I have version V1095 that I downloaded on the internet...it seems I have to have v1073 to play online. Does any one know of a patch, or a way around this?

Are you saying you downloaded the Worms 3D game or just downloaded a patch for it? If it was the former, where did you download the game from?

Is this a TryGames version or something? They're often incompatible with things like that, not least because they're well-nigh unpatchable.