Windowed Mode

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A friend has a system that needs windowed mode for the game to be usable, and after researching this for a bit, it seems the only way to do so is with a specific program that forces the screen to be in a window instead.

However, the original steam posts and links to the file are HARD to come by, but with a bit of sleuthing and internet archaeology I managed to find the file in question. I'm hosting it on IPFS right now so here's the link to the file for those people who need it.

NOTE: The source files for the program do come in the zip-file, and at a cursory glance nothing mischievous is happening, but I didn't compile the program files myself. AV might trip up with heuristics as it IS a Dll hook, which _can_ be an indicator of mal-intent, but in this case I think it just does what it's supposed to - ie. hook to the game exe and force the game to use a window instead of fullscreen. Use the files at your own risk!

I might in the future setup a GitHub repository for the program and make a release with my own compiled files - in case I manage to get it to compile. Maybe even fix some bugs or two, idk.

https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXrhREBnqHtMkvRkG9JEkUXnV11b7MtGTnwjP632o4GdE?filename=wr_windowed.zip

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Yes, it's the original windowed mode for WR released in 2010, same content as here[www.tus-wa.com]
Previously was on https://wormgineers.com/

Somehow WR got no love from devs and modders
https://worms2d.info/Main_Page - WR not included
Much older WA from 1999 got windowed mode in official patch in 2020.

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Awesome, more links to preserve the file. Here is the place I finally found it from to add to the list of links that work for it: https://wormscesky.cz/wr_soub_prog/

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Out of curiosity, why is the game unusable on this system without windowed mode? What's special about this system?

Does that mean they can't play any game that doesn't have a windowed mode?

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Originally posted by Overwatch 2-1: 12h Later Edition:

Out of curiosity, why is the game unusable on this system without windowed mode? What's special about this system?

Does that mean they can't play any game that doesn't have a windowed mode?

Can't really answer for him but I'll try my best guess:

He uses a big screen 4K TV as his desktop monitor, and uses it so that it's divided into grids and kind of like "virtual screens" if you will, a kind of multimonitor-in-single-monitor setup. So when multitasking, with browser windows and development IDEs etc, and he wants to jump back and forth with the game, the windowed mode is a definite requirement. However, he's been known to play games fullscreen on the couch when he's not multitasking anything else.

In this case we play the game remotely together, and multitasking is a requirement -> thus windowed mode is needed.

If we played couch multiplayer locally, this probably wouldn't be such a big issue.

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Can confirm the tool still works but its pretty janky. I had to run it in Windows 7 compatibility mode. One issue is it seems to set your desktop resolution to whatever worms is running at. You can change it back with the game open but its a bit of a pain. Working for now. Thanks for keeping those links alive.