WrathRipplyWater addon - WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

Ripply Water Mod For Wrath: Aeon of Ruin v2.0 March 31, 2024
by Gremlin 'MrC' Forester

Description:
This mod adds fancy water to Wrath: Aeon of Ruin retail.

Requirements:
Wrath and a decent graphics card. I use a 1050ti (at the time of this updated release which seems to work pretty well).

Install: (some assembly required):
This is a better method as it'll stack the mod on top of the original game, no need to run it as a separate mod (although you can if you want). That way saves should not be affected as this is only a graphics mod.

1. Unzip/Drop the contents of WrathRipplyWater2.zip (pak099.pk3,water.cfg) into your kp1 folder. I randomly picked pak099 as the name to leave room for any future updates. Content in paks with a higher number will override content from paks with a lower number. Idk, probably wasn't needed, rename as you like.

2. Add the following to your autoexec.cfg using notepad (or your tool of choice):
r_glsl 1
r_water 1
r_water_hideplayer 2
r_water_lowquality 1
r_water_resolutionmultiplier 0.25

2.1 OR...

exec water.cfg

Which will automatically run commands found in water.cfg.

2.2 OR...

While in game bring down the console by pressing shift+esc and type 'exec water.cfg' in the console. You shouldn't have to do it every time as it should set these into your regular config.

3. Just run the game as usual.

You can set these in the console as well if you want to raise or lower the quality of the water like r_water_resolutionmultiplier 1 will give you much clearer reflections/refractions but may come at a performance cost. I've kept it pretty low here for both performance plus it works well with the look of the game (imho).

If you're having performance issues open the console (shift+esc) and type "r_water 0" to go back to a somewhat similar look to the original.

Uninstall:

Just delete pak099.pk3 from your kp1 folder and set r_water 0. And that should be it.

If you find any issues, please let me know and I'll work on getting them sorted. Thanks for trying this out and hope you like it!

Usage/Legal:
If you use this in your own mods, credit would be nice.
No commercial use as the water caustics (used for the diffuse maps) were made using a free water caustic generator. Dualheights.se
I made the normal maps so you can use those for whatever purpose though.