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Red Dead Redemption 2

appid 1174180 5 threads, 1 open 1,739 comments last activity 2026-10-27
Latest maintainer comment · kisak-valve · 2026-09-06 · #10125
Hello @Leunami52, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3291#issuecomment-5561496795.
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Red Dead Redemption 2 proton open

#3291 · 1,734 comments · opened 2019-12-05 · last comment 2026-10-27 by chalkoutline

Red Dead Redemption 2: Rockstar Games Launcher auth fails (Code: 2) under Steam/Proton, works via plain Wine proton closed

#10125 · 1 comments · opened 2026-09-06 · last comment 2026-09-06 by kisak-valve

Red Dead Redemption 2 doesn't start proton closed

#6988 · 1 comments · opened 2023-08-02 · last comment 2023-08-02 by kisak-valve

Red Dead Redemption 2 proton closed

#5641 · 1 comments · opened 2022-03-03 · last comment 2022-03-03 by kisak-valve

Red Dead Redemption 2 - PopOS 21.04 - ERR_GTX_INIT - Failed to initialize graphic device. Please reboot or reinstall latest driver proton closed

#5365 · 2 comments · opened 2021-11-30 · last comment 2021-11-30 by deadmantfa
Recent activity
  • chalkoutline · 2026-10-27 · Red Dead Redemption 2
    Posting a root cause + fix for the Social Club "Failed to initialize graphics device. Error code: 18" error, since I didn't see this specific mechanism covered anywhere in this thread. Setup: RDR2 via Epic/Heroic (not St...
  • simifor · 2026-10-13 · Red Dead Redemption 2
    @mikkorantalainen I just tried the game on 615.78.08 on a 4060 mobile and the game is starting fine on my end
  • mikkorantalainen · 2026-10-12 · Red Dead Redemption 2
    In case you're running recent Nvidia driver version and RDR2 crashes during startup, try adding environment variable `VKD3D_DISABLE_EXTENSIONS=VK_NV_raw_access_chains`. This extensions seems to be broken in Nvidia driver...
  • Leunami52 · 2026-09-25 · Red Dead Redemption 2
    Update to > [Red Dead Redemption 2 (1174180): Rockstar Games Launcher auth fails (Code: 2) under Steam/Proton, works via plain Wine](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3291#issuecomment-5561496795) Without ch...
  • flying-night-slasher · 2026-09-25 · Red Dead Redemption 2
    > Replying to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3291#issuecomment-5561496795 I think that is kind of like something I have done today where it opens in game mode but not desktop mode so I added the launcher ...
  • aliannas2 · 2026-09-07 · Red Dead Redemption 2
    Workaround refinement (2026-09-07): the earlier helper wrapper still carried diagnostic Chromium flags (`--disable-gpu`, software compositing, `--disable-audio-output`, and verbose logging). They are not required for the...
  • KuJo-Ger · 2026-09-06 · Red Dead Redemption 2
    I can't confirm the error. Both games, Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA V Enhanced, launch in Steam without any issues. I haven't made any changes to the launch settings and am launching the games using the default Steam se...
  • Hello @Leunami52, we're using one issue report per unofficially supported game title, so I've gone ahead and transferred this issue report to https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/issues/3291#issuecomment-5561496795.

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MANGOHUD_CONFIG="fps_limit=60+30+0,fps_limit_method=early" %command%
gamescope -W 2560 -H 1440 -r 60 -f -- %command% -vulkan
%command% -adapter
RADV_DEBUG=nobinning %command%
RADV_DEBUG=zerovram %command%
%command% -USEALLAVAILABLECORES -cpuLoadRebalancing -ignorepipelinecach -vulkan

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