Game will not work.

[dgiardullo.dg]

Hello. I bought Red Dead Redemption 2 about a year ago. I recently decided to play it again. Last time I played, very smooth. Ran on Med graphics at 50-55 fps (Could be lower) however, when I reinstalled it, the game seemed to be in a "Stalled" state where it was running, however not showing any visuals despite it being visible in Task manager. I have tried many things, looked at many Reddit and steam posts about this issue, even many YouTube videos. However, they were usually outdated.. Usually the game stalls, but sometimes it loads, only to have a black screen. Upon restarting my PC, it would stall again. Most interestingly, the common error Rockstar gave me was "Game already running," however, looking at Task manager, there was only one instance of RDR2.

I was looking forward to this, however my omen of bad luck followed me here too. Please help!!!

[Smask]

Open Steam launcher.
Click on the Library.
Right-click on the Red Dead Redemption 2 and choose Properties.
Choose to verify the integrity of the game file.

[DonJuanDoja]

Originally posted by Smask:

Open Steam launcher.
Click on the Library.
Right-click on the Red Dead Redemption 2 and choose Properties.
Choose to verify the integrity of the game file.

I'd also suggest re-installing the Rockstart launcher, logging into it with the account you linked, then go try after verifying files and updating the rockstar launcher.

[dgiardullo.dg]

Originally posted by DonJuanDoja:

Originally posted by Smask:

Open Steam launcher.
Click on the Library.
Right-click on the Red Dead Redemption 2 and choose Properties.
Choose to verify the integrity of the game file.

I'd also suggest re-installing the Rockstart launcher, logging into it with the account you linked, then go try after verifying files and updating the rockstar launcher.

Already did that. (2 times already), yet they still result in the stalling. And no, Reinstalling doesn't work. I have a slow as ♥♥♥♥ Flash drive that takes forever to "Reserve space," But also it takes 4 hours just to INSTALL THE DANG THING. It's just a waste of time.

Please try and find different solutions.

[Smask]

Play game via Geforce Now, server side gaming rigs!

[dgiardullo.dg]

Originally posted by Smask:

Play game via Geforce Now, server side gaming rigs!

I'm poor.

[Dynasource]

1. Hold your system up to date. Drivers and OS
-> Check for updates

2. Set API from Vulkan to DX12, most system specs have proms with Vulkan.
-> Can be found in the settings under Graphics, advanced or in system.xml

Open system.xml with notepad
Change following string <API>kSettingAPI_Vulkan</API>
into <API>kSettingAPI_DX12</API>

3. Set the audio format of your audio output device lower as 32 Bit recommed 16 Bit, settings of your OS. It prevents endless loading screens.

[dgiardullo.dg]

Originally posted by Dynasource:

1. Hold your system up to date. Drivers and OS
-> Check for updates

2. Set API from Vulkan to DX12, most system specs have proms with Vulkan.
-> Can be found in the settings under Graphics, advanced or in system.xml

Open system.xml with notepad
Change following string <API>kSettingAPI_Vulkan</API>
into <API>kSettingAPI_DX12</API>

3. Set the audio format of your audio output device lower as 32 Bit recommed 16 Bit, settings of your OS. It prevents endless loading screens.

Uh... I may have deleted my Red Dead Redemption 2 settings files. Anyway to regenerate them? I'm a bit slow and decided to delete it for no good reason.