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Borderlands PC Patch v1.01 Released

by Chris Faylor, Nov 16, 2009 5:25pm PST

Related Topics – Borderlands, Go! Sports Skydiving, PC

As promised mere moments ago, Gearbox has released the v1.01 patch for Borderlands PC, with the 184MB update now available for your perusal on FileShack.

The update includes several notable tweaks for the shooter-RPG, including the addition of volume controls to voice chat, word that leaving a co-op game will no longer wipe your proficiency progress, and a refunding of any character's lost skill points.

Characters that have lost skill points will have the lost points refunded
Clients will no longer lose proficiency progress upon leaving a co-op game
Item cards now display the intended five lines of detail text
Lilith's Phase strike and melee attacks from Phase Walk now function as intended
Voicechat: users can now control volume and individually mute players
Fixed a bug that sometimes caused CL4P-TP to stop progressing during the introduction
Server browser population times have been improved
Server information should now always display the correct plot mission
Benchmarking feature now works as intended
Nvidia 3D Vision visuals now render shadows correctly (requires minimum 195.28 drivers, available from nVidia)

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People, you don't have Asperger's Syndrome, so stop pretending you do. Get your heads out of your asses, stop acting like you are entitled to the best of pretty much anything, and enjoy a game for its many big strengths rather than harp on its tiny failures.

This self-righteous PC gamer bullshit is hitting an all-time record of shrillness and complete irrationality. And yes, I've been a PC gamer since before DOOM was released, but I feel like I'm one of a very few left who are still well-adjusted and not constantly bitching and whining about every goddamn minor thing about MY SERIOUS PC INTERNET GAMES.

Nov 16, 2009 8:17pm PST

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Not going to fix the random and completely unexplained framerate drops present in a lot of places throughout the game, like goddamn fyrestone for example?

What the fuck, Randy?

Nov 16, 2009 6:11pm PST

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- That's one issue I've thankfully never had. : Derringer
- God damn it, Randy. : CrazyCanuck90
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  Ya, what the fuck? He should come over to your house and personally pull the big clunks of cat hair out o... : MechBFP
  - Sir, I have a sneaking suspicion you are not entirely genuine. : passingstranger

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So this is when I have a problem: When the patch breaks the game I've been enjoying just fine until it patched. =\

I've been a fan and advocate of this game since buying it because overall it's been a very enjoyable experience, but now that has been taken away by the patch. Ironic, perhaps.

http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showpost.php?p=1676523&postcount=13

It's not good when the patch that has been 3+ weeks in the making, and supposedly QA'd, screws up the game for people that have been playing it just fine prior to it patching itself.

Thankfully the bug appears to affect a number of people, so hopefully it will receive some priority and they can find the fix and address it quickly.

Nov 17, 2009 9:13am PST

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So this is when I have a problem: When the patch breaks the game I've been enjoying just fine until it pa... : yacoub35
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  Just to follow up, I believe I found the fix for this issue: http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showpos... : yacoub35
  - Update again - nevermind, that does not fix it. :( : yacoub35

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Way to fuck up priorities. Glad you got the 3d vision working instead of fixing the UI. Nvidia's money 1% of the user base must be quite important.

Nov 17, 2009 2:38am PST

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  Fixing the UI is probably a much bigger task. : matrixneo42
  - Making the mousewheel scroll in all menus/panels can't be that hard and would go a long way to easing the... : yacoub35
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  Ya, how dare they include a fix into the patch that was easy to get working. They should have left the fi... : MechBFP
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    This post reminds me of how badly we need an "Ignore" option on the Shack. And yes, I'm sure the feeling... : wytefang
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      I would only use it after consistently finding someone's posts pointless or annoying but it would be nice... : wytefang

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Where is my PS3 patch? I bought the game with the hope that the issues will get fixed up SOON. Still waiting... So fed up, the game is not even open, yet. If this is how things go, it is the last game I buy from GearBox.

Nov 17, 2009 9:33am PST

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By: Zork II x Show Full Post

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PC comes third in development for most studios. First is 360, since it is the easiest to get up and running usually, then PS3. Well, you're usually co-developing for 360 and PS3, but you have to hammer out bigger PS3 memory and performance issues at the end, after you've locked up your 360 build. Been at three studios this generation, and that's always been the case.

Anyway, the point is that PC development comes last for most studios, and this is purely a numbers thing. We all love PC gaming, but consoles are where the huge hits are, and unless you are Blizzard or Valve, there isn't much of a PC market.

Sucks, because mouse and keyboard is still the best control for an FPS.

Nov 16, 2009 5:52pm PST

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This is it? Still a broken GUI? Steve Gibson is going to get socked.

Nov 16, 2009 5:28pm PST

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This is it? Still a broken GUI? Steve Gibson is going to get socked. : ashkie
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      The UI isn't great, but I don't consider it a huge hindrance. Maybe because I work with awful software ne... : h0cake
      
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I know I posted this in the other Borderlands news story, but I think it's worth repeating.

I'm glad Randy could take a break from claiming that id/Crytek are "risking failure" to release this oh-so-helpful PC patch:

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3176951

Nov 16, 2009 5:52pm PST

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    No shit, this guy likes to shittalk, he needs to be reigned in. : Zero Hoki
    - He's super fucking subversive. : GreatGooglyMoogly
  - Ya, better watch what you say on the internet lest you rage the retarded preteens. Idiot. : MechBFP
- Randy seems to overlook some facts regarding id...so i can't 100% agree with is claims. (that's just my o... : mouse_art

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They really need to fix the issue with hosting or connecting to co-op games online. Since launch it has been a nightmare trying to dig through documented and undocumented ports in forums in the hopes that it will get the game to work online. As it stands I have only been able to join one person consistently for any length of time. You shouldn't have to network expert to play this online. Forcing the PC in to DMZ or indiscriminately opening ports is not a solution.

Gearbox you really need to move to better NAT detection or upnp, but if you are going to leave the connection system as is at least provide a way in game to see if the ports are open or whats causing the issues.

Nov 16, 2009 5:59pm PST

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Why are people still bitching at Gearbox about having to open network ports to host games? This isn't Gearbox's problem, and there is no 'fix' they can put out to address it, the issue is Windows Firewall or the firewall built into your router. If you don't like it, go out and rebuild the internet in a way that viruses and hackers can't get onto it, bitching at Gearbox just makes you look silly.

Nov 16, 2009 7:29pm PST

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Dear Randy and Gearbox, your game is awesome. It has some bugs, but I had so much fun with the game that I didn't care to complain. Keep working on you're awesome new base for an amazing new IP.

Please add some character specific armor. please... :)
P.S. Job. /\

Nov 17, 2009 12:59pm PST

Dear Randy and Gearbox, your game is awesome. It has some bugs, but I had so much fun with the game that ... : Ksey17

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Good start, still a bunch of things that need fixing but hopefully they'll get there soon.

Compared to say, Bioware who can't fix their broken Mass Defect game after a complete year this is great post release support, good work Gearbox, but keep it up.

I just want to point out that the PC gaming scene has no quality control, unlike for consoles where you go through a reviewing process where's our quality control? I'll tell you where, you are it.

When Modern Warfare 2 came out lacking basic PC features what did PC gamers do? Nothing.

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/11/1258035395841.jpg

When L4D1 came out lacking polish and a broken lobby system, then L4D2 was released with none of the promised support given to L4D1, what did you do? Nothing. Some people boycotted, but mostly you just made fun of the ones with a clue.

If you don't speak up about problems in PC games, and you don't put your money where your mouth is, PC has no quality control and we get unfinished, unpolished and badly supported games.

There's no point blaming developers that take advantage of this, even though that does make them bad developers, but just remember that it's your fault for allowing it and nobody else's.

If you want better quality games on the PC, the only thing you can do is say that you won't buy the game unless it's of a certain quality level, because there's no system that's going to do that for you.

Nov 16, 2009 9:24pm PST

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Did the xbox version ever have this problem "Clients will no longer lose proficiency progress upon leaving a co-op game"?

Nov 17, 2009 7:03am PST

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- Yes, this also affected the 360 version. : SeraphielX

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the shack shitting on steve gibson = the shack dead.

Nov 17, 2009 5:49am PST

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- He shit on us first with his bullshit lies about the PC version. So the jokes on you. : lcizzle

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Much too little, way too late. Good job on the bug fixes that shouldn't have made it to release... now where's all the content?

Nov 16, 2009 8:06pm PST

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- $10 Zombie DLC =[ : irrerno
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If your shadows are busted after installing the patch, reboot.

Nov 16, 2009 6:41pm PST

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If your shadows are busted after installing the patch, reboot. : yacoub35
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Never Forget: http://www.destructoid.com/borderlands-will-release-on-steam-have-extra-features-150208.phtml

Nov 17, 2009 3:25am PST

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  - Lol, what a liar. : abjectblitz
  - Gearbox isn't getting any more of my money. Fuckers. : Rehevkor

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I doubt sTeve knowingly lied to gamers. It's much more likely Gearbox told him what to promote for the PC release. Then they just didn't follow-up. H's directly responsible for the game content, but he does work for Gearbox in marketing. There's plenty of blame to go around.

But it still fucking sucks. It shouldn't have happened at all and Gearbox should feel pretty ashamed about itself. This was a poor PC release and will probably be used as a benchmark for other similar poor releases.

I don't see this game recovering, just because there isn't any money in it. With the poor reception and press surrounding the PC release even a hail-mary patch to fix everything wouldn't nab many purchases.

Nov 16, 2009 8:18pm PST

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Valve had about 5-6 patches of equivalent size out at this point with Team Fortress 2, fixing a whole host of bugs and improving the game balance. But here we get some stuff fixed, which is nice, but none of this seems to address the issue that I still can't host a co-op game despite the fact that I opened all my ports (which I should never have to do in the first place, the online play should work right off the bat). To me, that is a deal breaker. Also...the UI sucks.

Nov 16, 2009 5:48pm PST

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- Try GameRanger for BL's MP for now. Had no problems there. : MysterD

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Nvidia 3D Vision visuals now render shadows correctly (requires minimum 195.28 drivers, available from nVidia)

That would be cool! if those 195.28 drivers actually existed... all I see is 191.07

Nov 16, 2009 7:26pm PST

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- check the beta drivers : Modulus

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I have the retail version and the patch did not make any changes to my .ini files, which is nice.
However, the voice "fix" is a Volume Slider and "Broadcast Voice On/Off" - still no Push To Talk.

Nov 16, 2009 6:44pm PST

I have the retail version and the patch did not make any changes to my .ini files, which is nice. Howeve... : AxeMan808

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yay 3d vision is fixed................

Nov 16, 2009 6:24pm PST

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Well maybe in a couple of more patches....

Nov 16, 2009 5:29pm PST

Well maybe in a couple of more patches.... : SpaecKow

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ATTENTION this is only for the retail physical DVD version. I have the steam version and it errors out:

http://www.shackpics.com/files/lolupdate_zx9to0k9ez9hn5dm3z2h.jpg

Nov 16, 2009 5:51pm PST

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- Restart Steam : Ebu
- Restart Steam and the patch will auto-DL : Topsiderover
- looks like it resets gamespy and autologon. you won't be logged in after this patch. they changed some ot... : Downforce

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MAINSTREAM'D

Nov 16, 2009 5:56pm PST

MAINSTREAM'D : R4di4ti0n.

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This is just a port of the console patch... I'm noticing a trend here.

Nov 16, 2009 5:39pm PST

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This is just a port of the console patch... I'm noticing a trend here. : Sparkimus Prime
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- Several of the fixes listed here are more recent than the console patch. : J. Kyle

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well they apparently addressed my game breaking character deleting bugs. that's a good thing.

Nov 16, 2009 5:44pm PST

well they apparently addressed my game breaking character deleting bugs. that's a good thing. : Downforce

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