So yeah, you can get your pre-load on on Steam. Same for Torchlight II. Going to be a lot of lootin' to be had for a while, fuck year.

Blands 2's 4.5GB and TLII's 1.4GB, so neither are too hefty at all.

I bought Borderlands 2 through Green Man Gaming, I guess I have to wait till Tuesday for a Steam code?

Both pre-loads are done for me now and the live stream of the Big Live Live Show didn't suffer while doing it :-D

@Lukeweizer: Keys have been going out today

I'm still finishing up the first Borderlands.

Got my key already from GMG. Will pre-load tonight.

^__^ All downloaded for me. I'm not sure where the files are kept though, anyone have any idea?

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah, boi!

Nice and early.

Surprised a bit they are both so small. That's efficiency for you i guess.

@Lukeweizer said:

I bought Borderlands 2 through Green Man Gaming, I guess I have to wait till Tuesday for a Steam code?

I got mine at 8:29 am this morning so I'm sure you should be getting yours soon.

@crusader8463: Hmm, I still haven't got my code.

Bah, wish I could preload mine. Ordered a physical copy from Amazon but it'd be nice to have it ready to go.

@wemibelec90: last time i preordered from amazon i had to wait a month after release to get it. never bought new from them again.

I have to wait til my Deluxe edition shows up. So I won't get to play til like 5 on Tuesday. Fucking residential deliveries.

@Lukeweizer: I bought it from there yesterday and got the code straight away.

@axx1000: I've gotten every single game I've ordered from them (which is a lot by now, actually) the day of release. Never failed yet.

@Joey2683 said:

@crusader8463: Hmm, I still haven't got my code.

They are probably rolling them out as they get them to folks as they bought them. I bought mine a few moths back. Can't say for sure though.

@Joey2683: Can you not chuck them an email inquiring when you should receive your code.

@Tennmuerti said:

Nice and early.

Surprised a bit they are both so small. That's efficiency for you i guess.

and bad textures!

@Sooty said:

@Tennmuerti said:

Nice and early.

Surprised a bit they are both so small. That's efficiency for you i guess.

and bad textures!

Textures seemed just fine in the many hours of various preview coverage.

Also the game itself requires 13gb , the low 4.5gb size is just the compressed steam download apparently, since they introduced the new method recently.

So does the game unlock at midnight tonight on Steam or do we know what time we'll be able to play pre-loaded games?

3 days and 5 hours until I can play it....fucking regionlock -_-

@Hunkulese said:

@Venatio Using a proxy won't get you in trouble

Well I wish I knew how to do that

@Hunkulese said:

@Venatio Using a proxy won't get you in trouble

Why have I never thought of doing this with Steam, even though I did it for BF3 on Origin at launch. Maybe I won't be waiting until Friday after all.

@Venatio said:

@Hunkulese said:

@Venatio Using a proxy won't get you in trouble

Well I wish I knew how to do that

Download a free VPN client, set your IP address to US and start up Stea.

It'll download the unencryption key automatically.

I chose to play offline til it was actually released after (Darksiders II), but I know others didn't bother.

Just make sure not to purchase anything with the VPN activated. You'll likely lose your Steam account.

@GetEveryone:Can't seem to find a free VPN client, they're all paid

@Venatio: Most of them offer a free trial.

Anyone familiar with unlock times for new releases? The Borderlands 2 page says it'll unlock in 6 hours which would be around 9 or 10 pm my time (which is Pacific time zone). Is that the universal release time for Steam? Or is that just for East coast? Does it release at Midnight on the East coast and 9pm on the West coast?

@Lukeweizer: I think you might have to incorporate steam time. So it may release anywhere between midnight and 4 PM tuesday EST.

@Venatio: While using VPNs is frowned upon by Steam and could get your account suspended, Google codeen for US-based free proxies.

Anyone having a problem with .NET Framework? Mine just keeps installing and then I have to restart, so I restart and it just does the same thing.

@Lukeweizer said:

Anyone having a problem with .NET Framework? Mine just keeps installing and then I have to restart, so I restart and it just does the same thing.

Mine did some sort of repair install and then asked me to restart. Never does that.

Does the Steam version have achievements?

@Barrock said:

@Lukeweizer said:

Anyone having a problem with .NET Framework? Mine just keeps installing and then I have to restart, so I restart and it just does the same thing.

Mine did some sort of repair install and then asked me to restart. Never does that.

Does the Steam version have achievements?

It has Steam achievements, yes. I'm trying to look up .NET framework in my programs so I can completely uninstall it and try again. Might just delete the game and re-download it. Did you get some message about repairing .NET Framework or Re-installing it during the installing process?

@Lukeweizer said:

@Barrock said:

@Lukeweizer said:

Anyone having a problem with .NET Framework? Mine just keeps installing and then I have to restart, so I restart and it just does the same thing.

Mine did some sort of repair install and then asked me to restart. Never does that.

Does the Steam version have achievements?

It has Steam achievements, yes. I'm trying to look up .NET framework in my programs so I can completely uninstall it and try again. Might just delete the game and re-download it. Did you get some message about repairing .NET Framework or Re-installing it during the installing process?

Yup. Exact message.

@Lukeweizer: I am having this exact problem. Restarted twice before checking the forums to see if anyone else was experiencing this. :(

EDIT 2: By hitting the "Restart Later" button after .NET Framework finished its repairs, I was able to get to the splash screen/menu thing, however hitting "Play" gave me the dreaded Blue Screen of Death. Been a while since I've experienced a BSoD. I managed to get into the game on the second try, so huzzah for me!

@Barrock: @Marmalade: I tried restarting it 3 times. I just deleted the game and am re-installing it. I'll let you guys know what happens.

Is there a way to check and see if I got the Premier Club edition?

FUCK ><

I'm not even getting to the restart part of the .NET framework thing, mine just stops and closes the installer automatically. I knew that messed up .net update was going to bite me in the ass. .NET is notorious for when it breaks it's almost impossible to fix in certain cases as it itself functions like an install emchanism and is too ingrained in win7, even reinstallign and using specialist .NET wiping solutions won't do shit. I went through this twice already spending entire days. Now i'm gonna have to reinstall my entire system.

Also getting the .net issues, but i can play the game if i hit restart later.

@Tennmuerti said:

FUCK ><

I'm not even getting to the restart part of the .NET framework thing, mine just stops and closes the installer automatically. I knew that messed up .net update was going to bite me in the ass. .NET is notorious for when it breaks it's almost impossible to fix in certain cases as it itself functions like an install emchanism and is too ingrained in win7, even reinstallign and using specialist .NET wiping solutions won't do shit. I went through this twice already spending entire days. Now i'm gonna have to reinstall my entire system.

Is there a way to uninstall it from the add/remove programs?

Is it the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 thing in the control panel? If I uninstall that, will it give me the option to repair or re-install it? My friend said to just re-install it instead of repair.

C.C. @Marmalade: @Barrock:

@Lukeweizer said:

@Tennmuerti said:

FUCK ><

I'm not even getting to the restart part of the .NET framework thing, mine just stops and closes the installer automatically. I knew that messed up .net update was going to bite me in the ass. .NET is notorious for when it breaks it's almost impossible to fix in certain cases as it itself functions like an install emchanism and is too ingrained in win7, even reinstallign and using specialist .NET wiping solutions won't do shit. I went through this twice already spending entire days. Now i'm gonna have to reinstall my entire system.

Is there a way to uninstall it from the add/remove programs?

Is it the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 thing in the control panel? If I uninstall that, will it give me the option to repair or re-install it? My friend said to just re-install it instead of repair.

C.C. @Marmalade: @Barrock:

Don't worry. My problem is a bit different then what everyone is having with Steam and .NET right now with Borderlands 2. My .NET installation has been fucked for a long time now.

If you are simply experiencing the restart loop like everyone just let it do the restart once. Next time you can cancel it and the game will play.