Borderlands 2 not starting after down-patching
7 years ago
California, USA

I might just not be doing it right, however, I have downloaded the patcher, I have created a backup of my game, I apply the patch, I go to start it, and I get the error message "the Steam Servers are too busy to handle your request for Borderlands 2, error code (3)". I have restarted my internet as well as steam multiple times, but it just keeps happening, on the current patch I can run it just fine, I have downloaded Cbenni's 1.8.3 patch as well, any advice/people in the same boat?

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Ontario, Canada

There is a problem with steam or something that most people are having but there are people who are working on it

California, USA

Ok thank you, as long as I'm not the only one, I was getting a tad frustrated

Denmark

The 1.1 patch dosent work right now steam did something some weeks ago and now it dosent work, we cant patch down eather. But we have people that are trying to find a solution

California, USA

Some people have reported success from just patch, verify game cache, patch, verify game cache, etc for a couple hours if you have the patience.

Ireland

Been doing that with no joy, can the game still be run without the downgrade or is it essential for the run?

California, USA

For Gaige any%, 1.1 is significantly faster than the alternative 1.3. All the other characters can be run just as quickly on 1.3 as on 1.1, though. Any UVHM run (And Krieg any%) uses patch 1.8.3, so those are also fine to do without 1.1.

You will need these files to get onto 1.3, as I don't think the patcher has it working at the moment. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ykll47xkj8c5m8h/1.3.1_DLC.zip?dl=0

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Ireland

only run I was really interested in trying was the gaige any% and as my games fully up to date and the patchers broken not much point learning it.

New York, USA

this is fixed now.

Western Australia, Australia

I Can't Get past the Launcher, I've Downloaded the patcher and registry Editor. I've down patch Borderlands 2 Back down to 1.10, And Used the Enable.reg, I press play and it just Shuts Down. Am i doing anything wrong?

Ontario, Canada
  1. patch down to 1.1
  2. run enable.reg
  3. replace borderlands2.exe in steamapps/common/borderlands2/binaries/win32
  4. run it Does this help?
Australia

@Chaos_HonchKrow, have you tried restarting steam?

Baden-Württemberg, Germany

I'm having the same problem but I don't know what to replace the borderlands2.exe with. There is no such file in the RegFix folder and I can't find a replacement in the resources section either. Am I missing something?

Western Australia, Australia

Now, My Borderlands Gets past the launcher but Crashes at the Loading Screen

California, USA

I'm not sure what your problem is, but I recommend joining the discord server and asking for help there. You'll get much faster responses because a lot more people check there than here.

Austria

I tried to start the game from my Borderlands 2 folder D:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Borderlands 2\Binaries\Win32 and there I clicked the .exe and it worked

Maybe it could work for you too

Colorado, USA

I can get the 1.3 patch to work (thanks to the files provided above by seanpr) but the 1.1 patch still won't work. Does anyone have any updates on that? I really want to run Gauge.

California, USA

I'm fairly certain that the 1.1 files provided on here don't work, try joining the discord server and using the files posted there under the announcements channel.

https://discord.gg/VZcd8K2

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Stockholm, Sweden

I tried using the files that Seanpr provided, but I can't get past the launcher and I don't even see the Splash screen before the game crashes when using the 1.3.1. I can get the 1.1 to work without issues. I have tried running the Borderlands2.exe in compatibility mode using all the service packs, but it still doesn't work. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

EDIT: After restarting my computer the 1.3.1 patch started working, but I thought patch 1.3.1 was with Psycho and UVHM, it wasn't so I don't see much difference with 1.1 and 1.3.1. If someone has the files for 1.6 or 1.7 it would be greatly appreciated!

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