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2010-02-08 12:42:00 ennui So... no third person mode aiming fix yet? Borderlands General Third person is not an intended mode for Borderlands and is not supported by Gearbox. Goto
2010-02-07 20:11:00 hatts DLC 3 character with twitter account New Haven Times haha. This General Guy sounds like a big bully. Taking a tour of pandora like he owns the place. What is that all about? Goto
2010-02-07 20:01:00 hatts DLC 3 character with twitter account New Haven Times *wave* :) Goto
2010-02-07 15:40:00 botman I just gained an extra 30+ fps by... Borderlands General For some cards, yes. I bet you are using an nVidia card. The video card manufacturers detect which game is running (from the name of the executable) and apply "optimizations" based on what game... Goto
2010-02-06 16:33:00 botman Gen knoxx release date please Borderlands General When it's done. :) Goto
2010-02-05 17:27:00 parnic PS3 Couch Co-Op Difficulties Online/Co-op Bonanza It's not available yet. Goto
2010-02-05 15:40:00 ennui Borderlands Survey - complete and win stuff! New Haven Times Well, the request to post it came from our focus department, and they gather all kinds of data about response to the game for many different reasons - I'm not sure what this data is for specifically,... Goto
2010-02-05 15:32:00 botman 9 days earlier video ( It's not what you think). BiA General Discussion I'll let you handle that one. :) Goto
2010-02-05 13:46:00 botman EIB via STEAM BiA Technical No, Steam is a Windows only thing (although it may run in Wine). You could also use Boot Camp to run Windows. Goto
2010-02-05 12:30:00 botman MicketyMike won't be happy BiA General Discussion Nah, they've already done the work to make it backward compatible on 360...

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/backwardcompatibilitygameslist.htm
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2010-02-05 12:23:00 ennui Borderlands Survey - complete and win stuff! New Haven Times We're looking for some Borderlands feedback from our players! Give us a hand with this survey, and we'll randomly select folks to win shirts, posters, and other Gearbox swag!

Thanks for helping...
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2010-02-05 09:18:00 botman MicketyMike won't be happy BiA General Discussion Holy crap! Halo peoples everywhere cry. QQ Goto
2010-02-04 15:01:00 botman 9 days earlier video ( It's not what you think). BiA General Discussion I have no idea where that would be. Mikey would know. Goto
2010-02-03 18:06:00 ennui What Platform do you play on? (pc/xbox360/ps3) Borderlands General Platform wars are definitely frowned on, and anyone starting them or participating in them will receive warnings or even a ban. Goto
2010-02-03 17:11:00 botman Dallas IGDA All Things Gearbox Randy mentioned to me that Kristy is no longer the leader of the Dallas IGDA. She handed it off to someone else (don't know who) and apparently the IGDA website never got updated with that fact.
...
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2010-02-03 15:38:00 ennui New PC update just released New Haven Times If you are still experiencing an issue with this, please submit a tech support form with as much detailed information as you can. Your issue may not have been caused by the same problem, and we can... Goto
2010-02-03 12:32:00 ennui New PC update just released New Haven Times Item duplication has not been addressed.

We do have an upcoming fix that will remove any items from the game that the game itself cannot generate to stop problems with viral items and weapons that...
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2010-02-03 09:26:00 botman Digital Rights Management (DRM) and UBI Off Topic I don't have any inside information on this, but from what I gather, Ubisoft's system will be similar to Steam (with the exception of they might not support an offline mode).

I found an...
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2010-02-03 00:19:00 ennui borderlands 3rd dlc announced New Haven Times If you can't keep petty name-calling off the boards, I will ban you. Three people have been issued bans in this thread for making fun of each other's AVATARS AND SIGNATURES. If you have a problem... Goto
2010-02-02 18:59:00 botman New PC update just released New Haven Times It means you should be able to connect to other players without them/you having to open up ports on your router. Goto
2010-02-02 15:10:00 ennui New PC update just released New Haven Times You should be able to find the information you need here: www.gearboxsoftware.com/games/borderlands

If you have a physical retail copy, you can download the update from our site. If you have a...
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2010-02-02 15:00:00 ennui Known Issues Status Update New Haven Times Update 2/2, 1:55pm CST

A new update has been released for the PC version of Borderlands. It contains the following updates:

- Multiplayer connectivity has been improved; users should no longer...
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2010-02-02 15:00:00 ennui Known Issues Status Update (updated 2/2) Borderlands General Update 2/2, 1:55pm CST

A new update has been released for the PC version of Borderlands. It contains the following updates:

- Multiplayer connectivity has been improved; users should no longer...
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2010-02-02 14:48:00 botman New PC update just released New Haven Times Might not be large but these two should be significant:

- Multiplayer connectivity has been improved; users should no longer be required to forward ports to host or join multiplayer games
-...
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2010-02-02 14:44:00 botman Do you think Gearbox will make HL2 expansions? Tech Heaven ...Or maybe do the story of Gordon Frohman...

http://www.hlcomic.com/

:D
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2010-02-02 14:23:00 ennui RYG's Academic Testing Of Borderlands DRM Borderlands General This thread has continued long enough. While I appreciate peoples' feedback about DRM, the DRM discussion has been had several hundred times here already and only devolves into arguing about who's a... Goto
2010-02-02 12:09:00 botman Dallas IGDA All Things Gearbox I'll shoot Randy an email and see if he knows anything about it. Goto
2010-02-02 09:40:00 botman Do you think Gearbox will make HL2 expansions? Tech Heaven I wasn't here when Gearbox did OpFor and Blue Shift, but from the stories I heard, people had a blast making those expansion packs.

I think it would be really cool to do a sequel to OpFor, maybe...
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2010-02-02 09:28:00 botman Dallas IGDA All Things Gearbox Hmmm... yeah. I don't know. I haven't heard any news about IGDA meetings in Dallas in a long time. There's nothing on the IGDA website either...

http://www.igda.org/dallas
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2010-02-01 22:28:00 ennui New PC update just released New Haven Times Afraid not this time - the other fixes are together in another update that will be distributed to all platforms. These fixes only affect issues present in the PC version, but more updates are coming... Goto
2010-02-01 18:06:00 grbxdesign Twitter Updates (Some good news) A:CM General Still here. Powers that be are really digging the game, so hang on a little longer.

:leet:
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2010-02-01 16:04:00 ennui DLC Codes Giveaway New Haven Times I'm not sure why this thread got bumped. We gave away PC Steam codes a while back, but the thread was culled because it was closed. All the winners received PMs with their codes. I reinstated the... Goto
2010-02-01 16:03:00 parnic PS3 Couch Co-Op Difficulties Online/Co-op Bonanza I updated the URL. It is/was a link to the "known issues status update" stickied post on the general tech support forums. Goto
2010-02-01 14:43:00 botman B. Thomas researching educational filmstrips BiA General Discussion BTW, the bicycle game is really coming along.

Right now, you can select whether you want pedals with or without toe clips and you can select what color streamers you want on the handle bar! It's...
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2010-02-01 14:05:00 botman Claptrap on the iPhone Borderlands General Yeah, I'm just picking on you. :)

I agree with you. There's lots of really cool things we could do to promote the game. The biggest problem is that each of these things requires resources (time...
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2010-02-01 12:41:00 ennui Known Issues Status Update New Haven Times Update 2/1, 11:45am CST

issue: Backpack slots or weapon slots are very rarely lost after the credits
status: This issue is under investigation

issue: When a player is accessing the Underdome...
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2010-02-01 12:41:00 ennui Known Issues Status Update Borderlands General Update 2/1, 11:45am CST

issue: Backpack slots or weapon slots are very rarely lost after the credits
status: This issue is under investigation

issue: When a player is accessing the Underdome...
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2010-02-01 12:41:00 ennui Known Issues Status Update (updated 2/2) Borderlands General Update 2/1, 11:45am CST

issue: Backpack slots or weapon slots are very rarely lost after the credits
status: This issue is under investigation

issue: When a player is accessing the Underdome...
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2010-02-01 12:07:00 ennui 17 Million Borderlands General If you are disrespectful or off-topic, you'll get warnings, regardless of what someone did first.

I've also banned the OP, who clearly isn't interested in being a contributing member of the forum....
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2010-02-01 09:48:00 botman Claptrap on the iPhone Borderlands General YOU have A problem WITH your SHIFT key. :) Goto
2010-02-01 09:40:00 botman Do you think Gearbox will make HL2 expansions? Tech Heaven "Pretty soon". Is that in normal time or in Valve Time (http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time)? :D Goto
2010-01-29 14:05:00 botman Brothers In Arms Battle of the bulge BiA General Discussion How about I just ban you instead? Goto
2010-01-29 12:55:00 ennui Known Issues Status Update Borderlands General Update 1/29, 11:55am CST

known issues:

issue: Players can obtain an uncompletable copy of some missions (like "Find Steele") in multiplayer games after they have completed the mission
status:...
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2010-01-29 12:55:00 ennui Known Issues Status Update New Haven Times Update 1/29, 11:55am CST

known issues:

issue: Players can obtain an uncompletable copy of some missions (like "Find Steele") in multiplayer games after they have completed the mission
status:...
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2010-01-29 12:55:00 ennui Known Issues Status Update Borderlands General Update 1/29, 11:55am CST

known issues:

issue: Players can obtain an uncompletable copy of some missions (like "Find Steele") in multiplayer games after they have completed the mission
status:...
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2010-01-28 19:46:00 hatts borderlands 3rd dlc announced New Haven Times Nicceeee Goto
2010-01-28 13:03:00 botman Gearbox Team please answer SDU Question Borderlands General Answer 1: I don't know

Answer 2: I don't know

I just moved the thread from "News" to "General Discussion" because it was posted in the wrong section.
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2010-01-28 12:58:00 ennui Guess Developers are too busy to answer legitimate questions Borderlands General Update: after viewing the poster's short but illustrious post history, I have issued a ban. The user was disrespectful towards others in many posts and did not seem to really be interested in being... Goto
2010-01-28 12:47:00 ennui Guess Developers are too busy to answer legitimate questions Borderlands General If you have a problem with a moderator action or an admin, you are required to take in up in PM instead of calling them out in public, which is clearly stated in the rules:... Goto
2010-01-28 09:45:00 botman Gearbox Team please answer SDU Question Borderlands General Not news. Moved. Goto
2010-01-27 15:18:00 grbxdesign Some good news A:CM General Close...but no cigar. WAY off. There is so much more to the illustration...have to wait and C!

:smoke:
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2010-01-27 12:16:00 ennui Where do we get our Moxi glitch replacements? Borderlands General Unfortunately, Gearbox is unable to recover lost character data in Borderlands. We do not have central servers that store character data or history information - everything is located in your save... Goto
2010-01-27 09:01:00 botman Claptrap on the iPhone Borderlands General Ha-ha! I would definitely not be able to make any money off of it or 2K would have a hissy fit. :D Goto
2010-01-26 18:14:00 ennui About the graphics change Borderlands General You are correct that there are certainly interrelated pieces in game development, and you're also right that it can happen that content has to get cut in order to reach deadlines because some part of... Goto
2010-01-26 17:10:00 grbxdesign Some good news A:CM General :happy: Goto
2010-01-26 17:01:00 grbxdesign Some good news A:CM General Thanks, but the topic of choice will probably be absent, primarily because we've already exhausted that subject matter several times over. We're making the game so in lieu of burning ourselves out,... Goto
2010-01-26 16:06:00 ennui About the graphics change Borderlands General This doesn't follow very well. A change in art style doesn't necessitate or imply a change in mechanics. Borderlands was always an FPS at its core, with RPG elements; our marketing always reflected... Goto
2010-01-26 15:43:00 grbxdesign Some good news A:CM General I guess you'll have to wait and see........if it makes it into the game.........:lol: Goto
2010-01-26 15:29:00 botman Can't find any online games for Hell's Highway on Xbox BiA Technical When creating a thread, please make an appropriate thread title. Also put technical related threads in the Technical section. Goto
2010-01-26 15:25:00 botman Claptrap on the iPhone Borderlands General Thanks. I live, eat, sleep, and dream video games. :)

What I had ultimately wanted was to make an app with a dancing claptrap that would dance in sync to whatever music was playing. I was going...
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2010-01-26 15:04:00 grbxdesign Some good news A:CM General http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/bC0GwkW3FeH7uaRLSSd9qw?authkey=Gv1sRgCIfLl6iniPeWPw&feat=directlink

:leet:
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2010-01-26 14:33:00 parnic PS3 Couch Co-Op Difficulties Online/Co-op Bonanza Game updates do not coincide with PSN store updates. We do not have an ETA at this time. Goto
2010-01-26 14:13:00 botman Claptrap on the iPhone Borderlands General I think the performance problems come from the way I'm doing all the bone calculations and all the vertex weighting calculations. It's very "Quake"-like code doing the vector translation and... Goto
2010-01-26 14:02:00 botman Claptrap on the iPhone Borderlands General It was mostly meant to be a learning exercise for making iPhone apps.

It would probably be a little tricky trying to release an app using copyrighted content (even through I work for the company...
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2010-01-26 13:11:00 grbxdesign Some good news A:CM General There will be a surprise awaiting your gaze...gazes?...gazaei?

Whatever. Something cool is on it's way...when I get back from lunch :)
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2010-01-26 12:04:00 ennui Known Issues Status Update Borderlands General Update 1/26, 11:00am CST

workaround update:

issue: The "Careful, He Bites" achievement does not unlock on xbox 360s set to the French language
workaround: set your console to any other...
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2010-01-26 12:04:00 ennui Known Issues Status Update New Haven Times Update 1/26, 11:00am CST

workaround update:

issue: The "Careful, He Bites" achievement does not unlock on xbox 360s set to the French language
workaround: set your console to any other...
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2010-01-26 12:04:00 ennui Known Issues Status Update Borderlands General Update 1/26, 11:00am CST

workaround update:

issue: The "Careful, He Bites" achievement does not unlock on xbox 360s set to the French language
workaround: set your console to any other...
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2010-01-26 12:04:00 ennui Known Issues Status Update New Haven Times Update 1/26, 11:00am CST

workaround update:

issue: The "Careful, He Bites" achievement does not unlock on xbox 360s set to the French language
workaround: set your console to any other...
Goto
2010-01-26 09:37:00 botman gbxWeapon native code (RtH30 & EiB) BiA Mod Forum Are you bypassing the RenderOverlays function? That's what you'll have to do if you want to modify the weapon view model's rotation. Goto
2010-01-25 15:29:00 ennui Player match up? Online/Co-op Bonanza Wouldn't you know, we've got a whole forum for it - thread moved appropriately. Goto
2010-01-25 12:15:00 ennui What Is The Best RPG Of The Decade? (2000-2009) Off Topic You did see people mention Baldur's Gate, right? Goto
2010-01-25 12:06:00 ennui yo i am votefordante and i live for glitches Borderlands General Please do not double or triple post and bump your own threads. If someone wants to respond, they will. Goto
2010-01-24 20:50:00 botman EIB via STEAM BiA Technical I'm not sure if the retail version (with all patches) will connect with the Steam version or not.

One thing you can try that may work, is to open up the required ports on your router and start a...
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2010-01-24 20:46:00 botman EIB via STEAM BiA Technical Yes, but the interview where it was taken from was Oct. 2009. :) Goto
2010-01-23 18:39:00 botman BIA Hells Highway PC Problem? BiA Technical It depends on which laptop. Some laptops have integrate graphics cards that won't handle Shader 3.0 and the game won't be playable on those older laptops. Goto
2010-01-23 18:36:00 botman Message for Botman!! BiA General Discussion I will if you promise to stop making threads. :)

Yes, I worked on all 3 Brothers in Arms games (Road to Hill 30, Earned in Blood, and Hell's Highway).

There's no one online playing the game...
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2010-01-23 18:31:00 botman If I could improve Borderlands... (posted by a game dev) Borderlands General Some good points there! :)

Also, I wish all forum threads were like this (well thought out statements about what you like or don't like and what could be done to improve things, rather than just...
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2010-01-23 15:34:00 lord sharpie Guess What!! New Haven Times Hate to burst any bubbles, but there's nothing really to the "Aquator" poster. It's actually a legacy piece of art from the game's original art style, meant simply as decoration to help imply that... Goto
2010-01-22 19:13:00 ennui Steam just did another Borderlands update New Haven Times All fixes that have gone into the game are documented in the tech support forum. Not every update has included fixes, but those that have have been documented and the information is available. I do... Goto
2010-01-22 18:44:00 botman gbxWeapon native code (RtH30 & EiB) BiA Mod Forum RenderOverlays is pretty simple...

It draws the muzzle flash (using DrawMuzzleFlash script function) if FireMode is set.
It gets the view rotation (using GetViewRotation script function) and...
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2010-01-22 17:37:00 ennui do any of the borderlands creators play on ps3 Borderlands General The user's question was answered, so I'm closing this thread before it devolves into a platform war. The user has also been asked to supply an appropriate forum username. Goto
2010-01-22 17:02:00 botman gbxWeapon native code (RtH30 & EiB) BiA Mod Forum I'll dig up the file(s) and see if I can give you a basic overview of what they are doing. Goto
2010-01-22 16:10:00 ennui What Is The Best RPG Of The Decade? (2000-2009) Off Topic 3 and 4 should really be played by anyone who likes RPGs. I tend to like Western RPGs more than JRPGs, but those Persona games have incredible style, great translations, addictive gameplay, and... Goto
2010-01-22 15:09:00 ennui RYG's Academic Testing Of Borderlands DRM Borderlands General If you're not going to post about the topic of the thread, which is this DRM review by the site RYG, quit posting. Dragging threads off-topic by posting about other users instead of the topic is a... Goto
2010-01-22 11:49:00 ook Guess What!! New Haven Times Careful what you wish for... ;)

- ook
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2010-01-22 10:04:00 botman I found a wearid car glitch?! BiA General Discussion If you are trying to post an image you should use a free image hosting service like 'imageshack'.

No one can see files on your C: drive over the internet.
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2010-01-21 19:03:00 ennui Guess What!! New Haven Times Both of these class mods have fixes pending deployment, and they are also listed in the known issues thread I linked in my earlier post. Goto
2010-01-21 18:55:00 ennui Guess What!! New Haven Times No, not to imply that the update will be immediate, just that the fix is finished and it's getting through the process, so it is pending deployment at the moment. Don't want to give you false hope... Goto
2010-01-21 18:49:00 ennui Guess What!! New Haven Times A fix for modded weapons has already been created and is pending deployment as we speak. You can learn more about issues with fixes that are pending in this thread:... Goto
2010-01-21 18:43:00 botman BIA Hells Highway PC Problem? BiA Technical Hard drive space won't really matter much (as long as you have enough room to install the game). The 1GB of RAM may be a bit of a problem (low framerates) but should probably be playable (1GB is the... Goto
2010-01-21 17:36:00 ennui Guess What!! New Haven Times I think this is important enough to be in the news section :) Goto
2010-01-21 17:32:00 hatts Guess What!! New Haven Times Hey guys!

Sorry, I haven’t gotten to post on the forums in a while! After finalizing Zombies DLC, the team and I began reading the DLC feedback around the forums on the wants and desires. Guess...
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2010-01-21 17:11:00 botman BIA Hells Highway PC Problem? BiA Technical If you want to stay with ATI, I searched on google.com for "ati shader 3.0" and found this thread on Tom's Hardware...

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/184065-33-which-cards-pixel-shader

It...
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2010-01-21 14:58:00 botman BIA Hells Highway PC Problem? BiA Technical Yes, you're graphics card is pretty old and won't handle Hell's Highway. You may want to consider upgrading to a more recent graphics card, but also make sure you have a PC that meets the other... Goto
2010-01-21 14:55:00 botman The BIA Website and other news!! ?? BiA General Discussion fluffy, please stop creating so many threads with the same general message. Yes, you have a BIA fansite and yes, you want to see more news and information on upcoming BIA games. We understand.
...
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2010-01-21 14:40:00 ennui Online play is officially infected. Borderlands General Quit posting about each other instead of the topic or I'll issue bans. Goto
2010-01-21 12:39:00 ennui More Borderlands DLC On The Way New Haven Times This article is actually just riffing off of a comment in from the IGN article posted yesterday - discussion can continue here: http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?t=94666 Goto
2010-01-21 11:46:00 ennui SecuROM and installations Borderlands General Since there is already a DRM thread that is popular right now, I'm going to comment on this one and close it.

The base game does not have activation limits, no matter what version of the game you...
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2010-01-21 11:43:00 ennui Online play is officially infected. Borderlands General The fixed for hacked items is coming as soon as we can release it; it will be available on all platforms and will keep items that cannot be generated by the system out. Goto