Red Dead Redemption 2 and Online

Just a random collection of things related to Red Dead Redemption 2 and Red Dead Online. From what I've heard Rockstar has pretty much abandoned the game at this point, but you can still make it enjoyable. See below for more.

Useful links

• A great interactive map of Red Dead Online! 
  

Crash Fix aka Anti-Cheater Fix aka Private Sessions

Probably common knowledge by now and just saved here so I don't need to go looking. Created and published by people here and here and in other places. Just search for “Red Dead Online private session” using your favorite search engine. 

• Find the installation folder of Red Dead Redemption 2 (for Steam it's usually …\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Red Dead Redemption 2)
• Switch to the folder \x64\data
• Place the startup.meta (see below) file there
• Open the file with a text editor and replace password at the very end of the file with something more complex
• Have your friends do the same thing with the same password so you can play together
  

startup.meta:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<CDataFileMgr__ContentsOfDataFileXml>
 <disabledFiles />
 <includedXmlFiles itemType="CDataFileMgr__DataFileArray" />
 <includedDataFiles />
 <dataFiles itemType="CDataFileMgr__DataFile">
  <Item>
   <filename>platform:/data/cdimages/scaleform_platform_pc.rpf</filename>
   <fileType>RPF_FILE</fileType>
  </Item>
  <Item>
   <filename>platform:/data/ui/value_conversion.rpf</filename>
   <fileType>RPF_FILE</fileType>
  </Item>
  <Item>
   <filename>platform:/data/ui/widgets.rpf</filename>
   <fileType>RPF_FILE</fileType>
  </Item>
  <Item>
   <filename>platform:/textures/ui/ui_photo_stickers.rpf</filename>
   <fileType>RPF_FILE</fileType>
  </Item>
  <Item>
   <filename>platform:/textures/ui/ui_platform.rpf</filename>
   <fileType>RPF_FILE</fileType>
  </Item>
  <Item>
   <filename>platform:/data/ui/stylesCatalog</filename>
   <fileType>aWeaponizeDisputants</fileType> <!-- collision -->
  </Item>
  <Item>
   <filename>platform:/data/cdimages/scaleform_frontend.rpf</filename>
   <fileType>RPF_FILE_PRE_INSTALL</fileType>
  </Item>
  <Item>
   <filename>platform:/textures/ui/ui_startup_textures.rpf</filename>
   <fileType>RPF_FILE</fileType>
  </Item>
  <Item>
   <filename>platform:/data/ui/startup_data.rpf</filename>
   <fileType>RPF_FILE</fileType>
  </Item>
	<Item>
		<filename>platform:/boot_launcher_flow.#mt</filename>
		<fileType>STREAMING_FILE</fileType>
		<registerAs>boot_flow/boot_launcher_flow</registerAs>
		<overlay value="false" />
		<patchFile value="false" />
	</Item>
 </dataFiles>
 <contentChangeSets itemType="CDataFileMgr__ContentChangeSet" />
 <patchFiles />
</CDataFileMgr__ContentsOfDataFileXml>
 
password

Graphics Settings

 Based on Hardware Unboxed' Red Dead Redemption 2 Optimization Part 1 and Part 2.

Reducing the game resolution should help a lot too, e.g. from 1920x1080px to 1600x900px.