Worms World Party on Vista

[ACDias]

Sorry for my bad english. I'm brazilian. ;)

Hi, I'm trying to execute worms wp in windows vista, but the game do not initialize.
Someone know what could be happened or what can I do to fix?

[OldSkool]

You can try to right click on the shortcut, click on the compatibility tab then choose windows XP SP 2, choose to disable desktop composition & visual themes. I got mine to work this way, but I can only run the game in 640x480 resolution :rolleyes:

[Bananikus]

You must execute WWP on Windows WDDM graphics driver, Nvidia and Ati drivers slowest WWP und cause errors.

Sory for my english, I'm kid from Poland :D

[franpa]

www.nvidia.com
www.ati.com

download the latest drivers for your video card and operating system and report back if it works now... if not then try updating Direct X via www.microsoft.com

[dragosh]

i have another problem here.i'm running vista 64 bit edition.when i launch the game,all the colours are fine,but the game is really slow.i have the latest drivers for my graphics card,a nvidia 6600 GT.please tell me if there is any way to solve the problem.

[franpa]

there is no fix for that in WWP, only W:A has a fix for it.

[houston]

Help please? I have vista and wwp runs fine except that the colours in-game are all very psycodelic and weird looking - any suggestions on how to fix this?
Thanks

[LevisK]

I'm brazilian to, and my WWP doesn't work at all :S
It says like : APPCRASH error :S

I've tried to do what they said above, but I still can't play :x
What can I do?
maybe a patch? :Z

tnks

[pokolo]

I just got a new toshiba laptop and it comes with vista, i tried WWP on it, it installed fine but when i go to play it,the screen goes black & gives me a "WWP has stopped working" message and asks to send information and things like that, how can i get this to work? :(

[FiLkAtA]

I don't really know much about Vista, but my friend's got laptop that runs under Vista and wwp worked there almost fine (sometimes it goes all black).
P.S: Excuse my English.

[pokolo]

well this doesn't help me then

[tal05]

I just got a new toshiba laptop and it comes with vista, i tried WWP on it, it installed fine but when i go to play it,the screen goes black & gives me a "WWP has stopped working" message and asks to send information and things like that, how can i get this to work? :(

the same thing happens to me :(:(
i have vista and a toshiba laptop 2

[franpa]

try beta video drivers.

[tal05]

try beta video drivers.

take a look at my laptop spec on this thread http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=583868#post583868
i use vista basic 32 bit remember
please reccomend a driver

[franpa]

hmmm, intel drivers suck, cybershadow said intel needs to fix bugs in there drivers. its not W:A's fault it wont work.

i assume wwp suffers the same issues.

[tal05]

hmmm, intel drivers suck, cybershadow said intel needs to fix bugs in there drivers. its not W:A's fault it wont work.

i assume wwp suffers the same issues.

so wot can i do about it?

[franpa]

send MANY emails to intel telling them to fix the damn problems?

go to there HQ and scream at them in person?

or buy/aquire some other video card compatable with your system.

[tal05]

send MANY emails to intel telling them to fix the damn problems?

go to there HQ and scream at them in person?

or buy/aquire some other video card compatable with your system.

ive got a laptop...

[franpa]

i know, so its hard to find one if at all that will work/fit with your ystem.

[tal05]

see his thread

http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32769

do you know when you format your computer YOU LOOSE ALL PROGRAMS AND EVERY BIT OF DATA ON THE COMPUTER!

[franpa]

yes thats a extreme solution, i would wait and yell at intel a few times first.

[poninja]

do you know when you format your computer YOU LOOSE ALL PROGRAMS AND EVERY BIT OF DATA ON THE COMPUTER!

what a idot (me)

[franpa]

if you have multiple partitions, then all you would lose would be windows and what ever else is on the c:\ partition.

[snowflake]

vista is cow
so ktc :D

[PIMEN]

Srry for my english.. my WWP dont work too.. im with laptop TOSHIBA video - intel .. Vista Home 32bit and when run WWP it says Worms WOrld Party has stopped working, please help me

[LaLoCura]

^ Same problem, but on a Packard Bell laptop.

[WarriorSam]

I run windows vista basic and tried Compatibility mode for Windows 2000 or XP and doesn't work

[DacanisNO]

I run windows vista basic and tried Compatibility mode for Windows 2000 or XP and doesn't work

Same problem here, the screens go back. And I tried too run it as a XP SP2 programm.. (got vista-HP 32 bit, Acer Aspire)

[Lunarkys]

heh. well at least I'm not the only one. I wouldn't mind so much as I know (now) that vista & my graphics drivers suck but it's the fact that the store I bought it from had a very large sticker saying *VISTA COMPATIBLE* :rolleyes:

Although I do detect something suspicious as my graphics card & vista have been able to play everything from high end mmorpg's to cheap, re-launched classics, after some tweaking occassionaly sure, but they all worked. :confused:

[Depshahman]

Hello,

THANX for your helping. I READ Franpa and Tal's explanations (and all the others) about the problem i have the same problem as Pokolo:

I just got a new toshiba laptop and it comes with vista, i tried WWP on it, it installed fine but when i go to play it,the screen goes black & gives me a "WWP has stopped working" message and asks to send information and things like that, how can i get this to work? :(

Anything new?

[RWAxJd]

Hi my wwp works fine on vista only thing is that i kep getting the colour bug !!!!!! i found that playing your media player(music) while in game stops this colour bug (weird i know) lol:p

[RWAxJd]

also guys install the patch's for wwp it should work i brought new toshiba laptop with vista only problem is colour bug :-)

[xDEViANCEx]

there is no fix for that in WWP, only W:A has a fix for it.


Where is this (WORMS ARMAGEDDON) fix??? I have the latest patch and it won't work under vista (i think from reading more posts here due to the fact i have an intel 940gml on my laptop) so i am forced to play it in a Virtual Machine running xp (only after i uninstall the vmware mouse driver and replace with m$ one as it made mouse super fast in game and un playable (but now mouse is bad in desktop)).

[cil8]

My Pc laptop is a hp pavilion 9300 with windows vista ultimate... I try to launch the game as xp sp2 with 256 colors and it works...

[bungiefan]

Where is this (WORMS ARMAGEDDON) fix??? I have the latest patch and it won't work under vista (i think from reading more posts here due to the fact i have an intel 940gml on my laptop) so i am forced to play it in a Virtual Machine running xp (only after i uninstall the vmware mouse driver and replace with m$ one as it made mouse super fast in game and un playable (but now mouse is bad in desktop)).

How did you get a better graphics card running in VMWare? I'm stuck at 640x480 resolution @ 16 colors. No idea how to make it go higher.

[nBarros]

boas. o melhor que tens a fazer, é atribuir permissoes totais ao ficheiro wwp.exe


(Translation)

Hi. The best thing to do is to give full permissions to wwp.exe


GreetZ

[zanmatoer]

I just got a new toshiba laptop and it comes with vista, i tried WWP on it, it installed fine but when i go to play it,the screen goes black & gives me a "WWP has stopped working" message and asks to send information and things like that, how can i get this to work? :(

Same here. :mad:

[CaRRRnage]

I've got the game for Vista, but every time I try to play for example singleplayer, there comes the screen where the cake should be, BUT the screen is pink expect the place where the cake is, in that place is just a black square. This problem did come after I did a map with the editor and has been in the game from that day. I've tried repairing and uninstalling, but that doesn't work....... any tips????

[xJOZx]

exactly what franpa said

actually no, he was saying that he would be taking a huge step back, like using his 80 lb boom box from the 80's instead of an ipod by going back to vista. By the way vista is balls, nothing but problems....

[dbnpoizned]

I just got a new toshiba laptop and it comes with vista, i tried WWP on it, it installed fine but when i go to play it,the screen goes black & gives me a "WWP has stopped working" message and asks to send information and things like that, how can i get this to work? :(

the same thing happens to me :(:(
i have vista and a toshiba laptop 2

Srry for my english.. my WWP dont work too.. im with laptop TOSHIBA video - intel .. Vista Home 32bit and when run WWP it says Worms WOrld Party has stopped working, please help me

yeh i have a toshiba with vista 2, and when i start the game it says flashes black and desktop comes back after 5 or 6 seconds saying "WWP has stopped working"

did any of you guys find solutions??:cool:

[Smrgol]

Ok, I had the same problems you have all explained.

I fixed it in about 2 minutes.

Go to the installation folder and find the WWP application icon.

Right click on it and select Compatibility. Then set it to Windows 98 (not XP SP2, remember when this game was made please!).

Then turn on the full permissions/Admin thingy.

Ta da, it works!

I have spent the last hour or so playing about with all 4 single player modes, multiplayer and the terrain editor thing.

You might still get some crashes, but that is just because you are running a OS from 2006 with a game made nearly 10 years ago. All you need to do is re-start the game and carry on.

My laptop only has a chipset graphix option, not nVidea or ATi, it is running Vista Home premium which is fully up to date.

[anarchy666]

I get the same thing, with a Gateway Vista Home Premiem.

Onboard graphics, Q6600 2.4Ghz, 4GB RAM.

Tried all what you just said and it's still not working.

[nullnlf]

Yesterday I got my new COMPAQ, And have set up a dual boot with openSUSE linux and Vista Home Basic.. It works fine but i get the Inverted or whatever colour bug.
I am trying to work out what is the problem

I have a nvidea geeforce 6100

[KRD]

It works fine but i get the Inverted or whatever colour bug.

Hippie colour problem. Technical term. :p

[nullnlf]

Ok, I had the same problems you have all explained.

I fixed it in about 2 minutes.

Go to the installation folder and find the WWP application icon.

Right click on it and select Compatibility. Then set it to Windows 98 (not XP SP2, remember when this game was made please!).

Then turn on the full permissions/Admin thingy.

Ta da, it works!

I have spent the last hour or so playing about with all 4 single player modes, multiplayer and the terrain editor thing.

You might still get some crashes, but that is just because you are running a OS from 2006 with a game made nearly 10 years ago. All you need to do is re-start the game and carry on.

My laptop only has a chipset graphix option, not nVidea or ATi, it is running Vista Home premium which is fully up to date.

Oh, good point there, wwp was made for 98!.. duh

[bonz]

Hippie colour problem. Technical term. :p
I hate hippies. :mad:
Oh, good point there, wwp was made for 98!.. duh
Required :
Windows® 95/98/ME/2000 (http://wwp.team17.com/main.html?page=info&area=_form&type=uk)

[xxtipxx]

Hi my wwp works fine on vista only thing is that i kep getting the colour bug !!!!!! i found that playing your media player(music) while in game stops this colour bug (weird i know) lol:p


That worked for me to... got dual intel and vista. so one off those are buggin it! But just run the mp, when u play. No problem!

[nullnlf]

That worked for me to... got dual intel and vista. so one off those are buggin it! But just run the mp, when u play. No problem!

That is weird, really weird.

[lvl57zidan]

also guys install the patch's for wwp it should work i brought new toshiba laptop with vista only problem is colour bug :-)

Which toshiba laptop? My Satellite A205 is having nothing but trouble with WWP

[DeanK]

I used to, and admittantly still am, addicted to WA! I've been looking for an upgrade however and firgured I'd give WWP a go. I'm haven't actually got it yet, just checking on compatibility first.

I did a load of searching on how to get WA working under vista after i got this new comp, and well... there (as far as i know) are only 2 sollutions.

1- install the older (winXP) graphics drivers for your graphics card. This has proven to work for WA however note that you will NOT be able to get Vista's aero effect (which is a complete waste of system resources but it does look good)

2- the option I've gone for for running WA and it works FINE (with the exception of very MINOR framerate issues which aren't exactly the end of the world). Install Microsoft Virtual PC, and install and earlier version of Windows with that. Emulate it, and install WA (or WWP) onto say Win98. I personally emulate Win2k and it all works.

In my opinion Vista isn't worth the trouble (I'm only keeping it 'till the NEW feeling goes, then I'm downgrading to XP). A downgrade, for all those unkowing, isn't difficult as long as you back up your docs onto either another computer, removable media, or an external hdd, etc.

Hope some of that waffle helps someone maybe :)

[illenium]

just bought a new computer, vista because there are no xp driver for this system :(

tried to install wwp just like i did on win2000 and xp, but the wwp.exe
doesn't show up, for some strange reason everything else is there, just
not the wwp.exe :mad:

4 hours of vista and i hate it already, why can't they work
on 2k and xp and expande the futures, no there must be a new
windows so more dvds can be sold...microflop ;)

[Muzer]

It's actually intel who is the main culprit; their vista drivers don't work with directdraw, which the 2nd gen worms games rely on.

[Tinderbox]

OK, no-one is helping anyone here, so here's a couple of possible solutions and directions.


find your executable file (wwp.exe) (probs in your program files)
Right click, and select 'Properties'
Click the 'Compatability' tab and do the following:
Choose 98/SE in the Compatability drop-down (WWP was released back then, with teh Dreamcast, remember???)
Check the 600x480 box (this will make it small though - sorry)
Check the Disable Visual Themes box
and let it run as administrator if you like


this is the common way to make many 'older' games run under Vista. its a bit lame, but you can't polish a turd huh?

Hopefully this will help many of you.

[worms1587]

OK, no-one is helping anyone here, so here's a couple of possible solutions and directions.


find your executable file (wwp.exe) (probs in your program files)
Right click, and select 'Properties'
Click the 'Compatability' tab and do the following:
Choose 98/SE in the Compatability drop-down (WWP was released back then, with teh Dreamcast, remember???)
Check the 600x480 box (this will make it small though - sorry)
Check the Disable Visual Themes box
and let it run as administrator if you like


this is the common way to make many 'older' games run under Vista. its a bit lame, but you can't polish a turd huh?

Hopefully this will help many of you.

This helped for the title screens, but upon the game loading, it still came on with the inverted grainy colours. I'm running a brand new (got it yesterday) Sony Vaio with a NVidea 6800 card on vista

[Muzer]

Try keeping the Worms World Party folder open in Explorer whilst starting the game. It sounds illogical, but for WA at least (and WA and WWP are almost identical), it works with a lot of people.

[pokolo]

Hi i have tried like all these suggestions and nothing has worked for me :(

[jurassicji]

Hi i have tried like all these suggestions and nothing has worked for me :(

Same! I need worms on my laptop!

CURSES!

[Mr. Verify]

I solved the color bug for WWP on Vista by closing all other applications. This includes MSN messenger and Windows Sidepanel. Some how they steal the palette from WWP.

It now runs fine in 1024x768 without compatibility mode activated.

Another "fix" was to force WWP to run in 256 colors. This would cause the colors of the intro menus to be screwed up, but the game colors where fine then.

[slikk50]

I think I've tried every compatibility setting and with all apps closed and with explorer open. The furthest I've gotten is the TITUS screen (compatibility mode win98/ME or win95) before it crashes and I'm forced to close. The resolution and color setting seem ineffective. I don't know what else to try. I've got a Dell XPS 1530 with Vista Ultimate x32 and 256 MB geforce 8600 GT video card with up-to-date driver.

[RedThunder]

I solved the color bug for WWP on Vista by closing all other applications. This includes MSN messenger and Windows Sidepanel. Some how they steal the palette from WWP.

It now runs fine in 1024x768 without compatibility mode activated.

Another "fix" was to force WWP to run in 256 colors. This would cause the colors of the intro menus to be screwed up, but the game colors where fine then.

Thanks. Works a treat now :-)

BTW

Worms+ on DOSBox works better on Vista now than ever before :-)

[Piu]

For the ones who are giving us solutions, please say what's your vista version, there are millions of vista types plus there's the 32-bit and 64-bit thing. It's not nice to give a solution that is working for your Ultimate but it doesn't for people who have cheap versions of vista that come with laptops.

I'm using a Toshiba laptop with Intel Graphics, Vista Home Premium 32-bit and so far nothing worked. Compatibility doesn't work (and yes, I have administrator rights), changing the resolution doesn't work, my graphic card update. Ideas? :|

[DeanK]

Working, however one problem that i account to my copy of the game, and not compatibility.

Using compatibility Mode (Windows 9x/ME), Admin rights, and Forcing to run in 256 colours. The menu appears with wrong colours at first, however gameplay is fine, and menu is fine after a game has been played. Running in 1024x768 Res.

Vista Home Premium x32. SiS Mirage 3 Graphics.

[Piu]

Well, I got a way for it to work with Intel Chipset. I installed the right drivers for it, but from Windows XP and it works. I also used the compatibility mode for Windows XP and the 256 colours option. Everybody with the same problem as I do, try to download the XP drivers.

But I recommend you all to install the vista drivers while you're not playing for several days, the XP ones really hurt my sight. (And I thought there was nothing worse than Vista, lol, but I have sensible eyes anyway XD)

[Chill]

Hi!
I've got the same problem as you guys did on an HP dv6500 laptop running vista home premium. After i tried all sorts of solutions the one that worked for me was running the game in win98 compatibility mode and switching the vista theme to "windows classic".
Now works fine.
No patch or anything.

Good luck!;)

[Oxford]

really wish there was some form of real help form the inverted colour problem, since ive tried everything suggested, and itll last til the first move in any mode, and go messed.

[gos]

When I start WWP on Windows Vista Ultimate x64 I have as many users bad colors (screen below).

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/6324/dsc01314am1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Starting game in the modes of compatibility nothing gives. Once is normally and once bad but often bad. Just when I started WWP in the mode of compatibility from Windows 98 / Me and resolution 640 x 480 it was normally. However play in such resolution is not comfortable... Maybe new patch from the Team 17?

Sorry for my bad english. I'm from Poland ;)

[mspeedo]

I found final solution for me (for bad colors)... Running WWP in 1024x768 on Vista SP1 without problem... Set compatibility mode for wwp.exe to windows98, kill process explorer.exe, run the game (via task manager). Disable "always on top" in task manager of course. Try and tell if this works for you...

[gos]

I found final solution for me (for bad colors)... Running WWP in 1024x768 on Vista SP1 without problem... Set compatibility mode for wwp.exe to windows98, kill process explorer.exe, run the game (via task manager). Disable "always on top" in task manager of course. Try and tell if this works for you...

This works! Great thanks. You have beer from me ;)

[MatteKalle]

I found final solution for me (for bad colors)... Running WWP in 1024x768 on Vista SP1 without problem... Set compatibility mode for wwp.exe to windows98, kill process explorer.exe, run the game (via task manager). Disable "always on top" in task manager of course. Try and tell if this works for you...

Yea this works!!! THX!!!

[markillian]

Well, I got a way for it to work with Intel Chipset. I installed the right drivers for it, but from Windows XP and it works. I also used the compatibility mode for Windows XP and the 256 colours option. Everybody with the same problem as I do, try to download the XP drivers.

But I recommend you all to install the vista drivers while you're not playing for several days, the XP ones really hurt my sight. (And I thought there was nothing worse than Vista, lol, but I have sensible eyes anyway XD)

Do you know which drivers they were specifically (the ones you installed)? There seem to be quite a few xp drivers for Intel Chipsets, so which ones should I intall?

[cristian12]

I have the same problem, y have Windows Vista, and my computer has very good performance (performance? is that the word?? srry about my english, im argentinian), when I installed Rise of Nations in my old PC the game suddenly shuted down after de intro, and without saying anything, i spent about 3 night before giving up, about a month later i bought a nvidia video card, i installed it and its drivers and Rise of Nation started and worked, magic i said.

the same problem i have with WWP, but i have no video card, and wwp suddenly shuts down, and all my lovely, supersmart vista says is: worms world party stopped working, well, i recomend trying to borrow a video card and see if it solves the problem, i'd bet that's the problem

chau, nos vemos, por fin en castellano, ya me estaba cansando de hablar en ingles, me cuesta un poco la verdad, y seguro que se noto

[pumikin]

Hi. I had the problem with the psychadelic colours when trying to Play Worms World Party. I have been reading all of the posts regarding getting the game running under Vista & after trying all of the solutions offered & not fixing the problem I was ready to give up.

Then I decided to access the game from the 'Games' menu. I left the compatibilty mode as Vista, ticked the Run in 256 colours option & the 'Run as administrator' box & it now works perfectly.

I am running Vista ultimate with an 8800 GT video card.

Hope this helps some of you.

[Blazor1994]

try my idea here is a link http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=35703 tell me if it works. it worked for me.

[xela86]

Gude

i've got the same problems as you all said before. and i tried the thingys with the compability and the admin thing. nothing of it work. by the way my OS is vista home premium and ive got a intel graphics media accelerator 950. then i installed an older xp driver for the graphic card crap and it worked but still got the color bug :-\ this could i solve by richt-clicking on the .exe and under compability activated "run under 256 colors" or something like that ;) then it worked without any probs until now. it testet it about 1 hour of gaming.

hope you guys understand my crappy english (im from germany) and i could help someone else to get this great game to run under windows vista

greetz from the beautiful westerwald
Alex

[canofworms]

Gude

i've got the same problems as you all said before. and i tried the thingys with the compability and the admin thing. nothing of it work. by the way my OS is vista home premium and ive got a intel graphics media accelerator 950. then i installed an older xp driver for the graphic card crap and it worked but still got the color bug :-\ this could i solve by richt-clicking on the .exe and under compability activated "run under 256 colors" or something like that ;) then it worked without any probs until now. it testet it about 1 hour of gaming.

hope you guys understand my crappy english (im from germany) and i could help someone else to get this great game to run under windows vista

greetz from the beautiful westerwald
Alex

WA and I believe WWP do not work on Intel graphics cards on Vista, as Intel make trash drivers.

[hxcpete]

I just got a new toshiba laptop and it comes with vista, i tried WWP on it, it installed fine but when i go to play it,the screen goes black & gives me a "WWP has stopped working" message and asks to send information and things like that, how can i get this to work? :(

Same problem here

[psion]

I found final solution for me (for bad colors)... Running WWP in 1024x768 on Vista SP1 without problem... Set compatibility mode for wwp.exe to windows98, kill process explorer.exe, run the game (via task manager). Disable "always on top" in task manager of course. Try and tell if this works for you...

A better variation of your solution is to get away all the fancy transparency of the shell. Just select the "Disable Visual Themes under the "Compatibility" menu and close the sidebar. By killing the explorer.exe you are doing just the same thing - you're turning off the transparency. Setting a windows 98 compatibility is for me of no need. Try this settings...at least they worked for me. :D

[Shikaku]

From the exe try setting the compatibility settings to XP service pack 2 and colours to 256, Then play the game through the exe. Incredibly it worked for me.

[bannakai]

i think all this will work if..
try to google for "windows 98 emulator"
maybe then you can play the game smoothly
if it works pls email me

[canofworms]

eh?

What do you mean by a Windows 98 Emulator?

Would it emulate DirectX?
What version of 98 would it emulate?
Are you referring to something like VMware or DOSBOX?

[Squirminator2k]

bannakai is beiny hypothetical, I think - there's no such thing as a "windows 98 emulator". That's just silly.

[canofworms]

And I should think so too.

The only thing that could come close is a virtualizer like vmware, virtualbox or virtual pc. None of which would be able to run WWP at all, except vmware which has experimental directx support, but it really isn't worth the hassle.

[titch2]

how do i get WWP to work on vista?

[Squirminator2k]

You need to be a little less vague than that. For many people WWP works fine under Vista. Whether it will work for you depends on your hardware, how up-to-date your drivers are, etc.

[LegionLion]

wow das ist ja schon fast wie Weihnachten,

der Psycho-Farben Bug ist tatsächlich unter Vista Ultimate 32Bit bisher nicht mehr aufgetaucht, nachdem ich wie oben beschrieben nur die Sidebar geschlossen habe und nur die zwei Optionen "Visuelle Designs deaktivieren" und "Desktopgestaltung deaktivieren" aktiviert habe :D:D:D
Und Das bei vollen 1024x768, Also thanx nochmal für die supi Tips !
Sys: SingleCore P4 HT 3ghz, 2 GB, AGP Gforce 7800 GT
Gruß

[Muzer]

BAbelfish'd text (modified for reading convenience):

wow that is already nearly like Christmas (what?),

the Psycho colors bug did not emerge actually under Vista Ultimate 32Bit so far any longer, after I as described above only the Sidebar closed and only the two options " Visual Designs deaktivieren" and " Desktopgestaltung deaktivieren" activated And with full 1024x768, thus thanx again for the super hints! Sys: Single core P4 HT 3ghz, 2 GB, AGP Gforce 7800 GT Greeting

[gotworms]

I finally struck gold when I went into the Compatibility settings of the WWP.exe shortcut, changed compatibility mode to XP SP2, ticked 'disable visual themes' and 'disable desktop composition' options, and ticked 'run as admin'. Didn't need to force 640x480 resolution..

That didn't actually help at first...

What I did have to do, is click 'Show settings for all users' at the bottom, which requires admin permission, and repeat the same on the new, identical options screen that pops up, and which had none of my custom options selected (sneaky, eh??).

Once I did that, I no longer got the black world and badly coloured worms. Can only run it on 640x480 though, or else everything goes black and I can only hear sounds.

The only buggeration is that I can't create or edit teams, which, I've read here, is a known issue. Used to spend ages creating them when I were a lad :)

[Levo]

I finally struck gold when I went into the Compatibility settings of the WWP.exe shortcut, changed compatibility mode to XP SP2, ticked 'disable visual themes' and 'disable desktop composition' options, and ticked 'run as admin'. Didn't need to force 640x480 resolution..

That didn't actually help at first...

What I did have to do, is click 'Show settings for all users' at the bottom, which requires admin permission, and repeat the same on the new, identical options screen that pops up, and which had none of my custom options selected (sneaky, eh??).

Once I did that, I no longer got the black world and badly coloured worms. Can only run it on 640x480 though, or else everything goes black and I can only hear sounds.

The only buggeration is that I can't create or edit teams, which, I've read here, is a known issue. Used to spend ages creating them when I were a lad :)


Here is the fix I created a couple of days ago. I tested more than ten computers (both desktops and notebooks, only 32bit) and it works. This fix is actually an automated proccess which disables some vista features, then starts the game and when the game is over it reenables all the features. You don't need to set compatibility to XP or anything else. Just install it. And everything ingame works. Good Luck!


EDIT: AS TESTERS REPORT, THIS FIX WILL NOT WORK ON VISTA LAPTOPS USING AN INTEL GRAPHICS CHIPSET.


Update: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=696583#post696583 Windows Vista - Windows 7 Compatibility Fix v1.4

[gotworms]

Here is the fix I created a couple of days ago. I tested more than ten computers (both desktops and notebooks, only 32bit) and it works. This fix is actually an automated proccess which disables some vista features, then starts the game and when the game is over it reenables all the features. You don't need to set compatibility to XP or anything else. Just install it. And everything ingame works. Good Luck!

Cheers, I tried the fix and the best thing is that somehow it allows me to create new teams! (I already fixed the max resolution issue). The only issue is that after exiting the game, it doesn't re-populate the taskbar with all the icons I had before (like antivirus, etc.) Which led me to discover this nice trick to restart Vista Explorer without killing it in the processes list:

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and right-click on a blank space in the Start menu.
3. Choose "Exit Explorer."
4. Open the Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc), navigate to File->Run, enter "explorer" and hit OK.

Neat :)

[Levo]

Cheers, I tried the fix and the best thing is that somehow it allows me to create new teams! (I already fixed the max resolution issue). The only issue is that after exiting the game, it doesn't re-populate the taskbar with all the icons I had before (like antivirus, etc.) Which led me to discover this nice trick to restart Vista Explorer without killing it in the processes list:

1. Open the Start menu.
2. Hold down the Control and Shift keys, and right-click on a blank space in the Start menu.
3. Choose "Exit Explorer."
4. Open the Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc), navigate to File->Run, enter "explorer" and hit OK.

Neat :)


That is exactly what it does! That's why it works

[Drifter101]

That is exactly what it does! That's why it works

Hi,

Do those fix work for home premium vista as well, cause it doesn't work me. Can you help solve my problem?

Tony

[oxalis]

anti virus picks it up as a trojan :s

[kingdean1]

i have a new laptop a hp 530 i have the intel (R)graphics media accelerator chipset 945 and vista basic ive read the whole topic and still cant get the game to play is there any way i can get wwp to play love the game its a classic someone please solve this for me

please mail me with solution if anyone knows 1

[Squirminator2k]

Sorry, Worms World Party (like many older games) arent' compatible with Intel's graphic chipsets under Vista. That's because Intel are too lazy to write backwards-compatible drivers. You should send Intel an email.

[kingdean1]

saying what can they change anything to make it work

[Muzer]

If intel release vista drivers for their graphics cards that are fully compatible with direct draw, then wwp will work.

[kingdean1]

so until then i cant play it what about armageddon

[Muzer]

armageddon has the same problem, but i think (not sure) that worms 2 works.

[kingdean1]

If intel release vista drivers for their graphics cards that are fully compatible with direct draw, then wwp will work.

do you think intel will sort this problem any time soon

[Muzer]

No idea, but you are certainly not alone in waiting.

[kingdean1]

the thing i dont understand then is wwp will work on my pc at home and thats vista also its just my laptop that wont play it does anyone think w:a will work on it

[Levo]

anti virus picks it up as a trojan :s

Which antivirus do you use? It may not be able to decompress it.This executable is a Batch (.bat) file converted to an Executable (.exe) one. It is 100% safe. If you want, I can give you the source code.

[Squirminator2k]

the thing i dont understand then is wwp will work on my pc at home and thats vista also its just my laptop that wont play it does anyone think w:a will work on it

We've said it before and we'll say it again: WORMS ARMAGEDDON AND WORMS WORLD PARTY WILL NOT WORK ON VISTA LAPTOPS USING AN INTEL GRAPHICS CHIPSET. This is because Intel's Vista drivers aren't backwards compatible. Short of sending them an email and letting them know that there's yet another person who can't play old games on their new laptop, there's nothing that can be done.

[nikhilm92]

Hi,
I have a Toshiba Satellite A200. Vista Home Premium SP1 with a Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset Family and chip type being: Intel GMA 950.

I have the latest driver: 7.14.0010.1504 which is latest as of 30th August 2008.

I have tried every possible combination of setting by going into the PROPERTIES of the application. Did NOT work. Tried the fix by LEVO, did not work.

If you read till here and are wondering what my problem is: i get a blank screen for a few seconds and then it says WWP does not work.

Now I know (by reading this thread) that some people have fixed this problem. All I want to how is: HOW?

Can someone please tell me, which solution could possibly work. (because the first two pages of this thread helped me waste my time and the third page was all about the fix which :( dint work for me...or maybe i didnt use it how i was supposed to ?)

The only solution that i havent tried is VMWare and downgrading my Intel driver. I didn't do these because:
1. Nobody replied with positive results
2. Apparently downgraidng my driver could result in a BSoD so I would like to know if someone tried it and it dint give them a heavily annoying blue screen.

Thanks in advance, please do try to help.

[Squirminator2k]

Without wanting to sound rude, I'd answered your question in the post prior to yours:

We've said it before and we'll say it again: WORMS ARMAGEDDON AND WORMS WORLD PARTY WILL NOT WORK ON VISTA LAPTOPS USING AN INTEL GRAPHICS CHIPSET. This is because Intel's Vista drivers aren't backwards compatible. Short of sending them an email and letting them know that there's yet another person who can't play old games on their new laptop, there's nothing that can be done.

It sucks, to be sure, but there's no solution for this. It's a problem at Intel's end, not Team 17's.

[Muzer]

Using VMWare is possible, but it has not been tried with WWP, so the game itself might not react well with VMWare.

Downgrading drivers worked for some and BSOD'd for others, so if you are not experienced in fixing things like that, best not to try it...

[Levo]

Using VMWare is possible, but it has not been tried with WWP, so the game itself might not react well with VMWare.

Downgrading drivers worked for some and BSOD'd for others, so if you are not experienced in fixing things like that, best not to try it...

VMWare (and all such programmes) do not have direct access to the vga. So most games wont work.

[Muzer]

VMWare (and all such programmes) do not have direct access to the vga. So most games wont work.
...but Worms Armageddon does work, and it and WWP are extremely similar.

[ben74]

IS there some way to run WWP in a windowed mode under WinXP ???:-/
Cause the game is soooo long to run .. better chat in the meantime

[Squirminator2k]

There isn't. Sorry.

[TheFlo]

Hey,

I'm using Virtual PC 2007 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=28C97D22-6EB8-4A09-A7F7-F6C7A1F000B5) to run a Windows XP Client in Vista x64. Works fine for me. Old games like WWP run just like on a normal PC, as long as you give them enough RAM.

This also has the advantage that you can switch between the game and other applications fairly easy.

[binny95]

every time I try to start WWP, its says screen resolution has to be at least 600x800....tried all the above.....my laptop is an ACER with vista.....shud work really...any other suggestions?

[franpa]

VMWare (and all such programmes) do not have direct access to the vga.
VMWare Workstation 6.5 (not 6.05) supports up to Direct x 9.0c and will take advantage of whatever features the Hosts Video Card supports.

[Film Brain]

I just bought the game today and after hours of trying, it still won't work. I've tried Compatibility, the Levo fix, everything and I think I'm out of options.

Here is my system specs, if you would like:
Fujitsu-Siemens Esprimo Mobile
32-bit Operating System
Intel Celeron M Processor
SiS Mrage 3 Graphics Card

Anyone got any advice?

[franpa]

Processor speed? age of the video card?

[Film Brain]

Processor speed: 530 @ 1.73GHz
Driver Date: 14/8/2007

[Deli]

can someone please help me?
im using vista and i have installed an xp driver
wwp works at the start but when i either try to create a team or play a game it has this error
worms world party has stopped working
check for solution online and close the program
close the program

[Muzer]

Run it as an admin. You can set it to do that permanantly in right click --> properties --> compatibilty.

[Ringbearer]

Hiya, i just wanted to say many many thanks for posting this fix. A fix that actually works. Nice one.
All the best.

[kefas1975]

Here is the fix I created a couple of days ago. I tested more than ten computers (both desktops and notebooks, only 32bit) and it works. This fix is actually an automated proccess which disables some vista features, then starts the game and when the game is over it reenables all the features. You don't need to set compatibility to XP or anything else. Just install it. And everything ingame works. Good Luck!


EDIT: AS TESTERS REPORT, THIS FIX WILL NOT WORK ON VISTA LAPTOPS USING AN INTEL GRAPHICS CHIPSET.

It works perfect!!! (vista home premium, asus) thanks a lot!!!

[Kajinama]

I have the same problem only I have an acer laptop instead of a toshiba.

My friend also has the same problem and he has a desktop

both have vista and problems

any help or should i just assume the fetal position?

[PorreKaj]

Levo's fix didn't work for me.

Have tried running WWP on all compatibility modes. also with 256colors and disabling visual themes.
I can start the game, browse all sub menus. when i try to create a new team the game crashes. when i try to start a game, it crashes.

-.- need this to work.

Vista Home Premium with ATi HD3200 on HP tx2690

[DoC]

I've given up on getting WWP to work on my vista laptop (HP DV4-1003tx, Nvidia 9200m GS), and am now getting armageddon.

[bmoore09]

hey guys..im able to play on my own after installing the game from the cd, but when i install the patch it asks for the CD when the cd is definitely in there. any ideas? I use VISTA

[Muzer]

Try another patch, even if you bought your game in eg the US, it might be a European version (make sure you completely reinstall the game before applying a different patch)

[Quleyes]

Ok.... so, from what everybody posted here its clear that WWP wont work on vista that has Intel chipset - like in my case (on a dell inspiron 1525)... which of course it blows.... so i installed the virtual PC from microsoft with windows XP on it....

WWP starts up but when i start the game i can not control my mouse! it goes wild! - but only when i load the mission :) ... not to mention that even if i start the virtual PC in full screen, the game will be displayed in the middle of the screen in a smaller window....


do you now that can I do? at least to control the mouse, the small window doesnt bother me that much.....

thanks!

[Bikutaa]

OK, that's it. Nothing worked, I'm so freaking mad. Tried everything, redownloading it, burnin it to a cd, installing it, changing properties, the administrator thing, the fix,... Vista is such GARBAGE! :mad: I'm so mad with Microsoft! They've done nothing but pieces of **** so far: Windows Vista, Zunes, Xbox360, why can't they do something good with all the geeks they have working for them?!?!?!?! CURSE YOU MICROSOFT! I won't be able to play WWP for a long time :(

[liller]

iv read all tre pages on this thread and nothin is working for me OMG want to play wors world party NOW does any one still having the black screen thingy at the start? plz reply as fast as u can





srry for bad english im norwegian

[Loosha]

i have sony vaio laptop
and also vista installed on it
and i can't make WWP work on it, i downloaded it and when i start it i get black screen and a message that WWP has stoped working
can anyone help me with this please

[Muzer]

Where did you download it?

[LOLda]

I same to, this same problem.. :(

Hello,

THANX for your helping. I READ Franpa and Tal's explanations (and all the others) about the problem i have the same problem as Pokolo:



Anything new?

[scissors61]

Here is the fix I created a couple of days ago. I tested more than ten computers (both desktops and notebooks, only 32bit) and it works. This fix is actually an automated proccess which disables some vista features, then starts the game and when the game is over it reenables all the features. You don't need to set compatibility to XP or anything else. Just install it. And everything ingame works. Good Luck!


EDIT: AS TESTERS REPORT, THIS FIX WILL NOT WORK ON VISTA LAPTOPS USING AN INTEL GRAPHICS CHIPSET.

This worked, thanks a bunch!

[samabizzle]

its funny, you would think all this stuff would help (by the way thanks for trying) but no, Worms world party still does not work with any of these changes, why does wndows vista have to be so annoying?!

But I have a new solution LISTEN UP TEAM17: create a ALL new WORMS WORLD PARTY II-for windows vista

[franpa]

It's not Vista's fault you're trying to run a game that was originally designed for a pretty badly written O/S..

[noideagsd]

for some reason, when i start my game, the colors dont mess up right away.
After a certain amount of time, however, the same problems reappear, even WITH this fix
Im running the game on the lowest resolution and all, but for some reason it isnt working...

Im using vista home premium

[Muzer]

for some reason, when i start my game, the colors dont mess up right away.
After a certain amount of time, however, the same problems reappear, even WITH this fix
Im running the game on the lowest resolution and all, but for some reason it isnt working...

Im using vista home premium
The most likely cause to that is some program stealing W:A's focus (or, popping up a dialogue box in English ;))

Try closing all open programs (including antivirus, instant messenger (such as MSN), firewalls, etc). If it works after that, enable them one at a time until you find the culprit. Then, either don't use that program, or search in that program's option for an "always on top" or "show above other windows" or "steal focus" option (or something along those lines; usually relating to pop-ups) and disable it.

[KENDO5000]

Just right-click then go to properties and then go to compatibility and disable visual themes and desktop composition and don't!!!!!tick the box that says run this program in compatibility mode for blah blah it worked for me.(whilst in game pressing alt+tab to change anything do anything ect. When clicking to go back into the game it won't work):D

[Levo]

WWP Windows Vista - Windows 7 Compatibility Fix v1.4

The light and 100% working fix
http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38883

[Serra]

After several tries it worked fine for me with visual themes and desktop composition disabled + minimum resolution
My sys: Vista Ultimate 64bit + Geforce 260 GTX + E8500 @ 3.16GHz
Hope it will not help only me
sorry for bad english im from austria :-) greets Serra

[ebuck31]

Hey fellas and ladies...I have tried every bit of modification to the compatibility, themes, etc...that are in this forum. How can I find out what kind of graphics deal is in my computer. I have a DAMN toshiba laptop...and dont' know how to find out what kind of graphics processor it inside this thing. Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Ebuck

[Dkoopa]

Here is the fix I created a couple of days ago. I tested more than ten computers (both desktops and notebooks, only 32bit) and it works. This fix is actually an automated proccess which disables some vista features, then starts the game and when the game is over it reenables all the features. You don't need to set compatibility to XP or anything else. Just install it. And everything ingame works. Good Luck!

THANK YOU! phew... I've been spending all day trying to do all kinds of weird compatibility combos. You've saved this newbs moral!!! THANK YOU!

[Levo]

THANK YOU! phew... I've been spending all day trying to do all kinds of weird compatibility combos. You've saved this newbs moral!!! THANK YOU!

Use this instead: http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?p=696583#post696583 It is newer and has less side-effects.

[tony2122]

Levo's post contains a trojan horse DON'T DOWNLOAD IT!!!

[Levo]

Levo's post contains a trojan horse DON'T DOWNLOAD IT!!!

1) It is a false alarm caused by the bat to exe converter
2) Don't download it because there is a new version available. Download it here (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=38883).

[Lugtepik]

Yo!

I made a thread concerning my problem, but it hasn't shown up yet... so I might as well post my problem in this one;

You see... I've had my WWP games for more than 8 years now and I have played it on various different machines with different systems both XP and Vista (and 98 I actually think)

And I've only experienced a few problems on Vista like the colour thing many people seem to have been troubled with... but now, now something weird has oocurred on this very computer (which is running Vista) it has worked very fine until yesterday... now when I try to open it I get an error saying that "the instruction 0x004fe0f9 refers to memory at 0x000000000
Error couldn't read

It might be this "Unhandled exception: page fault on read access to 0x00000000 in 32-bit code (0x004fe0f9)."
But since I'm running a danish version of Windows as well as the game I'm not sure how it would be described in english
Does anyone know how I can fix that?

Your help would be appreciated.

[Mariox64]

I also have the EXACT same problem! I REALLY NEED HELP.

[Leame]

ty guys it work!

[VINCELOT]

Does anyone know how to use a xbox 360 controller too work on worms world party??? my controller is up and running and the game works perfectly on windows vista, so if anyone knows how to fix this please help. thanks

[Squirminator2k]

WWP doesn't natively support a controller. If you really want to use a controller for the game (and I can't imagine why you would) you'll want to find a little program called Joy2Key which allows you to map keyboard commands to a gamepad.

[clocapi]

TO GET WWP TO WORK on vista(maybe 7) and for ATI users, install the 9.8 drivers, it works!

and dont check compatibility mode or it will crash when you create a team

also i had to reinstall the 9.8 drivers for them to work i ran setup.exe in C:\Program Files\ATI\CIM\Bin64 and installed them again but if it works for you the first time you dont need it

also theres fixes on the team 17 WWP forum if you have bad colors black screen etc

if it worked for you copy paste this somewhere so people know