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Worms Ultimate Mayhem

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This page is for the enhanced remake. For the original 2005 game, see Worms 4: Mayhem.

Worms Ultimate Mayhem
Worms Ultimate Mayhem cover
Developers
Team17
Release dates
Windows September 28, 2011
Reception
Metacritic 66
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Turn-based
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Artillery, Strategy
Art styles Cartoon
Themes Comedy
Series Worms
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Worms Ultimate Mayhem on Wikipedia
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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
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Worms Clan Wars 2013
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Worms World Party Remastered 2015
Worms W.M.D 2016
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Worms Ultimate Mayhem is an enhanced version of the 2005 artillery game Worms 4: Mayhem combined with singleplayer content from the 2002 Worms 3D. It includes a visual upgrade, new voiceovers in the campaigns, and tweaked AI and camera.

General information

Unofficial Worms Wiki
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Amazon.com
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Windows
GamersGate
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Gamesplanet logo.svg
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Deluxe Edition. Online multiplayer is unavailable.[1]
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Deluxe Edition also available.
Windows

Monetization

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Customization Pack Part of the Deluxe Edition.
Windows
Multiplayer Pack Part of the Deluxe Edition.
Windows
Single Player Pack Available for free.
Windows

Essential improvements

Anniversary Patch

Fixes performance issues, enables support for all languages present in the game files and removes the sepia effect in the Worms 3D campaign levels, among other things.
Supports the Steam and GOG versions of the game.
Download WUMPatch[2]
  1. Download the latest version of the patch.
  2. Extract the files to <path-to-game>.

Mouse Fix

Fixes mouse movements, which in the vanilla game make the aim jump around random positions and is overall stuttery.
Supports the Steam version of the game.
Download Mouse Fix[3]
  1. Download the latest version of the fix.
  2. Extract the files to <path-to-game>.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/70600/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\70600\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/70600/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Approx. 100 MB available.

Video

Launcher options menu.
Launcher options menu.

Graphics feature State Notes
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 also move/center the window by disabling "Fullscreen" in the game launcher and then setting Borderless to false, OverrideRes to the native resolution and Center to true in the OpenGL32.ini file.
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 upscale to fullscreen by disabling "Fullscreen" in the game launcher and then setting Borderless to true, Fullscreen to true and OverrideRes to the desired resolution in the OpenGL32.ini file.
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), FXAA.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
On by default, no option to disable it.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
60 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.

Anti-aliasing (AA)

Force SGSSAA (Nvidia only)[4][5]
  1. Download and run Nvidia Profile Inspector.
  2. Create a new profile for Worms Ultimate Mayhem and then add WormsMayhem.exe to it.
  3. Change Antialiasing - Mode to Override any application setting.
  4. Change Antialiasing - Setting to 4x [4x Multisampling].
  5. Change Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling to 4x Supersampling.
  6. Press "Apply Changes" in the top-right corner.
  7. In the game launcher, set Anti-aliasing to 4x (2x2).

Notes

Driver downsampling (DSR/Custom Resolutions (Nvidia) or VSR (AMD)) combined with FXAA or SMAA may be preferable.[6]

Input

In-game keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game keyboard/mouse settings.
In-game gamepad button map settings.
In-game gamepad button map settings.
In-game gamepad camera settings.
In-game gamepad camera settings.

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music, Effects, and Speech.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
American English support is also present.
Czech
Support for this language is present but impossible to select. The Anniversary Patch enables it. Localization is incomplete.
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Support for this language is present but impossible to select. The Anniversary Patch enables it. Localization is incomplete.
Russian
Support for this language is present but impossible to select. The Anniversary Patch enables it. Localization is incomplete.
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Connection types

Issues fixed

Improper scaling when system-wide scaling is set

Disable system DPI scaling[7]
  1. Find WormsMayhem.exe.
  2. Right click and open properties.
  3. Under compatibility, open high DPI settings and disable display scaling.

While the "No Movies" setting is off, the movies still won't play

This can cause hardlocks when the game is trying to play a prerendered cutscene, ending up with a black picture and an eerie "..." for subtitles.

Go to the game's directory and run RegVideoDLL.exe as administrator[8][9]
This will briefly open a black window. Once it closes, the game can be played.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c
OpenGL 2
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD
Multiplayer Steamworks

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or Dual Core 2.0 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 X2
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

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 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>/70600/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (70600) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. GOG.com - Worms Ultimate Mayhem - Deluxe Edition - last accessed on 2022-05-06
    "Please note: This DRM-Free version of Worms Ultimate Mayhem - Deluxe Edition features local multiplayer only."
  2. Verified by User:Tiagoquix on 2023-03-24
  3. Verified by User:Tiagoquix on 2023-03-24
  4. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ekUZsK2YXgd5XjjH1M7QkHIQgKO_i4bHCUdPeAd6OCo/edit#gid=0&range=A737
  5. forums.guru3d.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  6. forums.guru3d.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
  7. Verified by User:Tomomimi on 2023-02-14
    Works on the Steam version. The GOG version already has this fix applied and locked
  8. Worms ultimate mayhem ingame videos not working?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on 2023-02-14
  9. Verified by User:Tomomimi on 2023-02-14
    The Steam version does not have this issue, but the GOG version did.