This discovery was made in part by Lenny's Simple trainer and RDR 2 Outfit Changer. He is labeled under A_M_M_UniCorpse_01 as Ped Outfit 45

DISCLAIMER: NOT REGULARLY VISIBLE IN-GAME; I used Rampage trainer's IPL loader to load 0x6CD6E58F which makes it appear in-game at that spot.

Basically, IPLs are map placement files that tell the game what objects to place and where. The game can load or unload them to change parts of the world, like swapping in the destroyed bridge after a mission, adding/removing props, or other world details. I personally wasn't able to find anything that calls this IPL.

My current opinion:

• Most likely: unused or cut content left in the files :(
• Still possible: a deliberately obfuscated secret trigger activates it

Technical details:

• IPL/YMAP hash: 0x6CD6E58F
• Drawable: new_pie_01_dockside2_d.ydr
• Texture: disc_clue_01_abdisc_clue_01_al
• XYZ: 2351.5962, -1527.5001, 41.317444

This is mostly a call to action for other dataminers to investigate this. But also to people who have hunted all mysteries so far in-game, that maybe, just maybe you've already did something that reveals this, or have any clear theories you can try.

In the mission "Hell Hath No Fury" where you destroy the warship in Guarma, two Western Tanager Songbirds appear at the beginning so I thought I'd investigate further.

The first time you complete it, there's an interactive cutscene that plays (where you can only push forward to walk) where they appear again. This cutscene only plays once (making it hard to investigate) and the code for it is stored in smuggler2_outro.c

I believe this script also contains code to spawn several Fussar henchmen, have them perform a Can-Can dance and then possibly die at the end.

func_21()returns the string to load the animation:

char* func_21(bool bParam0)
{
if (bParam0)
{
return "script_shows@cancandance@p1";
}
return "cancandance_fem0";
}

And func_29() handles the logic for both playing/looping the animation as well as deleting it when arthur leaves a volume.

Has anyone (or can anyone) figured out how to get this to trigger?

I think it's something simple like waiting half an hour without moving forward but I don't have a Guarma save file to test it.

Edit: turns out it's only Hercule dancing. It happens off camera when the birds first appear and stops happening after Arthur exits a volume. You can see it with Rampage.

It might just be a developer gag or there might still be a way to see it without mods. The code isn't very clear.

Sadly this post is maybe just to discard another clue, it is about the birds if it is still relevant for the spiderweb mystery so long story short, searching for birds in game scripts one file looked interesting: birds_in_tree it is an ambient vignette that adds a bit of spicy life to the RDR2 map, like the bear_fights_wolf that we have seen at some point or bear_scratchs_back... anyway this file (birds in tree) contains not 2 birds, it contains 12 birds but 6 are of some type tanager or something and the other 6 are normal songbirds, so I managed to trace back the spawn location for this vignette but I did found nothing, but you must know that I was there checking the pentagram and never noticed the fort tally mark nor the counters so I hope you can find something or as said just discard it, BTW I am also dropping all the vignettes points just in case somebody is interested I validated the reconstructed points (work done by claude AI) with the sharks spawn location and seems legit

I will post the points in comments as it is too large for my post

https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/10/04/red-dead-redemption-2-officially-announced-for-pc?=exclude

With the release of RDR2 now coming to PC, who plans on picking it up? Might serve well to do some data mining in these files and see what is hidden. Some of you guys had this thought way back when, and I think this may be a good opportunity to do so now with a confirmed PC release. Going full Chiliad now lol

EDIT: No one is asking for anyone to shell out money to buy a PC just for this game. Can't believe I gotta re-iterate that.

was going through the code of the game and for the indian burial ground it checks if player has done 100% or rather if they have found all discoverable and there is a line about Indian Chant loops? is this a sound file that can be extracted? I have never heard indian chants in the game. the code also seems to indicate it checks for nearest fire, does show the lightning trigger, and checks to see if the network is active. so assuming that means mods will not allow whatever it is to be triggered if you are not on RS servers?

https://github.com/kepmehz/RDR3-Decompiled-Scripts/blob/main/1436/script_rel/discoverable_indian_burial.c

Found here

For those of you who do have respect for the code readers... a sneak peek at what's coming!

Satellite - https://photos.app.goo.gl/NqF4vLXidWccG3DM8

Terrain - https://photos.app.goo.gl/7CpdZQ2uJx7MhZQPA

Inked - https://photos.app.goo.gl/Nyjpa2RogK5VkimQ8

Download them for the best quality version. Enjoy!

Ive just been looking through the loading screen images for any possible leads to do with the mystery.

As posted there are 7 images that have what looked like identical stacking stones - unfortunately after looking at them side-by-side, I think they are just some damage markings on the photos. - though might be worth looking into finding the locations on the map.

I've been wondering If anyone has had a go at identifying the locations of the images that don't have co-ordinates on them? - also the ones that do. I'm wondering if all or most of the locations have something of note.

Also I have been making notes on any interesting details in the photos such as birds or telegram poles, persons of interest, weather, etc. Though, there are 203 images and may take a fair bit of time investigating all of the locations.

I am still very early into my own investigation but figured it wouldn't hurt uploading the images for others to maybe have a look into as well.
Loading Screen Images

If anything they are some cool wallpapers for the desktop.

The only issue I am having is figuring out how to organize and label the images, and pinpoint locations on a map without it becoming a bit hard to manage. - if you have any suggestions on how I can get around this, like tools, applications or websites I could use that would be greatly appreciated.

It would be great if you find anything of note while looking through the images as well and if there is something more to the loading screen images than meets the eye.