Help: Please help me with GBF Relink and Special K

[PlayerJman001]

Describe the Issue
I am having a really weird issue when trying to run granblue fantasy relink with Special K and Reloaded. If I do not have special K on, or I have deleted the config file for special K, reloaded 2 loads fine, however if the config file for special K is present, suddenly everything freaks out, where multiple oh noes pop up nonstop as seen in the screenshot, even after closing the game. I am no expert on these matters but it seems to for some reason be launched of steam itself. It also prints out logs nonstop in reloaded.

I'll provide the logs related to steam as the logs for the main game itself seems fine and have not run into any issues:

[13:56:41] [Reloaded] Create Loader | Time: 88ms
[13:56:41] [Reloaded] Loading 1 Mod(s).
[13:56:41] [Reloaded]
[13:56:41] [Reloaded] Loading: Reloaded II Shared Lib: Reloaded.Hooks
[13:56:41] [Reloaded] - AppId : reloaded.sharedlib.hooks
[13:56:41] [Reloaded] - Location: C:\Users\Jimmy\Desktop\Reloaded-II\Mods\reloaded.sharedlib.hooks\ModConfig.json
[13:56:41] [Reloaded] - LoadTime: 17ms
[13:56:41] [Reloaded] Loaded via: D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Granblue Fantasy Relink\Reloaded.Mod.Loader.Bootstrapper.asi
[13:56:41] [Reloaded] Remove the above .asi file to uninstall. (Should be in your app/game folder)
[13:56:41] [Reloaded] Note: Reloaded is being loaded from an external source or mod loader.
[13:56:41] [Reloaded] Current Process Location: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steam.exe
[13:56:41] [Reloaded] Can't match by App Path, Matching by AppId!
[13:56:41] [Reloaded] Failed to Load Reloaded-II.
Unable to find an app configuration for the currently executing EXE.
Please go to Edit Application in Reloaded launcher and click Update.
Usually this can happen because:

• You moved your application folder.
• App folder was moved after an update (can happen with GamePass/UWP).
  at Reloaded.Mod.Loader.Loader.LoadForCurrentProcess()
  at Reloaded.Mod.Loader.EntryPoint.LoadMods(IReloadedHooks hooks)
  at Reloaded.Mod.Loader.EntryPoint.<>c__DisplayClass14_0.b__1()
  at Reloaded.Mod.Loader.EntryPoint.ExecuteTimed(String text, Action action)
  at Reloaded.Mod.Loader.EntryPoint.SetupLoader2(EntryPointParameters* parameters)
  at Reloaded.Mod.Loader.EntryPoint.SetupLoader(EntryPointParameters* parameters)
  A log is available at: C:\Users\Jimmy\AppData\Roaming\Reloaded-Mod-Loader-II\Logs\2026-02-18 12.56.41 ~ steam.txt
  [13:56:41] [R-II SteamHook] SteamAPI_RestartAppIfNecessary hooked successfully.
  [13:56:41] [R-II SteamHook] SteamAPI_IsSteamRunning hooked successfully.
  [13:56:41] [R-II SteamHook] Application not found in any Steam library. Recommend dropping a steam_appid.txt yourself.
  [13:56:41] [Reloaded] Setting Up Hooks (Async) | Time: 271ms

Screenshots

[Sewer56]

[13:56:41] [Reloaded] Current Process Location: c:\program files (x86)\steam\steam.exe

What?
It seems you're launching Steam, I'm not sure why.

[Technical Note: I'm guessing it's launching Steam while maybe keeping the current working directory; hence ASI Loader kicks in, and consequently Reloaded tries to load]

In any case. Try booting the game through Steam itself. I'm guessing Special K is maybe requesting a re-launch via Steam; without changing the working directory. As for Special K, you should usually use the default injection method, which just waits for the game to spawn a window (CBT Hooks); if you're not already.

[PlayerJman001]

Thanks for the quick response. This happens when launching through steam.

What? It seems you're launching Steam, I'm not sure why.

To clarify when launching the game, it first makes a log for the game itself, and there are no errors there, however it also creates dozens of logs for steam, and the log I shared was one of the ones from the steam log

[Sewer56]

I'm not sure why the game is launching Steam if the game was already launched via Steam.
I'm guessing it'd try that in a loop; if SpecialK's doing it.

I could try reproducing; it'd take a while though, I would need to resize my entire Windows partition 😅; and a 90GB download.

CC @Nenkai , do you know off the top of your head if the CBT hook used by SpecialK injects early enough for your integration to work? You can get SK to load arbitrary files, but I'm not sure if it'll be early enough for the mod to work for them.

[Sewer56]

I could in theory give you a build of Reloaded-II that removes the Steam hook; so it would never drop steam_appid.txt; it might be related to that.

[PlayerJman001]

If you could I would greatly appreciate it!

[Nenkai]

I'm not sure why the game is launching Steam if the game was already launched via Steam. I'm guessing it'd try that in a loop; if SpecialK's doing it.

I could try reproducing; it'd take a while though, I would need to resize my entire Windows partition 😅; and a 90GB download.

CC @Nenkai , do you know off the top of your head if the CBT hook used by SpecialK injects early enough for your integration to work? You can get SK to load arbitrary files, but I'm not sure if it'll be early enough for the mod to work for them.

Not familiar with that software at all i'm afraid

[80espiay]

Perhaps you could try adding the actual Steam executable as an "application" in Reloaded. I did this, and while it did not kill the popups, I feel like I've been getting fewer of them.