Mod installation; RDR2 issue (UPDATE: Release 1.5.2 is attached)
Added 2021-09-28 08:24:23 +0000 UTCA brief post to cover two issues that are coming up with some frequency.
Mod installation: recently I made a lot of updates to the mod, and I didn't have any time left to keep the README current. So, it might be difficult for users to find information about the correct installation procedure. It's actually very simple, just three steps:
1. if this is your first time playing the game, run it (either Mafia: DE or RDR2) in 2D at least once without the mod, to have the game create the folder where it stores the user profile and settings;
2. unzip the mod archive (currently REAL_mod_by_LukeRoss_v1_5_2.zip) to the folder containing the game executable, i.e., RDR2.exe or mafiadefinitiveedition.exe. When extracting, make sure to overwrite any files left over from previous mod installations and to keep the folder structure intact, so for instance if you're using WinZip both "Overwrite existing files" and "Use folder names" should be checked. There is no need to move folders or files around manually, and if you do the next step won't work correctly.
3. run RealConfig.bat and select your preferred configuration. That's it. The batch file will take care of the rest.
RDR2 UPDATE: the issue that I was mentioning in the following paragraph should be fixed with release 1.5.2 (attached at the bottom of the post). Please check it out and report back whether it works for you!
RDR2 with mod release 1.5.1: some users are reporting a problem where 1.5.0 works correctly, but 1.5.1 no longer works with RDR2. I am as yet unable to reproduce the issue on my system. The obvious workaround is to revert to 1.5.0 for RDR2, but I certainly would like to understand what's going on.
I suspect that the problem might be tied to the game launcher. I have the Rockstar launcher version and it works correctly. If you have the Steam version of RDR2, please report in the comments whether it works for you with 1.5.1, and if you have the issue with another launcher please provide some details about your configuration!
Comments
I've had mission issues as well but before the mod
D S
2022-03-12 00:13:49 +0000 UTCMy RDR2 VR game seems to work perfectly, up until right after we find Adler, and escort her to the camp (still in the snow intro-part). Then it "freezes", meaning that I'm basically just sitting there looking at a house at the snowy camp. I can look around, and sometimes see eg. Bill walk by. But nothing happens. I'm just stuck there. I've tried all the troubleshooting I could find, struggling with this for hours, even though I haven't seen anyone with the same problem. It's getting frustating :(
2022-03-11 18:57:53 +0000 UTCRDD2: It is crashing for me now as well before being able to complete missions (it used to be fine for a long portion of the game). I tried the recent mod update that was supposed to fix black screens, but it did not help. 3080 ti, i711700k, 32 GB RAM Reverb G1, Xbox 360 controller wireless. Running on ultra. Any help?
2022-03-06 21:10:13 +0000 UTCMy game is constantly crashing for some reason. I didn't figure out why, seems very illogical. But it started during the one of the first mission with a train and now i cant finish it. It crashes every time. I finally tweaked the settings to make it playable very smooth and sharp, but it just wont let me enjoy it((
Cut The Crap TV
2022-03-05 07:44:20 +0000 UTCHello! While trying out read dead 2 in VR, it's almost like steamvr gets bored and forgets to show me the game. No error messages, the game is still running fine in the window, just no visuals getting to the headset. Seems to happen somewhat at random, mostly during cutscenes but also gameplay. haven't been able to play for more than 10 minutes without this happening. I tried versions 2.2.4. and 3.0.4. I've also tried lowering some settings, but I'm not sure what exactly could make this happen. game is still running fine. hitting alt-enter brings it back on the headset but with incorrect resolution. Would appreciate some insight! lol
Benjamin Burch
2022-03-01 09:38:03 +0000 UTCHi Luke. I have managed to get the game working kind off. MY RDR2 now presents me with this message "ERR_GFX_D3D_DEFERRED_MEM" and quits me out. I have checked my VRAM which is about 6144mb and total available graphics memory is 14255. I really don't know how to fix this issue. I have tried a few solutions presented online. Some solutions recommend switching Vulkan to DX12. Would the VR mod work with DX12? I don't think it does. Anyway hope you can help thanks in advance.
2022-02-01 13:04:09 +0000 UTCHi Luke, I have only just joined. I'm very new to VR and am considering getting Quest 2 but wanted to try out VR mods on my PSVR first. I have been able to hook it up to Steam and have been able to load a Cyberpunk VR mod and your RDR2 VR mod but no matter how low I place the graphics and resolutions the visuals are always stuttering as I look around. Both games work perfectly and look great as they are meant to be played on aa flat screen. So my questions is.. Is the problem the PSVR headset, is it just not good enough or am I just not getting the specs right? Thanks
2022-01-28 15:58:33 +0000 UTCHi Luke, thanks for your great work. I managed to get HZD working, initially was very disappointed but then realised I needed to set OpenXR as the renderer in the overlay. That was the good news! The bad news is that I got nauseous after playing for a while, and now I just want to play it in pancake mode for a bit. How do I do it? I tried renaming the dxgi.dll which worked, but the game resolution stays at a square res on my screen, regardless if I change the resolution in game. How do I get it so that it's as per normal pancake mode? Thank you.
2022-01-15 13:01:25 +0000 UTCThank you
2022-01-15 00:18:07 +0000 UTCFor some reason my RRD2 game started in 3rd person. How do you switch between 3rd and 1st person?
2022-01-14 20:12:57 +0000 UTCI'm getting a lot of crashes and i can't understand why. Is it this buggy, or an issue?
Shawn
2022-01-02 23:39:19 +0000 UTCIs there any way to toggle between VR and desktop versions?
PooPooPaGoo
2021-12-20 19:39:32 +0000 UTCHey luke. I've just put rdr2 after a couple months break. Updated to 1.5.2. I'm getting ERR_GFX_D3D_DEFERRED_MEM. out of memory please reboot. I'm using a water-cooled 2080ti & have 32gb of system ram. Do you have any idea of the problem?
VirtualmisterL
2021-12-11 16:15:35 +0000 UTCHi there. With DLSS the game looks like 640x480 pixel. Does dlss works with the newest mod?
2021-12-07 17:23:20 +0000 UTCHey, I'm having trouble getting started. I have followed everything in the instructions but keep getting an error saying 'ERR_GFX_STATE. Gamer Error. Please reboot and restart game" If I delete all the mod files the game runs normally again but I would love to get the VR mod up and running, any help would be greatly appreciated!
2021-11-27 22:50:20 +0000 UTChi, yeah im not sure if this is the best appropriate place for trouble shooting. but ive just started using the 2.1.3 mod for red dead and ive also been experiencing kind of a blurry double visuals, specifically when there's movement. standing still everything is more clear, but anytime theres any significant movement things blur. things from any distance are blurry as well... characters, animals and such, i cant really see any details on anything unless im standing still and near them. Ive also been experiencing some juttering with head movement and constant crashes. Ether the game will crash or my headset will just randomly stop displaying the game. im using a gtx 1080.
2021-11-26 20:23:35 +0000 UTCHi, i have some issues on the Quest 2. All the graphics look blurry, kind of doubled, i don't know if that's clear? I tried everything but that's unplayable, it kills my eyes ahah Another question, is this the last mod for RDR2 or the last one like 2.1.3 is compatible? Because the zip files are named the same
2021-11-24 09:41:09 +0000 UTCHi! I'm dealing with the mod not being able to write settings into the RDR 2 folder. After spending 30 minutes trying to switch the folder's properties from readonly to full access - it switches back when the game launches - I gave up and played the game as such. The only bother is the red notice on the up side saying the mod can't write settings and logs, and the notice is sticky within the game world, alas affecting immersion. Is there any way the notice could expire after a while? I don't notice any other consequence from the lack of access
petrus munteanu
2021-11-15 20:57:32 +0000 UTCHi Owen! Please use the Antifreeze: details are at https://www.patreon.com/posts/54423108. Valentine is indeed one of the most problematic areas for this game bug. Also make sure to update to the latest mod release (2.0.0)
LukeRoss
2021-10-29 08:42:00 +0000 UTCHello! Thanks for your work, Luke, loved GTAV and now couldn't resist RDR2 in VR... but I'm having some issues, couldn't see it mentioned elsewhere but thought I'd comment publicly rather than message in case anyone else knows the fix? Mod works, mostly, but my game crashes at certain points, seems to be the final cutscene of big missions, so far. When it crashes, there's no error message, just hangs for a sec then kicks me back to Steam Home, nothing of interest showing on the monitor either just closes the window. First one was Lenny's infamous drinking session in the Valentine's saloon (quite the experience, but I experienced it too many times!), would play fine until the final scene when Arthur runs away from the lawmen, it would crash as I hopped the fence, which is when usually there's a brief cutscene of him running as it fades to black before he wakes the next morning. I eventually did a reinstall of both game and mod, and then got through it, so I assumed I'd fixed it, but then when the gang are chased out of Valentine, same issue - I'd rustle sheep, get them back to town, do the big shootout, all good, but then every time I tried to put Strauss on the horse, it would crash, instead of them all riding off leaving Arthur to escape by himself. That time, I got through it by turning VR off and playing it on my desktop (in a tiny box, coz when I full-screened with Alt+Ent it would try to start the mod and SteamVR again and the headset aiming would take over). Now I've just had it again; gone back to Valentine to rob the bank, done the whole thing and it crashed as I was leaving town. (Having typed all that, I'm wondering if Valentine is the problem? But I won't know for sure until I get further into the game and see if it crashes anywhere else.) I couldn't see this mentioned in other comments, is this something anyone else has had to deal with, and maybe found a fix for?
2021-10-29 08:02:03 +0000 UTCMan! Luke strikes again. Let me first say congratulations on another sweet achievement and thanks for giving us all real vr experiences.
zer0
2021-10-19 04:18:08 +0000 UTC:) I will pay an electrician to re-splice the cable thats dodgy if steam dont come to the party soon. No keeping me from it!
Stuart
2021-10-18 10:56:32 +0000 UTCDo you have the renderer set to SteamVR or Auto?
LukeRoss
2021-10-13 12:52:58 +0000 UTCThank you Stuart! Yes, having a better card makes a lot of difference. You said it very well: VR is a complete paradigm shift (which many gamers haven't fully realized yet), and I too am constantly in awe as I walk or ride around these incredible, man-made virtual worlds []-D
LukeRoss
2021-10-13 12:50:35 +0000 UTCI have a new bug with RDR2 not triggering my steamvr when launching, the workaround is if I load steam vr before rdr2 and then resize within the pause menu it finds the steamvr app and I can then manual start VR in the pause menu. Hope that makes sense? I should note that I did not have this bug on my previous 2080ti. And I see Luke that others had issues I think in 1.5.2 with steamvr launching not sure if the above workaround might help others... hope so.
Stuart
2021-10-13 11:05:33 +0000 UTCGot me a 3090 on the weekend with things cranked a bit more the immersion is off the charts. I am constantly in awe and it really is a paradigm shift in gaming. Great work Luke!
Stuart
2021-10-13 11:03:04 +0000 UTCnight city in VR that would be insane,but the game still has some dlc to release but then again gta v gets updated so often and the mod still works.
Cazanu
2021-10-12 09:58:11 +0000 UTCI’d like farcry 6 done, but very blessed to have gta5, rdr2 and mafia in vr.
God's love sent Jesus to save us, not judge us.
2021-10-12 00:19:47 +0000 UTCare you still thinking about doing Cyberpunk 2077 in vr?
Derrick taylor
2021-10-11 23:47:09 +0000 UTCI don't always play or buy games. When I do, it's vr and Lukeross mods.
God's love sent Jesus to save us, not judge us.
2021-10-10 16:27:12 +0000 UTCSaints Row 4 (The Matrix VR)
The Merote
2021-10-10 12:34:11 +0000 UTCThe Witcher 3
The Merote
2021-10-10 12:33:05 +0000 UTCIt's not a priority right now, but hopefully in the future I will get around to porting the GTA V mod to the new framework!
LukeRoss
2021-10-10 07:39:07 +0000 UTCI wonder if ARMA 3 might be a good candidate for REAL Mod?
Stuart
2021-10-09 19:57:36 +0000 UTCHi Luke. new option GPU Throttling is cool. The game is playing better than before. (for me) Could you also support GPU Throttling and World scale options for GTA5 VR mod? (patreon only)
DJ Lynch
2021-10-09 16:31:47 +0000 UTCHey Solomon! Running the batch file is important because I've changed the directory structure, but you can first backup your system.xml (found in Documents\Rockstar Games\Red Dead Redemption 2\Settings) and then restore it after running RealConfig
LukeRoss
2021-10-07 19:14:30 +0000 UTCHi, am getting ready to update to 1.5.2 together with the new dlss update (2.3.0) and specifically for rdr2. Is running the bat file a compulsary step or can I keep the settings from previous versions?
Solomon Ginsberg
2021-10-07 18:17:08 +0000 UTCNot that I'm aware of. I'll check the usual suspects for overlays and make sure they are off/closed. Gonna have to wait for the facebook outage to resolve first though.
2021-10-04 17:02:06 +0000 UTCHi Ed! Yes, the Rift S is fully supported. The Oculus runtime must be running of course (the Rift doesn't work without it), but SteamVR is not needed. The Rockstar launcher always starts up, that's not a problem. Could you paste the contents of your RealVR64.log file to pastebin.com so I can take a look?
LukeRoss
2021-10-02 06:34:58 +0000 UTCI haven't been able to get this to work for me. Is this compatible with the Oculus Rift S? After following the installation directions above, whenever I start RDR2 I get a widnow named ERR_GFX_STATE and it says Game error. Please reboot and restart the game. If I remove the files from the zip file, I can get back into RDR2 normally (no VR). I've tried with the Oculus software running as well as running the SteamVR software in addition. Also, even though I run through Steam, the rockstar client starts up too.
2021-10-01 22:38:44 +0000 UTCI've had one CTD in Valentine, haven't tested since but before that it worked great if not better than before. Mafia works perfect as always.
The Merote
2021-10-01 13:02:07 +0000 UTCMafia III will be coming too! Also, there are often sales on the Trilogy from the various stores if you want to complete your collection
LukeRoss
2021-10-01 06:36:13 +0000 UTCLuke, this version does open and works for me but since it worked it made me realize I bought Mafia 3 and not the first one but at least the .bat file opened and worked. Thanks.
2021-10-01 00:27:57 +0000 UTCFor me it all works terrific. Epic version and using steamvr.
God's love sent Jesus to save us, not judge us.
2021-09-29 21:54:04 +0000 UTCWhen you say that you tried the first person mod, do you mean the third-party mod?
LukeRoss
2021-09-29 19:09:25 +0000 UTCTried the first person mod with 1.5.2 but the cam is always played behind the character. Recenter doesn't change anything. Made a screenshot https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_yuRh8iDfrPp9gEsxT1r234_h-fOUAK3/view?usp=sharing
Hoshi82
2021-09-29 17:10:44 +0000 UTCFor 1.5.2, have you tried the Pause/Break key?
LukeRoss
2021-09-29 16:08:12 +0000 UTCGreetings ! Here is just a quick report to let you know how it goes here with RDRII (Steam version): 1.5.0 Works ok 1.5.1 Does not hook 1.5.2 No RealVR overlay
2021-09-29 14:10:12 +0000 UTCAwesome, thanks for reporting back!
LukeRoss
2021-09-29 09:57:50 +0000 UTC1.5.2 works for me!
Stuart
2021-09-29 09:56:11 +0000 UTCDon't select DX12, it will never work because the mod only supports Vulkan for RDR2.
LukeRoss
2021-09-29 09:38:29 +0000 UTCHi. I just installed the 1.5.2 to my RDR2 Steam version and this happened. (See link below). All this crazy fuzz colour over my vision and everything very low rez. I'm using Oculus Quest 2 with link cable, running through Steam, NVidia Overlay turned off. Tried both vulkan and DX12. Same result. I've no idea what's causing this and why I have so many issues trying to get this to run. I feel like something in my graphics setting is wrong and I'm doing something not right since everyone else seems to have so much success. :(( https://www.flickr.com/photos/194078526@N06/51530436371/in/dateposted-public/
2021-09-29 08:45:15 +0000 UTCv.1.5.2 update: it works for me with the steam edition of RD2 and fixes prior problems. I copied the Realmod zip files over my existing v1.5.0 install, running the config tool, choosing delete previous files/installations before continuing. Excellent work.
sharilah
2021-09-29 07:33:04 +0000 UTCFurther to this, the game launches (on desktop) in the usual VR friendly square aspect ratio seemingly defined by the config process, but the RealMod settings overlay doesn't even appear on the desktop vision along with no vision or input in the HMD.
sharilah
2021-09-29 01:20:27 +0000 UTCI'd like confirm's Derrick Taylor's experience. 1.5.1 using a steam version of the game doesn't work, and replacing it with 1.5.0 files and running the config again gives the same results. A clean re-install of RD2 with 1.5.0 does work, however.
sharilah
2021-09-29 01:14:04 +0000 UTCI have steam and it doesn't work in vr in the 1.5.1. I tried putting the 1.5.0 files back and it still doesn't work in vr.
Derrick taylor
2021-09-28 20:11:53 +0000 UTC
