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] |
Hostname | The default hostname BattleWorms tries to connect to when joining a game. |
Port | The 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. |
Mod | The directory where the files are that should replace the default files. (also see section Modding), default is 'default'. |
Map | The default map when starting a new game. |
RandomRespawn | If 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). |
GameType | The default game type: 0=Deathmatch, 1=Team Deathmatch, 2=SheepMatch, 3=Last Worm Crawling 4=Capture the Flag, default is 0. |
VictoryCondition | Used 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.
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SheepCount | The number of sheep in a Sheepmatch. |
NumberOfLives | The number of lives you have in Last Worm Crawling. |
GameSpeed | The gamespeed, default is 40 (40 gamecycles per second). |
KeyBufferSize | The 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 & ScreenHeight | The 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 & PlayFieldHeight | The size of the visible part of the map when playing BattleWorms, making
it smaller will increase the framerate (maximum is 500x300). |
Fullscreen | Display BattleWorms in fullscreen mode. |
ShowFPS | Display the framerate in the top-left corner of the screen. |
NumberOfParticles | The maximum number of particles (sand) visible at one time. (default is 1000) |
NumberOfBloodParticles | The maximum number of bloodparticles visible at one time. (default is 1000) |
BloodPercentage | Larger will mean more blood (the amount also depends on the damage done), default is '0.10'. |
ShowBlood | If this is 1, show blood. |
ShowClouds | If this is 1, show clouds. |
[Sound] |
EnableSound | If this is 1, the available sound effects will be played. |
[Personal] |
Name | Your name. |
ColorR | Red component of the color of your worm. |
ColorG | Green component of the color of your worm. |
ColorB | Blue component of the color of your worm. |
ShiftWeaponSwitch | Set 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. |