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.

• A great interactive map of Red Dead Online!

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

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.