Special K Helper
Sections:
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If you don't have Special K installed, check the Install Special K section. (Obligatory)
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If you want to use Reshade with Special K, check the Install Reshade for Special K section. (Optional)
A critical file is missing from your Special K install. This can be fixed by doing an install as explained in the Install Special K section.
If you see this notification error, it means there was an issue starting the Special K services. To fix this, please refer to the step 4 in Special K not starting.
Special K is not compatible with all games and can introduce issues that can range from in-game issues to the game crashing or not booting at all. To fix this, you can exclude the game from using Special K by using the extension functionality
You can also temporarily disable starting Special K with games to test if it is the culprit of the issues by setting the extension button on the sidebar to disabled and trying to launch the game again
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Verify that there isn't a notification error when launching games. A notification can be added if there was an error when starting Special K.
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Verify that the extension is not set as disabled mode in the sidebar button as this will make the extension to not launch Special K under any circumstance while in this mode.
- Verify if the services are detected as active on SKIF. If it is detected as running, then SK doesn't have the path to enable the game whitelisted in
Settings->Whitelist Patternsor has a compatibility issue with the game
- In rare occasions, the Special K services will refuse to start for an unknown reason. In that case, you can try clicking the "Service" button a few times and see if the services get unstuck. As a last resort, restarting your PC can fix the issue.
If there are still issues, please contact me via a new issue or on the Playnite Discord.
Download Special K from Discord server: https://discord.gg/specialk
If you have never installed Special K, make sure to first install Special K using an executable from the #installers channel so Special K files gets configured correctly.
Instructions to install Reshade for Special K: https://wiki.special-k.info/en/SpecialK/ReShade
If you install a Reshade version higher than v5.0, you won't get the window with "[Click here to select a game and manage its ReShade installation]." message. In that case, you should install normally to the directory indicated by the tutorial, then rename the Reshade installer to zip extension and extract its contents.