Kingdom Hearts II - Re:Fined [Release Candidate - v3.00] (Patreon)

(Please do note that currently, the new installation method is still a WIP and as such is not present in this BETA.)

Oh man, the changelog is a bit long on this one from v2.60, so buckle up and let's see what's changed:

• Shop Faces are now parsed and applied through "00shopface.bin".

• Tutorial Images are now parsed and applied through "00helpimage.bin".

• Retry no longer fails to revert the Drive Gauge to it's starting value if you Retry while in a form.

• Retry no longer reverts you on execution if you began the battle in a Form or a Summon.

• Retry no longer mix-mashes Roxas' Keyblades.

• Retry no longer has any problems with Hades Escape.

• Prepare and Retry no longer fails to revert to starting values before execution.

• Increased the speed in which Retry executes by about 50%.

• In the Config Menu, ZA HANDO no longer disappears randomly.

• The Config Menu no longer shows a DEFAULT state for about 0.5s whilst opening.

• The Config Menu no longer fails to set necessary values for execution.

• The Intro Menu no longer crashes the game due to a race condition.

• The Intro Menu now remembers values given to it post-reset.

• Hot-Reload no longer fails to reload music.

• Hot-Reload no longer glitches out when loading in a world other than Twilight Town.

• Increased the speed in which Hot-Reload executes by about 25%, whilst it's stability is increased by 85%.

• Hot-Reload no longer crashes randomly.

• Moved Quadratum Menu handling to the Config Menu code.

• Quadratum Menu no longer fails to load when switching to it.

• Quadratum Menu no longer crashes the game when switching to it in other languages.

• Shortcut Sets no longer do wacky ass shit.

• Added a tutorial image for Shortcut Sets which will show when you enter the Customize menu for the first time in Re:Fined.

• Magic Reorganization no longer refuses to work in boss battle sometimes.

• Prologue Skip now executes about 85% faster, with no cutscenes and/or prompts in-between.

• Prologue Skip now causes no misses in Jiminy's Journal.

• Prologue Skip now accurately gives you HP, MP, and AP stats.

• Prologue Skip no longer gives Encounter Plus on Critical.

• Prologue Skip no longer shows if using the Garden of Assemblage Randomizer.

• The Crown Engine no longer fails to execute on languages other than English.

• The Crown Engine no longer fails to execute between room transitions and/or Forms.

• The Crown Engine no longer blocks code execution.

• The Crown Engine will no longer break mods that do not accommodate it.

• Increased the speed in which The Crown Engine executes by about 250%.

• Autoattack now executes with perfect accuracy but ignores execution when Berserking for balancing reasons.

• Warp to the Garden of Assemblage does not fail to register anymore.

• Changed the layout of the Garden of Assemblage to feel more "official" and "clean".

• When landing on the Garden of Assemblage, you now spawn on the World Point as you should.

• Soft-Reset now executes without any sound glitches and/or preceding problems.

• Soft-Reset now has a nice little fade-out animation when executing.

• The fade type which is used in Hot-Reloading and Prologue Skips can now be set in "reFined.cfg" between a whiteout and a blackout through the "isFlashbang" variable.

• The Tutorial Images shown in the Camp Menu will now adjust its prompts according to what you use between PlayStation, Xbox, and Generic prompts.

• The Save and World Points now act exactly like they do on the PS2 releases.

• The Save and World Points reset their light effect when a room change happens.

• The Save and World Points reset their light effect when the party does not have full HP/MP.

• The Save and World Points no longer fail to heal PARTY_1 and PARTY_2 when PLAYER is at full HP.

• Removed 16:10 accommodation from Aspect Correction temporarily while working on 2D accommodation.

• Aspect Correction now should not break the game immediately on execution.

• Autosave no longer saves when it shouldn't. [If I am lucky, that is.]

• Autosave no longer causes flag corruption. It should now be 99% reliable but still recommended that you make a backup to another slot, just in case.

• Discord RPC has been revamped.

• Discord RPC no longer shits itself if on Anti Form.

• Discord RPC no longer confuses Cup Rounds with Player Level.

• Discord RPC will now accommodate for the Mirage Arena if detected.

• Vanilla Enemies now reflect on Jiminy's Journal in both 2D and 3D aspects without any corruptions or crashes.

• Added Pirate Outfits for Sora, Donald, Goofy, Pete, and Mickey for use in Port Royal.

• Ensured full Randomizer and Archipelago compatibility.

• Added a toggle to enable/disable the idle FMV on the title screen. Set "idleMovie" to true to enable. It's false by default to prevent crashes.

• Made the mod compatible with all mods that use the YAML standard to edit 03system/item and 03system/trsr files.

• The Crown Engine will no longer try to adjust crowns if there is no crown.

• The RPC reflects the time correctly and no longer takes 15s to update.

• The slot in which Autosave will be made can now be chosen through "reFined.cfg". If left at default, it will use slot #99.

• If the slot designated for the Autosave bears a save that isn't marked as an Autosave, it will now search for a viable slot going upwards. For example: The slot is #99, but slots #99-94 are manually made saves. Autosave will be made at slot #93. If slot #99 is marked as an autosave, it will overwrite #99.

• Added an option to skip the copyright notices. Set "quickBoot" to "true" in "reFined.cfg".

Instructions:

• Update OpenKH to its absolute latest version and reinstall Panacea.

• Download "ReFined-v3.00-RC.rar" and extract all the files it contains to the game directory.

• Install "KH-ReFined/KH2-MAIN-RESTRUCT" through the OpenKH Mod Manager.

• In the Mod Manager, tick the thing that says "Kingdom Hearts II - Re:Fined [Main Patch]", untick any previous KH2-MAIN installations, and proceed with "Build Only".

• Run the game!

Known Issues:

• Summon Portraits in Timeless River are not corrected.

• Tutorial Images crash the game on all languages other than English.

• If attempting to view the Shortcut Tutorial as Prologue Sora, it will show a DUMMY tutorial instead.

• When loading a non-Re:Fined save, Autosave config appears to be set to "Silent" even though it's set to "Disabled".

• Past autosaves are no longer considered autosaves, and as such, Re:Fined will not save over them.

• When the tutorial for Shortcut Sets is showing, you can see "Sora" instead of "Shortcut Set X" for a split second.

• When Retrying after a Classic Menu whilst the continue state had the Quadratum Menu, it will show the Classic Menu whilst acting like the Quadratum Menu.

• New Game configuration does not currently apply to Randomizer runs.

• If starting a new game in any audio language other than "English", the game will crash.

• The Crown Engine will attempt to fix the crowns when in a mid-load menu, clogging the logs.

• Some models in Port Royal are currently not corrected to their Pirate counterparts.

• Pirate Mickey crashes the game.