A guide on how to get BetterRepack, HF Patch and Kplug working together (with links)

Hey all

Not been in this sub very long but saw loads of people asking how to get one or more of these three mods working and was putting together a guide for myself anyway so thought I’d share!

Apologies if the formatting is all over the place, I only use Reddit on my phone aha.

Many thanks to u/Pomogi_mne for pointing me in the right direction with this!

Before I get into how to installing the mods here are links to all three of the download pages:

ScrewThisNoise’s BetterRepack with download links for both the Full and Steam version:

https://www.betterrepack.com/public/

Github link to ManlyMarco’s Patreon with HF Patch latest release (and a magnet link for Torrent users):

https://github.com/ManlyMarco/KK-HF_Patch/releases

Katarsys’ Patreon for Kplug (the latest Public Release on their Patreon is the one you need):

https://www.patreon.com/Katarsys

As a side note - with all three of these downloads having their own installers you don’t need to extract them directly into the Koikatsu Party game folder.

What I did was create a separate folder on my desktop for each of them which I extracted their installers into before running the installers from there, pathing each installer to the KKP folder.

I’m not sure if this is at all necessary but it’s helpful for ease of access and to have a backup incase something goes wrong during the installation process!

Now onto installation!

If you’re running the Steam version of Koikatsu, you need to install the game there followed by the VR pack on Steam (if you intend to play with VR).

However if you want to run it entirely through BetterRepack you should install the full version of BR instead.

If you are also running the Steam version of the game and the Steam version of BetterRepack, you need the Steam version of Kplug and not the Japanese version (which confused me at first too, thought I needed the JP version because Repack added the JP DLCs aha)

  • Install BetterRepack (the Steam version called Skull and Bones / SB patch on the BR website or the full version if you don't have the game on Steam) have to download 10GB/32GB through a torrent for the Steam/Full respectively so might wanna run an antivirus scan after the fact just in case (although the download was clean for me - used QBitTorrent).

  • BetterRepack will generate its own game launcher that Steam can't detect unless you change the path for it. Much more convenient to go into your Koikatsu game folder and create a desktop shortcut; it's an application called 'Koikatu' with a different icon from the normal launcher (probably to differentiate it from the regular launcher aha)

  • Install HF Patch (enable IPA backwards compatibility in the installer which allows Kplug to function)

  • Check Koikatsu folder to make sure you have

"BepInEx.IPALoader.dll" file in

"Koikatsu Party\BepInEx\plugins\" folder,

This is what allows Kplug to work and should be installed with the HF installer.

  • Download Kplug latest launcher version

    • Run the Kplug installer; for this step I selected everything with the exception of the IPA loader / Uncensor as you should already get this with HF patch.
    • Run test to make sure Kplug is working (Number Pad delete at main menu - enter H scene, press U)
    • Should be all working at this point!

Hope this helps some people as I’m not that great at installing mods myself and it was a trial-and-error process to get it all up and running for me!