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Revision as of 11:43, 15 May 2020
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| Developers | |
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| Team17 | |
| Publishers | |
| Mac OS, OS X | Feral Interactive |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | March 30, 2002 |
| Mac OS (Classic) | 2003 |
| macOS (OS X) | 2003 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 73 |
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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 |
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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- A demo is available.
Essential improvements
Widescreen resolution, windowed mode, fix crash on game minimised, visual and other improvements
| Widescreen resolution, windowed mode, fix crash on game minimised, visual and other improvements |
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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,
Note that the "/OGL" flag crashes the game and hence is broken. My personal set-up is,
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/70650/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
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| Windows | |
| Mac OS (Classic) | |
| macOS (OS X) | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/70650/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
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| Steam Cloud |
Video
Launcher options menu.
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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| Widescreen resolution | See Widescreen resolution | ||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | The game always shows the entire level. | ||
| Windowed | See Windowed | ||
| 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) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. | ||
Input
In-game control settings.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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| 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 |
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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
In-game audio settings.
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
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| 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 |
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| English | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Polish | Local retail version only. | |||
| Spanish | ||||
| Russian | Local retail version only. |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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| Local play | 2 | (but up to 4 players possible with memory hacking and specific run commands) | ||
| LAN play | ||||
| Online play | ||||
Issues unresolved
- 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
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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| 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 |
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| Windows | |||||
| macOS (OS X) | |||||
| Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
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| 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.