Red Dead Redemption 2

Ok yah something with the cache or existing settings files is screwed.. the ONLY way I could get it to work on DX12 again was delete the entire settings folder. Folder & all files.

C:\Users\__USERNAME__\Documents\Rockstar Games\Red Dead Redemption 2\Settings

Then launch the game will default to Vulkan.. the game will create all the settings files again. Set your setting back up and switch to DX12 if you prefer that. Exit the game and restart it. On changing to DX12 it reset my settings again, so had to bump everything to Ultra again.

Finally after running through all that it's working on DX12 and Vulkan without issue!

Edit: It appears it was the RivaTuner OSD crashing the game with DX12.. if the OSD was enabled when it was loading the game would crash. This never used to happen I dunno where to blame Rockstar or MSI Afterburner & Rivatuner on this one. :\

 

Close Afterburner then launch it will run DX12

 

I had to reboot after the update to get it running.

 

Yah it was the OSD causing it.. you don't even need to close Afterburner just disable the OSD with a hotkey. Let the game load then turn the OSD back on and it works fine.
Granted still weird on the last patch the OSD never crashed the game previously. Not sure why it would suddenly start crashing like that if the Rivatuner OSD is enabled.

 

Is that it out now folks?

 

I get flickering with Vulkan DLSS quality so i turned it off and it was gone

 

Played a good 3 hours in DLSS quality mode without issues, it looks a lot clearer without TAA, was surprised actually.

 

here's the black flickering, the refresh rate was 60hz w/Vsync triple buffering on

 

Am I blind, I don't see any flicker ?

Ohhhhh wait, I see it.



Getting none of that here but I was playing the online

 

0:45 + 4:50 in the cutscene

 

So what i did was:
- verified files
- restarted pc
- went into single player for 10mins
- went into MP freeroam, then headed for Saint Denis
- it crashed right at that moment where i got the social club popup saying: "friend xxx has gone offline".

So maybe:
- it's location based (around Saint Denis which is also the starting point for the blood money missions LOL)
- it's because of Overlay popups

 

Their DLSS implementation is mixed bag really. You get shimmers, more temporal artifacts and more jaggies at the expense of sharper image. One isn't necessarily better than the other. Pick your poison.

 

could be, crap i dont have a capable gpu to test if i disabled VRS thing

 

Can someone send me a new system.xml file? I'm the developer of the RDR2 settings parser, and I don't want to reinstall the whole game just to update the tool

https://github.com/Forceflow/rdr2_settings_parser
https://rdr2.forceflow.be/

You can DM it to me, or copy paste here. Thanks in advance!

 

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rage__fwuiSystemSettingsCollection>
  <version value="37" />
  <configSource>kSettingsConfig_Auto</configSource>
  <graphics>
    <tessellation>kSettingLevel_High</tessellation>
    <shadowQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</shadowQuality>
    <farShadowQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</farShadowQuality>
    <reflectionQuality>kSettingLevel_High</reflectionQuality>
    <mirrorQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</mirrorQuality>
    <ssao>kSettingLevel_Ultra</ssao>
    <textureQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</textureQuality>
    <particleQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</particleQuality>
    <waterQuality>kSettingLevel_Custom</waterQuality>
    <volumetricsQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</volumetricsQuality>
    <lightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</lightingQuality>
    <ambientLightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</ambientLightingQuality>
    <anisotropicFiltering value="4" />
    <dlssIndex value="2" />
    <dlssQuality value="2" />
    <taa>kSettingLevel_High</taa>
    <fxaaEnabled value="false" />
    <msaa value="0" />
    <graphicsQualityPreset value="0.500000" />
    <hdr value="true" />
    <hdrIntensity value="200" />
    <hdrPeakBrightness value="1000" />
    <hdrFilmicMode value="false" />
    <gamma value="15" />
    <hdrSettingsMigrated value="true" />
  </graphics>
  <advancedGraphics>
    <API>kSettingAPI_Vulkan</API>
    <locked value="false" />
    <asyncComputeEnabled value="false" />
    <transferQueuesEnabled value="true" />
    <shadowSoftShadows>kSettingLevel_Ultra</shadowSoftShadows>
    <motionBlur value="true" />
    <motionBlurLimit value="16.000000" />
    <particleLightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</particleLightingQuality>
    <waterReflectionSSR value="true" />
    <waterRefractionQuality>kSettingLevel_High</waterRefractionQuality>
    <waterReflectionQuality>kSettingLevel_High</waterReflectionQuality>
    <waterSimulationQuality value="3" />
    <waterLightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</waterLightingQuality>
    <furDisplayQuality>kSettingLevel_High</furDisplayQuality>
    <maxTexUpgradesPerFrame value="5" />
    <shadowGrassShadows>kSettingLevel_High</shadowGrassShadows>
    <shadowParticleShadows value="true" />
    <shadowLongShadows value="true" />
    <directionalShadowsAlpha value="false" />
    <worldHeightShadowQuality value="1.000000" />
    <directionalScreenSpaceShadowQuality value="1.000000" />
    <ambientMaskVolumesHighPrecision value="true" />
    <scatteringVolumeQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</scatteringVolumeQuality>
    <volumetricsRaymarchQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</volumetricsRaymarchQuality>
    <volumetricsLightingQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</volumetricsLightingQuality>
    <volumetricsRaymarchResolutionUnclamped value="false" />
    <terrainShadowQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</terrainShadowQuality>
    <damageModelsDisabled value="false" />
    <decalQuality>kSettingLevel_High</decalQuality>
    <ssaoFullScreenEnabled value="false" />
    <ssaoType value="0" />
    <ssdoSampleCount value="4" />
    <ssdoUseDualRadii value="false" />
    <ssdoResolution>kSettingLevel_Low</ssdoResolution>
    <ssdoTAABlendEnabled value="true" />
    <ssroSampleCount value="2" />
    <snowGlints value="true" />
    <POMQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</POMQuality>
    <probeRelightEveryFrame value="false" />
    <scalingMode>kSettingScale_Mode1o1</scalingMode>
    <reflectionMSAA value="0" />
    <lodScale value="1.000000" />
    <grassLod value="3.000000" />
    <pedLodBias value="0.000000" />
    <vehicleLodBias value="0.000000" />
    <sharpenIntensity value="1.000000" />
    <treeQuality>kSettingLevel_Ultra</treeQuality>
    <deepsurfaceQuality>kSettingLevel_High</deepsurfaceQuality>
    <treeTessellationEnabled value="false" />
  </advancedGraphics>
  <video>
    <adapterIndex value="0" />
    <outputIndex value="0" />
    <resolutionIndex value="21" />
    <screenWidth value="3840" />
    <screenHeight value="2160" />
    <resolutionIndexWindowed value="22" />
    <screenWidthWindowed value="3840" />
    <screenHeightWindowed value="2160" />
    <refreshRateIndex value="6" />
    <refreshRateNumerator value="120" />
    <refreshRateDenominator value="1" />
    <windowed value="0" />
    <vSync value="0" />
    <tripleBuffered value="true" />
    <pauseOnFocusLoss value="false" />
    <constrainMousePointer value="false" />
  </video>
  <videoCardDescription>NVIDIA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080</videoCardDescription>
</rage__fwuiSystemSettingsCollection>

 

Yesj, it works! Just tried deleting the settings folder, turned off all notifications in SocialClub settings as well. Restarted pc and played the game without issues.

 

Set all the cache files [sga_vulkan and sga_win32] that get created in [Documents/Rockstar Games/RDR2/Settings] to read-only so they cannot be written to, solves most of the issues with the game crashing!

Before doing so though, it's it also best to open the files with notepad and clear the contents and save them as then it will be a blank file, as this will also prevent the game from reading which still may contain the bug that crashed the game.

I've done this since the game came to PC and it's never given me any issues since!

 

https://rdodlc.com/RDR2_settings.zip

 

Well I've gone about another 10 hours in. I'm enjoying the extra performance from DLSS.
Previously I was using custom settings @4k Almost everything maxed out with 2xAA This would net me a good 30fps.
With DLSS at the same settings I'm seeing 50-60+.
Of course I just maxed every setting out and now I'm using quality DLSS, keeps me back around 30fps.
Is it as good as 2xMSAA?...No... but almost and it kinda has this quality to it. Different from MSAA.
It's nice to max out the game settings and at a playable level now.
No crashes yet.

 

Apparently turning off TAA sharpening helps reduce the aliasing on straight edges when running DLSS, haven’t had time to try it myself.