Solution for "Photosensitive Warning" crash has been found!

[Absolute Unit]

Hi everyone, great news, there was a genius who found the way to resolve our issue. Explanation is pinned right below.

P. S. - Don't be shy to award our local hero who found the way to help all of us.

[Rahotekh]

i have the same problem after the photosensitive message pop up the games crash to desktop and i look everywhere to find a solution but without any sadly what i going to do is reinstall the games if is still does not work then i will get a refund too and after that get the classic version who seem much stable.

[Dr. Steve Brule]

Ok, guys. I've been having the same issue, and I got it fixed. It's a problem with too many CPUs. I found a solution on a Dead Space (2008) post, and it works like a champ here.

What you need is Process Lasso[bitsum.com]. The free version works fine. When you run it, find the CPU affinities option in the pulldown menus (shown here[i.imgur.com]). After you go into that menu, enter rtr_x64.exe under "Process match" and 0-7 under "CPU affinity" (you can try more, but 8 cores seems to be more than enough to run this game fine at 4k@165fps) as shown here[i.imgur.com]. Click "Add Rule" and then "OK." Leave Process Lasso running and launch the game.

I have been pulling my hair out for months about this. This game got released while I was in prison, and I'm a big fan of the games (and the comics). When I couldn't run Redux, I was crushed. It works great now.

[Absolute Unit]

Originally posted by Dr. Steve Brule:

Ok, guys. I've been having the same issue, and I got it fixed. It's a problem with too many CPUs. I found a solution on a Dead Space (2008) post, and it works like a champ here.

What you need is Process Lasso[bitsum.com]. The free version works fine. When you run it, find the CPU affinities option in the pulldown menus (shown here[i.imgur.com]). After you go into that menu, enter rtr_x64.exe under "Process match" and 0-7 under "CPU affinity" (you can try more, but 8 cores seems to be more than enough to run this game fine at 4k@165fps) as shown here[i.imgur.com]. Click "Add Rule" and then "OK." Leave Process Lasso running and launch the game.

I have been pulling my hair out for months about this. This game got released while I was in prison, and I'm a big fan of the games (and the comics). When I couldn't run Redux, I was crushed. It works great now.

Hi, thank you so much for your solutions. I tried it today and it's worked perfectly.
My question is - would you be ok if I'll create a topic with this solution for those who are seeking solution as well? Keeping the author of the solutions attached ofc.

Or you might write your own post with this solution, the thing is to spread is across the community and those who are struggling.

Also, would you be ok if I'll share this solution with the devs so maybe they'll implement the change to it? Let me know what you think?

[Dr. Steve Brule]

Originally posted by Absolute Unit:

Hi, thank you so much for your solutions. I tried it today and it's worked perfectly.
My question is - would you be ok if I'll create a topic with this solution for those who are seeking solution as well? Keeping the author of the solutions attached ofc.

Or you might write your own post with this solution, the thing is to spread is across the community and those who are struggling.

Also, would you be ok if I'll share this solution with the devs so maybe they'll implement the change to it? Let me know what you think?

I don't own the solution. Do what you want with it.

[Joker]

Excited to try this, but ti didn't work for me :-(

[StixsmasterHD4k]

Another solution is to configure RTR_x64.exe to run in administration mode.

which is waaaay less invasive than downloading sum random software that forces the game to only run on 1 affinity which in turn actually makes the game even more unoptimized.

[Dr. Steve Brule]

Originally posted by StixsmasterHD4k:

Another solution is to configure RTR_x64.exe to run in administration mode.

which is waaaay less invasive than downloading sum random software that forces the game to only run on 1 affinity which in turn actually makes the game even more unoptimized.

That doesn't actually work here, though. And Process Lasso isn't "random software" or invasive. It also doesn't make the game "more unoptimized" as the game runs at insane framerates on potatoes. It just scales to the number of available threads without a check, and doesn't know what to do when it goes past its limit.

[StixsmasterHD4k]

Originally posted by Dr. Steve Brule:

Originally posted by StixsmasterHD4k:

Another solution is to configure RTR_x64.exe to run in administration mode.

which is waaaay less invasive than downloading sum random software that forces the game to only run on 1 affinity which in turn actually makes the game even more unoptimized.

That doesn't actually work here, though. And Process Lasso isn't "random software" or invasive. It also doesn't make the game "more unoptimized" as the game runs at insane framerates on potatoes. It just scales to the number of available threads without a check, and doesn't know what to do when it goes past its limit.

funny cus thats what I did and it works/solved the issue perfectly for me. Heck im running the game on max/16 threads/affinity right now perfectly in admin mode with a total 4k texture pack installed. Something you likely will struggle to do if you are running with only 1 thread/affinity

& a 3rd party program that forces a game to run on a specific number of affinity definitely is invasive...heck even reshade technically is invasive.

[StixsmasterHD4k]

Note I do plan to make a video proving im right, here in a bit as soon as I finish up the total 4k texture pack im maken for the game atm.

[Dr. Steve Brule]

I'm not saying I don't believe it worked for you. I'm saying that didn't work in this case. My first troubleshooting step for any game is to make it run as Administrator. Also, it's not every CPU. I ran Dead Space on a TR1950X with 32 threads no problem, but my 13900kf with the same number made it ♥♥♥♥ a brick.