Warm welcome to new PC players who joined the modding scene thanks to the KH3's Steam release!

Here's a "small" update for this mod, mostly to fix and address what was quickest to address, or complete enough to be included while keeping the mod cohesive.

Short disclaimer: this mod update was not scheduled at all and is thus quite small when it comes to bug fixing. To improve a bit the experience for new Steam players, we addressed what was possible to do with the time off from away-from-keyboard duties (family, kids, jobs, school, etc.).
Due to these constraints, things that would have taken more time (such as tricky and complex bugs or game rebalance) weren't possible, sadly. Still, we hope that new players that haven't got the chance to do a walkthrough with our mod will enjoy playing with it nonetheless!

Consider it for now a "legacy" mod to experience the same feeling that many PC players had in 2022 when this mod originally released, at a time when only some of today's modding breakthroughs were made.

Anyway, enjoy being able to play KH3 to your heart's content with all the great mods that have been and are released!

[Light] Bug fixes
- Crashes with the message "requesting n_ex009's skeleton but it was still waiting for creation" should hopefully longer occur. (Thanks to Sora101Ven for the fix, and to all players who reported that this could only happens if you play with a HDD)
- The Situation Command to trigger Aqua's Wayfinder Team Attack now has proper text
- Aqua's Wayfinder Team Attack also has its UI restored (Thanks to Chris Shade and DavidRM99!)
- Text has been restored for Formchanges situations commands for Shooting Star's replacement

[Darkness] Bug fixes
- The Situation Gauge indicator should no longer be invisible if the Light Edition is not installed

[Light] Interface improvements (English localization only)
Major changes to text and UI to clarify gameplay changes:

Title menu and Save menu
- Clarified the names and descriptions of difficulty levels on the Title Menu
- Added warnings about loading non-modded saves
- Added a "Light vs. Darkness" logo on the title screen (which should help players understanding if the mod was correctly installed)
- Hotfix v1.6.2: Fixed Critical+ Mode description when starting a New Game.

Tutorials
Updated general tutorial text with added tips and info to account for gameplay changes. This includes:
- The "Dive to the Heart" tutorial
- Many, many Game Help screens (the full-screen tutorials which show up during the main story)
- Optional tutorials in the Final World (the ones accessed through tutorial screens, save points, or the title menu)
- Game Over tips

Main menu and Gummiphone
- Rewrote descriptions for certain abilities (such as Formchange Extender), with details about gameplay changes
- Indicated the cooldown duration for Party AI styles (previously known as "Pace Yourself" and "Hold Back")
- Updated Gummiphone descriptions for all playable characters and party members
- Hotfix v1.6.2: Fixed Panacea item description; the text will now explicitly state that Panaceas grants immunity from all negative statuses for 60 seconds.

Other
- Updated information bar text for a couple of battlegates (such as the Terror Gate in Monstropolis)

Music / BGM improvements
Light and Darkness Editions
- General mixing improvements for all existing tracks
- Levelled the music volume for many, many gameplay tracks and for a few cutscenes as well (This is probably what took the most time, going through hundreds of tracks and checking their volume in-game!)
- Improved the music flow for the Keyblade Graveyard Organization XIII battles with better transitions
- Improved starting point for music during certain cutscenes-to-gameplay transitions ("Enter the Darkness", "Wave of Darkness", "Sinister Shadows", etc.)
- Replaced certain tracks that were often muting streams
- Removed tracks that were incompatible with gameplay constraints (too long/too short, etc.)
- Removed music edits that were modifying the original tracks beyond recognition (mostly for cutscenes)
- Hotfix 1.6.1: The installer no longer gives the option to not install any of the music overhauls

Light Edition only
The following changes are samples from a separate, but very WIP project. These tracks are mostly finished, in time for inclusion in this mod's unscheduled update (although they may get tweaked in the future). Enjoy these extra 3h of music! /Timoram

- Added a few, new orchestral arrangements (made by Timoram for this mod) for certain boss battles, San Fransokyo, and for certain cutscenes (mostly those that flank boss battles)
- Added looped versions of the Caribbean's field and battle themes from the World of Tres concert album (upmixed to quadraphonic to match other unmodded gameplay tracks)
- Replaced or removed from the mod several tracks that were thematically incorrect, not following the plot, or undermining certain cutscenes
- Hotfix v1.6.1: Added missing battlegate tracks

Documentation improvements
- Updated guide, with additional tactical data, Steam Deck inputs, info about Sora's weapons, etc.
- Removed the music spreadsheet download, which is now available online instead

ℹ️ If your mod manager doesn’t detect your game installation:

You may need to manually set the game’s installation path in your mod manager.

For Vortex, (1) go to “Games”, and, under the “Managed” section, (2) click on the three vertical dots (⠇), and then (3) choose “Manually Set Location” to select where KH3 is installed.



By default, this location is:

• Steam: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common KINGDOM HEARTS III\Content\Paks\~mods
• Epic Games: C:\Program Files\Epic Games\KINGDOM HEARTS III\Content\Paks\~mods
  

⚠️ Are you using Steam with the Vortex launcher?

As of now, Vortex may or may not correctly support the Steam version of KH3.

If you’re installing the mod with it, you may end up with mod files installed by Vortex that don’t match the choices you made with the installer, such as:

• More than one path installed (with a strange mix of starting abilities for Sora and Warrior abilities always gained upon levelling up)
• More than one replacement for the same move (such as 2 Dodge Rolls replacements installed at the same time)
• Missing abilities (such as Curaga and Faith for Rapunzel)
• Etc.
  

Please double-check that all your chosen options are correctly installed in your “~mods” folder, or install using the manual instructions.


If your game crashes on Steam: the update which introduced Steam Deck fixes messes up with certain mods, such as the KH3 Modloader.

To fix it: delete all files ending with

_0_P

in

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\KINGDOM HEARTS III\Content\Paks

You can always restore these files by verifying the integrity of your game files.

❓ Is this a story mod?

A: No, “Light vs. Darkness” is a visual, audio and gameplay overhaul. While it aims to bring fresh new experiences when playing and watching KINGDOM HEARTS III, the story has not been changed.

❓ Are the gameplay changes just for Critical Mode?

A: No, the gameplay changes in the “Light” Edition apply to all difficulty levels. While we designed these changes for Critical Mode, you can also experience the gameplay overhaul of “Light” at any difficulty.

If you want a chillier experience, you can of course play at lower difficulty levels–the gameplay changes work in at any level–and/or use EZ Codes. (Don’t let yourself be stigmatized by playing at the pace of your choice, even some of us in the dev team do play at levels other than Critical!)

❓ Is it possible to have just a few gameplay changes, not all?

A: Some features from other mods that were integrated in the “Light” Edition are available as standalones. Check the original mod pages for these features by fellow talented modders!

• “Party REHAUL Disney AI (v1.12)” by sabertooth222 (not later versions)
• “ReMind Ability Progression” by iwtexplode
• “Yozora’s Weapons With Effects” by dOgE x Tylom
• “Roxas Rebalance (w optional Hooded Version)” by dh (DiamontHuntet)
• “Aqua Teleport and Armor Swap” by Project Infection
• “Formchange RE Extender” by Project Infection
  

Else, withdrawing some features from the “Light” Edition is near-impossible. This edition relies on many interwoven technical elements, scripts, dependencies, blueprints in Unreal Engine 4 (the game’s engine), etc. All of them are needed for the mod to be functional, and to not cause the game to crash (as we witness during our internal testing).

Splitting things off the mod comes down to a matter of practicality and safety until we know in the future what works independently and what doesn’t. It would then also become much more time and resource-consuming to maintain many more versions of the mod.

Even so, taking out a few gameplay changes could result in a severely unbalanced game, which is exactly the opposite of what we have been aiming for, game-design wise. This doesn’t mean that adjustments and tweaks can’t be made, but features will likely not be removed outright if they are deemed necessary to keep a balanced gameplay.

❓ Is it possible to have just a few Dark Worlds, not all of them?

A: Unfortunately, no, each location’s visual overhaul in the “Darkness” edition relies on a myriad of interconnected files and technical dependencies, which are used in every area or so.
Removing one world or one Gummi area from the roster would result in breaking other worlds’ lighting, maps, effects, etc., and it would even crash the game (as we witnessed during our own internal testing).

❓ Does this mod impact performance?

A: The “Light” edition of our mod doesn’t noticeably impact performance beyond issues already in the unmodded game.

Depending on your setup, the “Darkness” edition may negatively impact performance compared to the base game. This edition displays more objects and elements in certain locations such as San Fransokyo’s bridge, the Keyblade Graveyard, Quadratum and Organization XIII cutscenes in the Graveyard Labyrinth. “Darkness” also uses create additional visuals effects in certain contexts, such as in Arendelle’s Labyrinth of Ice, in the Kingdom of Corona’s Forest, and when the playable character is low on HP.

❓ Is the mod compatible with existing save files?

A: Partially.

✅ For “Darkness”: You can safety load existing save files after installing the “Darkness” Edition of our mod.

❌For “Light”: it’s best to play using a fresh new save file. Never load an unmodded save file after installing the “Light” Edition! The mod’s new content will conflict with rewards, abilities, items and stats your party may have had in your existing save.
For instance:

• You may end up with duplicate abilities for certain characters (including Re Mind action abilities for Sora and magic spells for Donald)
• The Guardians of Light will not have the new abilities necessary to their survival on the battlefield. (Because of how Square-Enix did it, these are awarded at game start and written in each save.)
• New items obtained through the story or in chests will not be retroactively awarded to your party.
  

Sadly, this is a hard-coded thing from within the game itself 🤷‍♀️

❓ How can I backup my saves before installing the mod?

Your saves should be in the following folder:

• Steam version (Windows): C:\Users\%UserName%\Documents\KINGDOM HEARTS III\Steam\%User ID Number%\SaveGames\kh3sv2\data
• Epic Games version (Windows): C:\Users\%UserName%\Documents\KINGDOM HEARTS III\Epic Games Store\User ID Number\SaveGames
  

where %UserName% is your Windows’ username, and User ID Number is your Steam or Epic User ID number.

Copy this folder elsewhere if you want to keep unmodded saves before installing the "Light vs. Darkness" mod.

❓ I loaded an existing save file, and it said that “a mysterious blade” vanished…

A: Did you get this message?

There are two situations in which it can show up:

• You obtained Shooting Star at the end of Twilight Town, or
• You loaded an unmodded save with Shooting Star in your inventory
  

With the “Light” edition, Shooting Star is replaced by a new Keyblade. You can keep it only after clearing a specific DLC episode. To circumvent technical limitations, the game will take it back from your inventory until that episode is cleared, no matter how you obtain it–even immediately after clearing Twilight Town.
If you loaded a save in with Shooting Star but did not complete that specific DLC episode, this red message notifies you that not-Shooting Star vanished from your inventory because you did not clear the mission to get it back.

❓ What’s the difference between paths in the installer and those in the in-game tutorial?

A: Each of this mod’s paths (Warrior, Mystic, Guardian) changes not only abilities and stats, but also Sora’s agility. By “agility”, we mean climbing speed, swimming speed, jumping strength, gliding speed and gliding gravity, and other tweaks as well. These are tweaks which cannot be changed by the tutorial’s path selection in Dive to the Heart.

Each path will dramatically change your game’s experience; moves that work as a Warrior may not work as a Mystic, and vice-versa! Try them all if you can.

As such, we recommend that you choose your path through our mod before making any choice in-game. To keep a balanced game, we also recommend that you choose the same path during the game’s tutorial.

❓ Do Sora’s starting abilities depend on the path I choose?

A: Yes! As written above, you don’t get the exact same starting abilities as a Warrior, Mystic or Guardian.



In particular:

• Guardians start with Block, Magic Lock-On, Air Slide (or whatever replacement for it you chose) and Scan,
• Mystics start with Block and Magic Lock-On,
• Warriors don’t have any of the above abilities.
  

If you don’t have certain abilities at start, you will get them later during the story.

Note: This applies by selecting your path when installing the mod’s file. Additionally, due to how Square-Enix chose to permanently register them in each save when you start a new game, switching paths mid-game by switching mod files will not change those starting abilities.

❓ Do I have to install the optional moves?

A: Not at all! If you’d like to keep the base game’s versions of Block/Barrier, Dodge Roll, Air Slide, Aerial Dodge and Doubleflight, or if you’re using replacements from other talented modders, simply deselect our replacements in the mod’s installer.

❓ What replacement for Block should I choose?

A: Do you want an offensive block, a recovery block, or keep the the base game’s “free” basic block? It’s up to you, but mind the differences between the three.


Note: Both Mighty Guard and Mighty Syphon require the “Light” Edition to be installed. Also, the Guardian path allows all of these Block variants to guard against attacks in all directions. This is an ability that neither the Warrior nor the Mystic path have.

❓ Where’s the list of all the music changes?

A: Here!

❓ Do I have to install the music that goes with “Light” or “Darkness”?

A: No, but without it, your experience may feel incomplete..

And in both editions, the mod uses additional music files that aren’t in the vanilla game. This includes all battlegates, but also certain cutscenes (around boss fights) and scripted fights. If you do not install any of the music from our mod, these events might have no music.

❓ The “Darkness” mod is way too dark; I can’t see a thing!

A: Can’t escape the Realm of Darkness? Some areas are of course darker than in the unmodded game and harder to navigate after being twisted by Darkness. Some tips:

• Users of NVIDIA graphical cards: De-activate HDR in the GeForce Experience app and/or in the NVIDIA Control Panel.
• In your monitor/TV screen options: Don’t use your screen’s default rendering mode! Choose a render mode which maximises the range of brightness/lightness values it can display.
  
  • For instance, with an ASUS ProArt PA247CV, the “Scenery” Mode and the “Rapid Rendering” Mode are best.
    
• De-activate your screen’s “Night Light” or “Blue Light Shield” mode, as it can darken what you see on-screen
• In the game settings: Increase the game’s display brightness, and de-activate HDR
  

• In gameplay: If you can’t see your surroundings… well, you have a weapon that casts spells which emit some light, right?
  

⚠️ Worst case scenario: switch to play only with the “Light” Edition if the steps above do not work for you.

❓ Why are cutscenes so dark with the “Darkness” Edition?

A: Pretty much like any modern CGI film or AAA game, most if not all of KH3’s cutscenes use dynamic visual changes: lighting, post-processing effects, skyboxes, VFX… Many of these change at every camera shot, such as lighting setups and light sources–even for minor cutscenes. (Example: https://streamable.com/y36hny)

These changes probably overwrite the general map lighting setups, which is perhaps why scenes can look weird if they overwrite the lighting changes in the “Darkness” Edition (which already push the game beyond its limit).

To adjust the mod for this, we’d need to edit files that’d cover 10+ hours of cutscenes (~6 times longer than the duration of “Frozen II”). Even if we’d know 100 % of what would work or not, that’s bit much to do on our free time 😆

⚠️ If you wish to watch cutscenes again, we’d recommend switching to the “Light” edition.

❓ Why does Sora level up even with EXP Zero?

A: Due to the game’s limitations, EXP Zero only works when playing as Sora. When you play with other characters (such as Riku), EXP Zero is not functional; Sora will therefore also get the EXP gained from other playable characters..

To circumvent this, in the main story and the Re Mind episode, bosses specifically fought by Riku, Aqua, Roxas and Kairi will not give any EXP. With EXP Zero on Sora, you should be able to finish all story fights with the party at LV1.

However, during optional content (such battlegates, the Olympus Coliseum, etc.), if not playing as Sora, the party will gain EXP as normal. This is because EXP Zero can only work with Sora as the player. (Blame the game's limitations 🤷‍♀️ )

The remedy ➡️ If you’d like to play a LV1-like experience outside of the mandatory story fights, use the “Default Status” PRO Code instead of the EXP Zero ability.

❓ Why does Sora have duplicate abilities after beating the game?

A: Completing the main story rewards Sora with duplicates of Re Mind’s added Action abilities. Unfortunately, this is a hard-coded thing that cannot be fixed 🤷‍♂️

❓ What’s the new “Commando” AI for party members?

A: Party members set with the “Commando” combat style AI will only attack in certain situations:

• The player is actively attacking a specific enemy
• The player has a locked-on enemy
  

If neither is true, party members they will follow the player around and not attack

It’s a helpful AI option if you need to control multiple characters at once, you and another character often need to attack the same target (particularly with the “Double Team” ability), you want to force-switch an ally to another target, or it if you need to escort a friend out of a tough situation (which is done by running away with no locked-on target)

Also, check if your party member’s ability AI is set to “Pace Yourself” or “Hold Back”! Allies with those settings will, well… pace themselves or hold back, even with the “Commando” AI.

❓ Donald still doesn’t heal me, what can I do?

A: Donald not healing you in the KINGDOM HEARTS series is a myth: it’s up to the player to correctly set up his AI. (Unless you’re playing Chain of Memories or Re:Chain of Memories, in which case I’m sorry for you.)

Party members can and will recover your HP, MP and Focus by any mean (spells, abilities, equipped items) but only if told them so in the “Customize” part of the main menu!

And like KH1 and KH2, you can also set party members to use recovery items/magic/abilities at the slightest loss of HP/MP/Focus, or as needed instead of just in emergencies. Since you’ll be often losing HP quickly, allies that don’t wait for you to be in critical health to heal you is more efficient.

Below is an example of such setup. Since Donald has now much shorter MP Charge cooldown times than Sora, letting him use recovering magic “Like Crazy” is now viable.



Also, don’t rely on just Donald to heal you! Set up other party members as well (items, abilities, equipment, etc.)!, and put useful and appropriate items (Panaceas, Refocusers, Mega-Potions, etc.) in the inventories of Mike, Rapunzel, Baymax, etc.

❓ How to not die during Frozen Slider in Arendelle?

A: Just like a normal battle, be sure to have a high Defence stat, equip accessories and armour which increase your Defence, equip a Kupo coin, and use Cuisine.

“Kingdom Hearts III: Light vs. Darkness Edition” is a collaboration between the teams behind the “Critical Mode Plus” mod and “Project Infection”.

DIRECTION
ToxicTalus - “Light” Edition director and main developer - Main programmer, game designer, and combat director
Xantohjan - “Darkness” Edition director and main developer - 3D world assets, maps and lighting supervisor

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Rudabegga - Project manager for the initial mod release

TOOL DEVELOPMENT
jackmoonward - Programming consultation and feature development
Jeff - General guidance, advice, and support
Narknon - Unreal Engine build and project development for KH3 modding
Niko - TresGame/Uproject consultation
Sora101Ven - General support with the TresProject, notifies, and TresGame

PROGRAMMING AND GAME DESIGN
Aproydtix - Programming - Created Aqua’s Teleport ability and other spatial logistics
Chirijiraden - Ground-floor person for the “Light” Edition and its predecessor (the “Critical Mode Plus” mod) - Many early features were thanks to him such as progression direction
DavidRM99 - General consultation and support
dh - UE4 blueprint implementation for many new game mechanics and mod compatibility - General guidance, advice, and development support
dOgE x Tylom - Gameplay implementation - Implemented the Focus gameplay changes (airstepping and weapon switching FP costs)
Gladias9 - Additional game mechanics - Implemented the new Goofy attack
KaminoX - Additional game mechanics - Designed Aqua’s “Fear” for the Terror Battlegate
Master of Magic - Spell development consultation
Rikuthe1st - Development consultation, including for overhauling Formchanges
sabertooth222 - AI overhaul and new abilities for party members - Created and ported AI improvements and overhauls, AI rebalancing, new AI behaviour and new abilities from the ”Party rehaul AI” mod

3D/2D ASSETS AND ART
Adol - “Darkness” Edition assets and 3D map structures - Implemented many maps, their lighting and VFX - Created UI pictures and graphics
Bobby-San - 3D texturing - Created new textures for enemies
Chris Shade - UI fixes - Helped porting Aqua’s Wayfinder Team Attack UI
dallin1016 - 3D models and textures - Created the Counter-Shield and Frying Pan backhand swords)
esuramods - Recolouring, 3D retexturing, map design, map help
Jun - 2D/3D art - Created the “One Become Two” item
RichyV (Richy5) - 3D models - Created Aqua’s and Ventus’ armoured models (https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomhearts3/mods/673, https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomhearts3/mods/688)
Savitar - 3D texturing - Supported with enemy retexturing

ANIMATIONS AND VFX
Ashura (Yozora) - 3D animation support - Supported 3D animation and movesets changes
Dasmantissimo - 3D animations - Created and ported Ventus’ animations and moveset from the “Wayward Echoes – Playable Ventus” mod
dh - 3D animation direction
Discount - General troubleshooting - Supported 3D animation and movesets changes
dOgE x Tylom - 3D models, 3D animations and VFX - Created the new Formchanges animations, the Path moves, the Crown rewards, and Shooting Star’s replacement models, textures, UI, animations: https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomhearts3/mods/557/)
Empress - Support with VFX and BP implementation
Kurasanick - 3D animations and VFX - Created and ported Riku’s moveset from the “Project EQUINOX Enhanced” mod
Scythe21 - 3D animation support - Helped with 3D animations and movesets
YuriLewd - Programming consultation and feature development
Zay - 3D animations and VFX - Created and ported Riku’s moveset and VFX from the “Project EQUINOX Enhanced” mod

MUSIC
Adol - Initial selection of certain music pieces for the “Darkness” Edition
C-paz - Music beta-testing
dedede123 - Technical research for cutscene music implementation
Timoram - Music supervision for the “Light” Edition, music arrangements, editing and technical implementation, audio testing
ToxicTalus - Selection of certain music pieces for the “Light” Edition
Xantohjan - Original music, initial selection of certain music pieces for the “Darkness” Edition

ADDITIONAL TESTING, QA AND FEEDBACK
AuraMix - General testing, QA, and feedback
Bobby-San - Moveset beta-testing
Discount - Moveset beta-testing
Empress- Moveset beta-testing
Evernight13 - Moveset beta-testing
KaosDeathLord- General testing and support
Sora101Ven - Moveset beta-testing
Yozora_Nohara - General testing and support

VIDEO
Rudabegga - Showcase director and video editor - Created the March Caprice 2022 showcase video and the 2022 mod trailer

MISCELLANEOUS
Timoram - Strategy guide writer

MUSIC TRACKLIST
Scene-by-scene credits are available here.

Original music composed by Xantohjan(only in the “Darkness” Edition)

• “Infected”
• “Since We Last Met”
• “Caretakers Theme”
  

New arrangements by Timoram of KINGDOM HEARTS music, for the “Light” Edition:

• “Skyward Striker (-Toy Box Orchestral Remix-)” - Takeharu Ishimoto - Chris Lucca (trumpet), Allison Martin (trombone), Israfelcello (cello) - Originally released as part of ”March Caprice Concert Soirée Vol. 1: -Bits and Bytes-”
• “Miracle on Ice (-Anna Stops Hans-)” - Yoko Shimomura
• “AR -Augmented Rhythm- (-Orchestral Remix-)” - Takeharu Ishimoto
• “Robot Overdrive (-Orchestral Remix-)” - Takeharu Ishimoto based on the World of Tres arrangement by Kousuke Yamashita
• “A Hero Lost to the Dark (Aqua ~ Riku)” - Based on music by Yoko Shimomura
• “Wave of Darkness (-A Duel of Masters-)” - Yoko Shimomura
• “Sora the Master Defender” - Based on music by Yoko Shimomura
• “Distant From You… (-Diving Deeper-)” - Yoko Shimomura/Yoshinori Nakamura
• “Scent of Silence (-A Wise Return-)” - Yoko Shimomura/Yuko Komiyama
• “Wake Up, Ventus (pt. 1—2)” - Based on music by Yoko Shimomura and Takeharu Ishimoto
• “Keyblade Graveyard Horizon (-The Gathering-)” - Yoko Shimomura
• ”Stranded Beyond (-Thank You, Naminé-)” - Yoko Shimomura
• “Xemnas Retreats” - Based on music by Yoko Shimomura
• “Organization XIII (-It Was All for Her-)” - Yoko Shimomura/Shotaro Shima
• “At Dusk, I Will Think of You… (-Reunion-)” - Yoko Shimomura
• “Xehanort (-Towards the Final Force-)” - Yoko Shimomura
• “The Guardians Resist” - Based on music by Yoko Shimomura
• “Obstacles Beyond” - Based on KH music by Ian Livingstone and Yoko Shimomura
  

Arrangements, covers and remixes of KINGDOM HEARTS music

• ”The Underworld & Olympus Dark Ver.”, Yoko Shimomura, arr. Lyle M.
• “Eye of the Storm (From “Kingdom Hearts 3”)”, Yoko Shimomura, arr. Infinite Rules
• “Enter The Darkness (From “Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep”)”, Takeharu Ishimoto, arr. Infinite Rules
• “Sinister Shadows (From “Kingdom Hearts 2”)”, Yoko Shimomura, arr. Infinite Rules
• “Disappeared RemiX”, Yoko Shimomura, arr. Róxbian
  

Edits and remixes of music from the following KINGDOM HEARTS entries:

• KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep
• KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep Final Mix
• KINGDOM HEARTS 3D [Dream Drop Distance]
• KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 ReMIX
• KINGDOM HEARTS Union χ [Cross]
• KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.5 ReMIX
• KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
• KINGDOM HEARTS 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-
• KINGDOM HEARTS III
• KINGDOM HEARTS III Re Mind
  

The music pieces from these games (or their soundtracks) which were remixed and edited for this mod were originally composed by Yoko Shimomura, Takeharu Ishimoto, Tsuyoshi Sekito, Shotaro Shima, Yoshitaka Suzuki, Hikaru Utada, Skrillex, Jason “Poo Bear” Boyd, Klaus Badelt, Geoffrey Zanelli, and Hans Zimmer.

Edits of additional KINGDOM HEARTS music:

• “Music from Dream Drop Distance” from “Kingdom Orchestra -World of Tres”, Yoko Shimomura/Tsuyoshi Sekito, arr. Tomomichi Takeoka
• “Symphonic Suite: The World of Tres II -Tangled with Scares-” from “Kingdom Orchestra -World of Tres”, Yoko Shimomura/Tsuyoshi Sekito, arr. Natsumi Kameoka
• “Symphonic Suite: The World of Tres III -A Frozen Fracas-” from “Kingdom Orchestra -World of Tres”, Yoko Shimomura/Takeharu Ishimoto, arr. Sachiko Miyano
• “Symphonic Suite: The World of Tres IV -A Pirate’s Tale-” from “Kingdom Orchestra -World of Tres”, Takeharu Ishimoto/Yoko Shimomura, arr. Tomomichi Takeoka
• “Symphonic Suite: The World of Tres V -A Hero’s Journey-” from “Kingdom Orchestra -World of Tres”, Takeharu Ishimoto/Tsuyoshi Sekito/Yoko Shimomura, arr. Kousuke Yamashita
• “Overture to Decisive Battle” from “Kingdom Orchestra -World of Tres”, Yoko Shimomura/Takeharu Ishimoto, arr. Yasunori Nishiki
• “Wave of Darkness” from “Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour-”, Yoko Shimomura, orch. arr. Natsumi Kameoka
• “Daybreak Town: The Heart of χ” from “Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour-”, Yoko Shimomura, orch. arr. Kaoru Wada
• “Enter the Darkness” from “Kingdom Hearts Orchestra -World Tour-”, Yoko Shimomura/Takeharu Ishimoto, orch. arr. Souhei Kano
• “Destiny’s Union” from “Kingdom Hearts Concert -First Breath-”, Yoko Shimomura, orch. arr. Kaoru Wada
• “The 13th Anthology” from “drammatica -The Very Best of Yoko Shimomura-”, Yoko Shimomura, orch. arr. Natsumi Kameoka
  

Remixes and edits of 3rd party music:

• “Submarine” from the “Finding Nemo” video game, Andy Blythe and Marten Joustra
• Untitled music from the Sad Ending of “”Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach”, Allen Simpson
• “Cold Summer Landscape”, Blear Moon (published with CC BY-NC 4.0 license, http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blear_Moon/Town_of_Two_Houses/Cold_Summer_Landscape)
• “Covert Action” from “Fallout 4”, Inon Zur
• “Metal Gleamed in the Twilight” from “Child of Light”, Cœur de Pirate (Béatrice Martin)
• “Jupiter’s Lightning” from “Child of Light”, Cœur de Pirate (Béatrice Martin)
• “Eclipse” from “FINAL FANTASY XIII-2”, Mitsuto Suzuki
• “Eclipse (Aggressive Mix)” from “FINAL FANTASY XIII-2”, Mitsuto Suzuki
• “Sleep no More” from “Fight Nights at Freddy’s”, Leon Riskin
• Untitled music from the boss battle against DJ Music Man in “Fight Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach”, Allen Simpson
• “Words Left Unheard” from “FINAL FANTASY VII Remake”, Nobuo Uematsu
• “Dementia”, Blear Moon (published with CC BY-NC 4.0 license, https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blear_Moon/Fallow/Blear_Moon-Dementia)
• “Unseen Abyss” from “FINAL FANTASY XIII-2”, Mitsuto Suzuki/Naoshi Mizuta
• “Aftermath”, Kevin Macleod (published with CC Attribution 3.0 Unported license)
• “Industrial Landscapes” from “Vampyr”, Olivier Deriviere
• “psychedelic -Final Mix-“ from “The World Ends With You: Final Remix”, Takeharu Ishimoto
• “ENCOUNTER” from “NEO: The World Ends with You”, Takaharu Ishimoto
• “The Void Beyond” from “FINAL FANTASY XIII-2”, Mitsuto Suzuki with vocals by ORIGA
• “Screamer” from “World of Goo”, Kyle Gaber
• “Worlds Collide” from “FINAL FANTASY XIII-2”, David Whitaker
  

SOUND EFFECTS CREDITS
New UI sound effects by Xantohjan for the “Darkness Edition”
Additional sound effects from the following games

• KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep
• KINGDOM HEARTS III
• KINGDOM HEARTS III Re Mind
  

SPECIAL THANKS
strPetrichor for their Asset Editor
Yoraiz0r for their AudioMog tool
Luseu for his Tres Mods Menu, and for helping locating particle effects in the game
Jakeθ7102 for his texture modding tutorial
Ray Cooper for his KH3 audio/music replacement guide
kaiheilos for the Unreal Engine SoD2 Uasset Viewer/Editor
Lightfinder626 for his Blender to UE4 tutorial
Befzz for the Blender psk import addon
Gladias9, Creator of the “Sora Must Nerf” mod, for teaching us how to make changes to enemy AI
Gildor for the Umodel UE viewer
dallin1016 for his custom weapon tutorial
helluvamesh for the FBX export addon
BlasterGrim for his Particle Viewer, helping us visualize and select particle effects of them
TruebladeSeeker for technical questions
Luna, Link, and Green Requiem for documenting the music and internal music files of KH3 and KH3 Re Mind, and whose documentation were a source of inspiration for many music choices
David Russell and Ro Panunganti for the great feedback on “Skyward Striker (-Toy Box Orchestral Remix-)” and for coordinating the 2024 “Concert Soirée 4 March Caprice” and its album release
Chris Lucca, Allison Martin and Israfelcello for their performances on “Skyward Striker (-Toy Box Orchestral Remix-)”
KH-Vids.net, Gareth Thomas (GGCTUK), CharaGunner and DimitrisFioras for sequenced and extracted MIDI files
Infinite Rivals, Lyle M., Róxbian and King Rio for allowing us to use their music tracks
DavidRM99, Lyle M. and Yidamoda for their advice and feedback on music and musical ideas
The Wayfinder Project and its entire team for the thorough, comprehensive and meticulous documenting of information from all games in the KH series
The KH Wiki for its wealth of information on the KH series
ShardofTruth from the KH Wiki for originally extracting some of the icons used in the Primer, FAQ and Strategy Guide
The teams behind the online events March Caprice 2.0, III and 4.0
GameGrooves for supporting music entries during March Caprice 4.0

All the talented people who were part of the original teams for the following mods and whose content was partially or completely adapted for our mod:

• ”Project EQUINOX Enhanced” mod
• ”Party rehaul AI” mod
• Aqua’s and Ventus’ armoured mods (https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomhearts3/mods/673, https://www.nexusmods.com/kingdomhearts3/mods/688)
• ”Yozora’s Weapons With Effects” mod
• ”Wayward Echoes – Playable Ventus” mod
  

The OpenKH and “Light vs. Darkness” Discord servers and communities for support, advice and feedback

Disney, Pixar Animation Studios and Square-Enix (together with Epic Games) for developing and producing KINGDOM HEARTS III and Re Mind in the first place