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As horses are vital to the game, here are some things I've learned from controls to controlling the horse. Please add to if you have information. 1. you can toggle your horse from a slow walk (recommended in town) to a trot. Then to full a full sprint. Many of us already know to press A (for XB1) in time with your horses gallop to use less stamina. It looks like this: walk-->trot-->run-->full sprint 2. To go from running back down to a trot and to walking, press the RB button (XB1). This is especially handy as you are coming into town or accidentally start running in town. This has been the single most important part of handling my horse in the game. 3. When taming a new horse, ensure you stay with it at all times. Instruct your main horse to follow you and never leave the new horse behind. I have a tendency to find a new mount while hunting, and it comes in handy to have two horses (side note: each horse can carry 1 large animal like a deer/pronghorn, and 2 small animals such as a rabbit/duck). 2 horses are great when you are out hunting, but they are difficult to control. Your new horse will run off if you do not get your bonding level to 1 and you wander off from it (or it is scared off). 4. Wash your horse by running it through water or clean it using the brush. Clean horses are happy horses. 5. Feed your horse often to ensure it stays at a proper weight. If you are on a main story quest, it's a good thing to fortify your horses stamina; good chance you're going to need to make a heck of a break for it. 6. Upgraded tack items can provide small speed boosts. 7. DO NOT RIDE IN HEAVILY FORESTED AREAS QUICKLY. It's a good way to plant yourself and your trusty steed into a tree. 8. Careful going down steep slopes, your horse can and will slide down. 9. BUY A HORSE RESUSCITATION POTION. You're going to have a horse shot out from under you. If you survive, you'll want to rez the ol' sucker. Nothing worse than losing your fully bonded horse. 10. Horses no like big drops. 11. When you think you're going to be in a firefight, or you're unexpectedly jumped by rival gangs, sprint through the contact, find a place to put your four legged friend, and then take cover and return fire if you are going to fight. Personally, I recommend breaking contact and sprinting through ambushes. That said, DO NOT return to your camp. You've likely figured this out if you've been playing over the past week. This way, your horse doesn't turn into your cover and become a bullet cushion. 12. You can have 4 horses in the stable, and I've personally had 3 horses in camp. 13. Your horse will show up at your next stagecoach/train destination. Magic.

I just accidentally discovered that you can ride backwards by double-tapping R1

It’s up to you; my experience with other PS4Pro upscale games is that they are gorgeous and sharp. RDR2 just seems to have a bad implementation of upscalibg. For good examples, check out Assasins Creed Odyssey and God of War. Hope they patch this because it has the potential to lool as great as it does on the OneX

Talking to customer or tech support isn’t helping. We are getting generic answers.... we have to make a stink and be annoying and spam the hell out of ALL R* social media. THIS IS PATHETIC. This should’ve been an xbox1x EXCLUSIVE. Because either it wasn’t ready.... or the PS4 just can’t handle it at all and it’s maxed out (I don’t believe that) seriously my worst video game experience... and I played E.T. For the Atari 2600... I’m old school.

If you're using multiple horses, it's usually best to ride the new one and let your primary follow, it continues to build a relationship with your new horse - don't forget to load up on weapons before you do this, and whistle for your primary horse often so it keeps following and you don't leave it somewhere. I agree with one of the poster's above that it's best to leave the horse during engagements and find cover, then whistle for the horse, mount, and run as needed to avoid having your horse shot out from under you. That said, there are also strategies that can be very effective from horseback - like using a sawed off shotgun and using your horse to close quickly and drive right into the middle of a crowd of enemy. The sawed off shotgun does wonders at such close range, many headless bodies can result in a very short time. If you get separated from your horse, at a close distance, say for example you slide down a hill and your horse won't follow after repeated whistling even when it can hear you, simply set up camp and magically it will be beside you. Useful if you end up on the bottom of a cliff, on the other side of a body of water that you can't cross, a chasm, etc. This "trick" (cheat) saved me a huge amount of walking to regain my horse in the mountains after I slipped once. Don't wander away to the restroom, kitchen, etc, while sitting on horseback on a railroad track lol. When riding with the gang, double tap "X" (ps4) to move up in the formation. Pushing down on L3 (ps4) to calm your horse if there are snakes, predators, etc, and to give some warm snuggle love to a new horse to increase your bond. Press "O" (ps4) to have Morgan kick left or right while mounted, it's fun to kick enemies from horseback! lol.

My only complaint with the game, after moving into Chapter 3, is all the Leftist/SJW story lines. I mean between rescuing or taking up the causes of every minority group on the map, punishing racists, caring about everyone ... unless they are white rednecks, or white southerners, or white rich people .. and ... helping the women's suffrage movement ? REALLY ? I mean who the hell wrote this story line, the Southern Poverty Law center ? Next paragraph has spoiler ... The story line is starting to run like some Millennial / SJW / Antifa wet dream.

maybe we should ask for a refund all together to sony!

start the game and look on your screen. This is what I saw. sharpness or blurriness is dimming up and down. Motion Blur is producing a very blurry image on turning around with the camera. On fast horseriding all looks messed up. I become a headache and tiring eyes since 1 hour of gaming. Turn off hdr or using 1080p mode is not a solution for me. The TAA blur is to agressive too. All my other major PS4 Pro titles looking really clean. Here are some of the titles. Spiderman, Uncharted 4, Assassins Creed Odyssey, Horizon Zero Dawn, God of War and many more. This is how he should look. This is previous footage https://www.youtube.com/w This is what I think the combination of too much TAA instead off SMAA and checkerboard rendering and too much agressive motion blur and depth of field, destroy the image quality on PS4 Pro totally. It outputs blurry Textures and blurry surroundings and cutscenes. It is miles away from the XBox One X Version. Why is the sharpen slider only in the 1080p resolution? Is it a bug? This is what I wrote in the official Forum and in a ticket. This is what I want: The sharpen slider in 4k mode A button to turn off motion blur smaa instead of taa I wrote in the ticket, that this is not a problem of our hardware, our tv´s I put the link of this thread into my ticket. I hope this must help too

Got a second response from rockstar with this, acknowledging the problem and it went on to state ways I can try and make the issue better until they fix it.

I rarely post on forums to discuss problems with a game, such as the problems with RDR2, but I have been waiting on this game since I played the original RDR back in college and was amazed by how ahead of its time it was. To start with the technical details - I'm running the game on a PS4 Pro CUH-7115B and a Sony X900E. I've had my TV calibrated using CalMAN and a Klein K10-A colorimeter. I know what I'm doing, I'm also familiar with graphics and 3D rendering. Secondly, RDR2 is a gorgeous game. The attention to detail is amazing. But it's a blurry mess on the Pro 4K mode... All other PS4 Pro Enhanced titles that I've played (GoW, HZD, Spider-Man) which are using a reconstruction method to output to 4K look absolutely great on my TV, as other forum members have already stated. The softness of RDR2 in '4K mode' on PS4 Pro is a multifaceted issue, but so far, I believe it can be contributed to mostly: - Reconstructing horizontally from only 1920 pixels. - Adding an aggressive temporal anti-aliasing (R*'s TAA) solution on top of that reconstruction to 'soften' things even further. So far, this will be enough to ruin the texture quality and sharpness of some objects for some scenarios and quite badly so. Then, we add other graphical engine features that can soften the image even further and we've got a blurry image as a result. I think on their own they add to the game's visual quality but having to work with only 1920x2160 (this is essentially 2 times less the resolution of the One X), they are actually detrimental: - Per-pixel motion blur in high movement moments. - Generally high-quality depth of field. - A ton of volumetric fog and lighting. This is partly why I always go for FXAA or SMAA on my PC and reduce or completely disable motion-blur, especially if it's badly implemented. There's motion blur, then there's motion blur and then there's the poor man's motion blur, like back in the 2008-2012 days. HDR doesn't have anything to do with all of this, but since RDR2's 'HDR' implementation is actually not HDR, it washes out the colors and takes away the color 'pop' that even some SDR games can have. This means that, allegorically, some if not most people playing RDR2 in 4K mode with HDR (especially if you follow their ridiculous recommendation of 100 nits for LCD TVs) will feel like HDR makes the image even softer. So, is there a problem? Yes, there is. Have Rockstar acknowledged it? No, they have not. Are they doing anything about it? We don't know, unfortunately, unless someone has insider information. I found a single post about this blurry/soft image on PS4 Pro problem on the official forums from the 26th of October and it was downvoted and ignored: I stopped playing the game after about 4-5 hours in, because my eyes hurt. I've never had this problem with any other game and I have good eye-sight, just as some other dudes here were pointing out. I can't enjoy it properly and it's an unpleasant experience.

Go to this location on the map, kill the people that are in the house, and the Double-Action revolver is under the bunk bed by the fire place.The weapon will be in a case, and you have to inspect it to open it. Hope this helps! 😎

LOL once I finally figured out that pressing 'O' was the problem, I started investigating... and now that I look back and watch the video, it seems like the horse is actually kicking sideways somewhat. In any case, I also found that riding my horse and hitting the O button came in handy if you ride by an NPC you can kick them LOL and you are correct, I got into a fist fight and ended up stomping on them with the O button. Not gonna lie... That button is becoming one of my favorites now hahaha and while my wife was playing tonight, I told her to hit the O button while she was standing beside her horse... She was not overly impressed, but damn it was funny!

Maybe this will people help to dont think the law system is broken just because they ride like rambo through the town and wondering why everybody is shooting at them.

Hi everyone, here's some quick, initial tips to take into account before you get started playing the game. What do you wish you'd known when you started? Feel free to post your own!

Whenever we first hop into a new highly anticipated game, we let ourselves be swept up by the experience. Having waited so long, we bet most Red Dead Redemption 2 fans are eager to get acquainted with the game as quickly as possible. However, this is a game that doesn't do a lot of handholding, and some systems simply aren't explained. While you'll get the hang of these mechanics with time, there are a few things best known before or when you start playing. Note: These tips are completely spoiler-free. We're only focusing on gameplay elements and mechanics you should know about from the start. Take Your Time First, let's tackle the mindset with which you go into the game with in the first place. Some games are really fast-paced and almost outright require you to rush to complete objectives as quickly a possible. Red Dead Redemption 2 is not such a game. Even more so than its predecessor and much more so than GTA, this game is to be savored like good wine not downed like a shot. Many of the game's systems and mechanics encourage you to ease into a steady pace of play where you take your time to explore, to learn, to understand and to take in everything that is happening. However, if you end up trying to rush with progress, you'll end up souring the experience. While there never is 'one right way' to play any game, there are wrong ways, and in this case trying to fast-track your game sessions is definitely the second. How to Upgrade Cores Red Dead Redemption 2's core system is a tad complex, and isn't really explained in-game. In fact, this is something we dedicate a whole guide to in and of itself which goes into greater detail. Basically, your cores are Health, Stamina and Dead-Eye. These are three little circles above the mini-map and the filled outline represents the amount of each. To upgrade these, which you will definitely want to do, you need to "use" them. It's a bit like real life, you need to use your muscles to strengthen them. With Dead-Eye and Stamina, this works easily. Just often perform stamina-consuming acts like sprinting and occasionally you'll get small Stamina upgrades. Same for Dead-Eye - just use it and it will be upgraded. Health is a different matter, since "using" it doesn't work. You can't get shot by lawmen or get mauled by bears and end up healthier than before. Cores also passively drain over time adding a kind of survival mechanic, as these are separate from your actual bars. You need to eat occasionally to prevent your health core from draining completely. This is what you can use to upgrade them. For a more comprehensive look at Cores, check out our guide (coming soon). Always Loot You can loot a lot of things in Red Dead Redemption 2. We suggest you do. Loot everyone, loot everything. If you adhere to this, you'll likely always have enough money, ammo and supplies throughout the game. Little dark crosses mark lootable items on your minimap, which become lighter and greyed out once looted. X marks the spot, and never ignore the X. Check Your Log Often Pressing left on your D-Pad will open your log, which tracks all of your non-mission activities. If you want to avoid grinding these activities later on, occasionally open your log to check what objective happen to be nearby. Completing them organically while on your way to other goals will make things more fun. Refill Dead-Eye With Chewing Tobacco Health and stamina regenerates on its own, but Dead-Eye does not. You need to pay attention to keeping it filled before encounters. Shooting enemies adds small amounts of fill, but the best and quickest way is by using chewing tobacco. It's a common loot item that goes into your consumables, so you should have pockets full of the stuff if you follow our looting tip. Use Your Bandana If you find yourself in the mood for a bit of premeditated criminal activity in Red Dead Redemption 2, make sure to wear a bandana. This doesn't have any negative effects, but it does hide your identity meaning what you do won't get bounty hunters sent after you. Local lawmen will still chase you if you are caught in the act, however they won't know that Arthur Morgan did the dirty deed, thus keeping your notoriety from increasing. Check out our other guides to learn more about how the game works. The post Red Dead Redemption 2 Tips For Beginners appeared first on RDR2.org. Read the full story

Hi everyone, I experience a similar issue, although it may be of a bit different nature. In my case, it's not just blurry graphics, but the whole image gets severely distorted when camera is moved left or right. So. the picture is more or less crisp only if I stand still or move straight ahead. Any slight movement of camera to the side, and I can barely see anything: "double image" effect and a blurry mess. The faster the movement the bigger the distortion. This is partly because it is a 30 FPS game and TV is not very fast, although I use the Game mode, but this game is definitely much worse at this aspect than others. After 10-15 mins of play I get a headache and I cannot enjoy the game when the image is so bad during movement. I've recorded a small video of this. I use a PS4 Pro on a 1080p TV. Tried enabling/disabling supersampling - didn't help. Also tried to connect the console to my fast PC monitor - a bit better there, however the issue is still present. The only thing that helps with this is switching to any other non-game mode on TV and enabling the smooth picture setting (that adds frames), but that causes terrible input lag, so not an option for me either. Hope they'll address this soon. The game is great apart of this poor technical implementation. Update: replaced the video with a better one, recorded directly from PS4.

I did some more research and you definitely cannot. I actually prefer the manual painting, cuz you can choose what area of the body to hit and whatnot. And sometimes with the auto paint, it puts too many x's on your target if you don't move the aiming marker fast enough. Manual gives you a better sense of accuracy I find. But everyone's different, to each his own.

I saw a good illustration on how dead eye works over on youtube, he also shows how to get better at dueling. But I think you cant go back to auto when you reach level 3?

Wrong, sorry. You can reload any time - it's circle on PS4, B on XBox.

I did the same thing...20 minutes same spot...lol...I was turning the R counterclockwise instead of clockwise.....the R at the bottom of the screen should move with you. If that helps

I can get away with a sprint through a few trees but if it's a forest, I slow down. Even fully bonded horses in the game will still act like, well, horses. They still get startled when predators are nearby, they will still show signs of fatigue and restlessness when they are not comfortable, winded, etc. and they will sometimes resist a bit your input, get skittish, etc. especially when faced with certain obstacles. IMO, it's these things that add depth to RDR2.

I'm aware of that, but what I was getting at was when you're riding in a very slow trot, you hit something and barrel over as if you were doing a hundred miles an hour. It's a little over exaggerated and unrealistic in my opinion in that sense. But obviously speeding through the forest is not a good idea

Something like that would help, they have the power, we don't.

This is giving me hope. We’ll see if they deliver.

It obviously has tokenistic diversity NPCs and political agenda-heavy stories and things. You're right. It's a shame. I've kinda gotten used to this sort of stuff in media these days and mostly just block it out and try to enjoy the characters and missions regardless of the SJW spectre in the background. If I got annoyed at every PC storyline a tick box character in modern media, I'd either have to give up all cinema, music, TV and games or explode One day I think the whole SJ fad will go away. Until then, I just try to have fun regardless.

Maybe I'll find a glitch for infinite happiness

It doesn't change anything for the blur it still happening regardless of any setting.

It’s not there for me still for some reason. Weird that it shows up after switching back to 2160! Any chance you could attach a screenshot? I swear that when I switch to 1080 and then to 2160 it still doesn’t show up for me and could be another bug to report to R*

Thanks for providing us this information. I'm not clear about Rockstar's reply. Boost mode is only for 1080p TVs right? I do not understand why they say that when the problem is when we are playing in 4K...

We must post on official forum.

MN32410 Red_&_Dead, I PM'ed you. I'm not an expert, not at all, but I don't think there's any user controlled settings that can help with our problem. Sure, 1080p with PS4 Pro's super-sampling disabled does look a *bit* sharper, but that's not a real solution. We can make enough noise and hope R* notices, if they haven't already. Btw: If you manage to stop a video capture of RDR2 at the exact frame after a loading screen or a cut, you'll notice that it's quite less blurry due to the fact that the TAA hasn't kicked in yet (no temporal information from previous frames); it is still somewhat muddy though.

Although I'm not bothered by it I can't argue with your observations.

Was it my life?

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Has anyone else that unlocked the double action revolver in gta online not been able to access it in RDR2? Or does anyone know how I unlock it in RDR2?

https://support.rockstargames.com/articles/360011310774/Accessing-the-Double-Action-Revolver-in-Red-Dead-Redemption-2

OK let's take it down a notch or two. @Wratchetstrapp I'm not sure if this is the first time you've tried to get free help from others on a forum but you'll have a better experience if you play nice and work with the people who are taking time out of their day to help you, and, I dunno, take some Calmex or something. @DylBandit don't be put off helping these people. I know it feels like trying to free a nasty biting dog from being trapped in a fence, which then turns round and bites you when you do, but remember all dogs need care and attention. It's not their fault. Also,

I have a bit of an odd question... My male horse seems to sometimes lose his "members"... Like I don't know if it is glitch or not but I have both genders and the female horse isn't growing any so I am a bit confused. It doesn't happen all the time, it was just something I noticed since my female looks a lot like my male and I thought I had the wrong horse. And if you were wondering... Yes, I was thoroughly inspecting my horse's dingleberries.

You can't remove them in the camp, but you can have the horse near the camp, and go to the butcher to donate.

You can always change lenses to whatever you would like. If you need a wide angle lens, so be it!

Awesome tips, I enjoyed the read. Thanks for sharing!

I couldn't have said that better.....BoomBazookaJD.

Do you have a earlier save you can go to?

In general you only really need to return the perfect pelts, returning the carcass too just nets you additional money (and likely improves food in the camp, not 100% about that though). Occasionally there are some challenges where you're required to "bring 5 carcasses to camp" or something similar, in which case returning them is beneficial. Pro tip: some of the smaller animals can actually be stored inside Arthur's satchel meaning you can potentially bring back multiple carcasses per trip to hit those goals. In general I try to aim for a specific upgrade and focus on just the ingredients (pelts, feathers, horns etc) for that goal. Once camp is fully upgraded I sell everything to the trapper. He requires a tonne of perfect pelts for all the custom costumes and offers higher returns than the camp. Hope that helps.

So that people come and contribute to the forums at least a small amount, otherwise we'd just get groups coming, dropping their post with a link, and then never returning.

Sorry, I was just trying to express both my sympathy with your situation and worry that the problems plaguing the PS might also be found to some degree on the XBox, which I thought was immune. I agree that is unhelpful. I retract my post. Apologies.

I love the spirit of Halloween, birth of one of my favorite horror film franchises, and I love the history and culture of it.

When Red Dead Online comes out, these items will be available. Not sure what rank you have to be and stuff like that, this is just a leak from the game files.

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It's not gonna reel in if it's fighting you. As soon as you hook it, it fights you, so you don't reel just yet, you move left stick left/ right to fight back and tire it out. Once it tires out and the controller stops vibrating (assuming you haven't turned off vibrate), then you start reeling in. Usually, it starts fighting again at least once before you get it in, so you have to stop reeling and tire it out again. Repeat until you have your fish.