Worms Armageddon

What works

* Install from official CD

* Upgrade to latest beta (3.6.29.0)

* Single player (training, missions, deathmatch)

* Heads-up multiplayer

* LAN multiplayer over TCP/IP

* Connect to WormNet

What does not

* Blitting on the screen (workaround patch available)

* When playing multiple games in a row, the resolution stays in 640x480 (workaround patch available)

* When failing a training mission you lose focus, hitting ESC crashes the game

Workarounds

What was not tested

* Playing at WormNet
* Extensive playing

Hardware tested

Graphics:

• GPU:
• Driver:

Additional Comments

I think the official rating for Worms Armageddon should be Bronze, as it needs a few hacks to be playable but works well when they are applied.

• Use a recent Wine, 1.1.39 works fine
  
• Apply this hack* (made for 1.1.39) and compile Wine from source
  
• Update WA to to the latest beta version (tested with 3.6.29.0)
• Configure Wine to be in desktop mode with the desired resolution you want to play in (optional but recommended)
  
• Remember to use GDI as the DirectDrawRenderer rather than OpenGL, otherwise you'll get the same black screen bug even with the patch:
  
  [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\Direct3D]
  "DirectDrawRenderer"="gdi"

Some known problems:

• When failing a mission or completing a ranked deathmatch game and returning to the menu you can't click on anything and hitting ESC will get you back to the main menu but the game will instantly crash.
• If you run WA in real fullscreen with no wine desktop you need to ALT-TAB in each menu to get a focus.