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thrainpa
27 Sep 2007, 18:43
Its REALLY annoying me, i wanna play WA and do a few other things at once, i bought a dual core CPU for a reason lol

Anyone know how to do it? im running the latest Beta Patch.
MrBunsy
27 Sep 2007, 18:56
Unless you're running linux, you can't.
thrainpa
27 Sep 2007, 19:01
No way there has to be a way to do it, its a windows app like everything else >< ive tried loads of things code-related and even tried 3DAnalyse and i wondered if anyone else knew a way.
Plutonic
27 Sep 2007, 19:23
Nope, currently there isn't a way to do it, and even if you forced it too somehow the colour palette would be screwed and the game practically unplayable.

About the only way to do it is to run a windows emulator in a window, and run worms on that - as long as you dont mind playing at 1fps.

V4.0 will run in windowed mode, the current version will not.
thrainpa
27 Sep 2007, 19:32
so how do i get v4.0 ?

or doesnt it exist yet?
bonz
27 Sep 2007, 19:59
so how do i get v4.0 ?
or doesnt it exist yet?
Nope, it doesn't exist yet.
Many moons could pass until it does, so don't hold your breath.
thrainpa
27 Sep 2007, 20:20
so hwo do you know if it is in v4.0? is it in an updates list of things to do? lol
CyberShadow
27 Sep 2007, 21:01
W:A uses a palleted display, taking up all available colour space - which makes it impossible to run it in a window. If you have a powerful CPU, you can try a virtualization solution, such as Microsoft Virtual PC or VMware.
thrainpa
27 Sep 2007, 21:19
wel there has to be SOME way since plutonic seems sure at version 4 itll be possible... abd yes my CPu is powerful so thanks for the idea lol
Muzer
27 Sep 2007, 21:37
At version 4.0 WA will not be palletted, so unless you feel like recoding WA (a task which Deadcode and CyberShadow are doing), no, not really.
thrainpa
27 Sep 2007, 21:49
damnit what kind of game cant re-configure itself to run in a window? ><oh well
bonz
27 Sep 2007, 22:39
damnit what kind of game cant re-configure itself to run in a window? ><oh well
A game that was released in 1999 and based on an engine from 1997, where computers were everthing else than powerful.
WA's minimum requirements are a 100MHz CPU, 32MB RAM and a 2MB graphics card.
W2 needs a 75MHz CPU, 16MB RAM and a 1MB graphics card.
Now go figure!