v1.6.2

Worms 2 Plus: Worms without borders

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• Play online without port forwarding using IPX
  • In the multiplayer menu, make sure IPX is selected and click the big button above to connect
    • You can also change server with the Address book button
  • A big thanks to Frag-Net and 333networks for hosting servers!
  • Please note: the chat in the main lobby may not work, but chat in a game room will.
• Level select for single player - click the "Enter password" button to view all the levels you previously beat (Thanks Dawid8)
• New languages: Portuguese (Portugal) thanks to rubinho146 and Russian (which was previously in the frontend only)
• Fixed water palette in frontend without the use of a hotfix (Thanks Dawid8)
• LAN play / IPX is now avaialble for Windows XP
• Soundbank improvements
  • "Default" option will now match the installed language
  • All regional defaults can now be selected manually
  • Fixed those which had some sounds that didn't play (Brummie, Cad, Drill Sergeant, Formula One, Geezer, Rasta, Redneck, Rushki, Russian, Thespian, US Sports)
  • Added Portuguese by Ana Martins (GoRobotnikGo), directed by Rúben Fernandes (rubinho146)
  • Added Swedish-2 (from Worms World Party)
  • Added Korean-2 (Korean from Worms World Party South Korea)
  • Added World World Party Aqua soundbanks (Korean Man & Korean Woman)

v1.6.1

Worms 2 Plus - v1.6.1

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Features:

• Online play is now possible without port forwarding or VPN by connecting to an IPX Server (via implementaton of the latest IPX Wrapper)
  • If you have IPX server details, run ipxconfig.exe to configure.
  • We are looking for a community hosted server and will add a GUI to a future patch if one is created.
• Improvements to the Settings app (aka Advanced Options)
• cnc-ddraw improvements (thanks FunkyFr3sh)
  • Options tweaked for better quality upscaling and performance
  • Compatible with zoom features (including in online play)
  • Set as the Default renderer
• Faster Keyboard zoom
• Fixes the GOG Launcher if it exists in your game directory
• LAN games no longer require players to click OK on a prompt thanks to new wkDNet module (thanks Dawid8)
• Optimised the Frontendkit Loader and modules
• Disabled logging from IPX

Fixes:

• Perfomance and stability fixes for online play
• Updated wkResolution
  • Resizing and Zooming now works for all languages (on Windows Vista or newer)
  • Zooming out further than the initial zoom level is now prevented (as this caused graphical glitches)
  • Fixed crashes caused by attempting to use the above features on Windows XP with wndmode
  • Fixed issue caused by setting a resolution higher than your monitor
• IP Address Detection
  • Fixed an issue that displayed some IP addresses incorrectly (Thanks FunkyFr3sh)
  • Fixed IP address not being detected in Windows XP
• Fixed an issue with Advanced Options / Settings app loading on Windows Vista

Requirement changes:

• Upscaled videos will no longer install on Windows 7 due to an issue installing .NET Framework 4.6.2
• Advanced Options button will now be installed for Windows Vista

v1.6

Worms 2 Plus - v1.6

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Features

• Backflip is permanently enabled and can be used in online multiplayer
• Pirate flag option in Multiplayer is now visible (previously shown as a black square)
• Supports an additional track for the in-game playlist - save your file to Music\Track10.flac
• Changed the all weapons team name cheat back to "TEAM17MicroProse", as it was in the 1.0 release.
• Frontend has improved clarity and better DPI scaling
• Language selection can no longer be overridden by the OS language (affected most European languages)
• New Settings app (Windows users only)
  • Configure the resolution and change advanced display options
  • Can be found in-game by clicking the options button, then the new "Advanced options" button, or by launching settings.exe in the game folder.
• Translations for all supported languages:
  • Installer
  • Settings app
  • Volume app
  • Sound Bank Editor (except for Russian as a translation doesn't exist)
    • Note: Polish language was missing from it's offical release but was included in Worms World Party
• Video player powered by VLC is now installed by default (if using Windows 7 SP1 or newer)

Fixes

• Volume app
  • Improved clarity for users with DPI scaling enabled
  • Fixed an error that could occur in Windows XP
• Fixed issues with video playback for the intro movies
• Added missing text in the Russian frontend
• Removed the blank flag which displayed as France to other users
• Frontend typo fix

Requirement changes

• Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 users without the latest Service Pack will now be prompted to install it before they can install the patch.
• Discord Rich Presence will no longer install on an OS older than Windows 10, due to Discord's updated requirements.

Thanks to

A special thanks to Dawid8 for implementing the Backflip into the game permanently, restoring the all weapons cheat back to it's original code, adding the Advanced options button to the frontend and for helping with translating the Settings & Volume apps to Polish.

and to rubinho146 for contributing the translations for the Settings & Volume apps in Portuguese.

Translations

If you wish to improve any of the translations, feel free to join the Discord or raise an issue.

v1.5.8.2

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Updates:

• Added new default and backup server from 333networks
• Re-enabled the audio mixer button in options which launches a custom volume app which:
  • Adjust the background music volume (and now in real-time thanks to Dawid8)
  • Load a Windows audio mixer compatible with the game (requires Windows 10 Build 1903+ or Windows 11)
• Checks for updates on startup via new module: fkUpdate
• Applied Ninja Rope Glitch Fixes 1, 3 & 4
• Upscaled videos 4x and updated launcher
• New Frontend language - Russian
• Added optional components during install:
  • Alternative windowed mode (via cnc-ddraw) for resolutions higher than 1080p
    • This allows you to render at a chosen resolution and stretch it to fill the screen without the game being too small
  • Launcher powered by VLC, for those having issues with the regular launcher (Requires Windows 7 SP1+)
• LAN improvements for non-English languages
• LAN implementation for Windows Vista
• Allow choice of desktop shortcuts, instead of adding both if checked during install
• Fixed:
  • Text scaling/UI placement in the frontend for some users with high DPI settings
  • Bug in fkNetcode that could have potentially crashed on the multiplayer menu in future
  • Frontend Modules interfering with LAN matches
  • Potential issue for users that installed the patch multiple times with different languages
  • Mispelling of Puerto Rico in some languages (was "Puertorico")
  • Clarified Portuguese in the installer as "Portuguese (Brazil)"
  • Improved Swedish language in installer

v1.5.7.3

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Updates:

• Polish language now supported everywhere
• Restored character limit to Team/Worm names to prevent naming issues
• New Misc tools
  • Check the Readme file in the Misc folder for help with the tools mentioned below
  • Fix for the water palette colours in the frontend
    • This requires that the game is installed on a drive with 8dot3name support enabled (usually the system drive), or in a path that has no spaces (i.e. "D:\Games\Worms2")
    • May not work for everyone
  • IPX config editor for troubleshooting LAN play
• Set the default multiplayer server back to the Official server

v1.5.6

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Updates:

• New Soundbanks: Japanese & Korean from Online Worms
• Fixes:
  • Fixed FLAC audio not playing for non-English languages
  • Manually added enhancements that were not functioning via Des patch:
    • English, German, Portuguese & Spanish (Latin America):
      • Minimize or exit from anywhere
      • See your game password as you type it
    • Spanish (Latin America):
      • Stop repositioning the window when going back to the main menu
      • Mute the click sound when typing

v1.5.5

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Updates:

• New launcher that plays the intro video files before starting the game (run start.exe)
• Higher quality intro videos (vs GOG version)
• Fixed an issue where sometimes the in-game music would play OGG quality over FLAC
• Listening to the soundtrack in the frontend is now higher quality
• In-game music can now have its volume set - edit volumeBGM.txt with a value between 0 and 100
• New setup option for Speedrunners, select "English (Speedrun)" as the language when installing

v1.5.4

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v1.5.3

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v1.5.1

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Full Changelog since the last release: 1.05...1.5