The Reality Redemption mod for Red Dead Redemption, created by modder “BadassBaboon,” is now available for PC users as of October 29th, offering a deeper level of realism to the game’s iconic Wild West setting. Initially crafted for the Xbox 360 version (playable on PC via the Xenia emulator) and adapted for the Nintendo Switch remaster, the mod brings visual enhancements and gameplay improvements beyond surface-level aesthetics.
Though a technical issue initially delayed the PC release, BadassBaboon resolved it, and the mod is now accessible to players. Here’s a breakdown of what the *Reality Redemption* mod brings to the PC version:
- Add memory pools and improve overall performance
- Enhances the reality of reflections
- Improves draw distance to vegetation
- Improves draw distance to the map
- Improves particle and particle counting
- Improves debris variation and counting
- Improves physics for liquids like water
- Improves AI behavior
- Enhances the game camera to behave like Red Dead Redemption 2
- Improves Euphoria’s physics
- Improves random event appearance and appearance rate
- Improves materials and their interactivity
- Improves rebate
- Modifies the movement of animations for smoother transitions
- Enhances John Marston Textures
- Enhances game world textures such as tracks, roads, dirt, and grass
- Fixes night fog and other time loop issues
All of Reality Redemption’s improvements were added in 2K format, with the modder stating that he will attempt to bring 4K textures to Red Dead Redemption. In other words, it all depends on availability and whether the process will pay off.
Reality Redemption is not in its final form.
Before implementing 4K support for Red Dead Redemption in the Reality Redemption mod, BadassBaboon has outlined a few improvements still in progress:
Among the changes he needs to apply, he says he is working on the list below:
- Improve the texture of secondary characters and buildings
- Improve the texture of trees and smaller-scale physical items
- Enhance cloud elements
- Improve sight distance for vehicles
- Enhance map shadows and shadow distance
- Enhance celestial lighting and time cycles
- Improve weather and cloud variations, as well as improve the weather system
- Enhance cloud shadows
- Add an option to disable rainy weather in Thieves Landing
- Fix the issue of excessive ground brightness relative to moonlight
- Enhance rain effects
- Find out why Rockstar doesn’t implement a PostFX system in the game
- Add some memory locations
- Update the game’s lore with new dialogue and subtitles
- Enhance weapon and environmental sounds
- Add new and improved effect particles and textures
