Windows Vista - Worms World Party Colour Fix 1.0

[tremonti92]

Hi guys..
I've made a little fix to make WWP work on Vista without the annoying inverted and changing colours.
This fix makes it possible to keep the default Worms colours at all times, so they never change to a different colour.

You can get the fix by downloading the attachment below.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1) Download the attachment
2) Rename it from 'WWP Colour Fix for Vista.zip.txt' to 'WWP Colour Fix for Vista.zip'
(This is because this forum doesn't allow attachment uploads of zip files to be more than 100KB, but does allow text files)
3) Extract all files in the ZIP file using a compression utility such as WinZIP or WinRAR.
4) Important: Read the Instructions.txt file after extracting to see how to install/uninstall and other stuff.

Please make sure that you read the instructions in the attachment carefully.


EDIT::::
Version 1.1 released!
Guys if you have been facing problems such as Windows Explorer not re-opening automatically after you quit the game, some 'H:' drive problem, or some 'anthem' problem during installation/uninstallation, please download
WWP Color Fix for Vista v1.1.zip.txt then rename it to WWP Color Fix for Vista v1.1.zip

VERY IMPORTANT! - For those of you who have had no problems with this fix and think it works fine, please DO NOT UPDATE to v1.1 because I have not made an overwrite function for this. v1.1 has no difference to v1.0 other than fixing the problems mentioned by the posters who are facing problems

Thanks for you help in improving my programming ability guys.

Until Then,
Enjoy!

[xStil]

Nice, will see if it works.

Oh wait:

Originally Posted by tremonti92

In Windows Vista, a new object called Desktop Windows Manager consumes most colour-efficient resources providing people the 'Aero' effect.
In most games, the 'Aero' effect in Windows Explorer won't allow necessary resources to run the game.
The fix temporarily disables the 'Aero' Effect and Windows Explorer to make sure no resources are prohibited to Worms World Party.
When Worms World Party is quit, the fix re-enables Windows Explorer and the 'Aero' effect.

Might not on mine, since i use win98 style menus already.

[CyberShadow]

How about providing the source code, so we know it's not a cleverly disguised trojan?

Edit: never mind, it's just a batch file wrapped in an .exe (why?) that kills Windows Explorer, starts wp.exe (it renames wwp.exe to wp.exe when it "installs"), and starts Explorer again (assuming Windows is installed in C:\Windows - use %WINDIR% next time).

How is your "fix" different than disabling compositing (Aero effects) in WWP's compatibility settings?

[tremonti92]

Well, in the Games Explorer, you have to make sure that you run WWP.exe.. hence, this patch makes sure your WWP runs while disabling explorer at the same time, hence it renames your WWP.exe. It it were a batch file, Games Explorer wouldn't have recognized this as Worms World Party so it wouldn't show that WWP is installed on the computer.

Although it's a batch file (I've already mentioned it in my Instructions.txt file), it does not invert the colours again, so yeah, it IS a fix.

It is different from disabling the the Aero effects because that does NOT work for me, however, this fix does. Hence, for those of you who have made it work that way, it's alright not to use this fix.

And thanks for the %WINDIR% advice (lol). I always thought that explorer would be in C:\Window\. I'm still a beginner at this, so I need to take advice from others, so thanks!

And thanks for analyzing the file. Now everyone knows it's safe to download and not a trojan or some other malware.

[Muzer]

Some installations that have been upgraded from certain versions (including Win2k I think) have C:\WINNT (for WINdows NT), and you can also specify a different path on installation.

[kade]

is there any chance you can email this patch to me?

[andyG]

the patch really works, thanks very much!!!

[Oerg866]

Now edit this to work with WA, and you'll make my day.

[Spyroxx]

Originally Posted by tremonti92

Hi guys..
I've made a little fix to make WWP work on Vista without the annoying inverted and changing colours.
This fix makes it possible to keep the default Worms colours at all times, so they never change to a different colour.

You can get the fix by downloading the attachment below.



Please make sure that you read the instructions in the attachment carefully.


Until Then,
Enjoy!

thanks from germany

[SBB]

my explorer bar in vista just disappeared, game never started... *sigh*

[Split32]

The Fix doesnt work for me because my Windows is installed on drive D.

[franpa]

can the OP post just the batch file so we can edit it for people or something ?

[Muzer]

Have you tried opening the EXE with a hex editor (not a rhetorical question, I want to know).

[Split32]

Originally Posted by Muzer

Have you tried opening the EXE with a hex editor (not a rhetorical question, I want to know).

Didnt try it until u said so, but then when I did I didnt find anything usefull.... But I'm not very experienced with Hex editors.

[Pyrza]

Everything went well until i tried install the patch:

H:\...French anthem.wav
Couldn't find that drive location (or something like that in eng)

Why it tries find drive H, cause i don't have it

[RaVeDaVe]

Same problem here...
I can only play the game on the lowest resolution

[NewKingdom]

Thank you thank you thank you!!

The wacky colors are all gone now thanks to you.

[o PsYcHo o]

Thanks for the fix, works perfectly!

Greetings from Germany ;-)

[royhobbs]

Thank you very much, this worked great, I just bought this game, I used to have it, my kids love it. Thanks again.

[Levo]

Take a look at this post of mine here: http://forum.team17.com/showpost.php...5&postcount=88

(or here (full post): http://forum.team17.com/showthread.p...2499&page=3#88)

[Kiljaden]

Incredible! The fix runs completely fine. Many thanks to you from Germany. =D

[wjd73_59]

the sound is not fully working on my machine
music is ok but action sounds & talks r not working
i am using vista ultimate premium

[da_hool]

Thanks a lot, it s working perfectly

[wormholio2]

it wont let me save it as a zip. only a txt. i dont even have the option to save a zip it either says SAVE AS: TEXT DOCUMENT or ALL FILES. either way its still just a text with a bunch of gibberish. can anyone help me please???

[Muzer]

Enable file extensions (google it), then rename from .txt to .zip

[insomnia82]

I really dont get how the H: drive came up! The game is in C: drive. Any idea how to change this?

[Blinx56]

**** yEAH IT WORKED!!! It didnt play the french anthem though when it tried to it errored. Still works no problems though.

[DangRobot]

In Vista 64 it made all my explorer commands disappear ... my short cuts on my desktop and the bar on the bottom

[Muzer]

I assume Windows is not installed into C:\WINDOWS then, this guy coded his app based on that...

[mark2]

Originally Posted by Pyrza

Everything went well until i tried install the patch:

H:\...French anthem.wav
Couldn't find that drive location (or something like that in eng)

Why it tries find drive H, cause i don't have it

This doesn't matter, I had the same problem but the fix still worked like magic!

Me and my brother love playing this against each other, works perfectly on Vista over TCP/IP network. Just applied this and it works perfectly fine, never thought I'd be able to play WWP properly on Vista.

Who cares if it's just a batch script, simple fixes are the best aren't they? It's been so many years and this is one of the first fixes to come about so if all it does is rename a file and kill explorer.exe, well great - it's something I never thought about and it works easily.

Many thanks again