How to Change the Resolution, and "Where's the Launcher"

[thomasp]

This will hopefully stop all those other threads about the same topic :rolleyes:


How to Change the Resolution

From the FAQ:

- 5.7 How do I change the in-game resolution from 800x600 mode?
Worms Forts is set at this particular resolution to ensure the game runs optimally on minimum specification systems. It is however possible to increase the resolution if you so wish. In order to change the game from the default 800x600 resolution the shortcut must be manually modified. Note that this option may be combined with the manual windowed mode setting in point 5.6 also.

- Right click on desktop or start menu shortcut
- Select Properties
- Select Target:
- At the end of line entry, add a space and type preferred resolution such as /RES=1024x768
- Select OK
- Run the game via the modified shortcut
- Repeat this procedure and remove the amendment if you wish to restore default settings

View the FAQ forum for more FAQ's.


Where's the Launcher

AndrewTaylor has created this useful launcher.

Click here to view it: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showpost.php?p=330234&postcount=22

[AndrewTaylor]

Just so you know, here is the new version of the Launcher (v1.2) which includes the following amazing updates:

> Automatically sets height based on width (assuming 3:4 ratio).
> New "About" box, with new stolen picture.
> Better icons (they're grenades now -- one from W3D; one from WFUS).
> No longer uses Windows console (which is the DOS prompt looking thing) to run games.
> About 15.4 kB smaller!

Launcher v1.3 is below, so get that instead. I can't think of a single reason to download this version anymore.

[AndrewTaylor]

Here is the alternative; topete's Launcher:

There are a few differences from mine -- some good, some bad:
+ > Autodetection and drop-down listing of resolutions and refresh rates
+ > Changes system refresh rate itself rather than using switches -- alowing for better WFUS compatibility.
? > Different picture.
—> Has no W3D support
—> No "advanced" box (though I'm not sure if it's useful).
—> Hosted on Geocities because it's over twice as large a file.

http://www.geocities.com/jglzgz/launcher.zip

double post edit

How Can I Fix The Sudden Death Mode?

There will be a patch released soon:
We are planning to release a patch in the coming weeks, mostly to fix the issue with Sudden Death which people have raised. Since we have to patch a number of versions (Euro, Russian, Czech, Trymedia etc) and then test it, it might be a couple of weeks. I will post more news when I have it.
Check the "WF Patch" sticky.

[AndrewTaylor]

Launcher v1.3 is here

The only differences from v1.2 are:

> Better support for leter versions of W3D. Some versions defaulted to running in a window, this one uses the /FS tag to force fullscreen mode if "run in window" wasn't checked.
> Another 3kb smaller. I don't know how I keep doing this, but each version is smaller than the last despite having more features. Ho hum.

Enjoy.