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Worms Blast	2002
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General information

Official website

Unofficial Worms Wiki

Dream17 Softography

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Amazon.com
GamersGate

Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

A demo is available.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/70650/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	Steam\steamapps\common\Worms Blast\GameSave.dat
Mac OS (Classic)
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/70650/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher options menu.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		The game always shows the entire level.
Windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Enable by default
60 FPS
120+ FPS		At high fps probably AI may get stuck calculating their shot for tens of seconds or even minutes.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

In-game control settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Natively, via in-game settings
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		No mouse input.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound		The players movement and action sounds are played in their corresponding voice channels
Subtitles		All in-game instructions and hints are text-based. The in-game characters do say things occasionally, however those are not subbed.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Polish				Local retail version only.
Spanish
Russian				Local retail version only.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Players	Notes
Local play	2	(but up to 4 players possible with memory hacking and specific run commands)
LAN play
Online play

Issues fixed

AI get Stuck

Often the AI may get stuck calculating their shot for tens of seconds or even minutes. As the blocks descend on them, they often find themself shooting blocks in panic and dying

Use dgVoodoo2
Download dgvoodoo2. Copy D3D8.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to `<path-to-game>\XOM\bin`. Set refresh rate on 60hz

Vsync option not working on Windows10

Use dgVoodoo2
Download dgvoodoo2. Copy D3D8.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to `<path-to-game>\XOM\bin`.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8.1
OpenGL	1	Mac OS and OS X only. When forced on PC, the game crashes
Shader Model support	1.4

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	95	98, ME, 2000, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium II 350 MHz	Intel Pentium III 450 MHz
System memory (RAM)	64 MB	128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	300 MB
Video card (GPU)	16 MB of VRAM DirectX 8.1 compatible	32 MB of VRAM

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/70650/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (70650) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/70650/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (70650) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note 1]

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Infobox game
 |cover        = Worms Blast - cover.jpg
@@ Line 4: / Line 5: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/developer|Team17}}
 |publishers   =
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Ubisoft}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Akella|Russia}}
 {{Infobox game/row/publisher|Feral Interactive|Mac OS, OS X}}
+{{Infobox game/row/publisher|Team17|Digital}}
 |engines      =
 |release dates=
@@ Line 10: / Line 14: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/date|Mac OS|2003}}
 {{Infobox game/row/date|OS X|2003}}
+|reception    =
+{{Infobox game/row/reception|Metacritic|worms-blast|73}}
 |steam appid  = 70650
 |gogcom id    =
 |strategywiki =
 |mobygames    = worms-blast
+|hltb         = 11306
 |wikipedia    = Worms Blast
 |winehq       = 5429
+|igdb         = worms-blast
 |license      = commercial
+|taxonomy     =
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/genres            | Artillery }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Worms }}
 }}
-{{Series|Worms}}
 '''General information'''
@@ Line 30: / Line 40: @@
 {{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | | | Windows,  Mac OS, OS X }}
 {{Availability/row| Amazon | B00G9BNLNW | Steam | | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| GamersGate | DD-WORMSB | Steam | | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GamersGate | worms-blast | Steam | | | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 3278-1 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
 {{Availability/row| GMG | worms-blast | Steam | | | Windows }}
@@ Line 37: / Line 47: @@
 }}
 {{ii}} A [http://dream17.abime.net/downloads.php?cat=4 demo] is available.
-==Essential improvements==
-===[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]], [[Glossary:Windowed|windowed]] mode, fix crash on game minimised, visual and other improvements ===
-{{Fixbox|description=[[Glossary:Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]], [[Glossary:Windowed|windowed]] mode, fix crash on game minimised, visual and other improvements |fix=
-#Create a start.bat file in the game's root directory with the following text,
-:: SET XEF=./XEF
-:: SET XOM=./XOM
-:: "./XOM/bin/WormsBlast.exe" /W [width] /H [height] /WIN
-The /WIN parameter is very important, as it starts the game in windowed mode, which means the player can safely Aft-Tab between the windows, a feature that is otherwise broken.
-Other available parameters are,
-* Checking of text disabled /DONTCHECKTEXT
-* Checking of text enabled /CHECKTEXT
-* All maps locations enabled - this will have no effect unless the game save file has been deleted /ENABLEALLROUTES
-* Map Locations Enabled /SHOWMAPLOCATIONS
-* Debug Keys Disabled /DISABLEDEBUGKEYS
-* Debug Keys Enabled /ENABLEDEBUGKEYS
-* AI Details Enabled /ALLOWAIDETAILS
-* Camera movement keys enabled /ALLOWCAMERAMOVES
-* Show character radius /SHOWCHARRADIUS
-* Showing direction controls /SHOWDIRECTIONS
-* Setting XOM variables /SETXOMVARS
-* Not setting XOM variables /NOSETXOMVARS
-* Screen depth /D
-* Disable hardware T&L /NOHWTL
-* Enable 4 player /4PLAYER
-* Hide AI calculations /NOAI
-* Show AI calculations /SHOWAI
-* Skip Logos /NOLOGO
-* Skip frontend /NOFEND
-* Bouncing blocks using box collision /BOUNCECIRCLE
-* Bouncing blocks using spherical collision /BOUNCEBOX
-* Hide debug menu /NODEBUGMENU
-* Show debug menu /SHOWDEBUGMENU
-* 3D Water /3DW
-* 2D Water /2DW
-* Screen height /H
-* Screen width /W
-* Windowed /WIN
-* No Music /NOMUSIC
-* No Sound /NOSOUND
-* Full screen /FS
-* Running in Direct3D /D3D
-* Running in OpenGL /OGL
-Note that the "/OGL" flag crashes the game and hence is broken.
-My personal set-up is,
-:: SET XEF=./XEF
-:: SET XOM=./XOM
-:: "./XOM/bin/WormsBlast.exe" /NOLOGO /ENABLEALLROUTES /ENABLEDEBUGKEYS /ALLOWCAMERAMOVES /3DW /W [width] /H [height] /WIN
-}}
 ==Game data==
@@ Line 106: / Line 58: @@
 ===Save game data location===
 {{Game data|
-{{Game data/saves|Windows|}}
+{{Game data/saves|Windows|Steam\steamapps\common\Worms Blast\GameSave.dat}}
 {{Game data/saves|Mac OS|}}
 {{Game data/saves|OS X|}}
@@ Line 129: / Line 81: @@
 }}
-==Video settings==
+==Video==
 {{Image|Worms Blast Launcher Options.png|Launcher options menu.}}
-{{Video settings
+{{Video
 |wsgf link                  = https://www.wsgf.org/dr/worms-blast/en
 |widescreen wsgf award      = unsupported
@@ Line 137: / Line 89: @@
 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award = unsupported
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     = unsupported
-|widescreen resolution      = hackable
+|widescreen resolution      = false
-|widescreen resolution notes= See [[#Widescreen resolution|Widescreen resolution]]
+|widescreen resolution notes=
 |multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
@@ Line 147: / Line 99: @@
 |fov                        = n/a
 |fov notes                  = The game always shows the entire level.
-|windowed                   = hackable
+|windowed                   = false
-|windowed notes             = See [[#Windowed|Windowed]]
+|windowed notes             =
 |borderless windowed        = false
 |borderless windowed notes  =
@@ Line 155: / Line 107: @@
 |antialiasing               = false
 |antialiasing notes         =
-|vsync                      = unknown
+|vsync                      = true
-|vsync notes                =
+|vsync notes                = Enable by default
 |60 fps                     = true
 |60 fps notes               =
-|120 fps                    = true
+|120 fps                    = false
-|120 fps notes              =
+|120 fps notes              = At high fps probably AI may get stuck calculating their shot for tens of seconds or even minutes.
 |hdr                        = unknown
 |hdr notes                  =
@@ Line 167: / Line 119: @@
 }}
-==Input settings==
+==Input==
 {{Image|Worms Blast Controls.png|In-game control settings.}}
-{{Input settings
+{{Input
 |key remap                 = true
 |key remap notes           = Natively, via in-game settings
@@ Line 234: / Line 186: @@
 }}
-==Audio settings==
+==Audio==
 {{Image|Worms Blast Audio.png|In-game audio settings.}}
-{{Audio settings
+{{Audio
 |separate volume          = true
 |separate volume notes    =
@@ Line 328: / Line 280: @@
 }}
-==Issues unresolved==
+==Issues fixed==
+===AI get Stuck===
+{{ii}} Often the AI may get stuck calculating their shot for tens of seconds or even minutes. As the blocks descend on them, they often find themself shooting blocks in panic and dying
+{{Fixbox|description=Use dgVoodoo2|fix=
+# Download [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/ dgvoodoo2].
+# Copy D3D8.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to <code>{{p|game}}\XOM\bin</code>.
+# Set refresh rate on 60hz
+}}
-* Often the AI may get stuck calculating their shot for tens of seconds or even minutes. As the blocks descend on them, they often find themself shooting blocks in panic and dying
+===Vsync option not working on Windows10===
+{{Fixbox|description=Use dgVoodoo2|fix=
+# Download [http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/ dgvoodoo2].
+# Copy D3D8.DLL from the \MS\x86\ folder to <code>{{p|game}}\XOM\bin</code>.
+}}
 ==Other information==
@@ Line 340: / Line 305: @@
 |directdraw notes       =
 |opengl versions        = 1
-|opengl notes           = Mac OS and OS X only.
+|opengl notes           = Mac OS and OS X only. When forced on PC, the game crashes
 |glide versions         =
 |glide notes            =
@@ Line 356: / Line 321: @@
 |windows 64-bit exe     = false
 |windows exe notes      =
-|mac os x powerpc app   =
+|mac os x powerpc app   = true
 |macos intel 32-bit app = unknown
 |macos intel 64-bit app = unknown

Developers

	Team17
Publishers
	Ubisoft
Russia	Akella
Mac OS, OS X	Feral Interactive
Digital	Team17
Release dates
Windows	March 30, 2002
Mac OS (Classic)	2003
macOS (OS X)	2003
Reception
Metacritic	73
Taxonomy
Genres	Artillery
Series	Worms