How do I gain access to the hidden weapons vendor in New Haven?
I believe it is entirely random. I play Borderlands far too much, and I've never found any pattern to it. It's definitely worth it to check whenever you're in New Haven, as the hidden vendor has a higher than normal chance of having high quality weapons. I tend to find a lot of oranges in it.
You must have completed "Hair of the Dog" from Earl. After that it should be open all the time, the fact that it isn't appears to be a bug.
I found that when playing a multiplayer game the door was always open. In single player, teleporting to New Haven from Middle of Nowhere seemed to almost always open the door.
If you don't mind a bit of tweaking, you can access the shop through the wall even if its closed as long as you've enabled the vendor by visiting the "Middle of Nowhere" waypoint.
c/p from the video comments:
to enable 3rd person view in Borderlands here's what You have to do:
- Go to: C:\Documents and Settings\Username\documents\My Games\Borderlands\WillowGame\Config
- Open: WillowInput.ini
- Search for [WillowGame.WillowPlayerInput]
- Add the following below other binds: Bindings=(Name="F3",Command="Camera ThirdPerson",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False) Bindings=(Name="F4",Command="Camera FirstPerson",Control=False,Shift=False,Alt=False)
- Now If You press F3 You will go to third person view, F4 brings back first person view, You can change the keys to others I simply prefer using this,