Forum: gaming.stackexchange.com
Tags: <windows-7><worms-armageddon>
Title: How can I play Worms Armageddon on Windows 7?
Question: I am experiencing trouble with  Worms Armageddon  on Windows 7; the program crashes after launch.  The game runs perfectly under Windows XP.  Launching the game in compatibility mode does not help.  How can I play the game?

Answers:
sents: text: Make sure you are running the latest version (currently v3.7.2.1).
text: Notice how they mention
text: Windows 2000 support on the updates page linked below.
text: As WA is a game released in 1999 where the NT family wasn't popular yet, it is bound to have many issues on those OS'es unpatched.
text: Also, kudos to Team17 for releasing patches 13 years after initial release.
text: http://wormsarmageddon.team17.com/main.html?page=supp&area=upda
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/9414/Janus Troelsen
score: 8
sents: text: H​i​,​ Worms Armageddon maintainer here.
text: First, you'll want to make sure you have the latest update version for the game: If you are using the Steam edition, make sure that automatic updates are enabled.
text: You could also Verify Integrity of game cache from the game's Steam properties, however note that this will unfortunately reset your teams.
text: If you are using the CD edition, you can download the latest update from Team17's website, here .
text: There is not much information to go by just from your problem description, but another thing you could try is making W:
text: A use a different graphics API.
text: You can do this by browsing to the directory where W:A is installed, opening the Tweaks subdirectory, then in turn importing one of Renderer_Direct3D_7.reg , Renderer_Direct3D_9_Shader_Palette.reg , and Renderer_DirectDraw_32bit.reg , then attempting to start the game.
text: Try the next .reg
text: file
text: if one doesn't work.
text: You can find a comprehensive troubleshooting FAQ for Worms Armageddon on the Worms Knowledge Base Wiki: http://worms2d.info/Troubleshooting_FAQ
text: If nothing else works, you can contact us directly by email: devs-at-worms2d-dot-info.
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/12726/Vladimir Panteleev
score: 3
sents: text: Going on the assumption the game crashes at launch and therefore the inroduction screen, disabling the introduction screen might solve your problem, to do this: right-click the WA shortcut icon, select properties, and in the "Target" text box, type "/nointro
text: " at the end of the path.
text: This must be outside of the quotation marks for it to work.
text: For example: "C:\Worms
text: Armageddon\wa.exe" /nointro
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/5046/Harpal
score: 2
sents: text: Easy solution.
text: Download VMware Open VMware and install Windows XP on it Put your Worms Armageddon CD in and install Play and enjoy :)
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/38477/Armageddonlover
score: 2
sents: text: I had similar issues.
text: These are the things I needed to do to get it running: In the Worms folder, find WA.exe and Right-Click->Properties Set Run as Administrator Set Run in compatibility mode for Windows XP, SP3 Apply and OK
text: In the same folder as WA.exe , Right-Click->New->Text Document Paste in the following: @echo off TASKKILL /IM
text: explorer.exe
text: /F
text: start
text: /B
text: /I /WAIT
text: WA.exe
text: start explorer.exe Save as Worms.bat
text: (Make sure the file type is set to
text: All files , not Text Document ) Create a shortcut to this bat file on your desktop or something.
text: If you don't like the command prompt window showing up, you can run the bat file from within a powershell script.
text: See my edit to PaN1C_Showt1Me's answer on this question.
text: To summarise: Create another file (with a .vbs extension) and paste:
text: Set WshShell =
text: CreateObject("WScript.
text: Shell")
text: WshShell.
text: Run chr(34) & "Worms.bat" & Chr(34),
text: 0
text: Set WshShell =
text: Nothing Run this file instead of the bat file
answer_details: author: gaming.stackexchange.com/users/28182/Robotnik
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
Make sure you are running the latest version and use a different graphics API. Download VMWare and install Windows XP on it.
It is apparent that running the latest version of the game is essential. Furthermore, trying different settings could fix any crashes.