American release (Worms Armageddon)

Identifying information

Contents of /Data/Resource/version.txt:

V3.00U
26-5-99

Installer

The cd has an InstallShield installer, located at /Install/setup.exe. The files seem to be extracted from /Install/data1.cab. InstallShield cabs can be extracted using unshield or i5comp.

Based on comparing the state of a system before and after running the installer (no reverse-engineering techniques), it does the following:

• Extracts group "US Program Files" from data1.cab to APPDIR
• Extracts group "US Soundbank Editor" from data1.cab to APPDIR/User
• Extracts group "US Intro Graphics" from data1.cab to APPDIR/Graphics
• Extracts group "US Registration Program" from data1.cab to APPDIR
• Copies /Install/Install/WA.exe from cd to APPDIR
• Writes the following keys to the registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\Worms2.Exe]
@='''APPDIR'''"\Worms2.Exe"
"Path"='''APPDIR'''

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Team17 Software Ltd.]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Team17 Software Ltd.\Worms Armageddon]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Team17 Software Ltd.\Worms Armageddon\1.00.000]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Team17SoftwareLTD]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Team17SoftwareLTD\WormsArmageddon]
"PATH"='''APPDIR'''

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Team17SoftwareLTD\WormsArmageddon\Data]
"SubLogicSeed"=dword:00000000

• Sets up an uninstaller at APPDIR/Uninst.isu and makes an entry for Add/Remove programs
• Offers to install DirectX 6
• Adds links to its group in the start menu:

• Read Me
• Registration
• Sound Bank Editor
• Uninstall Worms Armageddon
• Worms Armageddon

• Adds a desktop shortcut

That set of steps is apparently not complete as readme.rtf, User/fanfare, User/names.wdb, User/SavedLevels, User/Schemes, User/Speech, and User/Support are missing. Also, unshield appears to incorrectly rename Graphics/Background Stuff to Graphics/Background_Stuff.