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The Borderlands 2 Unofficial Community Patch is a mod that breathes new life into the game. It is ONLY available on PC and it will probably remain that way forever.
What is the Unofficial Community Patch? The patch includes a lot of quality of life changes and buffs many weapons and skills that are currently very weak, allowing you to play builds that are just not viable in the main game. It also contains nerfs for things too strong, but those are optional and turned off by default. They can be turned on with the Community Mod Manager(more on this below). The patch also includes skins for many weapons and shields that currently have none.
The Borderlands Community Mod Manager
To use this mod or any other mod your borderlands2.exe has to be edited with a hexeditor. This can be tricky, however a tool exists that does it for you automatically. This tool is called The Borderlands Community Mod Manager. It also allows you to turn certain parts from the mods you use on or off. If you want to learn more about it click here.
Installing the mod:
Installing a mod for Borderlands 2 can be tricky the first time but if you did it once you can do it again in mere seconds. You actually don't install it at all. First click on the download link above, then right click anywhere on the screen and select 'save as'. You are now able to select a location to save the patch, this location should ALWAYS be the Binaries folder of Borderlands 2. To find this folder first find your Steam Library folder on your HDD or SSD, then go to steamapps > common > Borderlands 2 > Binaries. Simply save the .txt file of the mod there. To run the mod, start your game, then in the lobby open the console with the button you chose(either the ` key or F1-F12) in the Borderlands Community Mod Manager. Then write in the console 'exec Patch.txt'(without the quotation marks). If at any point you changed the name of Patch.txt you should write the name you chose for it here instead of Patch.txt, so if you called it rainbows.txt you should write 'exec rainbows.txt'(without the quotation marks). If it works you will get a message saying 'Running UCP 4.1. To check if the UCP is running, look at your skill tree and see if there are any UCP changes.' but most other mods will not display any message. If it didn't work and instead you say 'exec Patch.txt' in the lobby chat then something went wrong with the hexediting. Try running the Community Mod Manager again, click on tools and select 'setup game files for mods'. In the Borderlands 2 section 'Hexedit Executable' should say 'installed' in green text. If it doesn't, click the apply button right next to it. **Remember that you will have to write 'exec Patch.txt' in the command console EVERY TIME you start the game. If you don't you will be playing without the UCP. This can also be used to your advantage, if you ever want to play without the patch you can simply not execute it in the console. If you ever want to use another mod you can simply paste the .txt file of the mod next to the patch.txt file in your Binaries folder and execute it with the command console just like you do with the patch by writing 'exec [name of mod here].txt'(without the quotation marks).
Should I play with this mod if I am new to the game?
It is entirely up to you. It won't change your experience that much as it is still the same game and you probably aren't optimizing your build as a beginner. Most of the changes in the patch are aimed at things too weak to use or completely outclassed by something else.
Do I have to create a new character when I start playing the UCP?
No this is not necessary. It works with existing characters just fine. Keep in mind that any changes to gear will also apply to gear you already possess. So some gear might do something else then it did before.
Can I still play with friends while playing with the UCP?
Yes you can! Most of the patch works as long as the player who is hosting the game has the patch enabled. But it is recommended that all players in the game have the patch running, something may be bugged otherwise. Remember that you can always just restart the game and then simply don't execute the patch in the console if you want to play without the patch.
How do I uninstall the patch?
As I mentioned above, the patch only works as long as you keep executing it when you start the game. Simply do nothing and it will be off by default. There is no real process of uninstalling it, you can simply throw away the Patch.txt file.
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The Borderlands Unofficial Community patch was made by:
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