ive just installed my worms and installed the patch and update from the wa site. i try to get onto wormnet and it just freezes when i double click on the united kingdom server bit and sometimes goes a strange colour and i have to restarted my pc. any1 got any ideas would be great coz im really annoyed with it. thanks alot :)

What's most likely happening is you have a firewall notification popping up when trying to connect to WormNet. WA doesn't particularly appreciate its pallet getting stolen, so what you should do is make sure to allow WA.exe access to the internet in all the firewall and anti virus solutions you may be running.

If that doesn't do the trick, start killing background programs one by one and figure out which one is at fault. Everything with the always on top setting should have it disabled, messengers killed, graphical software turned off.

If you're still having problems or desire additional assistance, consult this great self-help website: http://www.nanacide.com/wahelp/

thanks for the reply, im using no anti virus software but zone alarm firewall and have ensured that WA is allowed however still the same problem. how do i 'kill background programs' and is there any way tht i can close WA when it crashes without having to restart? yes im a noob lol :( thanks again, hope for reply! ive also tried everything on the nanacide website already soo :(

oh and also could someone specify the exact updates and patches needed to play online. my friend keeps telling me there are three which need to be installed in the correct order?!? thanks again

Assuming you're connected to the internet during the process, this is the only update you need: http://www.nanacide.com/wahelp/WA_update-3.6.28.0_Beta_Installer.exe

If there's anything else you need to install, it'll tell you about it, offer to download it for you and install it before updating to the latest version [the one in its file name].

I seem to remember the Zone Alarm firewall having a setting that blocks all traffic on port 6667. That's the port the IRC protocol operates on and since WormNet is based on an IRC server, it doesn't work if it's blocked. I believe the setting is called something along the lines of "IMSecurity", but I'm not too sure about that.

ok i'll give it a try thanks for the help!

apparently I'm using the Trymedia version.

I am having the exact same problems as listed above... loggin followed by the music and color inversion then game dies.

then nothing, no errors, no notes, no signs, nothing.

I have looked into the firewall and have made sure that WA is allowed and port 6667 as an extra measure.

I opened a command prompt and typed

telnet wormet1.team17.com 6667

and it blanked out temporarily then brings in the timed out message.
so apparently it works.

if I have to wait for the CD-ROM to be able to play online, I'll just get a refund and forget the whole idea I had a few days ago to get this game.

is that the ONLY REAL advice left?
to purchase the CD?

I opened a command prompt and typed

telnet wormet1.team17.com 6667

and it blanked out temporarily then brings in the timed out message.
so apparently it works.

That is completely irrelevant to your problem. The TryMedia version is incompatible with a great many things, so it's understandable that it's a lot less stable than the latest Betas - which require a CD to play.

if I have to wait for the CD-ROM to be able to play online, I'll just get a refund and forget the whole idea I had a few days ago to get this game.

is that the ONLY REAL advice left?
to purchase the CD?
Yup. The TryMedia version can't be updated, and thus can't be used to play online.
But don't worry. IIRC the CD game, including delivery, is usually cheaper than the TryMedia version anyway.

The TryMedia version is incompatible with a great many things, so it's understandable that it's a lot less unstable than the latest Betas - which require a CD to play.

you mean more, correct?

Obviously ;) double negation braino.