5454082B - Red Dead Redemption

[Blackbird88]

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Tested with xenia-project/xenia@fa62d39

Perfectly playable from start to finish.
Base game

Undead Nightmare

• Very rarely can crash
• FPS seems more stable with vsync=false. See here
• Cutscenes and Towns/Settlements are heavy on performance
• Undead Nightmare is more demanding due to large amount of NPCs (zombies) and fire particles

Screenshots:

Issues:

• Lens flare is visible through geometry

• Shiny objects are visible through geometry

Upscaling issues:

• During the night, whole screen or roads lit up (broken bloom?)
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K0szqLQCGw

Logs:

None

Labels:

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[Razzile]

Could you try running it from xenia built in release mode? It should skip the asserts and perform much faster.

[Blackbird88]

Oh I had no idea Release is actually different at this point. Will try it.

[Razzile]

Yea release is wonderful. I can't play frogger at all in debug but in release it's full speed.

[Blackbird88]

Only difference (besides the asserts) is that I can hear a glimpse of menu theme but it still hangs here
http://i.imgur.com/cZfyCbT.png

So the video I linked to is still correct behavior as of now.

[DrChat]

I'm not seeing a crash in the log you've posted. Can you post that?

[Blackbird88]

That log is the one with the crash, but it was generic Windows crash. Maybe it was just a coincidence.

[DrChat]

Maybe - try rerunning it, skip through anything you can to get the log super short and post it if the game crashes.

[Blackbird88]

Sadly none of the stuff can be skipped so this is as short as it can be. It crashes if I press Retry. Ignore just shows the same error over and over
http://i.imgur.com/UccmeCN.png

Log

[DrChat]

Yeah, hitting Retry triggers a breakpoint and I'm guessing you don't have a debugger attached so it crashes.

1. What asserts are being triggered?
2. Once you write that down, just hold down the i key until they stop.

[Blackbird88]

Hmm if I press Ignore x times then only the black screen/title screen remains. All of them are the same errors I posted above (the imgur link)
I also had a odd bug where it played the R* logo movie 3 times in a row.

Debugger doesn't work for some reason. Might be bug on my end.

[DrChat]

Okay, so it's just a hang. Pure speculation on my part, but I wonder if this is at all related to BK N&B's Xctd decompression deadlock

[DrChat]

So, when RDR "hangs", I can see one thread that's spamming the XMA decoder with sounds, and 3 threads running in the same tight loop waiting for some variable in physical memory to be set to 0 (@ 0xBE09F930).

Not entirely sure, but RDR might be loading sounds into memory on startup.

[Blackbird88]

Could be. It hangs after "playing" the menu theme.

[DrChat]

Okay, it's not the XMA decoder at fault. RDR is actually going ingame on the first menu screen. Examining the GPU command stream, it is drawing the level but goes suuuper slow.

When paused, I see 3 threads looping around checking on a bool variable (task queue or something? idk). Nearby in memory, there are some speedtree filenames (which appear to be some sort of render culling helpers).

Can anyone elaborate on the speedtree files or provide any insight into RAGE as to what it's doing? Check the PC version of GTA 4 and look for anything similar?

[Blackbird88]

Don't think that was ever documented by modding community as it is just some middleware that draws trees. I'll try looking if I can find anything.

[DrChat]

Oh wow, "speedtree" actually means plants and trees. Okay, that's screwing up then.

[reditec]

Guys it works. http://puu.sh/luxlu/3750933348.png It's just incredible slow, but it works.

[Blackbird88]

Did you not read the first post? There is a video you know.

[reditec]

I know, but it still plays some kind of sounds in the background, the processor is still in use, so actually it does not hang. By the way, does Xenia come with an XMA decoder?

[Blackbird88]

It's submodule I think and yes sometimes it plays a sound.

[reditec]

Good to know. I'm working on a tool called RDR Explorer and I want to add the feature to play and extract .awc files. Those are archives which contain xma decoded files and I'm looking for a working codec.

[Blackbird88]

I know. I posted in your thread.

[reditec]

Aaaah you are that "Admin priv" guy :D Nice to meet you :)
Yeah, we're working on LZX decompression. After that probably fragment viewing and exporting support. But that's not my part, I don't know C++ and the .dll file to export the is written in C++, so my friend Kilian is working on it and I'm right now looking for simple file formats with fastman92. This game is awesome <3

[theoldsport]

Here's a little test-> Video

Unfortunately the log was too massive to upload. Red Dead Redemption (the base game) can consistently get ingame up to this commit: benvanik/xenia@fa2ad7e4
It is possible to walk around, and most sound effects seem to work. Menus don't seem to have too many issues. I couldn't get the damn game to crash!

Undead Nightmare, however, suffers from an infinite loading screen after the intro sequence.

state-gameplay, gpu-missing-drawing (for base game)

[Revolutionary-Sneed-83527]

How do i unlock social club content and the "Gentleman's attire"?, I tried but it did not work for me. I play on GOTY Edition.

You need to be more specific with what you mean by "tried" I think. Did you install the title update (GOTY TU1)?

I installed the titile update 1 now what?, Should i install all title updates?

[InterClaw]

I suggest you read what ddubs13, mogzol, and myself write about directly above there. You can start reading from Dec 16, 2022. We discussed exactly this.

There is only one update for the GOTY edition. The reason being that disc had most of the updates on it already.

• GOTY = standard TU7
• GOTY TU1 = standard TU8

But basically, you run the game, make sure that the window title says [5454082B v12.0.1]. The .1 indicates you have TU1 running for GOTY. Then wait in the game world for an ingame notification about the Gentleman's Attire. For me it took well under a minute, but it wasn't instant. If it doesn't pop, then try saving and loading the save game perhaps, or maybe fast travel or something. If it still doesn't show, I don't know what to tell you.

Once you have it you can save the game, close Xenia, and rename/delete folder Xenia\content\5454082B\000B0000 to go back to the previous version so the Xenia patches work again.

[KeaghanSeth]

If someone is able to help I would greatly appreciate it, Im having an issue that seems common but I am unable to find the fix or solution for it. When I boot up the game I get the unhandled exception error message with exception encountered and so on. I apologize if this is not the correct way to ask for help, I haven't used the github thread before.

I have also applied the patches, I forgot to say

[r3538987]

I have also applied the patches, I forgot to say
@KeaghanSeth - same without patches?

[r3torta]

HORSE WHISTLE

this is my first time writing In these threads, but in undead nightmare after the prologue, once you call your horse to go to blackwater, and get off once your there, the horse disappears and I can’t call it back at all!

Does anybody know how to fix this??

[WeirdScienceX]

If someone is able to help I would greatly appreciate it, Im having an issue that seems common but I am unable to find the fix or solution for it. When I boot up the game I get the unhandled exception error message with exception encountered and so on. I apologize if this is not the correct way to ask for help, I haven't used the github thread before.

I have also applied the patches, I forgot to say

Did you ever find a solution to this? I'm having the same issue.

Undead Nightmare works great, Disc 1 crashes on Main Menu

[witchkilla]

i have a question, is the gentleman's attire available on GOTY for emulation?

[InterClaw]

i have a question, is the gentleman's attire available on GOTY for emulation?

Sure is. See this:
#108 (comment)

[witchkilla]

wow. thx for the quick response, okay. one question, since GOTY has the updates the regular has, does that mean that the GOTY edition + the one update make it the most updated version of RDR?

[mogzol]

Yes it is the most updated version. Although I'd remove the update after getting the gentleman's attire. It doesn't add anything else, and it prevents xenia patches from working.

[InterClaw]

Yeah, that update is basically a DLC unlocker and remover of some multiplayer stuff because the servers were shut down. It doesn't change/fix anything in the campaign (to my knowledge) and doesn't make the game run any better/more stably in Xenia. In fact, probably worse, since the patches don't work with it. Good thing the save doesn't complain about the technically downgraded version. :)

[witchkilla]

thanks for the tips wow

[MrPride77]

I played it in the xbox series S and it was a disaster the screen was frozen and the sound was the only thing working. And after you run it there is no coming back because everything is frozen in xbox and you can’t do anything beside waiting for it to shut or unplug the power

[IvanSaucedoPzo]

“Could someone help me? When I try to play disc 1, specifically the mission ‘Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness, Except for Organized Crime,’ the loading screen hangs as if it’s thinking or processing too much. It’s only this mission; I’ve already completed the others without any issues. It happens while playing on Xenia Canary, and it’s the base game’s Game of the Year (GOTY) edition.

[bpluto444]

“Could someone help me? When I try to play disc 1, specifically the mission ‘Thou Shall Not Bear False Witness, Except for Organized Crime,’ the loading screen hangs as if it’s thinking or processing too much. It’s only this mission; I’ve already completed the others without any issues. It happens while playing on Xenia Canary, and it’s the base game’s Game of the Year (GOTY) edition.

had that issue too, i walked into the building of the mission then back out and it worked. wish there was a better fix

[jestercore]

Please add vsync-off-speedup label.

[eccentricep]

Hi, I have a simple question. I've had no issues with the game so far but I've noticed that there are no bullet holes that appear on an enemy when they are shot. Has anyone else had this issue and does anyone know a potential fix? It's not a huge deal obviously but if anyone knows of a fix that'd be great.

[Margen67]

@IvanSaucedoPzo Piracy isn't allowed.

[Margen67]

Xenia Canary issue: xenia-canary#129