Steam and P4G

Configure Steam and verify your P4G installation is unmodified.

Before we set up mods for the game, we're going to configure a few settings in Steam to make sure you have the best experience.

Open Steam Properties

• Open Steam and go to your game Library.

• Select Persona 4 Golden from your list of games.

• Right-click the game and select Properties.

Disable Automatic Updates

Updates to games can make mods stop working until their creators can update them for the new version. By disabling automatic updates, you'll be able to keep playing P4G with mods if it ever gets a surprise update.

• In the Properties window, select the Updates tab.

• Set Automatic Updates to Only update this game when I launch it.

Wait a second, how will this help me if the game updates? Steam is just going to update P4G as soon as I launch it!

Steam will only try to update P4G if it is launched directly through Steam. You're going to be launching the game through the Reloaded II mod manager instead using a special shortcut.

This way, even if we get a surprise update that breaks mod compatibility, you'll still be able to play without updating.

Set Text Language to English

This setting only changes the language of the game's text, not the character voices.

P4G CEP is compatible with both English and Japanese character voices.

P4G CEP is only compatible with the English-text version of the game. If you are playing with another text language, you will need to change the game's Language setting in Steam.

• In the Properties window, select the Language tab.

• Set Select the language you wish to play this game in to English.

Force Proton 8.0-5

Reloaded II can encounter issues with newer Proton versions (freezes, invisible window, etc.). Thankfully, Steam makes it very easy to force a specific Proton version for a game.

• In the Properties window, select the Compatibility tab.

• Enable Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool.

  • In the dropdown window that appears below, select Proton 8.0-5.

Verify Game Files

P4G CEP is only compatible with the latest unmodified version of the game.

To save a lot of time later, let's take a little time now to make sure you have the latest version of P4G and that it's not modified in any way.

P4G CEP is not compatible with the old 32-bit version of P4G. These steps will permanently upgrade your game to the latest 64-bit version.

For more information, refer to this GameBanana page.

This command will compare your installed P4G files to the versions on Steam's servers. If Steam detects any differences between the files, it will re-download them so they match up.

• In the Properties window, select the Installed Files tab.

• Click Verify integrity of game files.

• The Verify button will disappear and be replaced with a progress counter. Wait for it to finish.

You'll see one of two messages:

All ___ files successfully validated

It's okay if you see a different number here.

• You're all set! Move on to the next step.

___ files failed to validate...

Some of your game files were missing or modified. Steam will begin re-downloading these files to repair your installation.

• Wait for Steam to finish the repair process before continuing.

You can track the repair process in Steam's download manager, the same way you would with a game installation or update:

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