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Worms Blast is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view puzzle game in the Worms series.

General information

Unofficial Worms Wiki

Dream17 Softography

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

Demo

A demo is available.

Essential improvements

Fix ALT-TAB, enable windowed mode, custom resolutions, undocumented features

Use custom batch file^[1]

Create a start.bat file with the following text:

SET XEF=./XEF
SET XOM=./XOM
"./XOM/bin/WormsBlast.exe" /W [width] /H [height] /WIN

Notably, the /WIN parameter starts the game in windowed mode, which enables the player to safely use Alt+Tab ↹, a feature that is otherwise broken on modern system.

Other available parameters are:

Checking of text disabled /DONTCHECKTEXT
Checking of text enabled /CHECKTEXT
All maps locations enabled - this will have no effect unless the game save file has been deleted /ENABLEALLROUTES
Map Locations Enabled /SHOWMAPLOCATIONS
Debug Keys Disabled /DISABLEDEBUGKEYS
Debug Keys Enabled /ENABLEDEBUGKEYS
AI Details Enabled /ALLOWAIDETAILS
Camera movement keys enabled /ALLOWCAMERAMOVES
Show character radius /SHOWCHARRADIUS
Showing direction controls /SHOWDIRECTIONS
Setting XOM variables /SETXOMVARS
Not setting XOM variables /NOSETXOMVARS
Screen depth /D
Disable hardware T&L /NOHWTL
Enable 4 player /4PLAYER
Hide AI calculations /NOAI
Show AI calculations /SHOWAI
Skip Logos /NOLOGO
Skip frontend /NOFEND
Bouncing blocks using box collision /BOUNCECIRCLE
Bouncing blocks using spherical collision /BOUNCEBOX
Hide debug menu /NODEBUGMENU
Show debug menu /SHOWDEBUGMENU
3D Water /3DW
2D Water /2DW
Screen height /H
Screen width /W
Windowed /WIN
No Music /NOMUSIC
No Sound /NOSOUND
Full screen /FS
Running in Direct3D /D3D
Running in OpenGL /OGL

Note that the /OGL flag crashes the game and hence is broken.

An example set-up is:

SET XEF=./XEF
SET XOM=./XOM
"./XOM/bin/WormsBlast.exe" /NOLOGO /ENABLEALLROUTES /ENABLEDEBUGKEYS /ALLOWCAMERAMOVES /3DW /W [width] /H [height] /WIN

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/70650/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	Steam\steamapps\common\Worms Blast\GameSave.dat
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/70650/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher options menu.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		The game always shows the entire level.
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enabled by default
60 FPS
120+ FPS		At high framerates, AI may get stuck calculating their shot for tens of seconds or even minutes.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Natively, via in-game settings
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		No mouse input.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		The players movement and action sounds are played in their corresponding voice channels
Subtitles		All in-game instructions and hints are text-based. The in-game characters do say things occasionally, however those are not subbed.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Lithuanian				Local retail version only.
Polish				Local retail version only.
Spanish
Russian				Local retail version only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	(but up to 4 players possible with memory hacking and specific run commands)
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

High FPS issues

Limit the framerate to 60 FPS^{[citation needed]}

Use dgVoodoo 2
Download dgVoodoo 2. Extract `dgVoodooCpl.exe` and `\MS\x86\D3D8.DLL` to `<path-to-game>\XOM\bin`.

Vsync option not working on Windows 10

Use dgVoodoo 2 (see previous fixbox)

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1
OpenGL	1	Mac OS and OS X only. When forced on PC, the game crashes
Shader Model support	1.4

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 350 MHz	Intel Pentium III 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	32 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (70650) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:TassieLagend on 2022-05-05

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (70650) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[4] The app ID (70650) may differ in some cases.

[5] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[6] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Verified by User:TassieLagend on 2022-05-05

[1]

[Note 1]

@@ Line 15: / Line 15: @@
 |reception    =
 {{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|worms-blast|73}}
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/pacing            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/perspectives      | Side view }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/controls          | Direct control }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Puzzle }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Worms }}
 |official site= https://web.archive.org/web/20040615080830/http://wormsblast.team17.com/
 |steam appid  = 70650
@@ Line 26: / Line 39: @@
 |igdb         = worms-blast
 |license      = commercial
-|taxonomy     =
+}}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Artillery }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Worms }}
+{{Introduction
+|introduction      =
+|release history   =
+|current state     =
 }}
@@ Line 46: / Line 64: @@
 {{Availability/row| Steam | 70650 | Steam | | | Windows }}
 }}
+===Demo===
 {{ii}} A [http://dream17.abime.net/downloads.php?cat=4 demo] is available.
@@ Line 51: / Line 71: @@
 === Fix ALT-TAB, enable windowed mode, custom resolutions, undocumented features ===
-{{Fixbox|description=Fix ALT-TAB, enable windowed mode, custom resolutions, undocumented features|ref=<ref>Tested by the contributor</ref>|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Use custom batch file|ref=<ref>{{Refcheck|user=TassieLagend|date=2022-05-05}}</ref>|fix=
-Create a start.bat file with the following text,
+Create a {{file|start.bat}} file with the following text:
 <pre>
@@ Line 60: / Line 80: @@
 </pre>
-The <code>/WIN</code> parameter is very important, as it starts the game in windowed mode, which means the player can safely Aft-Tab between the windows, a feature that is otherwise broken.
+Notably, the <code>/WIN</code> parameter starts the game in windowed mode, which enables the player to safely use {{key|Alt|Tab}}, a feature that is otherwise broken on modern system.
-Other available parameters are,
+Other available parameters are:
 <pre>
@@ Line 102: / Line 122: @@
 Note that the <code>/OGL</code> flag crashes the game and hence is broken.
-My personal set-up is,
+An example set-up is:
 <pre>
@@ Line 174: / Line 194: @@
 |upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = true
-|vsync notes                = Enable by default
+|vsync notes                = Enabled by default
 |60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
 |120 fps                    = false
-|120 fps notes              = At high fps probably AI may get stuck calculating their shot for tens of seconds or even minutes.
+|120 fps notes              = At high framerates, AI may get stuck calculating their shot for tens of seconds or even minutes.
 |hdr                        = unknown
 |hdr notes                  =
@@ Line 300: / Line 320: @@
   |subtitles = n/a
   |notes     =
+ |fan       =
+}}
+{{L10n/switch
+ |language  = Lithuanian
+ |interface = true
+ |audio     = false
+ |subtitles = n/a
+ |notes     = Local retail version only.
   |fan       =
 }}
@@ Line 347: / Line 375: @@
 ==Issues fixed==
+===High FPS issues===
+{{Fixbox|description= [[Glossary:Frame rate (FPS)#Frame rate capping|Limit the framerate]] to 60 FPS|ref={{cn|date=September 2021}}|fix=
+}}
-===High FPS Issues===
+{{Fixbox|description=Use dgVoodoo 2|fix=
-{{Fixbox|description=Limit the Framerate to 60FPS |ref={{cn|date=September 2021}}|fix=
+# Download [[dgVoodoo 2]].
-* See [[Glossary:Frame rate (FPS)#Frame rate capping|Frame rate capping]].
+# Extract {{file|dgVoodooCpl.exe}} and {{file|\MS\x86\D3D8.DLL}} to {{folder|{{p|game}}\XOM\bin}}.
-}}
-{{Fixbox|description=Use dgVoodoo2|fix=
-# Download [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/ dgvoodoo2].
-# Copy D3D8.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to <code>{{p|game}}\XOM\bin</code>.
-# Set refresh rate on 60hz
 }}
 ===Vsync option not working on Windows 10===
-{{Fixbox|description=Use dgVoodoo2|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Use dgVoodoo 2 (see previous fixbox)|fix=
-# Download [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/ dgvoodoo2].
-# Copy D3D8.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to <code>{{p|game}}\XOM\bin</code>.
 }}

Developers

	Team17
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Russia	Akella
Mac OS, OS X	Feral Interactive
Digital	Team17
Release dates
Windows	March 30, 2002
Mac OS (Classic)	2003
macOS (OS X)	2003
Reception
Metacritic	73
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Perspectives	Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Puzzle
Series	Worms