Pro tip: How to disable Screen Space Reflections, and make graphics smoother

[Catatonic Twitch Streamer]

<waterReflectionSSR value="true" />
to
<waterReflectionSSR value="false" /> in system.xml file under C:\Users\USERNAME\Documents\Rockstar Games\Red Dead Redemption 2\Settings

At the cost of a little precision, maybe, you don't have those annoying missing reflections at the border of your screen anymore, and also the go and come again reflections when moving the camera down... Visually a lot more constant and calm.

[Fobozzz]

mm

[Catatonic Twitch Streamer]

Originally posted by Fobozzz:

mm

What? Just giving out good advice.

There's still reflections (!), but not totally arbitrary ones.

Much nicer too look at, if you're not just doing screenshots, but actually playing the game.

[Stug]

Every time I start RDR2 they keep modifying my settings .xml file even is in read mode.
Disgusting.

[Catatonic Twitch Streamer]

Originally posted by Stug:

Every time I start RDR2 they keep modifying my settings .xml file even is in read mode.
Disgusting.

Even in read-only mode? What the devil.

[trshlobyat]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, how is this not in every visual mod in RDR2?? Rockstar should've done it like this in the first place! Thanks!

[Catatonic Twitch Streamer]

Originally posted by trshlobyat:

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, how is this not in every visual mod in RDR2?? Rockstar should've done it like this in the first place! Thanks!

There's lots of finishing touch their mayors disallow.

It would need some heavy duty intervention to deactivate not just the Screen Space Reflections but the Shadow Screen Reflections as well. Those become really obvious when you move into the higher woods.

The limitations of a console are understood, but the PC port sucks.

I understand marketing slightly, and screenshots are nice, but even when the money is spent on Steam you just have a 2 hour limitation to send the ♥♥♥♥ back. This ♥♥♥♥ however is moving nowhere and not just at a 30 frames a second.

This game is easily recommendable, but it's not unconditionally recommendable, and sadly not just because of the visuals. I've encountered a lot of bugs, errors in details and unoptimized systems. And I swear, they are known, but they dont' love them.

It was said, the budget was 200million dollars and up to a 500?! It just needed just a few more dollars or at least some normal people who they had followed to bring it to fruition. Yes, I understand that this game is 6 years old, but has the managment surpassed that age yet? It's okay, because they develop a little slower, but do I have to get into modding to fix this kindergarten. Do they believe in mods? Principally? The more they do, the less they fix it, but ignoring or belittle them is too much asked, and that's what they constitute.

I am confused, because I feel like they don't play "their" "own" games, and at the very least they absolutely don't understand them. I went through all the credits at the end of the main game and I felt disappointed. The last missions just felt like a silly action movie, and despite being left with the feeling of a lot of actual work done, I will remember this game with these hazy heads who are not ever being part of the project at all.

A stupid guy lending money, a church guy selling trust: Good luck with that God.