Kingdom Hearts 2 Re:Fined/OpenKH Install Tutorial [STEAM]
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- WITH subtitles!
Re:Fined was created by TopazTK! I am not the creator. Please do not ask me for troubleshooting!
ALSO! I forgot to mention where we are drag and dropping. You're going to want to go to your games directory! Easiest way to do this is to right-click your game, go to manage, and then click browse local files! You may also need the ViGeEM bus driver if you're still having issues. github.com/nef...
Made this for a friend who said a video tutorial would help him, so I made one of my own, starting from a fresh install of Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 HD Remix!
Check out the newest Re:Fined trailer!
• Kingdom Hearts - Re:Fi...
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SKIP OpenKH Tutorial: 2:42
Kingdom Hearts 1.5+2.5 HD ReMix: store.steampow...
OpenKH: github.com/Ope...
KH-ReFined: github.com/KH-...
Copy/Paste Text: KH-ReFined/KH2-MAIN
OPTIONAL ADD ONS!
ReFined has add ons that do various things, such as enabling voice overs in other languages, restoring the original soundtrack, and others. Using the same method when you add the "KH-ReFined/KH2-MAIN" mod, insert any of the following that you wish to enable:
PS2 Soundtrack Restore: KH-ReFined/KH2-VanillaOST
Original Enemy Palette: KH-ReFined/KH2-VanillaEnemy
Japanese Voiceover: KH-ReFined/KH2-JapaneseVO
Spanish Voiceover: KH-ReFined/KH2-SpanishVO
French Voiceover: KH-ReFined/KH2-FrenchVO
German Voiceover: KH-ReFined/KH2-GermanVO
I forgot to mention where we are drag and dropping. You're going to want to go to your games directory! Easiest way to do this is to right-click your game, go to manage, and then click browse local files! You may also need the ViGeEM bus driver if you're still having issues. github.com/nefarius/ViGEmBus/releases
Updated the description to include information on how to install ReFined's optional features!
Super simple, very easy to follow. Thank you so much! This was just what I needed.
@@pear8400 very good to hear this! Hope you have fun@
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I was really struggling with this lol.
Awh, I'm glad it helped!
As someone who has much love for kingdom hearts but has only modded other games this was sooooo incredibly helpful, informative, and absolutely one of the easiest guides i've ever followed. Even putting the copy/paste text in the description. Absolute chef's kiss of a video and anyone who needs help I will be directing them here, thank you!
@@WaifuJello that's very nice of you. Thank you! I'm really glad I was able to help!
@@SecondMouth Do you happen to know if the process for adding the vanilla OST is similar? I'm not sure how to patch it now that i've got it up and running haha
@WaifuJello After you install ReFined, you can the add-ons the same way. So for example, the vanilla ost mod, you would type in "KH-ReFined/KH2-VanillaOST", which can be toggled in the in-game config. For the enemy pallete, it would be "KH-ReFined/KH2-VanillaEnemy" with the same configuration.
Just be sure to have these add ons above ReFined in the mods manager priority list!
Oh. And any time you install a new mod, be sure to hit "Build" again!
@@SecondMouth amazing, thank you!!!!!
Wanted to say this guide is one of the best guides I've watched! Quick question though; for the Japanese audio installation, which folder are we meant to throw the addon into?
Good to hear! For the audio add-ons, you shouldn't have to manually download anything additional, other than entering the appropiate copy/paste text in the "add new mod" section. They'll download automatically and shouldn't require moving anything around. I just entered the text to test it out just now, and nothing additional showed up for me after. I just added the text to the description if you need it!
Thanks so much for this king!!
@@david3443 hey no prob!
Thank you it was very helpful
@@_Yosafire_ OF course! Enjoy the game!
I have the cracked version and i don't get it, my refined version says mother and does not contain a exe file like yours?
@ThatLennyBoi hmm, that's interesting! I'm not sure how supported any other version other than official steam and EGS are, but there should have been an exe unless you downloaded a source code zip
@@SecondMouth I managed to get it working via the one you used but i can only launch it via the exe, there is also no japanese voice options and i came here because TheGamerJoint posted a video 2 hours ago about it and his link led me to the mother version which i assume is a source code. I don't even know why i extracted the game if i could just drag and drop the refined files into the existing game folder?
@@SecondMouth The game not running via openkh was due to administrator settings.
@ThatLennyBoi Extracting the files makes it so mods don't replace any of the games actual files, which means better functionality and, if you need to uninstall the mod for any reason, you can by just deleting the mod from the modmanager and using the older .exe again. As for the japanese audio, that's an extra feature that requires a different install via OpenKH. Using the same method when you add the "KH-ReFined/KH2-MAIN" mod, instead, put in "KH-ReFined/KH2-JapaneseVO" which will give you that feature. Same thing for these two other features: the vanilla ost mod, you would type in "KH-ReFined/KH2-VanillaOST", which can be toggled in the in-game config. For the enemy pallete, it would be "KH-ReFined/KH2-VanillaEnemy" with the same configuration.
@@SecondMouth Oh i didn't knew! Thank you so much for the help!
its working so far but some options seem to be missing, like changing the heartless colour or the soundtrack audio from remaster to classic. other stuff like auto save and everything is there. I am using the latest version.
@alexandrio98 ah those are add on features! If you're coming from TGJ, some of the features he showed were optional and are additional downloads. The text for those are in the description!
@@SecondMouth thanks soo much I thought I did sth wrong
Hi, I am having an issue with trying to install Re:Fined. I get to the part where I C&P KH-ReFined/KH2-MAIN and try to install the mod, but then I get an error saying '/KH-ReFined/KH2-MAIN is not owned by current user'
@Rorahusky thanks for the comment! Unfortunately I'm not the dev of the tool, and i didn't run into this issue after doing a 2nd fresh install, so I'm not sure how to help. You can get bug support on the openkh discord server though! discord.com/invite/Ebt2VdxE4F
They released an update today for OpenKH, it may help!
thanks dude!!
@@v.0scar ofc! Glad it helped
I was missing the whole .exe replacing section so it wasn't working for me, so thank you!
Do you know if the Lua Scripts still don't work? I was trying to install the FOV Mod for KH1 and it was staying the same
@@SimonM6420 Lua mods are messed up with ReFined unfortunately.
@SecondMouth Damn, what a shame, thanks anyway, guess I'll wait a bit to replay KH1 until they fix the Lua Mods
Hey man i know this is a steam tutorial but would you happen to know if this works for emulation? RPCS3
@PythonDelta For emulation its different but I'm not terrible sure on the details there. I'd suggest hopping into the OpenKH discord server and seeing they have any advice!
Hello i did everything and i can even skip prologue, but i dont see any topaz tk logo in title screen does my mod is installed or not ?
Oh, that's interesting! Do you happen to have the HD Textures mod installed? There's a chance that'll show instead of the TopazTK Logo. Sounds to me that it installed correctly though! Another way to check is to go into your in-game config menu and see if you can change the command menu to "Quadratum."
@SecondMouth hello it work i have re fined installed but i have a new problem, i installed the french voice with yhe command and it said ( error missing tls)
@TransLucidia HMM. This one I'm not so sure. If I had to guess, do you have your Language Add-on priority set to higher than ReFined, or below it?
@@SecondMouth i have retryed and put the command, its installed high priority but its still not in french :/
I want to try this but I don't have any space left on my disk, is the mod size really that big? Is there any other way to install this mod without needing to download big files?
@Biaju_Project you can use the KH Patcher! The only problem is, the optional add ons (vanilla heartless palette and ost) won't work, and if you want to uninstall the mod, you have reinstall the whole game.
@@SecondMouth thank you for answering so fast! So, if I follow this tutorial, my KH game folder will add about 50GB space to my disk? (I'm only planning to install KH2 mod) but I have the option to uninstall the mod without needing to reinstall the game right? When I uninstall the mod, will the game size reduce to its original size?
Sorry if I'm asking too much, I'm new to KH modding, I just install this game yesterday. 😅🙏
@Biaju_Project it'll ask you which folder you want to put the 'extracted' files in. When you uninstall the mod, you can delete the folder and you'll get that space back! Also no worries!
@@SecondMouth do I have to run the game via OpenKH everytime I want to play it?
@Biaju_Project for JUST ReFined, no, it's just faster usually. If you're using other mods or the add ons, then yes
First time i installed the mod the "refined by topaztk" didn't show up in the menu and i could not save my game at the save point! (I was able to save my game in the unmodded game, i checked it!) Decided to reinstall the mod, now when trying to start the game it says "Re:Fined was not able to locate the base patch! Please ensure that it is installed correctly! Re:Fined will now terminate" and simply closes the window.
Do you have any idea what i can try to fix it? Thank you!
@@daniels8705 I'll look into this for you when I get home!
From the discord:
Error #404 - Patch Not Found!
Synopsis: Re:Fined cannot boot, showing this error message.
Causes:
KH-ReFined/KHX-MAIN Patch is not installed.
OpenKH did not patch the game.
Panacea is not configured right.
So somewhere in the set up, it missed something. In the options of OpenKH, hit "run wizard" and it'll take you through all the options again, and you'll be able to see where something was missed.
okay i was able to reinstall the mod and it starts as normal now. but still, it refuses to save at the save point. When i select a slot, an windows message show up with "Game file could not be saved". I read in another post that it may be something wrong with write-protected settings or start as admin. I tried many things but couldnt figure it out yet. The auto save function also doesnt work!
@daniels8705 this is very strange. I'm not too sure how to help, but there's a link to the devs discord in their trailer description, which the trailer link is in mine. They should be able to help you there! Sadly I'm not a programmer so I'm not sure what's going on
@@SecondMouth no problem, thanks for your help! :)
i keep getting a ERROR 600 illegal operation detected. what do i do about it?
@diz8555 This is another one i hadn't heard before. I tried looking into it on the openkh and ReFined servers, couldn't find anything other than suggestions to redo the install of openkh and ReFined.
The mod manager straight up refuses to open on my end :'(
As a guess, sounds like (if you're using windows,) something may be keeping it from opening. Try right clicking it, and opening as administrator.
@@SecondMouth Admin mode was really the fix, fuck me x) thx a lot for the help and the fast answer
@ No prob! Enjoy ReFined!
i got it on epic games and my KH dont start.
@@dovahkai some of the steps might be different using EGS. As far as i know, as long as you make sure you're choosing the EGS version release instead of steam on the ReFined github, and you install OpenKH and hit "Epic Games" instead of steam, it should largely be the same process. However I dony own the EGS version so I can't test this myself, sorry
so i keep crashing whenever i try to walk through a loading zone, any idea what that could be?
@ttmabyt7710 HMM. Unfortunately I'm not quite sure about this one. Does anything pop up when it crashes?
@@SecondMouth Not really but i did also have the issue with the Randomizer mod as well so my guess is it's related to the game or mod manager
@@ttmabyt7710 ah. You may need to verify your game files and then reinstall the mods. Maybe changing the priority would help as well
No way to put this onto en emulator like PCSX2?
@SavageColeTrain not at the moment, but if you're looking for good mods for that, check out KH2FM FFVII free flow!
@SecondMouth okay cool thank you
I get a ERROR#404 and it tells me there is no base patch so refined will terminate
@@Cyrusx9 I've had this happen to me, and it's usually because I forgot to drag the new .exe or forgot to rename the old .exe
@@SecondMouth i did both
@@Cyrusx9 Let me look at the F.A.Q. on the discord channel and I'll get back to you
@@SecondMouth I forgot to mention that i have the epic games version so maybe there is something different that must be done?
@Cyrusx9
Here's a copy/paste from the FAQ
Error #404 - Patch Not Found!
Synopsis: Re:Fined cannot boot, showing this error message.
Causes:
KH-ReFined/KHX-MAIN Patch is not installed.
OpenKH did not patch the game.
Panacea is not configured right.
Setting up for EGS shouldn't be that much different, as long as you download the EGS version instead of steam, and when you install openKH, select EGS at the drop down menu for game version. I'm sorry If it's not much help.
can other mods work with this?
@@subspacemissary SOME can, but Revision R specifically i know can not.
I installed this on my Steam Deck. However, the KH2 game does not load. I even press the "Run Only" on the Mods Manager, but the game doesn't load automatically either. I think the ReFine's KH2 Final Mix exe file is what's causing it. If I restore my old KH2 Final Mix exe file, then it starts working again, but none of the mods load up.
@@MikeAruba69 hi! They're working on setting up a guide for running it on steamdeck still sadly.
Steam deck guide! ua-cam.com/video/EV6HlD90ePw/v-deo.html
@@SecondMouth Thank you so much for your help! I was able to install it on my Steam Deck. Thanks! ✌️😁
@ No prob! Have fun playing!
and if a have a "these" versions of the game that i found somewhere, how i can install it? i have the "steam" version
At the moment, the only versions of the game that are compatible with ReFined are the Epic Games and Steam official releases. Not sure what the pipeline is for versions from "other" sources, as I am not the dev.
Nice tutorial however some of my menus say "FAKE", a lot of the options in config are displayed like this
Hmm, that's strange. The only two things I can think of is making sure you download the Steam version of v2.60, and not the Epic Games one, OR, being sure to hit enable, followed by build only, and then run. I tried to look into this for you and couldn't find anything either. I'm sorry I couldn't help much. I'd check the ReFined discord to see if they have a fix for you. There's a link to the discord in the trailer in my description
They released an update today for OpenKH, it may help!
Sorry for an additional reply, but I was only able to replicate this issue when I had "Revision R" installed. Most mods seem to either not work but not cause issues, or work and be fine, but for some reason, Revision R specifically is not compatible. If you have any other mods installed, theres a good chance they are working against each other.
Does this work for the Steam Deck?
@jaredbanares9514 someone recently made a steam deck guide, you can watch it here! ua-cam.com/video/EV6HlD90ePw/v-deo.htmlsi=UotvKmOgaiiOd0_E
@@SecondMouth Thanks! I did get it to work on my PC first. But do I have to launch all the time from now on using OpenKH?
@jaredbanares9514 ReFined should be persistent, but I suggest running from OpenKH just because it skips the launcher, and just goes straight to KH2, so it's somewhat faster. Luckily you don't have to repeat all the steps, just the "run"
@@SecondMouth Thanks! Lastly wanted to know if you have the steps to install the add-ons? Like the Jap VO, BGM switch, etc.
I've gotten those files and I thought I would just drag and drop them to the data folder where KH2 was extracted but that didn't work. Any tips?
Do i have to redo this every single time when i want to play the refind version?:o
sorry im new to modding anything xD
@xyweezy4795 once you do it once, you're good! As long as you hit "build" once, it's set. Just be sure to launch the game from the mods manager! You don't have to repeat the steps once you've finished all of it, just the 'run'
@@SecondMouth thank you so much
@xyweezy4795 no problem! Have fun!
@@SecondMouth for some reason my mod manager doesnt open on from the desktop but i can open it from the openkhzip but everytime i do that the modmanager is reseted wich means i have to do everything again :(
@xyweezy4795 That's strange! I would try opening from your desktop but right click it and open as administrator
Is there a fix for re com as well?
@@jackaljacka not yet, but they're planning on doing them for every kh game in the HD collections!
Ayy!