FAQ / Troubleshooting

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Can I use this on Steam Deck/Linux/Mac?

Yes, through a compatibility layer. The SDK only works on a Windows executable, but you can just run that version on Linux/Mac instead. Since there are no official Linux/Mac releases, you’re likely already doing this anyway.

Steam Deck/Linux

In Steam, set the game’s launch options to:

WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dsound=n,b" %command%

Once you get in game, open console by pressing tilde twice, and double check there’s no proton errors detected. You may have to switch proton builds a few times, the exact builds that work seems to vary between people for reasons we haven’t worked out. Generally though, recent builds of Proton GE seem to have better results - and you may find it easier to install them via ProtonUp-Qt.

Once you manage to load in without any proton errors, you’re all set up, you can continue following all other instructions.

Mac

While we believe it’s possible, we don’t properly understand the process for running the Windows executable on a Mac. If you do, let us know, and we can fill this section in properly

Can I use this alongside upk mods?

Yup, they’re fully compatible - though as always, specific mods may have issues when used together.

My game is crashing immediately on starting / after hitting play in the launcher.

Try install the latest Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable.

If you’re running under Proton, you can do this by installing vcrun2022 using protontricks.

Tilde isn’t opening the console / I want to use a different console key

Tilde isn’t quite a standardised key, so on some keyboard layouts a different character sends the same signal to the game. You can check this site for a reference.

You can manually rebind the key by opening the the file <my documents>/My Games/Borderlands/WillowGame/Config/WillowInput.ini in notepad, searching for ConsoleKey=, and replacing the key as appropriate.

How do I unbind a Keybind?

Set it to the same thing it was already bound to.