Wormsblast problems under XP

[andy aveyard]

Can anyone having problems running Wormsblast under Windows XP please try to run the game in OpenGL mode by downloading the batch file from the link below, saving it in your Wormsblast folder and using that to run the game.

If problems persist, we need to know specifically what video card you have, the version of video card drivers you are using and the version of DirectX you are running.


ftp://ftp.team17.com/pub/t17/goodies/wb_opengl_support.bat

[crimsona]

Nope, still doesn't work, still blue screen of worms blast >.<

Card: MSI GeForce 2 GTS 32 mb RAM
Drivers: Detonators 40.xx 41.09 (none of the 40.xx work)
DX: Default 8.1a (The ones that come with windows XP pro)

When it does work I am using:
Card: MSI GeForce 2 GTS 32 mb RAM
Drivers: Detonators 30.82
DX: Default 8.1a

[JRL3001]

Doesnt work for me

Computer: Dell dimension 4400
CPU: 1.6 ghz Pentium 4
Ram: 128mb DDR RAM
Card: ATI Rage 128 Ultra
Driver: current ATI Rage driver
DX: DirectX version 9.0 (I upgraded from 8.1a just to see if that was the problem, but no that did nothing)

[jbancroft]

Recently changed from Windows ME to Windows XP and WormsBlast no longer works properly. Program exhibits severe screen corruption and runs VERY slowly, taking several seconds to respond to each keystroke.

My PC details are:
Windows XP Home + SP1
DirectX 8.1 (4.08.01.0810)
MSI GeForce4 MX440 graphics card
NVidia Driver 41.09

Please help!

[Spadge]

Sounds like a video driver problem, the driver is likely to be different to the one you had under win98/ME. WB works fine under XP, it's certainly not as O/S issue.

[Dwarfman]

Firstly my configuration goes as followed -

CPU = P4 1.7
Vid. Card = GForce 2 MX (Asus 7100)
Sound = SB Live
RAM = 256 DDR

Secondly I was experiencing the problems described (Exactly) -

What happened as I was biting my nails and tearing my hair out trying to fix my little bro's brithday present (Worms Blast) was; I had just about tried every release of Detonator Drivers (Funny enough the Detonator 3 drivers work fine, unfortunately I have other games which do require the Detonator 4 drivers) any way after reluctantly giving up I decided to put Detonator 4 drivers back on and get some shut-eye. To my surprise I woke up to find my little bro playing it with no problems. This is what I found....

*** Important Bit ***

Step 1 : Open up display properties.
Step 2 : Click on the setting TAB.
Step 3 : Click on the advance button.
Step 4 : Click on the <Video Card Type> Nvidia TAB
Step 5 : Next click on the new weird side menu that pops out.
Step 6 : Select from the menu "Performance & Quality S"
Step 7 : Set your Antialiasing to 2x or 4x.
Step 8 : Set your Anisotropic Filtering to 2x.
Step 9 : Apply the settings.
Step 10 : Enjoy.

<I tested these settings multiple times and with them off Worms wouldn't work, with them on they did.>

I HOPE IT WORKS..... IT DID FOR ME... :>

[jbancroft]

Thanks Dwarfman - your 'fix' works great!

Incidently, I also found that running the game using the OpenGL batch file worked.

[shebakitty]

I just got the worms triple pack and I am having problems will all of the games.
My specs are
Intel Cel
1 GHZ
128 MB ram
Voodoo 3 2ooo
divx502
windows XP

Armageddon: didn't work at all crashed system with a black sreen that caused me to have to reset computer.
World Party: Lets me play one round, but then when going to second round it flickers black screen and then goes to desktop, all game windows gone.
Worms 2: my old disk was working fine, so I hesitate to install the new one.

I tried to open the suggested batch program, but got page unavilable.

thanks, This is the only game I paly :) But my bf plays civ 3 and Master of Orion on the same system and they work great. He is responsible for getting me hooked on worms.

[shebakitty]

was trying to apply patch to worms world party...called up patch in notepad (r-click, edit) and changed "wormblast.exe" to "wwp.exe"...then dragged a shortcut to desktop...works great now =)

[Boggy G]

if WB dosen't work with XP try this:
Create a shortcut to WB on the desktop.
Right click it an select ''properties'' and then ''compabillity''.
tick off the box called ''run in compabillity mode''.
Then choose ''win95'' from the scrolling box.

This makes WB think your computer is a old win95 machine.

[C-Man]

Thx a lot!!

That Trick with antialising really worked. Its strange but it works. So maybe Team 17 got something to fix ;)

[Pineapples]

it dumps me back to desktop after selecting what game i wanna play.. eg, puzzle-->tutorial or maybe tournament-->whatever

ok, i tried the bat file for opengl, and i tried using compatibility mode... no glory.

computer:
dell dimension
p3 800
768mb
xp pro SP1
matrox g550 running 2 monitors drv ver; 5.86.32.0
dxdiag reports dx8.1 (4.08.01.0810)

i thinks its most likely the matrox, coz most games just dont like it. neverwinter was a pain, cs has a cry, about the only thing that works is quake 3 by the devils mercy..

anyway, absolutely ANY help would be VERY appreciated..
Cheers

[fuch]

Hey Boggy, glad you indirectly followed my path of solution..

ahh :), the old "fuch's compatibility fix" for friggin' everything...definitely overused

However, it can be used to fix issues such as this and its worth a try if all else fails

Hope your problems don't go unsolved...email me if you continue to have problems, I can look in depth into it (this goes for any problem you may have)

What can I say? I've done my research :D

-fuch

[Madmaxquinn]

I've run WB with different cards and drivers (which some of you have listed) and I don't have any problems. I agree with Spadge sounds like driver problems. For those of you running cards with Nvidia chipsets download the latest drivers which have just been released (v43.45)

[N.Blaster]

I´ve downloaded Worms Blast demo, but menu doesn´t display, is there any patch? Please link, THX...

[Pioneer322]

same here, game just crashes when i click play

[game came from the triple pack i bought awhile ago..]

[Squirminator2k]

same here, game just crashes when i click play

[game came from the triple pack i bought awhile ago..] That'd be the demo then.

[AndrewTaylor]

Is it so much to ask that people stop asking about Worms3D and Worms World Party in this thread? It's about Worms Blast. Find a more suitable thrad or make your own, otherwise the forum rapidly becomes a total mess.

And if you are going to post offtopic (which you aren't), don't quote a post telling you not to post off topic when you do!

[Mak_daype]

Hi
Recently i upgrade my nvidia video card driver under linux, from 100.14.19 to 169.09 and the doesnt work any more.

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