Worms 4: Mayhem
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| Developers | |
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| Team17 | |
| Publishers | |
| Codemasters | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | August 5, 2005 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 71 |
| IGDB | 60 |
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Warnings
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
| ⤏ 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 |
General information
Availability
- StarForce DRM for this game does not work on modern versions of Windows (see above for affected versions).
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use the /NOLOGOMOVIE command line argument[citation needed]
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Essential improvements
Patches
- Patch v1.01 (#2) are the latest patch available
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | <path-to-game>\data\SaveGame.xom[Note 2] |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | See the WSGF entry. | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | Nvidia users can force SGSSAA or HSAA via Nvidia Profile Inspector.[5] | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS | Capped at 50 FPS, use -nofixedstep parameter.[5] |
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| 120+ FPS | |||
| 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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| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | ||
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost |
Disable music
Use the /NOMUSIC command line argument[citation needed]
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Disable worm voices
Use the /SHUTUP command line argument[citation needed]
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Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Russian |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | 4 | |||
| LAN play | 4 | |||
| Online play | 4 | GameSpy services have been shut down;[6] see GameSpy for workarounds. | ||
| Asynchronous multiplayer | ||||
Connection types
| Type | Native | Notes |
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| Matchmaking | ||
| Peer-to-peer | ||
| Dedicated | ||
| Self-hosting | ||
| Direct IP |
Ports
| Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
|---|---|
| TCP | 5911, 6667, 28900, 29900, 29901 |
| UDP | 5911, 6500, 13139, 27900 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| OpenGL | 1.4 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
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| Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 98SE, ME, 2000, XP | 2000, XP |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Pentium III 1.0 GHz AMD Athlon 1.0 GHz |
Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz AMD AthlonXP 2000+ |
| System memory (RAM) | 256 MB | 512 MB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 400 MB | |
| Video card (GPU) | DirectX 9.0 compatible | |
- Supported ATI chipsets: Radeon 9xxx
- Supported Nvidia chipsets: GeForce FX 5xxx
Notes
- ↑ This version of StarForce DRM does not work on Windows Vista or later.[1][2][3][4] For supported versions of Windows the StarForce driver may need to be updated manually using SFUPDATE.
- ↑ 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).
References
- ↑ Windows Vista support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 7 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 8.1 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ Windows 10 support - StarForce Support
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 NVidia Anti-Aliasing Guide (updated) - Guru3D.com Forums - last accessed on November 13, 2016
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology