Hey everyone! I know syncing the entire single-player campaign scripts is basically impossible due to the engine rigidity. But would any developers be interested in collaborating on a Light Script-Sync Project? Instead of syncing full missions, has anyone tried just syncing Player 2's position/ped model as an ASI plugin using basic peer-to-peer (P2P) sockets, purely for free-roam exploring? I'd love to help test or fund a basic proof-of-concept!

what if the scripts or the game, loaded in, with the two players, were done in all ways single except, just having a player with you, even if you can't animational interact or emote to them, does a camera/ game spectating mod work maybe, or is that just not gonna work either?

I think that’s actually closer to what I had in mind. I wasn’t thinking about syncing the whole campaign, just a second player existing in the world with basic movement and maybe combat. Even if missions and interactions stayed single-player, a free-roam companion would already be a huge step. I’m curious whether RAGECOOP or an ASI approach could handle that.

3 hours ago, IHATEPEOPLE said:

I think that’s actually closer to what I had in mind. I wasn’t thinking about syncing the whole campaign, just a second player existing in the world with basic movement and maybe combat. Even if missions and interactions stayed single-player, a free-roam companion would already be a huge step. I’m curious whether RAGECOOP or an ASI approach could handle that.

I understand, I was asking if any other ways to make multiplayer the way you said , I was asking about the modding that is being used on the multiplayer method you mentioned, was my question, i say those other methods within mods only cause I was asking how the mod works or would work, wanted to work and if any mod has used a multiplayer style link up in the past. I apologize for not being more clear

No worries! I think I understand what you mean now.

From what I’ve found, GTA V’s RAGECOOP uses its own networking layer together with ScriptHookV to sync players, NPCs, vehicles, and other game data between clients. (docs.ragecoop.com)

As far as I know, nothing like that currently exists for RDR2 Story Mode. There are modding tools like ScriptHookRDR2 and ASI plugins, but nobody has released a true RAGECOOP-style Story Mode multiplayer framework for RDR2 yet. (Nexus Mods)

That’s really why I made this post. I was curious whether a similar networking approach could be built for RDR2, even if it only started with syncing two players in free roam before attempting anything more ambitious.

11 minutes ago, IHATEPEOPLE said:

On 7/16/2026 at 5:18 PM, Ckytac2k said:

I understand, I was asking if any other ways to make multiplayer the way you said , I was asking about the modding that is being used on the multiplayer method you mentioned, was my question, i say those other methods within mods only cause I was asking how the mod works or would work, wanted to work and if any mod has used a multiplayer style link up in the past. I apologize for not being more clear

No worries! I think I understand what you mean now.

From what I’ve found, GTA V’s RAGECOOP uses its own networking layer together with ScriptHookV to sync players, NPCs, vehicles, and other game data between clients. (docs.ragecoop.com)

As far as I know, nothing like that currently exists for RDR2 Story Mode. There are modding tools like ScriptHookRDR2 and ASI plugins, but nobody has released a true RAGECOOP-style Story Mode multiplayer framework for RDR2 yet. (Nexus Mods)

That’s really why I made this post. I was curious whether a similar networking approach could be built for RDR2, even if it only started with syncing two players in free roam before attempting anything more ambitious.

Hey, just wondering if anyone has had any more thoughts on this. I’m still curious whether a basic RDR2 free-roam multiplayer proof-of-concept using ASI/network syncing would be technically possible.

I'm working on something like that I doubt it will come out anytime soon, but it is definitely possible here is a work in progress photo of what we have now WIP photo I don't want to hype anything up I'm just saying its possible.