Difference between revisions of "Installing WA on VMware Player"

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If you cannot get Worms Armageddon working on your computer (due to e.g. hardware compatibility), you can install it in a Virtual machine. A virtual machine emulates an entire computer with all its hardware, separating the game from your real hardware/operating system and its problems or incompatibilities.

The following guide describes the necessary steps to set up a Windows virtual machine in VMware Player and install Worms Armageddon on it.

Prerequisites

You will need:

1. A computer powerful enough to emulate a virtual machine (at least 512MB of RAM)
2. A working Internet connection
3. A few gigabytes of free space on your hard drive
4. A copy of either Windows 2000 or Windows XP on a bootable CD (Windows 98 or ME will not work)

Setting up VMware Player

Proceed to the VMware Player Download Page to download the latest version of VMware Player. Install the application after it has downloaded.

Creating the virtual machine

Since VMware Player does not allow creating virtual machines, you will have to create one using a 3rd-party tool. EasyVMX! is a free online virtual machine generator.

Proceed to the Create Virtual Machine page, and select the following options:

• Virtual Machine Name: enter one to your liking.
• GuestOS: select the guest operating system which you will be installing.
• Memory Size: select how much memory you would like to allocate to your virtual machine. Recommended sizes are 192 MB for Windows 2000, 256 MB for Windows XP pre-SP2 and 320 MB for Windows XP SP2.
• Network Interface Cards - Ethernet0: set VirtualDevice to vlance
• Leave other options at their defaults.

Click the Create Virtual Machine button at the bottom to generate your virtual machine. On the opened page, click the download link to download a ZIP file containing your empty VM files. Unpack this ZIP file somewhere on your hard drive (for your convenience, VMware Player creates a "My Virtual Machines" folder under "My Documents").

Setting up the guest operating system

First, insert your Windows operating system installation CD in your CD drive. If you have multiple drives (including virtual drives), insert it in the first one by drive letter. Now, start VMware Player and open the virtual machine you created.

The virtual machine will boot and Windows Setup should start. Installing Windows onto the virtual machine should be fairly straight-forward. If you are unsure about something, select the default option. If you encounter difficulties, please consult your operating system installation guide.

Note: all changes are being done inside your virtual machine, and do not affect your computer. The Windows installation will format your virtual hard drive, not your real one. From your computer's point of view, all changes will be made to the virtual machine files.

Follow the setup process until the virtual machine starts to your Windows desktop.

Installing Worms Armageddon

Take out your Windows installation CD and insert your Worms Armageddon CD. W:A installation should start; install the game in your virtual machine as you would do normally.

After the game is installed, you will need to update it. In your virtual machine, open Internet Explorer and go to wa.team17.com. Click the Update button in the corner, and download and install the latest Beta update. Agree to download and install any required intermediate updates.

NOTE: THIS GUIDE IS INCOMPLETE; THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT BY THEIR OWN.

Notes

If the in-game graphics appears skewed or corrupted, please make sure to use a display resolution with a width divisible by 8.

If something in this guide does not work for you, you can also try Installing WA on Virtual PC, another free virtualization program.