Worms Armageddon ReadMe (English)

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This page contains a complete transcription of the Beta ReadMe. Besides minor formatting changes for the purposes of presentation and some spelling corrections, the content has been unmodified.

Important Licence Information

Thank you for participating in this External Beta Test for Worms Armageddon PC. All your comments are gratefully received and we will endeavour to address all of your reported problem points where possible for the intended Update Final Release. We would also like to extend our gratitude to the countless users providing requests and points for inclusion, without which much of the improved content could not have been made possible.

Please note that we can only receive / provide beta support via English language only.

If you do happen to encounter any bugs during play, please read the Bug Reporting section at the bottom of this page for how to produce and report any findings directly to the Team17 Development Team.

IMPORTANT: You should very carefully read and agree to the following External Beta Test Licence Agreement prior to installing this software update.

If you do not agree to the terms and conditions of the licence then please do not install the software. It is also highly recommended to view this entire document in order to fully understand the software content, specific game additions and implications of accepting subsequent installation and use.

External Beta Test Licence Agreement

This software update and accompanying documentation are a copyright of Team17 Software Ltd. This release is provided to end users specifically for evaluation and testing purposes only within the conditions of the licence agreement. Any forms of use outside the terms of the licence agreement are expressly prohibited. On acceptance to proceed with the installation of this software you agree to be fully bound by the terms and conditions of this licence agreement and the acknowledgements comprised herein.

License Acknowledgements

It is your understanding that this particular software update is BETA, and is therefore as such a work in progress and may possibly contain problems that could be resultant in a loss of data. Team17 Software Ltd cannot be held responsible for damage sustained to operating system and / or game setups through installation and use of this update program in its current form.

Feedback information should be provided by you, the end user, where possible relating to problematic instances that may occur during use of this software update. This supply of information should be generated and forwarded for the attention of Team17 Software Ltd via the contact method as outlined within this documentation.

The software content comprised within this update is a property of Team17 Software Ltd and should therefore not be reverse engineered, disassembled, de-compiled or altered in any way from its original compilation. If conduct such as the aforementioned is subsequently performed without prior permission from Team17 Software Ltd this will be considered a breach of licence agreement terms and may result in appropriate action being taken.

Version History

Click an update to see a list of features and fixes for that update.

Installation

The contents of the update installer are the files required to update your current version of Worms Armageddon to v3.6.28.0 (Beta). This Beta includes all previous updates from the Official v3.0 and Beta versions of the game.

IMPORTANT: Please note that this installation will overwrite existing game files. Therefore it will not be possible to revert back to a previous version of the game without a full re-install from the W:A CD. It is STRONGLY recommended that prior to an installation of this update that you backup all save files such as team files, custom landscapes and sound sets (although such backups are not strictly necessary prior to v3.6+ installations).

INSTALLATION Launch the WA_update-3.6.28.0_Beta.exe update installer, and follow the installer instructions.

Once the update has been installed, you can then run the game as you would normally.

Known Issues/Bugs

Footnotes

Credits

Lead Code Karl Morton
Lead Art Dan Cartwright
Original Concept Andy Davidson
Lead Support Code Colin Surridge
Support Code Rob Hill, Martin Randall
Network Code Phil Carlisle
Producer Martyn Brown
Scenario Art Tony Senghore, Rico Holmes, “Jan The Man”
Sound and Music Bjorn Lynne
Additional Audio Matinee Studios, Martyn Brown, Richie Palmer, Cris Blyth (inc vocals on WormSong98), Rico Holmes, Fraser Stewart, Mike Green
Additional Art Paul Robinson, Cris Blyth, Rory McLeish
Assistant Producer Craig Jones
Mission Design Porl Dunstan, John Eggett, Martyn Brown
Lead QA Kelvin Aston, Mark Baldwin
QA John Eggett, Grant Towell, Andy Aveyard, Kevin Carthew, Paul Webb, Brian Fitzpatrick
QA Manager Paul Field
Localisation Paul Sharp
Beta Coding/Design:
Versions 3.5 to 3.6.28.0 and later David Ellsworth — “Deadcode”
Versions 3.6.27.1 to 3.6.28.0 and later Vladimir Panteleev — “CyberShadow”
Beta Localisation:
French “Jabba”
German “bonz”
Dutch “Koen”

Bug Reporting To Team17

This software update is in a continued state of internal development and testing. The update has been primarily released for external consumption in order to capture a greater range of system setups for compatibility purposes.

In the interests of efficiency we have provided a bug reporting service that is available through the Team17 Forum. If you wish to provide feedback, registering on the forum is free, quick and easy to perform. It is recommended and we would most appreciate that you browse through forum posts prior to submitting any feedback information. This will hopefully restrict the level of duplicate reports that are received.

If, for any reason, you encounter any problems whatsoever running the game, please contact us and provide the following information via the Team17 Forum.

External Beta Submission Form

W:A Beta Version:
Operating System:
CPU:
Motherboard:
System Memory:
Video Card / Driver Revision:
Sound Card / Driver Revision:
DirectX Revision:
Nature of the problem:
Steps to recreate:
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