Red dead online lasso not working

The Red Dead Online beta, Red Dead Redemption 2’s online multiplayer mode, continues to chalk up errors for Rockstar Games to study and fix. One of the latest to occur is the Red Dead Online lasso glitch. Have Rockstar found a Red Dead Online lasso glitch fix to appease players affected by this bug?

Players can use their lasso in Red Dead Online, like in single player, to catch horses, prey, NPCs, and fellow human players. Instead of having to chase them down and tackle them to the ground, the lasso allows you to capture them and break them – to get a new horse – or hogtie them – to capture criminals, enemies, or generally annoy your mates.

However, some players have taken to the Red Dead Redemption Reddit page to claim that a lasso glitch is stopping them from capturing people and animals properly. One user stated that, when they lock on, using the LT or L2 trigger on your Xbox One or PS4 controller respectively, the red dot appears to lasso them. However, once the lasso is thrown it glitches through the animal or person instead of tying to them.

Is There a Red Dead Online Lasso Glitch Fix?

Unfortunately not right now. It seems that this may be a new problem that players are encountering in Red Dead Online after the game’s latest update – the Red Dead Redemption 2 1.05 patch – and it could be a while before Rockstar can patch in a fix.

If you’ve come across this issue, your best bet is to let Rockstar know. You can fill in this Red Dead Online feedback form on their website, and it’ll be pinged through to the development team. If they receive enough complaints, the bug will hopefully be sorted quickly and allow you to hogtie everyone and everything again soon.

Red dead online lasso not working

As the title states. Playing on pc/m&kb, i cannot lasso anything from horseback. Even when crosshair is activated and target indicator is red, all character does is "wiggle" the lasso in his arm. Holding left click to begin the spin animation only creates a little "wiggle" of the lasso in the arm while on horseback, but works perfectly fine when on foot.

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Dooeboy 3 years ago#1

The game says press L2 to aim and R2 to draw and release, yet when I try this Arthur doesn't even does anything but the weapon is on his hand.

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Dooeboy (Topic Creator)3 years ago#2

Don't want to spoil anything but I think I'm stuck here if there is no fix for it.

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Dooeboy (Topic Creator)3 years ago#3

Can someone help?

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Atreidi 3 years ago#4

Dooeboy posted...

The game says press L2 to aim and R2 to draw and release, yet when I try this Arthur doesn't even does anything but the weapon is on his hand.

I have the same problem! How do I do this right?

Dooeboy (Topic Creator)3 years ago#5

Atreidi posted...

Dooeboy posted...
The game says press L2 to aim and R2 to draw and release, yet when I try this Arthur doesn't even does anything but the weapon is on his hand.

I have the same problem! How do I do this right?

Please let me know if you find a solution as I still haven't been able to.

I can't even throw dynamite and use the lasso.

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archizzy 3 years ago#6

Occasionally this happens even when your weapon is out. Under normal circumstances L2 aims and R2 will draw the bow or fire the gun.

But in this situation I have seen when I push L2 nothing happens, however when I then also push R2 if it’s a bow he nocks an arrow onto the string and then it’s back to the correct controls where L2 aims and R2 pulls the bow.

It’s it’s a gun when I choose L2 and nothing happens I then press R2 and he c***s the hammer and the controls then revert to normal.

Basically when you push L2 and no aiming occurs your weapon is in a non firing state. You need to press R2 to get it into a firing position.

I would have to do more testing but I think like when you select a weapon from the weapon wheel it’s already in a ready to fire state however when you pull it out via just an L1 click I think you may have to “ready the weapon”. But I am away from my game right now and can’t say that for sure.

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Pots_Togo 3 years ago#7

archizzy posted...

Occasionally this happens even when your weapon is out. Under normal circumstances L2 aims and R2 will draw the bow or fire the gun.

But in this situation I have seen when I push L2 nothing happens, however when I then also push R2 if it’s a bow he nocks an arrow onto the string and then it’s back to the correct controls where L2 aims and R2 pulls the bow.

It’s it’s a gun when I choose L2 and nothing happens I then press R2 and he c***s the hammer and the controls then revert to normal.

Basically when you push L2 and no aiming occurs your weapon is in a non firing state. You need to press R2 to get it into a firing position.

I would have to do more testing but I think like when you select a weapon from the weapon wheel it’s already in a ready to fire state however when you pull it out via just an L1 click I think you may have to “ready the weapon”. But I am away from my game right now and can’t say that for sure.

So push l1 then r2 then l2 then r2?

Atreidi 3 years ago#8

Pots_Togo posted...

archizzy posted...
Occasionally this happens even when your weapon is out. Under normal circumstances L2 aims and R2 will draw the bow or fire the gun.

But in this situation I have seen when I push L2 nothing happens, however when I then also push R2 if it’s a bow he nocks an arrow onto the string and then it’s back to the correct controls where L2 aims and R2 pulls the bow.

It’s it’s a gun when I choose L2 and nothing happens I then press R2 and he c***s the hammer and the controls then revert to normal.

Basically when you push L2 and no aiming occurs your weapon is in a non firing state. You need to press R2 to get it into a firing position.

I would have to do more testing but I think like when you select a weapon from the weapon wheel it’s already in a ready to fire state however when you pull it out via just an L1 click I think you may have to “ready the weapon”. But I am away from my game right now and can’t say that for sure.

So push l1 then r2 then l2 then r2?

I have tried this multiple times, it does not work. I press R2 multiple times hold it, equip, change weapon and re-equip and nothing. Only happens with lasso or bow.

I some times break out of the non-fire mode by using dead-eye but im only able to use this once or twice before dead-eye stamina runs out. :(

Atreidi 3 years ago#9

I think I figured it out. It is due to the stamina stat. You need stamina to ready the bow and lasso, and if you have no stamina he can't use it. This is not the case for firearms. I guess I need to pay more attention to the core attributes.

Dooeboy (Topic Creator)3 years ago#10

Atreidi posted...

I think I figured it out. It is due to the stamina stat. You need stamina to ready the bow and lasso, and if you have no stamina he can't use it. This is not the case for firearms. I guess I need to pay more attention to the core attributes.

So why doesn't the shotgun works either? Or why can't I throw the dynamite?

If it due to stamina why is it that I can shot perfectly fine with the pistol you start out with but the shotgun, lasso, and dynamite do t work?

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How do you use the lasso in Red Dead Redemption online?

To use the lasso, players must aim and 'fire' it, like any other weapon, though there is an important distinction: the player must continue to hold the aim button, otherwise, the target will be released. At this point, the player may hogtie their enemy.

How do you get a better lasso in Red Dead Redemption 2 online?

How To Buy And Where To Buy The Reinforced Lasso? Thankfully, the option to buy the reinforced lasso is available as soon as players reach Bounty Hunter rank 1. Players can purchase the Reinforced Lasso from any gunsmith in the game. It costs one Role Token and has an additional price of $350.00.