behind the wheel and engage in intense vehicle-to-vehicle combat

Expect us to be playing this for awhile*.

* At least a week.

Useful links:

PC Tweaking. Skip intro movies, mouse smoothing disable (which is supposedly really good), disable mic, etc.
http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/sh ... hp?t=79043
- Customize 3rd person view for different angles.
- http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/sh ... ost1615904

Some weapons have red text in their description. It means it has a special effect.
http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/sh ... hp?t=76822

You can increase inventory space by repairing different Claptraps:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessa ... c=51910777

Trick your game to think you're playing 4-player (or even up to 6). I haven't tried it, but it claims to be hard on the pc.
http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/sh ... hp?t=81891

disable mic is a godsend!

I guess the item descriptions are not showing all of the effects. You can potentially have a better item and not know it because the 5th line is being cut off. This is important for class mods.

From the UI thread:

Fix for hidden weapon bonus stats (courtesy of The_Shadow):
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Apparently, the large font used in the UI makes it impossible to see all of the stats applied to weapons within the game. 4 lines of stats are visible, but the actual number of stats can exceed the number of lines. As such, here is a way to shrink the text:

1. Go to where Borderlands is installed and navigate to the following directory:
Borderlands\WillowGame\Localization\INT\

2. Find the gd_globals.INT file and *BACK IT UP*.

3. Open the gd_globals.INT file with Notepad and find the following line:



4. Replace it with:



(You can modify the font size to your liking, however, size 14 does well to show up to 5 lines, which is the current hardcoded limit.)

5. Save and exit.

Updated links with -
Tricking game with player #a
Customizing 3rd person camera.

The tweak thread also has the command to enter 3rd person.

OH check me out! I'm dancing I'M DANCING!


The claptraps are awesome if only because the one at fyrestone is researching the magical properties of sand, and the one in charge of the bridges in commons east is researching the local rocks!