This page is for the original 2001 version. For the 2015 re-release, see Worms World Party Remastered.
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
General information
- Official website
- Unofficial Worms Wiki
- Worms Knowledge Base
- Dream17 Softography
Availability
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- A demo is available.
Essential improvements
Patches
WWP Compatibility Fix
- DirectDraw emulation is broken in Windows 7 and later, breaking graphics and lowering performance.
- Fixes bug where unable to type name in multiplayer and all graphical issues.
Install the WWP Compatibility Fix[3]
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- Make sure to remove all other fixes first to prevent any possible conflicts.
- Download the WWP Compatibility Fix
- Extract the contents from the
.zip file into the installation folder <path-to-game>
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- There are other alternative workarounds for the palette problems; see Rainbow color problems in older games for details.
Game data
Configuration file location
Save game data location
- Teams and singleplayer progress are stored in
<path-to-game>\User\Teams\WG.WWP
- Saved landscapes are stored in
<path-to-game>\User\SavedLevels
- Saved schemes are stored in
<path-to-game>\User\Schemes
Video
It is possible to set any screen resolution for the gameplay environment up to 32767x32767 through the ReSolution plugin. Letterboxing starts at sizes greater than 6012x2902 for open-island maps, and 1916x854 for closed-cavern maps. Multi-monitor support is possible by combining this plugin with the windowed hack and manually adjusting the total screen resolution in the settings file. In combination with the windowed mode hack it's also possible to optionally zoom the game (via the mouse wheel, keyboard or touchscreen) and be able to resize the game's screen real estate using the respective options. Alt+↵ Enter will optionally switch between borderless fullscreen window fill and a nonfullscreen window.
Install the unofficial WWP Compatibility Fix. The compatibility fix also adds the ability to toggle Windowed mode.
To enable windowed mode, set WindowedInGame
(for the gameplay process) and/or WindowedFrontend
(for the pre-game menu screens to 1
in the settings file).
Using windowed mode works around color palette and performance issues.
It can be combined with the ReSolution plugin to change the window dimensions during the game, independently of the GPU/monitor capabilities. It's possible to zoom and resize the game combined with ReSolution when using this hack. The VerticalSync
setting, enabled by default, synchronizes the displayed frame rate with the monitor refresh rate.
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
State |
Notes |
Separate volume controls |
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Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Closed captions |
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Mute on focus lost |
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Uses DirectSound defaults. Can be force-disabled using the Windowed hack with UseFGCGetForegroundWindow" set to 1 in the .ini file. |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Danish |
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Dutch |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Fan translation. |
Hebrew |
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Italian |
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Polish |
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Local retail version only. |
Russian |
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Spanish |
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Swedish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
Unable to connect to a friends game
Other information
API
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
95 | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 100 MHz
| Intel Pentium 200 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
32 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
300 MB | |
Video card (GPU) |
4 MB of VRAM | |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
, %PROGRAMDATA%
, or %WINDIR%
might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References