Worms 3D
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| Developers | |
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| Team17 | |
| macOS (OS X) | Zonic Limited |
| Publishers | |
| NA | Acclaim Entertainment |
| EU | Sega |
| OS X | Feral Interactive |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | October 31, 2003 |
| macOS (OS X) | April 2004 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 74 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Genres | Artillery |
| Series | Worms |
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| ⤏ 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 |
Warnings
- The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
General information
Availability
- Not available via digital distribution.
- A demo is available.
Essential improvements
Patches
Map Editor
Map Pack
- Multiplayer Map Pack V4.0 - Contains OpenSpy Support, as well as 433 new maps.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| macOS (OS X) |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | <path-to-game>\Data\SaveGame.xom[Note 1] |
| macOS (OS X) |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | Use W3DLauncher. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | Use /WIN command line argument |
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| Borderless fullscreen windowed | Use Borderless Gaming or Special K | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | |||
| 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | Use /INVERTMOUSEFP and /INVERTMOUSETP command line arguments |
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| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Slovak | ||||
| Czech | Retail CD version sold in Czechia, includes a soundbank in Czech | |||
| Spanish | ||||
| Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | 4 | Hot seat |
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| LAN play | 4 | |||
| Online play | 4 | Originally based on GameSpy. GameSpy was shut down. Hex-edit Worms3D.exe to redirect all traffic to OpenSpy (Third party GameSpy substitute). | ||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OpenGL | 1.4 |
| Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | ||||
| macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Multiplayer | GameSpy |
Issues fixed
- You can find various fixes in the Worms 3D Wiki.
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 98, ME, 2000, XP | |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 800 MHz AMD Athlon 800 MHz |
Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 1.5 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | 32 MB of VRAM OpenGL 1.4 compatible | 64 MB of VRAM |
- Windows 95 and NT are unsupported.
| macOS (OS X) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | 10.2 | |
| Processor (CPU) | PowerPC G3 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
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%\VirtualStoreon Windows Vista and later (more details).