Borderlands 3 Hotfix Merger: Installation / Usage

[@fromdarkhell7039]

If you're crashing when you launch the game Make sure you have these installed: aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe and aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe You'll need to restart after installing!

[@xpain3]

Today i started having trouble launching the game with the plugin loader, but managed to launch the game by removing a file called d3d11_org.dll and renaming d3d11.dll to that file name

[@xpain3]

Are they renaming the d3d11.dll file, because when i started using the plugin loader there was no such file called d3d11_org.dll

[@spawn2k1]

I'm running Windows 10 Pro version 20H2 OS build 19042.685. If people are having issues with the loader not working, they may have to go into the properties for each downloaded file and make sure in the attributes section the files aren't blocked by the OS. I had to check unblock on all downloaded files before running for the first time to get it to work. Just wanted to give a heads up on this issue.

[@xpain3]

Update the plugin loader does no longer work for me, when i run the game with d3d11.dll the game closes after the borderlands logo and creates a new file called d3d11_org.dll that are greater in size. The game will only run if there is no d3dll.dll file in the win64 folder. I also tried just launching the hotfix merger manually but none of my mods take effect. Edit: I now mannaged to get the hotfix merger working manually by running it as administrator but still can't get the plugin loader to work.

[@peanutdan1338]

in the BL3 hotfix merger it says "WebSocket disconnected! Be patient until you see text in the logs." any fix?

[@Joltzdude139]

This is awesome!

[@issackliener3065]

So, when are you going to make a BL3 modded playthrough?

[@dwemersmith622]

hey joltz do you remember the time master gee danced to betray?

[@Wh4tsKrak3n]

do bl3 redux pls

[@torkalatorkala1807]

I need a dialogue skip, I hate playing though the game when talking to Lilith and waiting is like all I do.

[@klaatuNaatu]

Honestly this is a great tutorial! Thanks for being prompt, I didn't really expect you to cover everything.

[@IAmMarvel1]

thank you so much to everyone involved in this. the entire process from installing the mod manager to installing the mods is so simple! Thank you for this video! All around great job and this will for sure improve bl3s life cycle so much more!

[@bajablast6732]

this is the most convoluted way of adding mods ive ever seen

[@dinglebingus2625]

blame github mfs

[@hououinkyouma3864]

For real, I seriously cannot believe they couldn't just make a program to install all of this

[@Ravenjim93]

Its almost like there isnt any mod support from the devs, OH WAIT! Bl2 had it worse especially at the start when you had to hex edit the executable.

[@riddarhyttan]

You guys are amazing. Major props and many thanks for your hard work.

[@jonthebasedgod3417]

for anyone having trouble with this, you have to stay under the modded amount of hotfixes (9500 something) for the game to not break itself. i had to go into the game files, find my preset folder for the hotfix manager, and manually remove some mods off of that list

[@demanslayer2012]

Let’s go keep up the good work I am so hyped to go try this out thank you so much 🙏🏻

[@ninjii12]

Time to do an "everything is randomized" playthrough with friends!

[@AnInnocuousChef]

I followed the video exactly but the icon isn't showing up in the taskbar when I launch the game. What do I do?

[@504godzilla]

im having the same issues. Seems to be an abanndoned video

[@nomependentegames1815]

Really appreciate your work dude :D thank you and the Borderlands 3 community!!

[@mcshorty4]

Question, when I add a url of a mod, it doesn't end up working for me at all. I did every step up to that point right so I don't understand

[@sethbrown3245]

been trying to understand it had just given up and figured ill only use sdk but you explained it very thoroughly and neatly thank you good sir

[@rangerzero1767]

What can I say ? you are a legend my dude I wanted really to try mods for this game but I have no idea about how to add mods in any game you did help a lot and it was clear and glad you did show how or where this and that file etc etc thank you so much

[@ArcYT]

Protip if you have the "WebSocket disconnected! Be patient until you see text in the logs." error message in the WebUI and you have ublock origin installed, disable ublock on the page and it should work right away

[@bearberger06]

I'm getting the same thing using chrome without ublock so im really confused

[@Chromebeetle_]

thanks for this video! i can usually never get this kind of stuff to work but it was super easy to follow your directions!

[@BoothTX]

Seems just as easy as BL2 modding. Thank you for this :).

[@f0xii]

feels easier than bl2 modding too imo!

[@scotts7741]

There's no Pluginloader.exe in my plugin menu :/

[@gameheadfreak1092]

having the same issue

[@DDNDGaming-bj9td]

I'm not getting an .INI file with the plugin loader, i may need more help.

[@armon2681]

do u have file extensions enabled to show on ur computer?

[@zloidooraque0]

i'm stuck at sign in screen webUI says dll injected and stuff, but game stays at sign in screen forever

[@krissklein]

Absolutely amazing!

[@Robertdopey]

Are those parakeets in the backround?

[@aydentaylor7132]

the plugin folder dosnt want to convert to an INI file like yours does. it keeps giving me a fatal error when i start up the game

[@fromdarkhell7039]

Try installing: aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x86.exe and aka.ms/vs/16/release/vc_redist.x64.exe If that doesn't fix it, DM me on Discord (or Twitter): FromDarkHell#8008 / FromDarkHell

[@dancahill113]

@@fromdarkhell7039 thank you so much! I was trying to get my friend the loader and he had this problem and your solution worked. Thanks for looking at ur comments

[@sixstringrevolver6742]

I didn't get the tray icon when I launched BL3; but I just ran B3HM from the download files, then right-clicked the B3HM icon and opened the WebUI from there. Hope that helps anyone with the same issue. I have the game on Epic, so that might be why.

[@gamemasterjames5786]

it's been a while... but thanks

[@mypetmoose2079]

@@gamemasterjames5786 same here lol this just saved me

[@Silver9813]

Dunno if anyone will answer but whenever i open up the plugin loader it just opens up my notepad

[@realchiknuggets]

Weird, mine stopped working. It crashes my game as soon as the map tries to load. I tried reinstalling everything, validating files, restarting computer, no luck. I tried downloading and installing VCRedist and restarting my computer, but I don't know where I'm supposed to download the files. (I tried Binaries, Win64, Plugins, etc.) Oh also, some time ago Apoc told me it's better to use local paths instead of github links if you have the space on your PC. His exact choice of words was "Why introduce network calls which might fail?"

[@wesleystrauss6944]

Hellz yes! I haven't modded a game since Fallout 2 (yea that old) in the friggin 90's. Borderlands is awesome and I just heard about this new Borderlands 3 Unofficial Community Patch, by shadowevil. Now that you showed me (an idiot from the past) the links and the programs to do it, I am gonna mod the crap outta BL3. Thanks for showing an old dog new tricks!

[@donaldwoody7910]

Okay but where you get that desktop background?

[@peachy7776]

thank you, my god the text instructioins didnt say anything about putting the loader into the plugins folder was really confused

[@recksroller2220]

My virus detection keeps preventing me from downloading the Hotfix Merger. I've tried disabling my security check, but nothing works.

[@Trenezzo]

Its not showing me the hotfix at the bottom left…idk why did exactly how you said and its saying like on yours in the hotfix mergers starting proxyserver

[@anti-anti139]

I've been having a "WebSocket disconnected!" problem, any idea on how i could fix that?

[@ansems3309]

Are you using Brave as a browser? If yes, deactivate the brave shield

[@mark1817]

make sure you've started the game

[@ratdelaez]

@@ansems3309 brother, 3 years later you have saved me, thank you!

[@Syphael]

When I click "Open WebUI" It does nothing. What is going on? I have the plugins in the plugins folder and it's still not working. I have the redist. files and it still isn't working.

[@ansems3309]

Hey there, thanks for the tutorial. Does this also works in the Directors Cut version of the game? I did everything as you told but there are no changes happening in the game. Yes, I also loaded back to the splash screen and the log on the webpage also looked fine (Thinks like that it found the BL3.exe and injected the dll into it and so on). But on the top of my Webpage it says in red "WebSocket disconnected! Be patient until you see text in the logs." And I do not know which logs it is referring to or where I should wait. In BL2 you also had to wait in the main menu for a bit until executing the mods so maybe it works similar, but again, I do not know where I am supposed to wait. Thank you for your help!

[@jacpas2012]

i am 2 years too late, if you use brave try disabling the shield and it should connect

[@ItzTermx]

Plugin loader isn't working for some reason, any ideas how to fix it?

[@matthewrichard3330]

I'm having issues getting this to work, I keep getting this in my Manager "Launching server (version: 1.01) with parameters: exitOnGameClose: false verbose: false replaceHotfixes: false HotfixURLS: [] Port: 999" Can anyone give me any advice?

[@Meanbeamer]

I need help their is no icon popping up after I open bl3

[@wesker919]

Worked perfectly! Thanks.

[@multirampage1]

Is there a mod that enables revenge of the cartels? I couldn't find one that enabled the event itself.

[@Kronenckerhere]

Incredible work! Thank you!

[@merrikshirk8310]

hey, did you get the weapon randomizer to work? i cant get it to work D;

[@Kronenckerhere]

@@merrikshirk8310 There are many randomizer. I haven't tried them tho. If you're having issues join shadowevil discord. They're very nice people that usually reply to people's questions/problems

[@merrikshirk8310]

@@Kronenckerhere I did and got ignored lol

[@Kronenckerhere]

@@merrikshirk8310 I'm sorry for that. I've usually seen them reply when someone has a question. maybe being more detailed with the problem could help ?

[@merrikshirk8310]

@@Kronenckerhere Maybe, I will try tomorrow thanks :D

[@frojutsu]

@fromdarkhell , seems a lot of folks are running into the same issue: The pluginLoader file is coming up as "configuration settings" instead of an "initiation file" or ".INT" Is there an easy fix?

[@Sjohof99]

Did all the steps, still dont have the hotfixes window in the title screen

[@Sjohof99]

edit: it works even if i cant see that window

[@c0dycode]

Yeah, they changed the api endpoint for the "news". I just pushed version 1.02 of B3HM which fixes that, plus you can "send yourself items" again. :)

[@jyrlan2596]

I dont have an option to scroll through the "news" section to see my hotfixes

[@u1849ka]

I can't access the Add Local Path button because the Log window appears to be in the way. Is this a resolution issue, on my end? I've tried it with both Firefox and Edge, so far. .............. Scrolling out with Ctrl and Mousewheel resolved the issue. W007, got it working!

[@anglewyrm3849]

Thanks bunches man; that took me from not knowing how to use mods in Borderlands 3 to using mods in Borderlands 3 -- perfect.

[@SergioPerez-ii8ox]

after doing everything you said in the video, im not getting the icon in my task bar (Epic version)

[@jamiemoseley8571]

Same here, did you find a fix?

[@SergioPerez-ii8ox]

@@jamiemoseley8571 nope, still no mods:(

[@peanutdan1338]

same problem with the steam version

[@EbonyDragonFire]

Can confirm this is still working in 2022 👍 Thanks!

[@unknowngamer932]

did you just copy paste the link in bl3 merger? and in game do you need to press any key for 3rd person option? cant make it work, I have epicgames borderland 3

[@isthiswill]

👍🏾👍🏾 Thanks to you both for your work! I'm guessing that using Replace will suffice for those playing offline?

[@fromdarkhell7039]

Right now, these can only be used when Online because the game still needs to request the hotfixes from gearbox, sorry!

[@isthiswill]

Good to know. Makes sense they would have it so it only searches for hotfixes when steam is in online mode. Wonder if there are any safe Steam app mods? 🤔 Nah, doubtful such a thing would exist.

[@realchiknuggets]

@@isthiswill 8 months later, did you find anything for that?

[@braden740]

Do you have to keep the hotfix merger open while playing? Thanks alot for the great simple and easy tutorial!

[@tristen9736]

If you mean the web ui, no. The web ui is only used to add a file to be merged. The merger itself will run in the background and has to stay on.

[@Deusaga]

So it's not working for me. When I load the game first and click open webui, the webui does not register that the game is loaded. It is stuck on 'waiting for borderlands3.exe'. So mods don't install. However if I load the webui before booting up the game, for some reason Epic thinks that the webui is the game itself, and says the game is running, When it is not. If I try open the game via BL3 shortcut, the game does not open at all, then I try a second time, Epic then appears with an error 'Game is already running'. Has anyone has this issue and overcome it? Help please my dudes.

[@adampanchyshyn4596]

Does this also work for tiny Tina’s wonderlands?

[@980username]

I may be doing it wrong but the receive items tab does nothing for me, i get nothing at all.

[@Bdubs-ns7nn]

I cant seem to get it to open the webui

[@Jay4Nines]

thank you so much! i tried to play in 3rd person for so long

[@worldofsleepers7674]

Very helpful thanks bro

[@Doyledeth]

It keeps saying on the merger that the, "websocket is disconnected" and it never fixes.

[@alexarmstrong9915]

After installing all of this im getting infinite "Signin in", Am i doing something wrong?

[@RendMaim]

my plugins folder has nothing in it tho except a blank config settings document

[@datguy250]

B3HM I cannot download because of a virus detected. How do I get around this?

[@c0dycode]

Should be fixed now. I've submitted the file(s) to Microsoft and they removed the detection.

[@l.4165]

@@c0dycode can confirm it works now. I had a problem with windows security before.

[@kapprison8624]

Really wish there was a tutorial on how to set this up in the steamdeck

[@UnknwnPinkstar]

Same here, I'm not sure how to get to the hot fix merger

[@collindegriselles2274]

whenever i try any mod on BLCM and add it to hotfix it keeps saying "Invalid direct url to github!" did i do somthing wrong in the files?

[@hawk4138]

the web ui page wont work for me. Ive tried two different ways and it still says "WebSocket disconnected! Be patient until you see text in the logs." at the top.

[@povotaknight2063]

not NEARLY as bad as dealing with new vegas, very helpful!

[@KevinFromHPCustomerSupport]

What's wrong with New Vegas? Different games, different engines, different modding tools

[@luisrios1989]

Can you do all this offline? Or must you always be online?

[@teodorkiritsov2677]

Can you use this to enable hotfixes while you are offline?

[@Hiruzen33]

Hi! I've followed all the steps to the letter but when I open the webui I get this "WebSocket disconnected! Be patient until you see text in the logs." And the logs below never load up. I copied the files in the Steamapps>common>Borderlands 3>Oak Game>Binaries>Win 64 and I have already installed the vc redist. What could I have done wrong?

[@notreallynate6814]

up

[@notreallynate6814]

same for me in firefox but works fine in chrome

[@moonlightking7503]

i did exactly de video but my game doesn´t open, ideas ?

[@GlitterTrain]

You're amazing man thank you so much!!!

[@Million_Lights]

You dont actually need the B3HM.EXE in the Plugins folder, do you? According to the plugin loader you only need to copy the DLL file into the PLUGINS folder. I didnt extract the exe at all and it works just fine

[@fromdarkhell7039]

Nope, you don't. The exe is just an alternate way to launch the hotfix merger (difference being you need to launch the exe with the game unlike the DLL)

[@Million_Lights]

@@fromdarkhell7039 ok. just making sure because in the video you copy both files into PLUGINS.

[@Rookmai]

Thank you, Randomizer here I come!

[@Salamender-mf8ci]

So for some reason the tutorial worked until I got to the manager tab in my browser. It won't add my mods and for some reason the prompt "WebSocket disconnected! Be patient until you see text in the logs." is at the top of my screen. I've had it on in the the background with the game open for some time now and it still won't add my mods. Does it have to do with my browser or did I just do something wrong?

[@ichita38]

First of all thank you so much for the video and all the hard work you & your team have put into this. You guys are really the best. I just wanted to ask you where can we find the serial codes to receive items as you show at 5:32 please ? Thank's again and have a wonderful new year :)

[@mark1817]

there's a weapon code speadsheet underneath the input box

[@ashleysabino5004]

I'm trying to follow your directions but when i download the hotfix merger the folder opens but it keeps closing out before I can move over the files. What do I do?

[@lightaspected]

modded hotyfixes section just says 0/0 and no mods work. followed every step of this vid.

[@NQuenault]

Normal that all weapons and gear are now white quality even if i owned them before ?

[@oscarchavez8527]

Awesome video man. THanks so much. I was absolutely loathing the new world drop nerf, but thanks to you and GitHUb, found a fix to that issue right away. Now, if there was a mod that told Marcus to shut. the. fuck. up. every time I am scrolling through my characters.....

[@师王-c4k]

Which mod can cancel the restriction of Zane's Commitment？

[@lekiro5814]

Do you have to keep the browser open for the mods to work?

[@reallindskov]

Im having trouple where i cant shot while i run, whenever i try to i just stand still even though i continue holding down W, I also cant hold the shot botten, i have to button mash to shot

[@liamblackman7215]

WebSocket disconnected! Be patient until you see text in the logs. This is the message I get when trying to use this, nothing is appearing in the log and I can't add anything. I've used this already but its not working? I reinstalled it all so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong?

[@hominside9012]

I'm stuck on installing the plugin loader. I have the Vc Redist but it wont convert over to ini. What am I doing wrong?

[@brandonstaley9885]

how do i get to where you copy the link? everytime i click on mod it just downloads to my pc

[@fromdarkhell7039]

Right Click -> Copy Link You can also just download it and do "Add Local Path"

[@humanreal255]

@@fromdarkhell7039 the button to put the link is covered up by the clear log button

[@fromdarkhell7039]

@@humanreal255 zoom out it's a known issue for the moment

[@humanreal255]

@@fromdarkhell7039 also how do installs enemy randomizer

[@soon2014]

Do I hear budgies in the background?

[@businessdude1412]

My hotfixes suddenly stopped working, how can I fix this?

[@mount_vkid123]

thanks for the guide, bro !

[@robsonsalvario]

Friend. Do you know any specific mod to pick up items that fall to the ground automatically? Thanks.

[@MoreCurlsMoreGurls]

Hey there! :) Will it be possible to add a mod that stacks several anoints or red text effects on one gun/item? Love your work!! ❤️

[@brandonstaley9885]

you can use the save editor that came out awhile back for that

[@heathersexton1967]

im getting like 1 million eridium per drop. I am pretty sure I didn't download a mod related to that. Is there a way to check what may be causing this?

[@jakubolszewski8079]

I have a problem with receiving weapons, becasue no matter what character im using the level of weapon I get is 60, can I repair it somehow?

[@piowtrpolo]

I was able to get everything to work and play with a friend online, but we can't play with the weapon randomizer since the file is to large for raw view. It instead downloads the file and had to load it by local path, but that doesn't work for playing with others. Anyone have a way to still use the mod with friends?

[@fromdarkhell7039]

Weapon randomizer doesn't work with coop (presumably) because the game literally can't store the information about the gun in order to tell your friend about it

[@ZedOptimisation]

Does B3HM work with Wonderlands?

[@Bflattened]

Hiya! Everything I have tried so far works for me with the exception of "Runtime Randomizer" to make all weapon parts/prefixes swappable at random. Instead of a text file loading up to put into the webUI, it forces a download which cant be opened. Is there a way to solve this?

[@SKe711]

having the same problem. commenting for when someone responds to this haha

[@fromdarkhell7039]

You can either: "Right Click -> Copy Link" on the `Download From Github` button and use that. Instead of doing that you can also download it and then do "Add Local Path" and select the downloaded version!

[@Bflattened]

@@fromdarkhell7039 The first method worked for me after testing! Thanks!

[@hdlpghgtvytpvpxdmcfna992]

Receive items are only lvl 60 - any way of changeing that?

[@Plooshy]

I used to be able to use this with no issues, but for the past 3 months + now anytime I try to boot the game while this hotfix merger is active, the game will force me to play offline. This also makes it so that I can't play with any of the hotfixes on either. So the only fix for me is to just not have this at all, as deleting all of the files out of my folder allows me to play online again + download the Gearbox hotfixes. I don't reckon there's going to be a fix for this anytime soon, as I've already looked all around for answers and no luck. If anyone else decides to download this, due keep in mind that there's a big chance that this hotfix merger will restrict you into offline play only + unable to download any hotfixes.

[@scarnovak5298]

Is it possible to play with friends with these ? They keep crashing when someone picks up a randomized weapon

[@Swiffer9]

The WebUI doesnt even open for me x.x |Error while changing page permission: The parameter is incorrect.

[@lotusavalentine9566]

Websocket refuses to connect.. I followed the video exactly as shown...

[@mylatahiri2572]

Great tutorial, thank you

[@kruppstahl9562]

works on my intel system but not my AMD. Any thoughts?