Worms Ultimate Mayhem
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This page is for the enhanced remake. For the original 2005 game, see Worms 4: Mayhem.
Developers | |
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Team17 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 28, 2011 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 66 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | DLC |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Turn-based |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Artillery, Strategy |
Art styles | Cartoon |
Themes | Comedy |
Series | Worms |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Worms | 1995 |
Worms 2 | 1997 |
Worms Pinball | 1998 |
Worms Armageddon | 1999 |
Worms World Party | 2001 |
Worms Blast | 2002 |
Worms 3D | 2003 |
Worms Forts: Under Siege | 2004 |
Worms 4: Mayhem | 2005 |
Worms Reloaded | 2010 |
Worms Crazy Golf | 2011 |
Worms Ultimate Mayhem | 2011 |
Worms Revolution | 2012 |
Worms Clan Wars | 2013 |
Worms 3 | 2014 |
Worms World Party Remastered | 2015 |
Worms W.M.D | 2016 |
Worms Rumble | 2020 |
Worms Ultimate Mayhem is a singleplayer and multiplayer third-person artillery and strategy game in the Worms series.
Key points
- The game is an enhanced remake of Worms 4: Mayhem.
- Includes the Worms 3D singleplayer campaign and content.
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Amazon.com | ||||
GamersGate | Deluxe Edition is also available. | |||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | Deluxe Edition | |||
Steam | Deluxe Edition also available. |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Customization Pack | Part of the Deluxe Edition | |
Multiplayer Pack | Part of the Deluxe Edition | |
Single Player Pack | Available for free. |
Essential improvements
Very poor performance on modern systems
- Due to poor OpenGL support with Nvidia and AMD GPU drivers under Windows 8.1 and later systems, the game is unable to use the hardware properly.[citation needed]
Enable Sleepless Window Thread in Special K |
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Worms4UHD MouseFix
- Fixes mouse stutter.
- Stops the camera from turning beyond 360 degrees.[1]
Installation |
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Sepia filter in the Worms 3D campaign
Remove color filter by editing configuration files.[2] |
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/70600/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <Steam-folder>/userdata/<user-id>/70600/ |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/70600/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud | Approx. 100 MB available. |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | The game must be run at a resolution lower than native for windowed mode to work. Special K can be used to enable windowed mode at native resolution and move/center the window by disabling "Fullscreen" in the game launcher then setting OverrideRes to the native resolution and Center to true in the OpenGL32.ini file. |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | Borderless fullscreen windowed by default with "Fullscreen" in the launcher disabled at native resolution. Special K can be used to enable borderless windowed mode at resolutions lower than native and also resize/upscale to fullscreen. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 16x AA (2x/4x AA seems to be MSAA, 8x/16x AA seems to be 1x2 and 2x2 SSAA (OGSSAA)), FXAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | On by default, no option to disable it. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | V-Sync can be forced off through the GPU control panel. Side effects of frame rates higher than 60 FPS are unknown. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Button prompts | ||
Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Music, Effects and Speech | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Polish | Polish language is built-in, but it's impossible to select. See here how to force language change. |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 4 | |||
LAN play | ||||
Online play | 4 | |||
Asynchronous multiplayer |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Issues fixed
Wrong scaling when systemwide scaling is set
Disable upscaling for game[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9 | |
OpenGL | 2 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | FMOD | |
Multiplayer | Steamworks |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz AMD Athlon 64 X2 |
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System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce 8400 ATI Radeon HD 4650 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 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). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/70600/
. - Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (70600) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.