Borderlands 2 PC Thread - I HAVE THE SHINIEST MEAT BICYCLE

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XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

I hope that nvidia physx stuff is actually in the game, not just some tech demo.

# ¿ Sep 13, 2012 03:20

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 00:38

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

Yodzilla posted:

I don't see why it wouldn't. Other games like the Batmans have offered similar neat but optional PhysX stuff for hardware that supports it.

You are right, I have just never played a physx enabled game on the PC. I didn't want to get my hopes up for nothing because I think it looks pretty cool.

GreatGreen posted:

Really? Why should it? It's just a lot of physics calculations and maybe extra shader and textures. Just because it's marketed with its own fancy name shouldn't mean it takes some special kind of magic that can't be handled by some combination of your normal CPU and GPU.

I mean, does dynamic lighting need it's own specialized hardware unit to run? Parallax mapping? The Euphoria engine, which combines pre-rendered animations with naturally occurring physics? No? But they're special, segmentable parts of graphics performance that were implemented after the traditional, simple geometry+textures 3D graphics. And if that's the case, then why should extra physics calculations in a game that already supports other physics 3rd party software like Havok?

Physx actually used to be a standalone card that you would install in the computer. Then nvidia bought them and incorporated their stuff into nvidia video cards. I'm not sure if it is all code or if the card has a pysical chip used for nothing but physx, but I think it is a bit more complicated than stuff like Havok.

XarsonX fucked around with this message at 05:24 on Sep 13, 2012

# ¿ Sep 13, 2012 05:21

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

PirateNipple posted:

Is this really unlocking when Steam says it is unlocking? If it is then I can play when I get home from work tomorrow night

When does steam say it is unlocking? Can't access steam from this computer otherwise I would check myself.

# ¿ Sep 16, 2012 16:29

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

Am I supposed to get a shift key in my email after signing up? Or is that something purchased somewhere.

# ¿ Sep 18, 2012 20:06

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

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# ¿ Sep 19, 2012 00:24

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

I can't connect to a friend. Is this just me, or is it still down?

# ¿ Sep 19, 2012 00:54

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

Is anyone able to connect to friends at the moment?

# ¿ Sep 19, 2012 01:17

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

I'm having some weird physx issues. Has anyone noticed some effects no longer showing up? When I started playing I would open an outhouse and a flow of liquid would come bubbling up, now when I open them it just spurts a bit then quits.
My physx level is on high, I'm not sure if there are other settings that I am missing.

# ¿ Sep 23, 2012 15:36

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

ThePhenomenalBaby posted:

Hey PC Master Race guys. Internet scuttlebutt proposes that the Vault Hunter Relic is nonfunctional and the game never checks that +5% rare drop value at all. Is this actually true?

I don't know if it is true, but it sure feels that way.

# ¿ Sep 30, 2012 17:22

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

I'm am just coming from the perspective of BL1, where I found quite a few oranges in chests and from drops. I understand they wanted to make them more rare, but I don't really have that in my mindset just yet. I still sort of expect them to appear every now and again, especially from boss fights.
I just need to remind myself that BL2 oranges are more like BL1 pearlescent guns.

# ¿ Sep 30, 2012 17:31

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

gibbed posted:

So I just investigated the Vault Hunter Relic data.

It modifies two attributes:

GD_Balance.Weighting.GearDrops_RareWeightModifier: +0.05
GD_Balance.Weighting.GearDrops_CommonWeightModifier: -0.06

Let's set them to +100.00 and -100.00!

Net result: I have not seen a single white weapon drop, greens drop, seen a few blues. Nothing else.

So, what I can gauge from this, is that it shifts a 5% of your chance for whites into non-whites. Doesn't touch anything else. Very low impact, perhaps bordering on useless.

This is hilarious.

# ¿ Sep 30, 2012 19:32

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

I couldn't find an answer on google :effort:

Can someone tell me how many levels Fink's Slaughterhouse has?

# ¿ Oct 2, 2012 15:35

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

Cream-of-Plenty posted:

Huh...so you can blow a million bucks on slots, not win anything, alt+f4 out and reload your save with the million bucks unspent?

Or go into coop, drop all of your guns and alt f4 out? I wonder if it would duplicate all the weapons like BL1 on the xbox.

# ¿ Oct 5, 2012 01:30

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

I made it to the easter egg location in caustic caverns but there were no blue blocks. Do they spawn randomly or did I miss something?

# ¿ Oct 5, 2012 18:43

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

Welp I'm dumb. Thought I had profile.bin on read only and used my last key.
I always miss the drat tweets too. So dumb.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2012 15:58

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

GunblazeGriffin posted:

The UI claims another victim

And, yes, WillowTree is for Borderlands 1. gibbed is working on one of his famous save editors, but it hasn't been released.

If it's any consolation, two more should be happening today, one at 11am CDT and another at 3pm CDT

Awesome, thanks for the news. I can get it for sure today.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2012 16:03

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

I want my talking shotgun at a higher level.

# ¿ Oct 6, 2012 21:26

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

I still don't understand how areas level. Everything in caustic caverns in level 16 but I am level twenty five. Do I need to do a bunch more story missions, or will it stay this way till next play through?

# ¿ Oct 8, 2012 04:28

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

Finally found an orange gun and it was a level 16. I kind of wish the areas would level with me and not my story progress.

# ¿ Oct 8, 2012 15:50

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

So is there some way to transfer skins and heads from the download in this thread to a main character? Do you have to place them in claptrap's stash, or is something easier possible?
I would like a top-hat, but I don't really want to play another character to sanctuary to get one.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2012 04:32

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

TacticalGranny posted:

Customization items are account bound and not tied to individual characters. Just load the saves, click a bunch of stuff, and the skins will be unlocked for any characters you have or create in the future.

Ahh. Thanks for the clarification.

# ¿ Oct 13, 2012 04:44

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

Can I farm anything for an infinity gun? Or is it just a random drop?

# ¿ Oct 23, 2012 18:25

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

How are you guys getting Anarchy stacks above 150? The perk says it stops at 150 right?

# ¿ Oct 24, 2012 17:14

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

gibbed posted:

No, though I think it's close to that point.

What does the save editor allow? Just stat messing? Can you change guns ?

# ¿ Oct 29, 2012 03:43

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

Still don't quite understand leveling. Are bosses capped at a certain level till the second play through? I finally got to hunter as a level 34 and he was a level 31. Farmed a bee and finally got one but it is level 28. So nothing better till tvhm?

# ¿ Nov 5, 2012 06:43

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

I fell under the blight. Thought I would be dead when I hit the water but nothing happened so I ran around for a bit.

# ¿ Nov 6, 2012 17:17

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

I can't wrap my head around what they are "balancing". It's not like an unfair advantage against other players, it isn't a multiplayer game. I was getting a bit bored with the game and the bee was making it fun again. Hopefully it isn't nerfed beyond the point of fun.

# ¿ Nov 14, 2012 16:01

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 00:38

XarsonX: Oct 24, 2003; Phage love

Lumpy the Cook posted:

Well, I looked up that "fatal error" and it seems my profile.bin file is corrupted, and fixing it would mean I lose my badass rank/heads/skins/keys. Anyone know a way around this?

This is kind of crappy but you could always cheat them back into the game.

# ¿ Nov 28, 2012 23:07

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