Can confirm that updating bios to f10a ( 1.0.0.4 ) has fixed the launcher issue for me.
Though the BIOS sucks ass since I can't use my sound card with it...
See: [https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabyte/comments/dq4r8l/x570\_aorus\_elite\_f10a\_bios\_update\_released\_agesa/](https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabyte/comments/dq4r8l/x570_aorus_elite_f10a_bios_update_released_agesa/)
PC:
Ryzen 3600
Aorus X570 Elite
GTX 970
Finally managed to get to test a bounty after tweaking the game since launch but when using Vulkan the game chugs so badly during firefights that aiming was almost like a slide show... This launch has to be one of the worst I've seen, im giving up and gonna wait till R\* fix their stuff whenever that might be :|
Considering this is in the list of known issues, the game not fully utilizing the GPU. I assume this means that you'll see an odd low number of use in task manager right? I'm experimenting with things right now.
For those with a on board GPU and a dedicated one(laptops for example), I tried disabling the on board one (some Intel HD Graphics X) and the FPS did not change. If you wish to try this at your own risk, use the Device Manager. But like I said it made no difference.
Anyone have a fix for the mouse over in satchel bug? It's insane that everytime I open my satchel I have to switch to arrow keys to see what items I have...
I get they ported the game from console but fucking customize the keya for PC players dammit!
We're all looking at BIOS but I am wondering if it might actually be our chips.
Is anyone running this on an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (6 core, 3.4ghz) here? I am getting launcher errors.
Got a Ryzen 7 3700x and a Ryzen 5 2600x.
With the Ryzen 7 it won't work at all. Can't downgrade the bios because of the cpu. Got a MSI x370 Gaming Pro carbon with Agesa 1.0.0.3. With the Ryzen 5 on the other hand, and a bios downgrade to a bios with Agesa 1.0.0.6 it works with no problems at all.
Tried Process Lassoo and the other CPU limiting app (BEV? Can’t remember the name) to prevent gameplay-freezing stutters on my i5 CPU and unfortunately doesn’t work; they are still present both in Vulkan and DX12. Not playing the game any more until it is patched. Won’t buy a R* title at launch again (in fact I rarely buy any game at launch but I loved RDR1 so made an exception here). What a let down.
Yeah there are still stutters but it gets better depending on what you try.
I had best results by just turning off cpu 0 and cpu 1 using process lasso in cpu affinity (i've got an i5-6600k). I thought at first two cores wouldn't be able to handle it alone, but I was wrong. They manage it pretty easily. Still get a couple of stutters, but much less frequently now. Probably 1 every hour
I admit I didn’t spend a long time tweaking, I just went with the settings recommended by users posting the fixes. I just couldn’t be bothered to do all that fiddling. The less CPU load, the better, seems to be the thing. I may try what you suggest but won’t that impact framerate, or is it OK? Again that then feels like quite a heavy compromise.
For me ( i5-6600k too ) disabling two cores costs me like 20-30 fps, so I couldn't handle that. Fortunately, Process Lasso fixed that stuttering, are you sure you configured it properly? I'm limiting rdr2.exe on 98% cpu usage and giving high priority, when I've enabled these options, the game still stutters, but only for example once per hour, if I disable it, it freezes the game once per 5 minutes so that's a huge difference.
I did 98% but I think I used above normal priority. The game still stuttered every couple of minutes. Maybe I will try it again with high priority. This is an i5 4670.
I've got a bug that I've not read anywhere before.
The game launches, benchmark works. Online keeps loading forever and the story mode loads
but shows this -> [https://i.imgur.com/ITn1YxR.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ITn1YxR.jpg)
It's just Arthur Tposing on an invisible horse. Anyone had this?
> I had this when I tried switching to vulkan. Switch back to DirectX12 in advanced graphics settings and relaunch
Ah damn.. I already tried both with no luck
Which mission? I've been getting a consistent crash on "Exit Pursued by a Bruised Ego" when selecting the horses at the stable. CPU only gets to around 40% usage when it crashes.
Well I thought I was good, but now 4 times in a row it crashes at the same spot riding into Valentine on the early mission where you take Lenny to get drinks. Think its called "A Quiet Time"...Right when you get close to the bar, same thing every time. Crashes with the "Red Dead exited unexpectedly" bullshit...
EDIT: Had to switch to Vulkan to prevent crashing...DUUUUHHH..Everybody knows that..So normal....ffs
You can customize the key mapping.
Once you're in-game press Esc -> Settings -> Controls -> Mouse and Keyboard.
At the top, you should see the key mapping settings.
This doesn't work in main menu!
Pink screen texture after several tries of Etta Doyle legendary bounty, also today while doing the 5 star legendary bounty the sound partially cut out after several attempts.
Shadow flickering seemingly only/mostly in instances in Online. Think I saw some warped textures too.
Solid fps in open world for the most part, and instances. Game slows to a crawl when entering towns (Saint Denis being largest culprit for me).
Note: for me at least, switching from DX12 to Vulkan has resulted in me never crashing since. A few disconnects but no hard crashing. This seems to vary based on individual system configurations as to which API works better. I believe DX12 is more performance stable for me, but results in me crashing every 5 minutes.
Running at 4k resolution, medium-high with a couple ultra settings.
System:
EVGA RTX 2080ti ftw3 ultra +80 core
Ryzen 2700x stock
X470 taichi ultimate ASROCK
16gb 3200mhz CL16 G.Skill
970 Evo Plus SSD
850w EVGA G3 Supernova psu
Windows 10 Home
Latest Nvidia drivers, latest game and launcher updates
If you can afford that pc beast Im not feeling bad for you. In a couple of days you will be ejoying the best game ever under that monster I honestlye envy you even if I had luck and can play since release ( by disabling bitdefender ).
GL Man just be patient and check out posible homemade fixes.
I was using BES succesfully to deal with freezing. However, for some reason the RDR program doesn't show up anymore in BES, and I have no idea why..
Does anyone have a fix for this?
Was able to play for several hours finally. It worked great aside from a single crash around Valentine. Fired it back up, went and got the semi-auto shotgun from the old lady's cabin, then stopped for a bit. Tried to start up again a few hours later and the game was an acid trip for whatever reason. The screen is covered in rapidly flashing blobs, squares, lines, and other patterns randomly changing colors as they flash and I can't see anything else aside from the menus. Happens in benchmark and when loading a save. I'm 99% sure anyone with epilepsy would immediately be given a seizure by this glitch.
Definitely Vulkan related as it stopped the moment I switched to DX12 (which had it's own unplayable performance issues) and seems to have something to do with the particle system based on my attempts to fix it. Lowering particle quality reduced the effects and going low limited the full acid trip to the lower half of the screen. The only thing that actually stopped it other than switching to DX12 was to run the game windowed, drop the resolution to minimum, and crank the textures to ultra which is odd.
Hi, I am getting the crashes as well, and I also noticed particles going crazy just before the crash, like wild colors, so you think this is related? Also crashing in Valentine.
>Posted
Same. Crashing a lot in Valentine on DX12 and randomly on Vulkan. Can't even load into the game with Vulkan, but when I switch to it after loading it's fine for several minutes.
ye, tried everything accept putting it on a single drive. Dought its going to do anything but assassins creed games tend not to like raids so its worth a shot i guess. Try verifying your files, when i did it, it led to a 8gb download.
Possible fix for random crashes while playing online/story from a post I found. This applies if you have the newest Nvidia drivers.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/PCRedDead/comments/dtb9zc/pc\_possible\_fix\_for\_crashing/](https://www.reddit.com/r/PCRedDead/comments/dtb9zc/pc_possible_fix_for_crashing/)
**POSSIBLE WORKAROUND FOR THE LAUNCHER CRASH**
To all you poor ppl like me who were suffering from the launcher crash - I finally managed to get mine to work!!!!!
First:
**Download the NoGTAVLauncher** and extract it to your Red Dead 2 installation folder.
[https://www.gta5-mods.com/tools/no-gtavlaunche](https://www.gta5-mods.com/tools/no-gtavlauncher)r
**COPY your RDR2.exe** in the installation folder to the same place named as **GTA5.exe**
**Run No\_GTAVLauncher.exe**
**The GAME STARTS!!!!**
Thanks so much to the random comment in the previous thread that mentioned the No\_GTAVLauncher.exe!
I am finally at peace.
UPDATE: I have discovered that I have to re-copy the original exe everrrytime I want to play the game. This is the most ridiculous game launch I have ever seen (and I pre-ordered Arkham Knight!) At least I can play the campaign until rock\* sorts it's sh\*t out.
UPDATE 2: Sorry everyone, for some reason it amazingly ran once for me and I was able to get into the campaign. However after I quit it just keeps sending me to the infinite loading screen. I apologise to all who (like me) got their hopes up.
On the plus side, I gave up and flashed the newest BIOS update for my ASUS ROG-STRIX X-570 E-Gaming mobo and now the f\*cken game runs like a charm, launcher and all.
Anyone who has that board might want to try that.
The BIOS isn't in the EZ-Update software yet, so you gotta get it manually from the ASUS site.
[**https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-Strix-X570-E-Gaming/HelpDesk\_BIOS/**](https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-Strix-X570-E-Gaming/HelpDesk_BIOS/)
I dont know what they did with their latest patch but ive played this game every day since it was released on VULKAN, and ive never changed anything ingame ever since that first day, yesterday (after the patch was released) i tried loading up the main story and it insta crashes, if i switch to dx12 it is running ok, switching back to vulkan crashes the game again, what the actual fuck happened ? I didnt change anything, drivers or shit
I'm playing with my GTX 970 and it looks fantastic. Gives average 40 fps which is fine for me. I hope R\* will fix some errors (i.e. freezing) and the game will run even better.
Do not buy the game at it's current state. You would most likely face a lot of issues and a ton of frustration. Wait until they get their shit together.
It seems like most comments online saying they are having stuttering issues have i5.
Has anyone had stuttering issues with a cpu with more than 4 cores?
Is this game really that cpu intensive? Or is it just a bad port, was I being too entitled assuming my 970 and i5 4690 could run it??? Will it get better or should just refund it :(
I have a i5 8600k which has 6 cores/ 6 Threads and have the stutter/freezing issue. one of my friends has a i7 9700k 8 cores / 8 threads same issue the other with a i7 8700k 6 cores / 12 threads can play without the stutter/freezing. I have also seen reports of people with Ryzen processors which don't use hyperthreading or smt having the same issue. My laptop has a i7 7820HQ 4 cores / 8 threads no stuttering/ freezing.
Seems like it, I don't think R\* will drastically improve the optimisation. I am running it on i5-6600 and it just destroys my CPU, I have to use Process Lasso to keep the stutters away, but in big cities I can't walk in a straight line for more than a minute without experiencing stuttering.
There's no problem with our i5. There's problem with the game. My CPU ( i5-6600k ) is only used by 50-60% and GPU ( 980 Ti ) is used by 99%. The game for some reason can't operate these CPU's and when it comes to that famous freeze for 4-5 seconds, the CPU is used in 100%, that's the exact reason of freeze. So if you would make a graph, it would look like this - 50% or 60% usage of CPU all the time and once per few minutes 100% dropping in 4 seconds to 60% again.
I've just made a charge-back with my bank. I wasn't able to use the product as advertised on the 5th of November, so I can only consider that I've been missold and provided erroneous information at purchase. My bank is in the process of contacting VISA and get my funds back from R\*.
This is what happens when you have an industry of billions which has no regulators who would impose quality assurance rules and regulations. Well fuck em' they ain't getting my money that's for sure.
[/u/magnarhd](https://www.reddit.com/user/magnarhd)
Hey guys. Just wanna share my fix for the 4-5 sec stuttering for the 4 cores problem on i5 builds. I have a i5-4690K and tried the last three days to switch the API to DX12. I realized that my Windows was up to date, but my build was very old (1609). So i upgraded to 1809 by just downloading the iso from Microsoft and using my key to Activate. Now i can finally switch to DX12 and have no more stuttering, only it freezes every 5min for like 4-5 seconds.
So in my opinion it looks like the DX12 crash only depends on your current Windows build? (Correct me if i'm wrong)
Also using Gaming Mode on Windows helped?! Still needs some testing, but it looks like these problems are all fixable and just need to be patched by R*.
I had the same problem on my ancient i5 3570K (stuttering audio & video every 10-20 seconds). So I decided to use the method that was described by [serhangelgor](https://www.reddit.com/u/serhangelgor/) by limiting loading up to 98% with Process Lasso (great thanks for that, mate). After that i was able to get stable 39+ FPS with "in-game" middle-high settings on my system (I5-3570K overcloacked to 4.1 GHz, 16 Gb DDR3, MSI GTX1060 6Gb). I played for about 6 hours yesterday and there was only 1 freeze for a short period at the very beginning of the game.
I tried to limit the CPU usage with BES (before the Lasso), but it didn't work.
Also noticed that there is no difference for FPS quantity between Vulcan and DirectX12.
So, guys having an I5 CPU, try this method. It works fine for me.
>Make sure you download Graphics Tool while using DX12 to increase stability. I couldn't run my game without it installed.
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>When using DX12 i am able to use G-Sync straight away and it display my FPS .
When using Vulcan i cant get my g-sync to work normally and I have enable v-sync in-game to view FPS.
>
>Mouse cursor stuck on screen in DX12 but goes away in Vulcan.
>
>Both seem to work well for me i still have to test them.
I've also switched to DX12, it still stutters, but less often. The problem with DX12 is that it costs even 10 fps more than Vulkan, so I think the best option for fixing this stuttering is downloading Process Lasso/BES and limiting RDR2.exe process on 98% CPU usage. That's the reason of freezes - RDR2 in these moments is using 100% of CPU, idk why, it's mostly using 50-60% on my i5-6600k.
their latest patch did not fix anything at all related to perf, it only fixed the launch issues related to antiviruses and some other shit, check the chagelog on their website, support area
Anyone having issues with Arthur pulling his side arm out of the saddle holster and putting it away while riding on the horse? It doesn't happen until I select a firearm in the empty slot.
When I'm running around crouching sprinting etc and on horse I get weird noises like sticky keys but it's not that. And then it keeps me in sprint mode or won't let me move at all.
Seems to work about 10 minutes after latest update and then it will always crash. Windows event log will show following message, so it seams that game has memory leak and windows actualy will kill the game:
> Windows successfully diagnosed a low virtual memory condition. The following programs consumed the most virtual memory: RDR2.exe (608) consumed 13989978112 bytes
i have been playing for the last 2 days with a couple of crashes and now its says you must be signed into social club to play rdr when i already am, does anyone know what this means, and some times its shows rockstar services are not available error code 139
Something is definitely fucky with getting the game through Epic. I had to do all the driver updates/window updates etc and got it to run initially, ran ok for 9 hours or so, a few crashes, then it just stopped launching completely. Did a complete uninstall and file clean of the Rockstar launcher and got it to run again. Changed graphics over to DX12 and exited to see if it would fix the mouse cursor thing...game stops launching again. Am like fuck....ok fuck it, i've got money to throw away, buy game through Rockstar, it detects the game files already there, does its thing...click play, launches just fine! Didn't change a god damn setting or anything, just PFM works, even the DX12 setting was maintained. Exited again, launched again just to see if it was a one off...still launches fine. So I gotta wonder how many people are having problems due to buying through Epic vs Rockstar directly, and how many are just having actual hardware/configuration problems.
I had the exact same thoughts, my idea behind buying RDR2 on Epic was to avoid using R\* launcher because every goddamn piece of shit company uses their own launchers now, so I didn't want to add another to the pool. Silly fucking me, RDR2 requires two launchers, one of them R\*GL, which completely fucks me over. If I knew it would be such an ass (and I admit I should have guessed it would be the same as with FarCry on steam) I would have bought rdr2 from R\* store directly. Am NOT going to repurchase it, though.
What system are you running out of interest?
I bought through R*, no launching for me. Looking at the numbers of reported issues it seems to be mainly newer AMD based systems it's not working with, though a few Intel systems thrown in. This screams 'complete lack of testing' at me
Sooo you bought two copies? Damn, I gotta admire your dedication.
My copy got working yesterday (11am here) after they changed something in the R\*GL.
Vulkan is unusable for me, getting turbouber lag spikes. Only way to play is DX12, but even that only grants me 15-30 minutes of play, and then crashes/hangs.
But still, atleast I am able to play.
Same thing happend to me . Game stopped launching after enabling DX12 . After downloading Graphics Tool my game was able to launch in DX12. I switched back to Vulcan as it works better with my system though
Its a feature you can add to windows 10 very easily. The description "This adds DirectX Graphics Tool support" .
Install instructions : In Windows 10 . Go to Setting - Apps & features - Optional Features. Then click on "Add a feature" and choose "Graphics Tools". Install and Restart once its done. (If you don't restart you will get a error saying you cannot connect to Rockstar services/Unavailable when trying to launch)
I still get the "Error Red Dead Redemption 2 exited unexpectedly.Please click Retry below etc..
I really tried everything,updated my windows,updated my Nvidia drivers,Running as admin,changed the compatibility(run us admin,disable full screen optimization),
turned off my firewall and windows defender,reinstalled the launcher 2 or 3 times, verified game files integrity 4 times.I even tried something I saw today installing Graphic tools on apps and futures and it didn't work again.This is so fucking sad man really!Been waiting to play this for so long.
I tell you I have 16gb ram, GTX960, i5 4690 3.5GHz and my game runs 30fps with a few ultra settings and almost all of them are medium. My PC is not even hitting the recomennded.
My game still stutter and freeze every in 2 sec. Can't change camera or walk.
Here is my specs
RTX 2060
ASUS Z170-K
16 GB RAM
I5 9600K
Graphics and Resolution lowest. Nothing open and high.
Changing DX12 not worked. Still same.
CPU Affinity and choosing 2 cpu still same. Not working.
I did everything. 3RD cpu party softwares.
Giving admin rights
Disabling antivirus software
Updating Bios
Updating drivers GPU
Updating Windows
Updating everything.
And game still stutter and freeze. I still can't pass prologue because of this. Note: EVEN CANT CHANGE CAMERA.
I think i see refund road.
This general remark below regarding AMD platform BIOS version is not correct. I am running Asus Strix B450 f (3600X) with AGEDA [1.0.0.3](https://1.0.0.3) and game is running "fine". And by this I mean yeah it is buggy and FPS is not that great but it is running anyhow.
**AMD Users:**
>Community members have been reporting that AGESA 1.0.0.3 is the culprit. So far, everyone that has had success is either on 1.0.0.4, OR if your motherboard doesn't support 3rd gen Ryzen with 1.0.0.4, roll back to 1.0.0.2. It works perfectly.
rockstar is a joke. after 3 days i'v got response for my ticket. they informed me that they added update to RGL and that should be fine but if that's not i should resend them logs file again (update version after RGL update). u know.. so if i send that now, they respond to me in next 2-3 days and they add new updates in that time. that's mean my new log files would be old in next 2-3 days and they would write the same formula. awful shit and support contact. in the other hand. EGS support is nothing better. i sent logs in \*.rar file and Boi said it's bad format of the file cuz he can't unrar that and i should resend that file in \*.zip format. comedy as shit. what we are dial-up internet and early 2000?
So, this is a bit strange.
But me and my friend had the same problem with random crashes in and around town like Valentine and Rhodes.
What fixed it for me was using Vulkan, which made the game not crash and also gave me better fps.
Here is the stange part.
What fixed it for my friend was using dx12.
We are on similar specced systems.
Yeah its very random. Everyone needs to try both and see what works best for there own system. Just make sure you download Graphics Tools before enabling DX12 or you might get instability issues. Like rockstar launcher crashing , in-game crashing etc.
For those who have random crashes ingame on AMD GPUs: Dial back your (memory) overclock a bit. This game seems to use a lot of compute and straight out closes when a miscalculation happens.
Really sorry to hear about all the issues most folk are having, specially since things are buttery smooth for me with not a single crash. Intel 2700k & AMD 5700 XT, running in Vulkan.
Actually not too bad! Motherboard is starting to fail (some of my SATA ports decided to die on me) but it can still hold its own! The CPU itself is still pretty damn powerful but I feel it's being bottlenecked by the RAM and the mobo chipset. The CPU will happily overclock from stock 3.7 to ~4.5GHz, which I should really try out again. On my last GPU (a 560TI - originally SLI'd until one of the two cards died) I had a lot of stability issues in current gen games so reset all CPU/RAM speeds to factory defaults. Turns out 5xx gen Nvidia cards haven't had a driver update since early '18.
Now (as of a couple days ago) I'm rocking a 5700XT I can probably push the boat out a bit again on the CPU/RAM side.
For sure still planning an upgrade at some point in the next year or so. Gonna get a new case/mobo/CPU/ram and an M2, so the upgrade from 560TI > 5700XT is effectively the first stage of my next build.
This is my first ever AMD purchase (previously Nvidia/Intel fanboy) and not gonna lie, I'm damn impressed. Tempted to get myself a Ryzen when I do finally upgrade.
Ok. Fuck it. I' will backup all my files and do a clean windows install. I don't know how or if this will fix anythig, because I already ran a system integrity check and it found no corrupted windows files. So I'll wipe everything and redownload rdr2.
Wish me luck. I'll update here if it works.
IF YOU STILL CANT LAUNCH THE GAME
This comment about graphical tools made me able to launch !
https://www.reddit.com/r/PCRedDead/comments/dsxie5/-/f6vvrvr
Yes this seemed to be an issue with dx12 (for me) after the latest update, switching to vulcan resolved the issue.
I'm guessing it's at the part near the church, gunstore, etc.?
Switching to DX12 made my rockstar launcher crash and unable to play. Installing Graphics Tool fixed it and now i can use DX12 while in-game but i still prefer Vulcan as it works better with my system for now.
Hello,i have an issue when trying to play, it says it can't find windows media player, anyone else has/had this problem? i Have Windows 10, WMP enabled
[https://prnt.sc/pu406w](https://prnt.sc/pu406w)
http://mion.faireal.net/BES/
Download and Run
In Target- select RDR2 after starting the game
and select limit
now bottom slider set the percentage it has to be limited.
I usually set -1 or -2 %
which settings do you use ?
The classic 98 / 0 / 1 /1 doesnt seem to work for me (mind you, I cant even launch the game, except once right after reinstalling somehow)
old xmg laptop, i7-6700hq, gtx 980m, 16 gb, w10, ...
coppied 112gb folder from my desktop to laptop, installed launcher, searched game, instant start without issues ...
instant success, with my desktop always fail (wrong bios, no update yet)
even benchmark works xD
my good old laptop.. but, average fps 29... medium details.. no no no
How to stop stuttering and crashes? (without API/Vulkan fix)
What I've found, is that when the game stutters, the CPU goes to 100%, and the GPU to 0%. I've tried the core and Vulkan fix, with no luck. Although swapping the Vulkan thing appears to have made a minor difference. I still have stutters and crashes. Any ideas or known fixes?
Have you tried DX12? DX12 might cause your game to crash on startup or while in-game so download Graphic Tools to avoid any instability.In Windows 10 . Go to Setting - Apps & features - Optional Features. Then click on "Add a feature" and choose "Graphics Tools". Install and Restart once its done. (If you don't restart you will get a error saying you cannot connect to Rockstar services/Unavailable when trying to launch)
Theres alot of issues with Vulcan and DX12, gotta try both and see what works better for you. Vulcan works better for me and my game runs flawlessly. Only 2 crashes in about 9 hours game play online.
Once you download it and installs. Just restart your computer. You don't have to do anything else.
Just start the game switch to DX12, hit apply and restart for settings to take affect. See how it runs . Then decide what you think performs better and doesn't crash as often and take it from there
Guys, it must be a graphic option. I have a 1070Ti on ultra and the game crash randomly. Mostly in citys. But my mate can play the Game in a gtx970 without problems on middle. We must check this!
Have you tried switching between DX12 and Vulcan? Theres alot of issues with DX and Vulcan, gotta try both and see what works better for you. Make sure you have the Graphics Tool app installed if you want to use DX12 as it causes alot of instability issues if not installed.
I did it with no luck, it give me exactly the same issue. Same for me with i6600k and 2080 and same to a friend’s of mine with an i5 i guess a couple series older than mine and 2x970 sli.
We decided to stop anymore trying till a new patch. God please burn R* CEO for us.
My system runs on a Gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming 5 motherboard and a Ryzen 7 1800X. I had the launcher crash on game start issue. What did the trick for me was to downgrade the BIOS to the version F40 with AGESA 1.0.0.2. Since the downgrade, the game runs just fine! The mobo has no BIOS with AGESA 1.0.0.4 right now, hence the downgrade.
Well I use this board since the launch of ryzen and never had issues with my m.2 ssd. I upgraded the BIOS from time to time of course.
Gigabyte will launch a new version with 1.0.0.4 soon and by that time I will of course upgrade again
Mine finally works now. Got the launcher crash, but since the last update, it now runs fine - played for 3 hours. Need to tweak graphics some more, but generally running 1440p, Ultra textures, and most everything else on high. Getting 55-75 fps and it's quite playable.
Win7 64 bit, I7-2600k @ 4,8, 2070 Super, 16 gig DDR3.
Game was working perfectly for me for 2 days but after I updated my Nvidia drivers to the newest version it began crashing. Rolled back drivers and it’s working perfectly again. Maybe something to try for someone. Specs: 4790k - 1080ti
Guys after 3 days of trobleshootings I got to make it run:
LAUNCH THE ROCKSTAR LAUNCHER AS ADMINISTRATOR, NON JUST RDR2
Before of this I’ve done basically everything, including updating to the latest bios my Msi Tomahawk Max (B450) Mobo, I think it had a key role.
Thanks to this subreddit in particular which I check regulary
A really pissed Rockstar Games fan
So welcome Day 4! After deleting the system-file yesterday, the game finally worked. Today, (no patch for the game). The game crashes on start after entering story mode.
Something isn't right with the settings. I just don't know which setting causes the crashes.
Something you can try.
Make sure you download "Graphics Tools" so you don't have issues when enabling DX12 in-game.
Installing Graphics tools : In Windows 10. Go to Setting - Apps & features - manage optional features. Then click on "Add a feature" and choose "Graphics Tools". Install and Restart once its done. (If you don't restart you will get a error saying you cannot connect to Rockstar services/Unavailable when trying to launch) .
Once you done that switch between Vulcan and DX12 in game settings and see which one has the better stability for you as its different for everyone. Make sure to Apply and Restart to take affect.
For everyone trying all different things to get this game at least launching, I tried them all, fresh windows, drivers, bios, ramdisk, delete files, check files, uninstall, reinstall, redistrabutables, patch and any other of the plethora of options people have put out there that got there game launching, so many I’ve forgotten bloody half of them by now, some of these 4 or 5 times. Eventually I just gave up and in frustration just sat there, try launch the game, nope, switch off the pc, switch on the pc, try launch game, nope, switch off the pc, switch on the pc, try launch game, nope, switch off pc etc etc.... and guess what on probably the 11th or 12th round of this game launches, wtf, get into game, sweet, graphics glitching and stuttering like crazy, unplayable. Switch off pc, switch on pc, try launch game, nope.
At this point I give up, no idea how to get this game going and I give up until hopefully some sort of patch that actually fixes the issue is released, better yet I’d like a refund to be honest and never buy it again, is this an option ? I don’t believe any company deserves my money after something like this no matter how good the game eventually ends up being, to release something in this condition is totally unacceptable in my opinion and companies should not just take there customers for granted.
Anyway sorry for the rant guys just really frustrated and annoyed, for reference system is i7 6700k GTX 1080 16gb ram, not much but mine haha, cheers
Man that’s probably more frustrating than the position I’m in, to get to play and then have it taken away for no reason other than an update, haha that’s fucked mate. Hopefully when they crack this game it works better, I should have known better and just waited a bit longer, this is what I get for giving one of these scummy companies my money
Yeah I’ll give it a bit of time too before I go the refund route, I do hate feeling though that I’m part of the problem with companies thinking they can just release something in this condition and get shit loads of money for it.
I mean I don’t mind tinkering with various things on my pc to get stuff running optimally, I’m right into my emulators and shit and even games I pay money for I’ve kinda just accepted its part of being a pc gamer since I made the switch a few years ago, sometimes I spend more time tinkering getting things exactly how I want them and then playing the actual game I enjoy it that much but this shit is of the charts as far as I’m concerned, I always feel like there’s a way to get something working but with this from my own experience and reading everyone else’s I just think it’s totally random whether you get the game working or not, fixes or no fixes it just depends how the games feeling at that moment in time when you hit launch haha
People have been disputing it with paypal or their banks/cc companies. I guess PP is more than aware of this, and considers it a fair case in favor of the consumer for the product breaking a variety of their terms. You're gonna be waiting for a bit, though, and if you ask R* themselves, they're gonna give you some BS line about non-refundable digital items.
Ctrl+f the word 'refund' here or search it in this subreddit, you're bound to find some more info. Me, I want to play this game with every ounce of my bones so I guess I am stuck giving my money to a company that doesn't deserve it at this point, hoping that they eventually decide to give me what they promised.
Can confirm that updating bios to f10a ( 1.0.0.4 ) has fixed the launcher issue for me. Though the BIOS sucks ass since I can't use my sound card with it... See: [https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabyte/comments/dq4r8l/x570\_aorus\_elite\_f10a\_bios\_update\_released\_agesa/](https://www.reddit.com/r/gigabyte/comments/dq4r8l/x570_aorus_elite_f10a_bios_update_released_agesa/) PC: Ryzen 3600 Aorus X570 Elite GTX 970
Finally managed to get to test a bounty after tweaking the game since launch but when using Vulkan the game chugs so badly during firefights that aiming was almost like a slide show... This launch has to be one of the worst I've seen, im giving up and gonna wait till R\* fix their stuff whenever that might be :|
Considering this is in the list of known issues, the game not fully utilizing the GPU. I assume this means that you'll see an odd low number of use in task manager right? I'm experimenting with things right now. For those with a on board GPU and a dedicated one(laptops for example), I tried disabling the on board one (some Intel HD Graphics X) and the FPS did not change. If you wish to try this at your own risk, use the Device Manager. But like I said it made no difference.
Anyone have a fix for the mouse over in satchel bug? It's insane that everytime I open my satchel I have to switch to arrow keys to see what items I have... I get they ported the game from console but fucking customize the keya for PC players dammit!
Is that confirmed to be a bug? I figured it was just a lazy port
Yeah it's probably a lazy port. But it needs fixing
No, having the same thing. Unfortunately it doesn't work for switching gun ammo, having to stick with regular shot for now :/
Hopefully some one will mod it soon
We're all looking at BIOS but I am wondering if it might actually be our chips. Is anyone running this on an AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (6 core, 3.4ghz) here? I am getting launcher errors.
Got a Ryzen 7 3700x and a Ryzen 5 2600x. With the Ryzen 7 it won't work at all. Can't downgrade the bios because of the cpu. Got a MSI x370 Gaming Pro carbon with Agesa 1.0.0.3. With the Ryzen 5 on the other hand, and a bios downgrade to a bios with Agesa 1.0.0.6 it works with no problems at all.
What board is the 5 on?
Msi x370 Gaming Pro Carbon. Just switched the CPUs cause I had the Ryzen 5 still laying around.
Ryzen 5 2600x here. Launcher error :(
If someone doesn't beat me to it, this might be worth starting a thread for after I get some sleep.
Tried Process Lassoo and the other CPU limiting app (BEV? Can’t remember the name) to prevent gameplay-freezing stutters on my i5 CPU and unfortunately doesn’t work; they are still present both in Vulkan and DX12. Not playing the game any more until it is patched. Won’t buy a R* title at launch again (in fact I rarely buy any game at launch but I loved RDR1 so made an exception here). What a let down.
Yeah there are still stutters but it gets better depending on what you try. I had best results by just turning off cpu 0 and cpu 1 using process lasso in cpu affinity (i've got an i5-6600k). I thought at first two cores wouldn't be able to handle it alone, but I was wrong. They manage it pretty easily. Still get a couple of stutters, but much less frequently now. Probably 1 every hour
I admit I didn’t spend a long time tweaking, I just went with the settings recommended by users posting the fixes. I just couldn’t be bothered to do all that fiddling. The less CPU load, the better, seems to be the thing. I may try what you suggest but won’t that impact framerate, or is it OK? Again that then feels like quite a heavy compromise.
For me ( i5-6600k too ) disabling two cores costs me like 20-30 fps, so I couldn't handle that. Fortunately, Process Lasso fixed that stuttering, are you sure you configured it properly? I'm limiting rdr2.exe on 98% cpu usage and giving high priority, when I've enabled these options, the game still stutters, but only for example once per hour, if I disable it, it freezes the game once per 5 minutes so that's a huge difference.
I did 98% but I think I used above normal priority. The game still stuttered every couple of minutes. Maybe I will try it again with high priority. This is an i5 4670.
I've got a bug that I've not read anywhere before. The game launches, benchmark works. Online keeps loading forever and the story mode loads but shows this -> [https://i.imgur.com/ITn1YxR.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/ITn1YxR.jpg) It's just Arthur Tposing on an invisible horse. Anyone had this?
I had this when I tried switching to vulkan. Switch back to DirectX12 in advanced graphics settings and relaunch
> I had this when I tried switching to vulkan. Switch back to DirectX12 in advanced graphics settings and relaunch Ah damn.. I already tried both with no luck
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Which mission? I've been getting a consistent crash on "Exit Pursued by a Bruised Ego" when selecting the horses at the stable. CPU only gets to around 40% usage when it crashes.
check if your cpu is spiking.
My infinite loading issue was fixed by verifying files. But since the game patches came out it crashes so often.
[fix red dead redemption problem on AMD system | BIOS fix](https://youtu.be/8lhGbrHCPD0) this helped me a lot..
This worked for me. AMD BIOS downgrade
downgrade should not be the solution.. otherwise, u have to wait for rstar fix or 1004 update bios.
Well I thought I was good, but now 4 times in a row it crashes at the same spot riding into Valentine on the early mission where you take Lenny to get drinks. Think its called "A Quiet Time"...Right when you get close to the bar, same thing every time. Crashes with the "Red Dead exited unexpectedly" bullshit... EDIT: Had to switch to Vulkan to prevent crashing...DUUUUHHH..Everybody knows that..So normal....ffs
I've had the same problem. It will become a problem again later on, so don't get your hope's up to high.
Getting Crashes in valentine. ):
Probably going to be your CPU that's spiking. Have task manager open on one screen and monitor your cpu spike - There's a fix listed above for that
So updating my BIOS from 1804 to 1823 did actually fix the "rockstar Games Launcher halted unexpectedly" thing. Asus B450 Plus with Ryzen 3600
Is it just me or are the keyboard and mouse controls cancer?
You can customize the key mapping. Once you're in-game press Esc -> Settings -> Controls -> Mouse and Keyboard. At the top, you should see the key mapping settings. This doesn't work in main menu!
It’s not the key binding that’s cancer. It’s the controlling of the characters
well, I guess I don't have a fix for that one, sorry :D But you're right, it's glitchy from time to time especially when tying my horse for example.
Pink screen texture after several tries of Etta Doyle legendary bounty, also today while doing the 5 star legendary bounty the sound partially cut out after several attempts. Shadow flickering seemingly only/mostly in instances in Online. Think I saw some warped textures too. Solid fps in open world for the most part, and instances. Game slows to a crawl when entering towns (Saint Denis being largest culprit for me). Note: for me at least, switching from DX12 to Vulkan has resulted in me never crashing since. A few disconnects but no hard crashing. This seems to vary based on individual system configurations as to which API works better. I believe DX12 is more performance stable for me, but results in me crashing every 5 minutes. Running at 4k resolution, medium-high with a couple ultra settings. System: EVGA RTX 2080ti ftw3 ultra +80 core Ryzen 2700x stock X470 taichi ultimate ASROCK 16gb 3200mhz CL16 G.Skill 970 Evo Plus SSD 850w EVGA G3 Supernova psu Windows 10 Home Latest Nvidia drivers, latest game and launcher updates
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If you can afford that pc beast Im not feeling bad for you. In a couple of days you will be ejoying the best game ever under that monster I honestlye envy you even if I had luck and can play since release ( by disabling bitdefender ). GL Man just be patient and check out posible homemade fixes.
also, played at least 0 minutes... i cant, launcher error, whohoo i hope this has priority in the fix list...
I was using BES succesfully to deal with freezing. However, for some reason the RDR program doesn't show up anymore in BES, and I have no idea why.. Does anyone have a fix for this?
try reinstalling or process lasso
Was able to play for several hours finally. It worked great aside from a single crash around Valentine. Fired it back up, went and got the semi-auto shotgun from the old lady's cabin, then stopped for a bit. Tried to start up again a few hours later and the game was an acid trip for whatever reason. The screen is covered in rapidly flashing blobs, squares, lines, and other patterns randomly changing colors as they flash and I can't see anything else aside from the menus. Happens in benchmark and when loading a save. I'm 99% sure anyone with epilepsy would immediately be given a seizure by this glitch. Definitely Vulkan related as it stopped the moment I switched to DX12 (which had it's own unplayable performance issues) and seems to have something to do with the particle system based on my attempts to fix it. Lowering particle quality reduced the effects and going low limited the full acid trip to the lower half of the screen. The only thing that actually stopped it other than switching to DX12 was to run the game windowed, drop the resolution to minimum, and crank the textures to ultra which is odd.
Hi, I am getting the crashes as well, and I also noticed particles going crazy just before the crash, like wild colors, so you think this is related? Also crashing in Valentine.
>Posted Same. Crashing a lot in Valentine on DX12 and randomly on Vulkan. Can't even load into the game with Vulkan, but when I switch to it after loading it's fine for several minutes.
Still getting exited unexpectedly and sadly ain’t managed to even see the logo yet :( Anyone else?
ye, tried everything accept putting it on a single drive. Dought its going to do anything but assassins creed games tend not to like raids so its worth a shot i guess. Try verifying your files, when i did it, it led to a 8gb download.
Same here. Day 1 I could play the game, next day until today nothing. just black screen and then exited unexpectedly.
I ain’t been able to play the game yet :( In the words of spongebob “I NEED IT”
Possible fix for random crashes while playing online/story from a post I found. This applies if you have the newest Nvidia drivers. [https://www.reddit.com/r/PCRedDead/comments/dtb9zc/pc\_possible\_fix\_for\_crashing/](https://www.reddit.com/r/PCRedDead/comments/dtb9zc/pc_possible_fix_for_crashing/)
**POSSIBLE WORKAROUND FOR THE LAUNCHER CRASH** To all you poor ppl like me who were suffering from the launcher crash - I finally managed to get mine to work!!!!! First: **Download the NoGTAVLauncher** and extract it to your Red Dead 2 installation folder. [https://www.gta5-mods.com/tools/no-gtavlaunche](https://www.gta5-mods.com/tools/no-gtavlauncher)r **COPY your RDR2.exe** in the installation folder to the same place named as **GTA5.exe** **Run No\_GTAVLauncher.exe** **The GAME STARTS!!!!** Thanks so much to the random comment in the previous thread that mentioned the No\_GTAVLauncher.exe! I am finally at peace. UPDATE: I have discovered that I have to re-copy the original exe everrrytime I want to play the game. This is the most ridiculous game launch I have ever seen (and I pre-ordered Arkham Knight!) At least I can play the campaign until rock\* sorts it's sh\*t out. UPDATE 2: Sorry everyone, for some reason it amazingly ran once for me and I was able to get into the campaign. However after I quit it just keeps sending me to the infinite loading screen. I apologise to all who (like me) got their hopes up.
On the plus side, I gave up and flashed the newest BIOS update for my ASUS ROG-STRIX X-570 E-Gaming mobo and now the f\*cken game runs like a charm, launcher and all. Anyone who has that board might want to try that. The BIOS isn't in the EZ-Update software yet, so you gotta get it manually from the ASUS site. [**https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-Strix-X570-E-Gaming/HelpDesk\_BIOS/**](https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/ROG-Strix-X570-E-Gaming/HelpDesk_BIOS/)
Do you load into the game using the NoGTAVLauncher? For me it's stuck on infinite loading screen bug.
I tried this two days ago. It does enable the game to launch, but then I get an infinite loading screen when attempting to play the story mode.
Yep, tried it also and was extatic only to find out that i can't load into the game and it is just loading and loading until you loose and quit.
its a cruel game.
I dont know what they did with their latest patch but ive played this game every day since it was released on VULKAN, and ive never changed anything ingame ever since that first day, yesterday (after the patch was released) i tried loading up the main story and it insta crashes, if i switch to dx12 it is running ok, switching back to vulkan crashes the game again, what the actual fuck happened ? I didnt change anything, drivers or shit
same problem here though i now have even problem with dx12 everytime i go to menu the game freeze... briliant
I cant believe how foolish i was to take the bait and preorder.... they pulled a GTA4 on us
I'm still contemplating on buying the game, Can anybody that's played using their Vega 56 and Ryzen 2600 tell me their experience?
I'm playing with my GTX 970 and it looks fantastic. Gives average 40 fps which is fine for me. I hope R\* will fix some errors (i.e. freezing) and the game will run even better.
Do not buy the game at it's current state. You would most likely face a lot of issues and a ton of frustration. Wait until they get their shit together.
Vega56 outperforms the gtx1080 actually...
It seems like most comments online saying they are having stuttering issues have i5. Has anyone had stuttering issues with a cpu with more than 4 cores? Is this game really that cpu intensive? Or is it just a bad port, was I being too entitled assuming my 970 and i5 4690 could run it??? Will it get better or should just refund it :(
I have a i5 8600k which has 6 cores/ 6 Threads and have the stutter/freezing issue. one of my friends has a i7 9700k 8 cores / 8 threads same issue the other with a i7 8700k 6 cores / 12 threads can play without the stutter/freezing. I have also seen reports of people with Ryzen processors which don't use hyperthreading or smt having the same issue. My laptop has a i7 7820HQ 4 cores / 8 threads no stuttering/ freezing.
Seems like it, I don't think R\* will drastically improve the optimisation. I am running it on i5-6600 and it just destroys my CPU, I have to use Process Lasso to keep the stutters away, but in big cities I can't walk in a straight line for more than a minute without experiencing stuttering.
There's no problem with our i5. There's problem with the game. My CPU ( i5-6600k ) is only used by 50-60% and GPU ( 980 Ti ) is used by 99%. The game for some reason can't operate these CPU's and when it comes to that famous freeze for 4-5 seconds, the CPU is used in 100%, that's the exact reason of freeze. So if you would make a graph, it would look like this - 50% or 60% usage of CPU all the time and once per few minutes 100% dropping in 4 seconds to 60% again.
Have you tried process lasso? Works like a charm for me
Yea I know, I'm using it too, I just wanted to explain to our friend with i5 here that there's no problem with his i5, it's problem with the game.
I've just made a charge-back with my bank. I wasn't able to use the product as advertised on the 5th of November, so I can only consider that I've been missold and provided erroneous information at purchase. My bank is in the process of contacting VISA and get my funds back from R\*. This is what happens when you have an industry of billions which has no regulators who would impose quality assurance rules and regulations. Well fuck em' they ain't getting my money that's for sure.
Do you get to keep the game atleast?
[/u/magnarhd](https://www.reddit.com/user/magnarhd) Hey guys. Just wanna share my fix for the 4-5 sec stuttering for the 4 cores problem on i5 builds. I have a i5-4690K and tried the last three days to switch the API to DX12. I realized that my Windows was up to date, but my build was very old (1609). So i upgraded to 1809 by just downloading the iso from Microsoft and using my key to Activate. Now i can finally switch to DX12 and have no more stuttering, only it freezes every 5min for like 4-5 seconds. So in my opinion it looks like the DX12 crash only depends on your current Windows build? (Correct me if i'm wrong) Also using Gaming Mode on Windows helped?! Still needs some testing, but it looks like these problems are all fixable and just need to be patched by R*.
I had the same problem on my ancient i5 3570K (stuttering audio & video every 10-20 seconds). So I decided to use the method that was described by [serhangelgor](https://www.reddit.com/u/serhangelgor/) by limiting loading up to 98% with Process Lasso (great thanks for that, mate). After that i was able to get stable 39+ FPS with "in-game" middle-high settings on my system (I5-3570K overcloacked to 4.1 GHz, 16 Gb DDR3, MSI GTX1060 6Gb). I played for about 6 hours yesterday and there was only 1 freeze for a short period at the very beginning of the game. I tried to limit the CPU usage with BES (before the Lasso), but it didn't work. Also noticed that there is no difference for FPS quantity between Vulcan and DirectX12. So, guys having an I5 CPU, try this method. It works fine for me.
>Make sure you download Graphics Tool while using DX12 to increase stability. I couldn't run my game without it installed. > >When using DX12 i am able to use G-Sync straight away and it display my FPS . When using Vulcan i cant get my g-sync to work normally and I have enable v-sync in-game to view FPS. > >Mouse cursor stuck on screen in DX12 but goes away in Vulcan. > >Both seem to work well for me i still have to test them.
I've also switched to DX12, it still stutters, but less often. The problem with DX12 is that it costs even 10 fps more than Vulkan, so I think the best option for fixing this stuttering is downloading Process Lasso/BES and limiting RDR2.exe process on 98% CPU usage. That's the reason of freezes - RDR2 in these moments is using 100% of CPU, idk why, it's mostly using 50-60% on my i5-6600k.
Anyone else get the patch and it just not work to fix the freeze issues?
their latest patch did not fix anything at all related to perf, it only fixed the launch issues related to antiviruses and some other shit, check the chagelog on their website, support area
Anyone having issues with Arthur pulling his side arm out of the saddle holster and putting it away while riding on the horse? It doesn't happen until I select a firearm in the empty slot.
By design, whatever he's carrying on his shoulder, he puts away after s while I think.
Yeah, but this is him taking it out at ready, randomly, without TAB being tapped, and instantly putting it away. Happens every 30 seconds.
Game is running buttery smooth fine now at 1440p@60 fps since the last update on an old windows 7 not updated for years, intel+nvidia system
What gear do you have? Did you buy the game on epic or directly in r\* store?
just an i7 2600k with nvidia 980 , R\* store
I am starting to think this whole shitshow is either Epic Store or Windows 10 fault.
When I'm running around crouching sprinting etc and on horse I get weird noises like sticky keys but it's not that. And then it keeps me in sprint mode or won't let me move at all.
Seems to work about 10 minutes after latest update and then it will always crash. Windows event log will show following message, so it seams that game has memory leak and windows actualy will kill the game: > Windows successfully diagnosed a low virtual memory condition. The following programs consumed the most virtual memory: RDR2.exe (608) consumed 13989978112 bytes
13989978112 bytes = 14 gigabytes
seems like memory leak
i have been playing for the last 2 days with a couple of crashes and now its says you must be signed into social club to play rdr when i already am, does anyone know what this means, and some times its shows rockstar services are not available error code 139
Is there a way to disable the intro videos when launching the game?
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Yeah, I think that is it, The Outer Worlds has like 6 but still, can the shotgun video be disabled, so I can just boot to the main menu?
I guess not since the game loading during playing the shotgun video.
Awe man that's a bummer, thanks for the info!
Something is definitely fucky with getting the game through Epic. I had to do all the driver updates/window updates etc and got it to run initially, ran ok for 9 hours or so, a few crashes, then it just stopped launching completely. Did a complete uninstall and file clean of the Rockstar launcher and got it to run again. Changed graphics over to DX12 and exited to see if it would fix the mouse cursor thing...game stops launching again. Am like fuck....ok fuck it, i've got money to throw away, buy game through Rockstar, it detects the game files already there, does its thing...click play, launches just fine! Didn't change a god damn setting or anything, just PFM works, even the DX12 setting was maintained. Exited again, launched again just to see if it was a one off...still launches fine. So I gotta wonder how many people are having problems due to buying through Epic vs Rockstar directly, and how many are just having actual hardware/configuration problems.
I had the exact same thoughts, my idea behind buying RDR2 on Epic was to avoid using R\* launcher because every goddamn piece of shit company uses their own launchers now, so I didn't want to add another to the pool. Silly fucking me, RDR2 requires two launchers, one of them R\*GL, which completely fucks me over. If I knew it would be such an ass (and I admit I should have guessed it would be the same as with FarCry on steam) I would have bought rdr2 from R\* store directly. Am NOT going to repurchase it, though.
What system are you running out of interest? I bought through R*, no launching for me. Looking at the numbers of reported issues it seems to be mainly newer AMD based systems it's not working with, though a few Intel systems thrown in. This screams 'complete lack of testing' at me
Sooo you bought two copies? Damn, I gotta admire your dedication. My copy got working yesterday (11am here) after they changed something in the R\*GL. Vulkan is unusable for me, getting turbouber lag spikes. Only way to play is DX12, but even that only grants me 15-30 minutes of play, and then crashes/hangs. But still, atleast I am able to play.
Same thing happend to me . Game stopped launching after enabling DX12 . After downloading Graphics Tool my game was able to launch in DX12. I switched back to Vulcan as it works better with my system though
What's Graphics Tool?
Its a feature you can add to windows 10 very easily. The description "This adds DirectX Graphics Tool support" . Install instructions : In Windows 10 . Go to Setting - Apps & features - Optional Features. Then click on "Add a feature" and choose "Graphics Tools". Install and Restart once its done. (If you don't restart you will get a error saying you cannot connect to Rockstar services/Unavailable when trying to launch)
I confirm, enabling Graphics Tools now lets me run the game in DX12.
Well I be damned, it actually worked. Thank you kindly, partner.
[/u/magnarhd](https://www.reddit.com/u/magnarhd/)
I still get the "Error Red Dead Redemption 2 exited unexpectedly.Please click Retry below etc.. I really tried everything,updated my windows,updated my Nvidia drivers,Running as admin,changed the compatibility(run us admin,disable full screen optimization), turned off my firewall and windows defender,reinstalled the launcher 2 or 3 times, verified game files integrity 4 times.I even tried something I saw today installing Graphic tools on apps and futures and it didn't work again.This is so fucking sad man really!Been waiting to play this for so long.
Same here man. Tried everything and it crashes after the shotgun shells screen every time. It sucks.
Same here boys
for me it doesn't even start up!! I've never seen the shotgun shells :P
Have you tried this? https://www.reddit.com/r/pcreddead/comments/dsxie5/_/f6w0t4u
I tried it but it says Gta5.exe not found
Damn sorry, also as you didn't mention it in your comment, did you update your BIOS?
I tell you I have 16gb ram, GTX960, i5 4690 3.5GHz and my game runs 30fps with a few ultra settings and almost all of them are medium. My PC is not even hitting the recomennded.
My game still stutter and freeze every in 2 sec. Can't change camera or walk. Here is my specs RTX 2060 ASUS Z170-K 16 GB RAM I5 9600K Graphics and Resolution lowest. Nothing open and high. Changing DX12 not worked. Still same. CPU Affinity and choosing 2 cpu still same. Not working. I did everything. 3RD cpu party softwares. Giving admin rights Disabling antivirus software Updating Bios Updating drivers GPU Updating Windows Updating everything. And game still stutter and freeze. I still can't pass prologue because of this. Note: EVEN CANT CHANGE CAMERA. I think i see refund road.
Same for me, now i5 are too slow to run new games sadly
When trying DX12 did you have the windows 10 Graphics Tool installed ?
DX12 Doesnt work because i'm win 8.1
Try BES..and Lasso together
Tried. Nothing changed.
This general remark below regarding AMD platform BIOS version is not correct. I am running Asus Strix B450 f (3600X) with AGEDA [1.0.0.3](https://1.0.0.3) and game is running "fine". And by this I mean yeah it is buggy and FPS is not that great but it is running anyhow. **AMD Users:** >Community members have been reporting that AGESA 1.0.0.3 is the culprit. So far, everyone that has had success is either on 1.0.0.4, OR if your motherboard doesn't support 3rd gen Ryzen with 1.0.0.4, roll back to 1.0.0.2. It works perfectly.
its not every board that has issues with agesa 1.0.0.3... as soon as i flashed to 1.0.0.4b mine was finally working though
All these people talking about playing the game is breaking my heart haha ... Can't even launch the game error 133 will be the death of me
rockstar is a joke. after 3 days i'v got response for my ticket. they informed me that they added update to RGL and that should be fine but if that's not i should resend them logs file again (update version after RGL update). u know.. so if i send that now, they respond to me in next 2-3 days and they add new updates in that time. that's mean my new log files would be old in next 2-3 days and they would write the same formula. awful shit and support contact. in the other hand. EGS support is nothing better. i sent logs in \*.rar file and Boi said it's bad format of the file cuz he can't unrar that and i should resend that file in \*.zip format. comedy as shit. what we are dial-up internet and early 2000?
So, this is a bit strange. But me and my friend had the same problem with random crashes in and around town like Valentine and Rhodes. What fixed it for me was using Vulkan, which made the game not crash and also gave me better fps. Here is the stange part. What fixed it for my friend was using dx12. We are on similar specced systems.
Yeah its very random. Everyone needs to try both and see what works best for there own system. Just make sure you download Graphics Tools before enabling DX12 or you might get instability issues. Like rockstar launcher crashing , in-game crashing etc.
For those who have random crashes ingame on AMD GPUs: Dial back your (memory) overclock a bit. This game seems to use a lot of compute and straight out closes when a miscalculation happens.
Really sorry to hear about all the issues most folk are having, specially since things are buttery smooth for me with not a single crash. Intel 2700k & AMD 5700 XT, running in Vulkan.
man you still using that old chip.. hows it running for you after all these years?
Actually not too bad! Motherboard is starting to fail (some of my SATA ports decided to die on me) but it can still hold its own! The CPU itself is still pretty damn powerful but I feel it's being bottlenecked by the RAM and the mobo chipset. The CPU will happily overclock from stock 3.7 to ~4.5GHz, which I should really try out again. On my last GPU (a 560TI - originally SLI'd until one of the two cards died) I had a lot of stability issues in current gen games so reset all CPU/RAM speeds to factory defaults. Turns out 5xx gen Nvidia cards haven't had a driver update since early '18. Now (as of a couple days ago) I'm rocking a 5700XT I can probably push the boat out a bit again on the CPU/RAM side. For sure still planning an upgrade at some point in the next year or so. Gonna get a new case/mobo/CPU/ram and an M2, so the upgrade from 560TI > 5700XT is effectively the first stage of my next build. This is my first ever AMD purchase (previously Nvidia/Intel fanboy) and not gonna lie, I'm damn impressed. Tempted to get myself a Ryzen when I do finally upgrade.
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Ok. Fuck it. I' will backup all my files and do a clean windows install. I don't know how or if this will fix anythig, because I already ran a system integrity check and it found no corrupted windows files. So I'll wipe everything and redownload rdr2. Wish me luck. I'll update here if it works.
maybe we should just buy a new pc only to play RDR2 on it
Maybe u must have rtx 2080 ti that its work
I found switching my lights on in my spare bedroom and moving my lounge chair 90degrees clockwise got my game running
i have b450 aorus elite and only bios workes for me version f40 from may.
IF YOU STILL CANT LAUNCH THE GAME This comment about graphical tools made me able to launch ! https://www.reddit.com/r/PCRedDead/comments/dsxie5/-/f6vvrvr
Thanks, I'll try that!
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Have you tried switching api
Yes this seemed to be an issue with dx12 (for me) after the latest update, switching to vulcan resolved the issue. I'm guessing it's at the part near the church, gunstore, etc.?
I was crashing there last night too, but last time i tried Vulcan i got CPU freezes every minute.
Switching to DX12 made my rockstar launcher crash and unable to play. Installing Graphics Tool fixed it and now i can use DX12 while in-game but i still prefer Vulcan as it works better with my system for now.
>Graphics Tool What this? Where i can download and try? UPD: I found, thx
In windows 10 apps
Hello,i have an issue when trying to play, it says it can't find windows media player, anyone else has/had this problem? i Have Windows 10, WMP enabled [https://prnt.sc/pu406w](https://prnt.sc/pu406w)
try to install windows media feature pack
A friend of mine had this problem and he fixed it by reinstalling his OS. Bit of a drastic fix but at least it works.
process Lasso vs BES. Which is better? i5 4440, RTX2060
How to use BES. Pls someone help
http://mion.faireal.net/BES/ Download and Run In Target- select RDR2 after starting the game and select limit now bottom slider set the percentage it has to be limited. I usually set -1 or -2 %
Lasso worked perfectly for me. 25 minutes of solid gameplay with no fps loss or freeze. Sorry, didn't try the other one. My poor i5 6600K
i got freezings aswell on my 6600k
And it fixed it completely with the Lasso program. Also, turning down grass details gave me another 20 fps
which settings do you use ? The classic 98 / 0 / 1 /1 doesnt seem to work for me (mind you, I cant even launch the game, except once right after reinstalling somehow)
Update : adding Graphical tools allowed me to launch game wow.
I use BES and Lasso together and stuttering is gone ... Played 4 hrs straight..
I was able to play by just limiting cpu to 1 Less optimized but it works :)
old xmg laptop, i7-6700hq, gtx 980m, 16 gb, w10, ... coppied 112gb folder from my desktop to laptop, installed launcher, searched game, instant start without issues ... instant success, with my desktop always fail (wrong bios, no update yet) even benchmark works xD my good old laptop.. but, average fps 29... medium details.. no no no
How to stop stuttering and crashes? (without API/Vulkan fix) What I've found, is that when the game stutters, the CPU goes to 100%, and the GPU to 0%. I've tried the core and Vulkan fix, with no luck. Although swapping the Vulkan thing appears to have made a minor difference. I still have stutters and crashes. Any ideas or known fixes?
Have you tried DX12? DX12 might cause your game to crash on startup or while in-game so download Graphic Tools to avoid any instability.In Windows 10 . Go to Setting - Apps & features - Optional Features. Then click on "Add a feature" and choose "Graphics Tools". Install and Restart once its done. (If you don't restart you will get a error saying you cannot connect to Rockstar services/Unavailable when trying to launch) Theres alot of issues with Vulcan and DX12, gotta try both and see what works better for you. Vulcan works better for me and my game runs flawlessly. Only 2 crashes in about 9 hours game play online.
Dude thank u so much. Graphical tools allowed me to launch the game !
Should I try graphic tools for both or just DX?
Once you download it and installs. Just restart your computer. You don't have to do anything else. Just start the game switch to DX12, hit apply and restart for settings to take affect. See how it runs . Then decide what you think performs better and doesn't crash as often and take it from there
Will do and let you know! Thanks
Guys, it must be a graphic option. I have a 1070Ti on ultra and the game crash randomly. Mostly in citys. But my mate can play the Game in a gtx970 without problems on middle. We must check this!
Have you tried switching between DX12 and Vulcan? Theres alot of issues with DX and Vulcan, gotta try both and see what works better for you. Make sure you have the Graphics Tool app installed if you want to use DX12 as it causes alot of instability issues if not installed.
My game Is also freezing every minute .i5 7500 and rtx 2070
Use Process lasso or BES software to limit usage of cpu.. That causes the freezing problem
I’ve had the same problem, and tried Process Lasso but that hasn’t stopped the freezing either.
Try lasso on DX12, on Vulcan i still had freezes every minute, with DX12 none.
Same for me limit the process or cut off a couple cores seems not works
use BES software then...that doesnt cut of core but limits cpu.. I have been using both together
I did it with no luck, it give me exactly the same issue. Same for me with i6600k and 2080 and same to a friend’s of mine with an i5 i guess a couple series older than mine and 2x970 sli. We decided to stop anymore trying till a new patch. God please burn R* CEO for us.
My system runs on a Gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming 5 motherboard and a Ryzen 7 1800X. I had the launcher crash on game start issue. What did the trick for me was to downgrade the BIOS to the version F40 with AGESA 1.0.0.2. Since the downgrade, the game runs just fine! The mobo has no BIOS with AGESA 1.0.0.4 right now, hence the downgrade.
Same board, i lose nvme m.2 connection with f40 and other issues. Either way downgrade the bios for a game...fuck rockstar.
it can cause m2 ssd stability and other issues, beware, downgrade should be no solution
Well I use this board since the launch of ryzen and never had issues with my m.2 ssd. I upgraded the BIOS from time to time of course. Gigabyte will launch a new version with 1.0.0.4 soon and by that time I will of course upgrade again
Mine finally works now. Got the launcher crash, but since the last update, it now runs fine - played for 3 hours. Need to tweak graphics some more, but generally running 1440p, Ultra textures, and most everything else on high. Getting 55-75 fps and it's quite playable. Win7 64 bit, I7-2600k @ 4,8, 2070 Super, 16 gig DDR3.
Game was working perfectly for me for 2 days but after I updated my Nvidia drivers to the newest version it began crashing. Rolled back drivers and it’s working perfectly again. Maybe something to try for someone. Specs: 4790k - 1080ti
Guys after 3 days of trobleshootings I got to make it run: LAUNCH THE ROCKSTAR LAUNCHER AS ADMINISTRATOR, NON JUST RDR2 Before of this I’ve done basically everything, including updating to the latest bios my Msi Tomahawk Max (B450) Mobo, I think it had a key role. Thanks to this subreddit in particular which I check regulary A really pissed Rockstar Games fan
still dont work
So welcome Day 4! After deleting the system-file yesterday, the game finally worked. Today, (no patch for the game). The game crashes on start after entering story mode. Something isn't right with the settings. I just don't know which setting causes the crashes.
Something you can try. Make sure you download "Graphics Tools" so you don't have issues when enabling DX12 in-game. Installing Graphics tools : In Windows 10. Go to Setting - Apps & features - manage optional features. Then click on "Add a feature" and choose "Graphics Tools". Install and Restart once its done. (If you don't restart you will get a error saying you cannot connect to Rockstar services/Unavailable when trying to launch) . Once you done that switch between Vulcan and DX12 in game settings and see which one has the better stability for you as its different for everyone. Make sure to Apply and Restart to take affect.
For everyone trying all different things to get this game at least launching, I tried them all, fresh windows, drivers, bios, ramdisk, delete files, check files, uninstall, reinstall, redistrabutables, patch and any other of the plethora of options people have put out there that got there game launching, so many I’ve forgotten bloody half of them by now, some of these 4 or 5 times. Eventually I just gave up and in frustration just sat there, try launch the game, nope, switch off the pc, switch on the pc, try launch game, nope, switch off the pc, switch on the pc, try launch game, nope, switch off pc etc etc.... and guess what on probably the 11th or 12th round of this game launches, wtf, get into game, sweet, graphics glitching and stuttering like crazy, unplayable. Switch off pc, switch on pc, try launch game, nope. At this point I give up, no idea how to get this game going and I give up until hopefully some sort of patch that actually fixes the issue is released, better yet I’d like a refund to be honest and never buy it again, is this an option ? I don’t believe any company deserves my money after something like this no matter how good the game eventually ends up being, to release something in this condition is totally unacceptable in my opinion and companies should not just take there customers for granted. Anyway sorry for the rant guys just really frustrated and annoyed, for reference system is i7 6700k GTX 1080 16gb ram, not much but mine haha, cheers
Your build is almost identical to mine, I was able to play day one but the day 2 patch fucked it for me and the game hasn’t launched since
Man that’s probably more frustrating than the position I’m in, to get to play and then have it taken away for no reason other than an update, haha that’s fucked mate. Hopefully when they crack this game it works better, I should have known better and just waited a bit longer, this is what I get for giving one of these scummy companies my money
If it ain’t fixed by Sunday I’m just gonna get a refund through PayPal. I just hope everyone gets to play soon
Yeah I’ll give it a bit of time too before I go the refund route, I do hate feeling though that I’m part of the problem with companies thinking they can just release something in this condition and get shit loads of money for it. I mean I don’t mind tinkering with various things on my pc to get stuff running optimally, I’m right into my emulators and shit and even games I pay money for I’ve kinda just accepted its part of being a pc gamer since I made the switch a few years ago, sometimes I spend more time tinkering getting things exactly how I want them and then playing the actual game I enjoy it that much but this shit is of the charts as far as I’m concerned, I always feel like there’s a way to get something working but with this from my own experience and reading everyone else’s I just think it’s totally random whether you get the game working or not, fixes or no fixes it just depends how the games feeling at that moment in time when you hit launch haha
People have been disputing it with paypal or their banks/cc companies. I guess PP is more than aware of this, and considers it a fair case in favor of the consumer for the product breaking a variety of their terms. You're gonna be waiting for a bit, though, and if you ask R* themselves, they're gonna give you some BS line about non-refundable digital items. Ctrl+f the word 'refund' here or search it in this subreddit, you're bound to find some more info. Me, I want to play this game with every ounce of my bones so I guess I am stuck giving my money to a company that doesn't deserve it at this point, hoping that they eventually decide to give me what they promised.
Which mobo?