Originally posted by Monkeybrains CD-Audio.
Interesting. The demo uses MIDI. I wonder if there was a floppy version that used in MIDI in the full version...
Anyway, although it's possible the CD-audio may be related to your lockups. I think its a separate issue.
Stuck on a black screen straight away.
Unfortunate. That means it's more than just a "PopF" problem.
OK, on its own the brute force thing does nothing,...
It wasn't going to fix anything if the non-GUI version of VDMSound didn't work. That's why I said...
I had an apparent "PopF" bug with the demo of Worms, so I'm betting the retail version is the same way. If that's the case, you can use the non-GUI version of VDMSound or use the "Brute Force" fix
It's simply a fix for the "FixPopF" problem with the GUI launcher. "PopF" will cause the entire program to lockup, much like you described.
...but if I use it with low level CD-ROM support I get to see all three cinematics and then it gets stuck on a half made title screen, then when I use Ctrl+Alt+Delete to get out of it, the CD music starts playing in windows.
It sounds like you're suffering from a combination of problems. I'm pretty certain that "PopF" is part of the problem. It might also be worth tracking down a "No-CD" patch/crack.
Kind of hard to search for other people's info on this due the important keywords being so common "Worms", XP, etc... Does someone know of an active "Worms" website with user participation? I did find one that still had a message board, but almost no useable info at all.
In the meantime, try changing your setup to "none" for the soundcard. The demo autodetects, so I can't override it. Hopefully the full program doesn't do that (which would be odd if it still has a sound setup program). After you change it to none, run it from the command line without VDMSound (make sure the command line is full-screen before you start it up.