Worms 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer side view artillery and strategy game in the Worms series.
Since Windows XP, the game would fail to launch after playing the intro cutscene. The Worms 2 Plus community project fixes the underlying issue, and also restores the multiplayer menu in the GOG.com version, making it a required installation on modern systems.
General information
- Worms Knowledge Base article
- Unofficial Worms Wiki
- Dream17 Softography
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
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Retail |
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GOG.com |
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Multiplayer menu disabled in this release; can be re-enabled by Worms 2 Plus. |
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- A demo is available.
Essential improvements
Official patch
- The latest official patch is 1.005, available from GameFront.
Worms 2 Plus
Worms 2 Plus is a bundle of software and assets by various authors in single installer.
- Compatible with retail and GOG.com versions.
- Makes the game run on modern computers with extra features and content.
- Restores the multiplayer menu entry for the GOG.com version.
Installing Worms 2 Plus
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- Download the latest version here.
- Launch
Worms2_Plus_*.exe installer.
- Always launch the game by running
<path-to-game>\frontend.exe .
- Do not set any compatibility settings on any of the game's files
- Make sure only one copy of the game is installed to avoid it launching the wrong application
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
- The team file is stored in
<path-to-game>\Teams\W2TEAM.st1
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- Last landscape is stored in
<path-to-game>\Saves\land.dat
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- User levels are stored in
<path-to-game>\Levels\*.lev
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- User weapons are stored in
<path-to-game>\Weapons\*.wep
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- User options are stored in
<path-to-game>\Options\*.opt
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Video
- ReSolution plugin
- Supports resolutions up to 32767x32767
- Letterboxing starts at sizes greater than 6012x2902 for open-island maps, and 1916x854 for closed-cavern maps
- Supports multi-monitor setups and zooming with the windowed mode hack (see below) and manually adjusting the total screen resolution in the settings file
- Alt+↵ Enter will optionally switch between borderless fullscreen window fill and a nonfullscreen window.
- Windowed mode hack
- Supports both regular and borderless windowed mode
- Performs an external conversion of the 8-bit palette to 32-bit, resolving the color issues and improving performance on modern systems.
- Can be combined with the ReSolution plugin to change the window dimensions, zoom and resize the game
- The "VerticalSync" setting, enabled by default, synchronizes the displayed frame rate with the monitor refresh rate.
Input
Audio
Audio feature |
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Separate volume controls |
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As of Worms 2 Plus build 1.5.6, music volume can be changed by setting its value from 0 to 100 in volumeBGM.txt . |
Surround sound |
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Subtitles |
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Short of worm responses, there is no speech. |
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. |
Royalty free audio |
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Red Book CD audio |
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Can be replaced by .ogg files via Worms 2 Plus. |
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
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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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Polish |
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Local retail version only. |
Brazilian Portuguese |
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Language also available in the European version.[1] |
Russian |
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Spanish |
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Swedish |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Issues fixed
Black screen after quitting the game (GOG.com version)
- If the previous step still does not work, do this next step.
Audio/video synchronization issues in intro movies (GOG.com version)
Download the 7-Zip archive found here and extract its content in the game root directory, overriding already present files.
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Other information
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
DirectDraw |
1 |
8-bit |
Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
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Windows |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
95 |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Pentium 75 MHz |
System memory (RAM) |
16 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
50 MB |
Video card (GPU) |
DirectX 7.0 compatible |
Notes
References