↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in /.steam/steam/userdata/ / 729040 / in addition to or instead of this directory. Just wanted to add that if you want to just change it without binding a key to it go into userMy GamesBorderlandsWilloGameWilloInput and add the command line bSetCameraFOV=xxx (put in number) and it will set the FOV permanently. Borderlands has what some might call a critical flaw in widescreen resolutions using the above widescreen method. When sprinting Borderlands alters the FOV for a kind of reverse zoom effect to make you feel the sprinting effect. When hacking the FOV for Hor+ widescreen the increase in FOV when sprinting can be extreme depending on your resolution. The fix to this is simple: Open Borderlands, go to the Options, and change a control (any key binding). Close Borderlands and check the 'WillowInput.ini' file again, you should now see the MASSIVE wall of text with all the bindings. Borderlands has what some might call a critical flaw in widescreen resolutions using the above widescreen method. When sprinting Borderlands alters the FOV for a kind of reverse zoom effect to make you feel the sprinting effect. When hacking the FOV for Hor+ widescreen the increase in FOV when sprinting can be extreme depending on your resolution.
Borderlands has been released and here’s our routine troubleshooting article. There isn’t much to say here as the game doesn’t have any showstopper bugs. It does not seem to be crashing for most users and that’s a good thing, because this seems to be an incredible fun FPS/RPG. Anyways this article contains some information that might help you tweak your game to bypass some minor annoyances such as not being able to enabled Vsync, AA and those annoying Field of Vision (FOV) issues. If you have any other issues/solutions that you think is worth sharing, please feel free to post in comments.
How to edit configuration settings manually
Configuration settings for Borderlands is stored in WillowEngine.ini file. You can change settings that are not accessible from in game menu by editing this file. Before you edit anything, please make sure to backup your original config file in case something goes wrong.
Note that the following solution was only tested on NVIDIA hardware. I don’t have an ATI VGA to play around or to do testing. Like most games, Borderlands is built on Unreal Engine v3.0. You can force AA from NVIDIA control panel by re-naming the game exe to another UE3 game such as BioShock.
Rename borderlands exe file to BioShock.exe.
Open NVIDIA control panel. Go to ‘Manage 3D settings’
Un-Tick ‘Show only programs found on this computer’
From the drop down menu, select BioShock.
You will now be able to force various graphics settings from the VGA, including Anti Aliasing.
Psa diagbox serial. I’ve seen many players complain about the FOV in this game. It indeed seems to give a tunnel like feeling. You can however edit the default FOV of 85 and adjust it to your preference by editing the configuration file. Note that you need to make the change in two places in the file:
Under [Engine.PlayerInput], Change the values so that it reads:
How to install sven coop maps. Bindings=(Name='F10',Command='FOV NEWVAL',Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False)
Where NEWVAL is a numerical value representing the new FOV. Note that there is a space after “FOV” in the lines above – the. Ex- It should be 'FOV[SPACE]85'. You can switch between default and custom FOV in game using function keys. Pressing F9 will restore defaults while F10 will load custom values specified by you.
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