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RDR2 no longer working after last update.

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As per title, It appears the latest Rockstar update has broke RDR2 on Shadow. 

I have been able to play with no issues via the Rockstar launcher on Boost since its day 1 launch, however the game now quits to desktop when attempting to start either online or solo. I have been through all the suggestions on the various online forums to no avail.

I am able to run the game if i install on one the kids home PC’s (Ryzen CPU’s, one with a RTX 2060 and the other with a GTX 1070). A quick check on /r/ShadowPC shows I'm not alone, not checked on the Discord as i’m not a fan at all of how its used. I’m now convinced its to do with the shadow hardware.

Has ANY boost RDR2 gotten it to work since the last update and if so how?

Has ANY Shadow staff been able to run it since last update on the BOOST configuration? again if so how and any chance you could advise the communities, be it here or /r/ShadowPC.

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Hi folks,

I also confirm that the game now works perfectly :)

it’s about time !!!

Really angry against R who let their customers rot for several months….

But thanks Shadow for the updates and the continued support.

 

 

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Is this still an issue?  I was looking at picking this game up but there’s no point if it doesn’t work.  The update page for known issues states it’s been fixed.  There’s no dates on that post so I can’t tell if if was posted before or after this.

https://help.shadow.tech/hc/en-gb/articles/360011233839-Known-Issues-for-Shadow

 i have been playing RDR2 today and so can confirm that at least on Paris Data centre it is working just fine 

 

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Is this still an issue?  I was looking at picking this game up but there’s no point if it doesn’t work.  The update page for known issues states it’s been fixed.  There’s no dates on that post so I can’t tell if if was posted before or after this.

https://help.shadow.tech/hc/en-gb/articles/360011233839-Known-Issues-for-Shadow

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Hello,

since today's update it works again. The first time since August …

 

I hope it stays like this.....

S

hi

 

whats the latest version of rdr2 who work on shadow ?

 

(ps: i think its 1.19)

 

 

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Hi, let's sign a petition to Rockstar Games, Inc to so they fix the problem and restrictions on Shadow computers, or let's start a class action lawsuit against Rockstar Games, Inc

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Hi, 

 

I’m in the same trouble as you guys. I tried to reach Rockstar’s support and their answer was 

disappointing. “We do not provide support for our titles within a virtual or emulated environment”.

But, do we agree that Stadia is a virtual machine and it works perfectly on it, they just dealed something with google i think. But is that legal because we all bought this game. So it might be a silly idea but can’t we request European Comission or something like this to study this dishonest behavior. I don’t know if we are many but what he hell.

 

Best regards 

S

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While waiting for the patch, steam users can downgrade their RDR2 client for solo play. 

downgrade

how to

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1174180/discussions/0/2785991200452218401/?ctp=38#c4325098189137467072

 

 

….i also tried this downgrade of my Steam RDR2 yesterday. (what a “hack” !)
but my trust to sh*** R* has been confirmed:

a downgrade is NOT ALLOWED through Rockstar Games Launcher.

 

i even managed to get RDR2.exe down to release version 1.0.1232 (from 1.0.13.xx) with all its depending files.

But when starting RDR2 through steam client it’s forwarded to R* Launcher and this f** Launcher says “Update required!
You must update RDR2 before you can launch it”

so i guess there’s no way to bypass this update-check of R* Launcher (without any stupid crack...).
the GTAV.exe tweak did not work anymore either… (at least this they got fixed really quick, these dump Rockstar f****)

 

just bought RDR2 through steam, so i will claim it and exchange my purchase.

fu* R* ...this is how you distribute Games?!

 

cheers.

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calmrelax

I downgraded RDR2, put my save files, and was able to run the game one time only. The second run got me a verification error. I switched the steam to online mode, tried to run the game but got the “Update Required” error from Rockstar Launcher. Reinstalling the launch didn’t help.

 

Any ideas on how to fix it?

calmrelax

The downgrading workaround needs the save files. I’ve deleted them while trying to make RDR2 work the day it got broken.

Is there any way to download RDR2 cloud saves without the game?

Darasin
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I want to note, that per Steam, there are non Shadow users with this issue. Saying Shadow isnt supported is RS punting on the issue. 

Gaijin
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What about for the Rockstar Launcher though.

Don’t know if R* allows downgrading. Might have to ask on their forum. 

This is one of the more impressive messes I’ve ever seen.
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What about for the Rockstar Launcher though.

Gaijin
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While waiting for the patch, steam users can downgrade their RDR2 client for solo play. 
 

for online play use redm

 

downgrade

how to

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1174180/discussions/0/2785991200452218401/?ctp=38#c4325098189137467072

 

post #579 by ser pounce a lot

 

“Downgrade the game to 1.0.1232.62 and the Problem is GONE (at least for me no crash in an hour) time R* acknowledges this bug already!

0. You need .NET Core Runtime : https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download
1. Get DepotDownloader: https://github.com/SteamRE/DepotDownloader
2. Open a commandline and cd to the DepotDownloader folder
3. depotdownloader.bat -app 1174180 -depot 1174184 -manifest 927270803708030361 -username STEAMUSER -password STEAMPASS -validate
4. Wait until downloads are finished, then put steam into offline mode
5. Copy the files you downloaded with DepotDownloader into your Red Dead Redemptiopn2 folder

Optional steps:
6. Hopefully have fun without the crash
7. Read: https://www.reddit.com/r/PCRedDead/comments/ibo56z/today_r_♥♥♥♥♥♥_me_off_to_the_nth_degree_calling/
8. Raise awareness!”
 

This is one of the more impressive messes I’ve ever seen.
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This is a huge bummer. I waited months to get my Shadow specifically to play RDR2 only for this to happen. Has there been any word from Shadow? I really don’t want to move to Stadia.

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Heard from R* that Shadow is not officially supported and they narrowed the issue down to only happening on PC users running the game through Shadow. I.e. they aren’t going to fix it, so is Shadow working on a solution to this? If not there is no point in my membership anymore and I would like to cancel if Shadow doesn’t plan on fixing this.

 

Since that’s the case, I will have to buy the game on Google Stadia then.

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Oh no! Don’t tell me that! 🤦‍♂️

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Having the same crashing issue. Extremely aggravating. Wonder if Rockstar is ever going to fix this major problem.

Seems like they are working on it, lets hope for the best. 


Heard from R* that Shadow is not officially supported and they narrowed the issue down to only happening on PC users running the game through Shadow. I.e. they aren’t going to fix it, so is Shadow working on a solution to this? If not there is no point in my membership anymore and I would like to cancel if Shadow doesn’t plan on fixing this.

Lily
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Having the same crashing issue. Extremely aggravating. Wonder if Rockstar is ever going to fix this major problem.

Seems like they are working on it, lets hope for the best. 

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Having the same crashing issue. Extremely aggravating. Wonder if Rockstar is ever going to fix this major problem.

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So it's been nearly 2 weeks and i decided yo use my super human powers of being the world biggest a**hole to annoy rockstar and after much back and forth, including me sending all my msinfo and xdiag stuff and log files ,,,,, blah blah ,,, after a week I finaly got an answer Hello HashtagJessen,

Thank you for getting back to us.

Thank you for taking your time and reporting this issue to us, we would like to inform you that we are currently looking into this issue with RDR2 crashing on Shadow Computer. We request your patience while we roll out a fix for this. We are sorry for the inconvenience this has caused you.

Please feel free to contact us, if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Russel P.
Rockstar Support

 

Not the one I was looking for but still an answer

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The update(fix) from R* came out today that was supposed to fix this and did not solve the above issue for me. Did it work for anyone else???

Lily
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just bought it today :( hope they patch this ASAP

Indeed ^^ 

macropilot
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just bought it today :( hope they patch this ASAP

Lily
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I’m still on Shadow Legacy and the recent RDR2 update broke as well on both my Shadow and my daughters. I even wiped my shadow and reinstalled RDR2 from scratch. Same problem.

 

I can start RDR2, and I can navigate the initial menu screen but as soon as I try to enter any option (start a game multiple or single, visit options page) (I can flip between single player and online pages) the game screen goes dark like it’s going to load, if I do single I can see the foggy background and it freezes and drops me back to windows. For multiplayer, I see a black screen, a few words (like town name) flash at the bottom right, and 2 seconds later I’m dropped back to windows.

 

Windows event log indicates RDR2 is performing a memory exception (accessing memory it shouldn’t). Running it as administrator doesn’t help (RDR2 won’t even start in compatibility mode, Rockstar has it display an error saying it’s not supported.

 

There was also a windows update recently, this time I wiped I didn’t try installing that update and I had the same problem.

 

Turning off anti-virus scanning doesn’t help either. It was working just fine before the 28th when the new update dropped. :-(

As far as I know Rockstar knows about the issue with the latest patch and will work to fix it.

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