i have recently got a new laptop which is Vista, as soon as i try to load worms world party i get a message saying it has stopped working before i has loaded. i have downloaded the latest directx drivers and have also run microsoft update, what else can i try to make it work?

Well, I had a similar problem. I tried opening windows explorer and right clicking setup and run as admin. After that it ran fine. Give it a shot and hope for the best!

Do you have an intel chipset/graphics card? If so, then you're probably screwed. The vista drivers aren't compatable with DirectDraw, which WWP uses.

If this is the case, then there's a thread in the WA forum (http://forum.team17.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34046) that's discussing it. It may be helpful.