Help: Borderlands & Win7?

[Nik]

I have to reinstall it every time I close out of the game. I can play it once, but when I go to play it a 2nd time, I choose a save game, it loads, and right when I spawn in it locks up.

I've tried patching it, installing to different logical drives, different physical drives, tried updating video drivers, tried "fixing" directx, I don't know what else to do.

I like the game, but this reinstalling bullshit is ridiculous. I don't know what else to do 🙁

 

[tviceman]

I have to reinstall it every time I close out of the game. I can play it once, but when I go to play it a 2nd time, I choose a save game, it loads, and right when I spawn in it locks up.

I've tried patching it, installing to different logical drives, different physical drives, tried updating video drivers, tried "fixing" directx, I don't know what else to do.

I like the game, but this reinstalling bullshit is ridiculous. I don't know what else to do 🙁

I honestly have no idea. Try running chkdsk to make sure you don't have hard drive errors. You should probably post this on gearbox's forums.

 

[Sureshot324]

I ran it on Win7 and didn't have that problem, but all in all the game is a buggy mess. Can you join other people's games online? The problem seems like it could be tied to your save games. Have you tried moving/deleting your Borderlands save game folder when you reinstall to see if the problem still happens?

 

[Nik]

I ran it on Win7 and didn't have that problem, but all in all the game is a buggy mess. Can you join other people's games online? The problem seems like it could be tied to your save games. Have you tried moving/deleting your Borderlands save game folder when you reinstall to see if the problem still happens?

No, I haven't moved the folder at all. If I can uninstall, reinstall, and play my continuing game via existing save games, the problem isn't my save game files.

Not sure how you'd come to this conclusion...

 

[Joemonkey]

I'm playing on W7 with no issues, other than a lock up here or there when Steam decides to pop up a news or sale window but that happens in other games as well. Are you playing via Steam?

 

[Mike Gayner]

I honestly have no idea. Try running chkdsk to make sure you don't have hard drive errors. You should probably post this on gearbox's forums.

Why do people like you even bother posting in these threads? You are completely clueless and unhelpful. You even admit you have no clue, and yet insist on putting in your 2c on a "solution" that makes no sense whatsoever.

OP: Seen this thread?
http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?p=1734646

 

[Nik]

I'm playing on W7 with no issues, other than a lock up here or there when Steam decides to pop up a news or sale window but that happens in other games as well. Are you playing via Steam?

No, this is a stand-alone install.

OP: Seen this thread?
http://gbxforums.gearboxsoftware.com/showthread.php?p=1734646

Wow, thanks 🙂

Unfortunately, now I'm having problems launching the game. If I check the system logs, I see this:

The driver detected a controller error on \Device\CdRom0.

Log Name: System
Source: cdrom
Date: 12/27/2009 2:17:01 PM
Event ID: 11
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: jengo
Description:
The driver detected a controller error on \Device\CdRom0.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="cdrom" />
<EventID Qualifiers="49156">11</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-12-27T22:17:01.734375000Z" />
<EventRecordID>2755822</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>jengo</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>\Device\CdRom0</Data>
<Binary>0342800001000000000000000B0004C001010000850100C0000000000000000000800000000000006E0C020000000000FFFFFFFF00000000580000C40200000000200A1248020000000000000401000000C00F0980FAFFFF1012FB0680FAFFFF0000000000000000A042030780FAFFFF1060FD0680FAFFFF000000000000000028000000001000000100000000000000700004000000000A0000000A448E00000000000000000000</Binary>
</EventData>
</Event>

It happens with both my drives and one of them is brand new. I really hope my mainboard isn't taking a dump...

 

[Nik]

Apparently the floral fix works and I have one dying optical drive.

Thanks Mike!!