BattleWorms: prepare for battle
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The BattleWorms config file explained

To change some hidden settings of BattleWorms you can change the config file itself. Most settings however can be changed in the game itself.

[General]
HostnameThe default hostname BattleWorms tries to connect to when joining a game.
PortThe port BattleWorms tries to connect to when joining a game and the port the server listens to.
[Server]In this section are the settings that will be sent to clients if you are the server.
ModThe directory where the files are that should replace the default files. (also see section Modding), default is 'default'.
MapThe default map when starting a new game.
RandomRespawnIf this is 1 random spawnpoints will be used in the maps. If this is 0 the spawnpoints in the map configuration-files are used (if available).
GameTypeThe default game type: 0=Deathmatch, 1=Team Deathmatch, 2=SheepMatch, 3=Last Worm Crawling 4=Capture the Flag, default is 0.
VictoryConditionUsed by the available game types in different ways:
  • Deathmatch: number of kills the winner has to have to end the game.
  • TeamDeathmatch: number of kills the winning team has to have to end the game.
  • SheepMatch: number of sheep the winner has to have killed to end the game.
  • Last Worm Crawling: number lives every worm starts with.
  • CTF: number of points the winner has to have to end the game.
SheepCountThe number of sheep in a Sheepmatch.
NumberOfLivesThe number of lives you have in Last Worm Crawling.
GameSpeedThe gamespeed, default is 40 (40 gamecycles per second).
KeyBufferSizeThe delay, in gamecycles, before the keys are sent from the server. The bigger the KeyBuffer is, the smaller the bandwidth used by BattleWorms (until a certain point), default is 1 (= no delay).
[Graphics]
ScreenWidth & ScreenHeightThe size of the window or screen (when in fullscreen-mode) in which BattleWorms is displayed. BattleWorms always uses an area of 640x480 of the screen so normally you don't need to change it.
PlayFieldWidth & PlayFieldHeightThe size of the visible part of the map when playing BattleWorms, making it smaller will increase the framerate (maximum is 500x300).
FullscreenDisplay BattleWorms in fullscreen mode.
ShowFPSDisplay the framerate in the top-left corner of the screen.
NumberOfParticlesThe maximum number of particles (sand) visible at one time. (default is 1000)
NumberOfBloodParticlesThe maximum number of bloodparticles visible at one time. (default is 1000)
BloodPercentageLarger will mean more blood (the amount also depends on the damage done), default is '0.10'.
ShowBloodIf this is 1, show blood.
ShowCloudsIf this is 1, show clouds.
[Sound]
EnableSoundIf this is 1, the available sound effects will be played.
[Personal]
NameYour name.
ColorRRed component of the color of your worm.
ColorGGreen component of the color of your worm.
ColorBBlue component of the color of your worm.
ShiftWeaponSwitchSet to 1 if you want to use Shift+Left/Right to change to previous/next weapon. (Default is 0)
[Weapons]
Weaponslot[*]The weapon in slot * (=0,1,2,3,4) for use in the game. Also see weapons.cfg.
[Keys]The controls. Do not change these values but use the Controls menu under Options.