Worms Armageddon

Worms Armageddon

Developers
	Team17
Publishers
	MicroProse
	Team17
	Sold Out Software
Release dates
Windows	May 31, 1999

Worms

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 World Party Remastered	2015
Worms W.M.D	2016

Key points

The CD version released in 1999 was updated as recently as 2013. New updates are still actively developed by volunteer maintainers, then approved and published by Team17.

General information

Worms Armageddon Website

Worms Armageddon Website (Team 17)

Worms Knowledge Base article

Worms Wikia

Dream17 Softography

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc 1.0.32 DRM
Amazon.com
GamersGate
GOG.com		Based on the Steam version, with minor patches.
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

SafeDisc retail DRM no longer functions properly on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Version differences

The GOG.com and Steam versions come with the latest updates previously released for the CD version. New updates are released for the Steam, GOG and CD versions in sync.

Sold Out version uses custom Setup.now.exe launcher from publisher and was bundled with Worms 2.

Essential improvements

Patches

Official patches

Patch v3.0 for the European release (Team17 FTP) synchronizes the game to the later American version and fixes multiple bugs.

Official graphics update (Team17 FTP; not required for patches v3.5.x.x onwards)

The latest update is v3.7.2.1 (Team17 FTP; formerly at the official website). It is a result of Team17's permission given to two community members, Deadcode and CyberShadow, to update and patch the game. Other than fixing a multitude of bugs and adding some new features, the game is now more compatible with newer systems. These patches are not compatible with some versions of the game, however (downloaded versions, such as TryMedia).

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	%WINDIR%\win.ini HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Team17SoftwareLTD\WormsArmageddon\
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/217200/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\User\Teams\WG.WGT
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/217200/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video settings

In-game general settings.

In-game advanced settings.

The in-game settings menu is rendered in 640×480 resolution but the game itself is rendered at selected resolution. That however can be fixed with the "SuperFrontendHD" Wormkit module.

Graphics option	Option	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor			See D3D9Wnd.
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD			Interface does not scale with resolution and can be very small in 4K. The game is letterboxed to 1920×854 for cavern levels (on standard-size maps), and 640×480 for the main menu. The main menu problem can be fixed with SuperFrontendHD.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See D3D9Wnd. Official support set to come with the 3.8.0 update.
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See D3D9Wnd.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Partial support (UI elements). Animations/movements run at 50fps, with full support (interpolation) set to come with the 3.8.0 update.
Color blind mode

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse	Native	Notes
Remapping		wkRemapKeys WormKit module
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Audio settings

Audio options	Native	Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
Dutch
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Local retail version only.
Polish				Local retail version only.
Brazilian Portuguese				Local retail version only.
Portuguese
Russian				Community-translated (by Mr.X), incorporated in 2008 with the v3.6.29.0 update, followed with updates performed by CyberShadow, Shtirlitz, and StepS. This translation is not the same as the Russobit-M translation (made in 2002).
Spanish
Swedish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		6	Hot seat Up to 6 teams, each with up to 8 worms can be present in the game.
LAN play		6	LAN lobby is available in the Network screen. Up to 6 players plus one spectator can participate in one game.
Online play		6	Via WormNET. Up to 6 players plus one spectator can participate in one game.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated		Through a hosting bot (HostingBuddy).
Self-hosting		Default port is 17011 and can be customized.
Direct IP		Default port is 17011 and can be customized.

Ports

Protocol	Port(s) and/or port range(s)
TCP	80, 6667, 17011

This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	7, 9	Selectable from advanced options window.
DirectDraw	2	8-bit and 32-bit
64-bit executable

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	98
Processor (CPU)	100 MHz Pentium
System memory (RAM)	32 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	100 MB
Video card (GPU)	2 MB of VRAM