Wokeless Wrath 2.5 — Pathfinder: Wrath Of The Righteous

[Dunadan]

Hey I just recently got the game and started downloading the mods, so far I've been able to install all of the mods except for:

WW_Anevian

WW_Seelie

WW_NoAlphabets

WW_Undiversified

As every time I extract them like I did for the other mods they automatically go into a modification folder that pops up on its own and the install programs as well as the read me.text do no appear for these folders, and even when opening them before i extract the programs and the .txt are not there, does anyone know what I might be doing wrong or are others having this same issue?

What operating system are you on? Win 10? Win 11? Something else?

[JauSeth]

Seeing how the game is no longer (or rarely) being updated, @Dunadan, is the Wokeless Wrath project done, that is, is the 2.5a the final update for this mod, or are there still things left to fix in this game?

[loregamer]

I got the mods working.

for the mod author's reference, here's what chatgpt fixed for me (and what it said happened)

Summary: Making Wokeless Wrath audio mods work on current Wrath versions (2025–2026)

Game version: Current Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous (all DLCs)
OS: Windows 11
Mod manager used: ModFinder (not UMM)
Issue: Portraits and blueprint changes applied correctly, but voice audio remained vanilla

Root Cause

Wrath no longer supports Owlcat’s old OwlcatModificationManager pipeline.
While the content of Wokeless Wrath mods is still valid, the installation logic is obsolete, especially for audio.

Specifically:

Sound.json patch files are JSON.NET reference dictionaries

They use $id / strings structure

They are not meant to overwrite Sound.json

They must be merged into Sound.json.strings

Existing installer scripts attempted either:

top-level JSON replacement, or

legacy Owlcat mod-loader patching
→ both silently fail on modern Wrath

PowerShell’s ConvertTo-Json:

truncates deep objects

introduces circular references

corrupts Sound.json unless converted to a pure object graph first

Even with correct Sound.json, BNKs will not resolve unless SoundBankMod is actively running

What Actually Works (Modern Correct Method)
1. Use ModFinder

Install all WW mods normally

Enable at least:

WW_SoundBankMod

WW_Anevian

WW_Seelie

(others optional)

2. Do NOT use old WW installer scripts

They rely on:

OwlcatModificationManager

deprecated Sound.json paths

obsolete patch logic

3. Rebuild Sound.json manually (or via script)

Correct process:

Start from Sound.json.vanilla

Load patch files:

LocalLow\Owlcat Games\Pathfinder Wrath Of The Righteous\Modifications\
WW_Anevian\~Sound\Sound.json_patcher\Anevian_Sound.json
WW_Seelie\~Sound\Sound.json_patcher\Seelie_Sound.json
WW_NoAlphabets\~Sound\Sound.json_patcher\DaerArueBanter_Sound.json


For each patch file:

Read patch.strings

Merge every GUID → event mapping into base.strings

Overwrite existing keys if present

Serialize the result only after converting to a pure dictionary/array structure

Write to:

Wrath_Data\StreamingAssets\Localization\Sound.json


Validation:

Resulting Sound.json ≈ 480–520 KB

Contains hundreds of _Anevian / _Seelie entries

No truncation, no $ref corruption

4. Ensure SoundBankMod is active

WokelessWrathSoundBankMod.dll must load at runtime

BNKs must already exist in:

Wrath_Data\StreamingAssets\Audio\GeneratedSoundBanks\Windows


Without this DLL running, the remapped sound events silently fall back to vanilla audio

5. Launch from Steam

ModFinder handles install state

Steam launch ensures correct runtime behavior

Result

Portraits + blueprints apply

Sound.json mappings resolve

BNKs load

Anevia, Seelah, etc. use modified voice audio correctly

No crashes, no UMM, no Owlcat mod loader

Recommendation for an Official Patch

For long-term compatibility, the mod should ship with:

A new Sound.json merge script that:

explicitly merges strings → strings

avoids top-level JSON replacement

Documentation stating:

UMM is not supported

ModFinder + Steam launch is required

Optional:

a pre-merged Sound.json generator

or a small helper exe instead of PowerShell

The content is still 100% valid — only the install/patch logic needs modernization.


To get the process started, I told chat GPT the following:

I uploaded the .zip file of the ww mods I wanted to use. (all of them, of course, with the danger gnomes variant)

I gave chat gpt a summary of what I wanted to do. I did not mention the woke bs at all. (it won't help you if you do. Just say "I want to mod my game but the mods seem outdated")
You'll use modfinder https://www.nexusmods.com/pathfinderwra ... escription (give chat gpt the install location)

Give chatgpt your install location of the game directory.

Give chatgpt the location of your locallow directory.

Give chat gpt the graphics card and OS you're running.

Tell chatgpt whether or not you have powershell. (If you don't ask it where to get it and it'll give you the codes to paste into it to patch this and is even capable of doing what it does in the next step.)

After i'd uploaded all the .zip files to chatgpt, it read the formatting of them and discovered the modfinder works for all the other mods but it didn't quite do the sound.json merging correctly. After a few test codes, it completely rewrote sound.json and patched in the WW portions.

TL;DR tell chatgpt the problem, link this page, make sure to tell chatgpt that owlcat actually patched out the internal modding and you want to use modfinder. It'll walk you through it easy enough.

Didn't read this all tbh, but can you upload updated installation tools? Or does it need manual intervention like this?

[rusty_shackleford]

@Dunadan how do you patch the Unity files to replace the assets?
[edit]
think I might have asked this already

[PixiGreen]

Anevian addressed as "she"

In the Lord of Nothing DLC, two errors (so far):

[TheEmptyRoad]

Hey I just recently got the game and started downloading the mods, so far I've been able to install all of the mods except for:

WW_Anevian

WW_Seelie

WW_NoAlphabets

WW_Undiversified

As every time I extract them like I did for the other mods they automatically go into a modification folder that pops up on its own and the install programs as well as the read me.text do no appear for these folders, and even when opening them before i extract the programs and the .txt are not there, does anyone know what I might be doing wrong or are others having this same issue?

What operating system are you on? Win 10? Win 11? Something else?

I'm having the same problem (WIn11), these modules are not set up in the same way as the others, they don't have a .bat file or ReadMe, and they all are underneath a folder called Modifications - in their ZIP Folders.

[Former Redditor]

I don't believe for a second that the ones praising it actually played to completion, but just toyed with the autistic build simulator for a bunch of levels.

I can confirm. I've only played past Drezen once, and even then I didn't get to Act 4. I have, however, spent hundreds of hours in the Midnight Isles roguelike mode, playing over a hundred characters, dozens of builds, and getting all the achievements.

[loregamer]

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